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- [Narrator] Gold medalist, Jamie Anderson,
didn't get to the Olympic's highest mountain top,
on her own.
- I feel like I have some really amazing support around me.
Number one, my family.
My mom has always been my main support and a role model,
not just in snowboarding, but in life.
Raising eight kids, cooking meals for 10,
every day, all day, that's insane!
But my mom has so much grit and she's such a warrior,
she found ways to make it work.
- My words may not stick,
the things I said or the things I did,
or even the mistakes I made,
but I was a good example
and that's, I think the most important thing in life,
is to be a good example.
- [Narrator] Being in the middle of eight kids,
Jamie had to hold her own.
- [Lauren] Jamie was a scrapper and she was,
she gotta lot of chutzpah.
- It was really sad, but I'm over it.
I feel like I'm tapping into my warrior self
and I'm gonna to go put it down,
with blood on my bib.
- And she's very competitive
and she had her older sisters to compete with.
- [Narrator] At the age of nine.
Jamie joined two of her older sisters on the mountain,
and fell in love with the sport.
- Those three girls were known as the Anderson sisters,
up at Sierra,
and they grew up on the mountain.
They'd take the bus in the morning,
up to the mountain instead to school.
And they'd come home at four or five o'clock,
and we'd have dinner and then they'd do their school.
That's how they grew up, on the mountain.
- I loved the freedom I felt of being on the mountain
and all the fresh air,
and being able to go ride the park or go ride the trees,
or just go as fast as I could down the mountain.
- [Lauren] They went into competition right away
and they started winning right away,
and at first I thought,
it's 'cause there wasn't any competition,
but there was competition.
And then they started going against the boys
and they started beating the boys.
I'm like, wow, they are really good!
- Those are all her trophies from competing against
all the boys.
There's no other girls except her.
- [Narrator] From there, Jamie's star continued to rise.
She's earned a reputation
as one of the world's best snowboarders.
With her family in the crowd,
Jamie had a life defining moment at the Sochi Olympics.
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She fell on her first run, but had one more chance to win.
- I was like, I don't know if I can do this,
have one more run.
I could land, and most likely win,
or I could fall, and just be so devastated.
And the part that humbles me
and makes me have so much appreciation,
is right before I dropped in,
I kind of sent a little prayer to the universe out,
to just help me.
Whatever's meant to be, help me just be in this moment,
and do it for everyone who helped me be there,
because I know we can't do it alone.
And as soon as I sent that little prayer out,
I just felt this energy come through my whole body,
to my heart, to the ground.
And it almost dissipated all the fear and expectations,
and I just felt light.
Dropped in, everything went into slow-mo,
and still to this day I think
it's one of the most memorable moments of my life.
- [Lauren] Of all her wins, that one's etched in my mind.
It was the greatest.
- [Narrator] With her family and the country behind her,
Jamie has her sights set on this year's Winter Games.
- I feel pretty freaking good.
I feel grounded. I feel content.
I think too much about it, I get a little bit nervous,
but yeah, I'm going to kick ass honestly.
But you never know,
a lot could happen from now to then.
So I try to just enjoy every moment.
- [Narrator] With her kids now all grown,
Lauren is also focusing on enjoying every moment.
- And when I was a kid,
she always talked about wanting to go back
to Vermont, Vermont, Vermont.
And finally, when all of her kids were grown up,
she decided to pull the trigger and move back east.
She has a beautiful farm with a garden
and a greenhouse and alpacas.
She's got a whole herd of alpacas.
- I sit out here with 'em. I'll sit right down on the ground
and just hang out with 'em.
This is California Fuego.
He was born during the wildfire in Lake Tahoe,
so he's called California Fuego,
but I just call him Cal.
They're so peaceful. And they're so sweet.
Winning Teams? I think it's our attitude.
I think it's our go with the flow, listen to your heart.
She doesn't push herself to do a trick
until she feels ready, in her heart.
And she feels the green light and she listens to that.
And I think I really listened to that,
and I think that it really helps with life.
It tells you how far you can go and when to go.
I always wait for direction,
and I think Jamie does too.
- I'm no superhero, but with hard work, passion, love,
I think we can do anything.
And I think the only limit is our mind.
So for any youngsters out there,
don't talk yourself out of anything.
The power is within us.
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