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"  American Sage Kotsenburg opened the Olympic Games by winning the first-ever snowboarding slopestyle competition, and then Jamie Anderson followed suit by taking the gold in the women&amp;#039;s slopestyle event. So, naturally, Cosmo called the winner in Sochi to get the scoop on everything from what the 23-year-old Californian listened to right before she made her award-winning run to what it feels like to fall to how she stays so chill. What&amp;#039;s next for you now that your part in the Olympics is over? Are you going to Disney World?! Do you just get a normal 9-to-5 job? Do you become a snowboard instructor? I&amp;#039;m flying to New York tomorrow and then LA for a few press days, and then I&amp;#039;m hoping I can spend a few days in Lake Tahoe before I go to Wanderlust, a music festival and yoga retreat, at the end of February on the North Shore of Oahu in Hawaii. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?  Goodness, I have no idea. I&amp;#039;m just trying to enjoy this moment, but I can see myself going into different creative directions with fashion. Right now I design outerwear for my sponsor [Burton], but I&amp;#039;d definitely like to bring out my creative side more. What does it take to get you so physically fit that you feel strong enough to make the jumps? I live in the mountains, so throughout the winter I snowboard a lot. Then when the weather warms up, I climb, hike, stand-up paddle-board, and just have fun on our beautiful earth. I also practice yoga to maintain my overall strength and balance, and I work out with a trainer a few times a week doing exercises that are similar to CrossFit to stay strong. How do you keep a clear head, especially when you&amp;#039;re up against competition? There is so much going through your mind before an event, especially at the Olympics \u2014 it&amp;#039;s a little bit overwhelming. But I have support from my family, friends, and my sponsors, and I work so hard and am passionate and driven, so that helps. I also practice visualizing [how well I&amp;#039;m going to do] and being focused and having fun. Speaking of competition, how do you stay focused with your rivals around you at all times? I think a lot of it is believing in yourself and knowing that you&amp;#039;re capable of doing what you set out to do. That and trusting yourself. Do your competitors ever psych you out? I&amp;#039;m really lucky because the community of snowboarding is so great because everyone really supports each other, so we all want each other to land their runs and do well.  You can see the camaraderie of the snowboarding community, which seems to be very chill and full of hugs. How are competitors of such an intense sport staying zenned out and friendly? Pot?! [Laughs] I wish, but no, no one is smoking pot because we get drug-tested. We just stay zen from doing yoga. Plus, these snowboarders are really chill people \u2014 they&amp;#039;re just living the dream. With so many distractions and people around, how do you go to your happy place and get pumped up for a run? Sometimes I listen to music and sometimes I don&amp;#039;t, but for this last particular run I was listening to Nas&amp;#039; &amp;quot;I Can.&amp;quot; I can imagine that you&amp;#039;re nervous before an event, but how does your family handle it? Do they worry about you?  My mom was so worried! She knew how much I wanted to do well. My dad was worried too. He even had his eyes closed during half of my run. My sisters had to tell him to keep his eyes open and to watch! He saw me land, which was good. Yes, landing is a good thing, but sometimes that&amp;#039;s not always the case. How does it feel to fall from such a height?  It never feels good to fall. I&amp;#039;ve had a some pretty bad injuries, but it&amp;#039;s so mental as much as it is physical. You just have to move on [to get through the pain]. Speaking of flying high, you told NBC, &amp;quot;my spirit animal must be a bird because this is my way of flying.&amp;quot; What kind of bird do you identify with most?  The bald eagle. I feel really connected with that bird because I see it often when I go on my medicine walks in the mountains. And it represents our country, so it&amp;#039;s fitting. OK, let&amp;#039;s talk about your beauty regimen for a second since you&amp;#039;re Olay&amp;#039;s Fresh Effects spokesperson. You&amp;#039;re constantly training in cold weather but manage to look like a dewy goddess. What do you use on your skin to keep it hydrated?  I always want to look and feel my best, and Olay&amp;#039;s Fresh Effects products have been so hydrating and healing to my skin. I&amp;#039;m liking their Fresh Effects Dew Over Hydrating Gel right now because it&amp;#039;s really cold and dry in Russia. I&amp;#039;ve also been using their Everything Off Deluxe Make-up Removal Cloths that have been saving me on these long days.  What about hair? You&amp;#039;ve worn a few strands of your hair in a braid, framing the right side of your face. Is this your good-luck style?  I&amp;#039;ve had this piece of jewelry that has a crystal and a celtic knot at the end that represents the never-ending cycle of life, so I&amp;#039;ve worn it because there has been so much chaos here, and it has a brass and copper elements that keep me grounded, so I make sure to braid it into my hair. It feels good to have it on.  span style=&amp;quot;font-size:10px;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;  Photo Credit: Getty Images Related: The Toughest Woman at the Olympics The Ice Skating Move Most Likely to Cause a Nip Slip 13 Reasons Figure Skater Yulia Lipnitskaia Is Freaking Mind-Blowing Follow Carly on Twitter "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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