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"\"&lt;div class=\\\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-above\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;div class=\\\"field-items\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;div class=\\\"field-item even\\\" property=\\\"content:encoded\\\"&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Last-minute flights, dealing with injuries and meeting up at an international event is just part of the daily routine when you\\u2019re a pro athlete in a relationship. For this edition of Better Half, we caught up with two pros bridging the Dew Tour gap &amp;#8211; Winter Dew Tour freeskier Mirjam Jaeger, who hails from Switzerland, and Dew Tour vert skater Adam Taylor, a Florida-native living in San Diego.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/better_half_adam_taylor.jpg\\\" width=\\\"247\\\" \\/&gt;\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0\\u00a0 &lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/Mirjam_Jaeger_SPFinals2.jpg\\\" width=\\\"247\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did you guys meet?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; We met in Zurich, Switzerland at the Freestyle.ch comp. That\\u2019s like the only comp that has skateboard vert and freeski, and I was competing.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; It has no girls, but I was actually judging the freeski comp. It was in 2008.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How did you make the connection?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; A year later we connected randomly on Facebook and started to get to know each other. Then I came out to Colorado to meet her in February. Just to go for it. I wanted to go snowboarding and I could ride with her. I\\u2019d never been to Colorado.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Was that your first date?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; Pretty much. I flew all the way over there for a first date.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; He took me out to dinner, gave me roses. Pretty much everything.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I got her there. I snagged her! (laughing)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/better_half_taylor_jaeger_6.jpg\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mirjam, what did you think about dating a skateboarder given that you\\u2019re a freeskier?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; In my past I always kind of looked for someone that did the same thing as me. And all the skiers, we\\u2019re always kind of together. I didn\\u2019t know anything about skateboarding \\u2013 like nothing. I learned a lot in that first year and I know the tricks now and everything went fine.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And Adam, what about you dating a freeskier?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I knew absolutely nothing about freeskiing. I only knew about snowboarding because I go snowboard for fun a couple times every year. Then I just noticed she was a pro skier. It didn\\u2019t make me like her any less because she\\u2019s a skier. It\\u2019s cool being able to have that common ground with action sports. You can understand competition, stress and injuries. Getting places. Traveling. It\\u2019s unique and it worked just right.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you got to watch her compete?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; This is the first time to watch her compete live (at Winter Dew Tour in Breckenridge).\\u00a0 I always watch on TV or a live webcast. I was watching the live scores of the Breck qualifiers in the terminal and watching it as my plane was going across the jet way when you\\u2019re not even supposed to have your cell phone on. I was watching the scores on the live score feed and I was just so nervous. Seriously right before the plane took off it was done and I saw that she got fifth and I was like, \\u201cYes!\\u201d Fist pump on the airplane.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/better_half_taylor_jaeger.jpg\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mirjam, what\\u2019s it like watching him skate?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;I get really nervous. I was all over the place with him this summer. I was at X Games, then Maloof, Zurich and then Dew Tour in Vegas. I\\u2019m probably more nervous when he goes than when I go myself. Just because I know &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;\\/em&gt; how it is. You\\u2019re standing up there, getting pumped, and trying to do well. When I\\u2019m up there I\\u2019m usually listening to music and go ski. I\\u2019m less nervous. But when I have to watch, I always go, \\u201cStick it! Stick it! Yes! Yes!\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: xx-large\\\"&gt;&amp;#8220;I\\u2019m probably more nervous when he goes than when I go myself. Just because I know &lt;em&gt;exactly&lt;\\/em&gt; how it is. You\\u2019re standing up there, getting pumped, and trying to do well.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/span&gt; &lt;span style=\\\"font-size: x-small\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-Mirjam&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And Adam, what about watching her ski?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;I haven\\u2019t been to a competition yet just because her season was over last year when I was just meeting her. So this will be the first one and I know when she\\u2019s up there about to go, I will be doing the same thing. I feel more stressed out watching her than I do when I\\u2019m about to go for my run in the Finals at the Dew Tour. I think that feeling of not having control and not being in the zone is hard. When you\\u2019re about to compete, you\\u2019re in the zone and you know what to do. When you\\u2019re just watching, there\\u2019s nothing you can do. It\\u2019s out of your hands.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: xx-large\\\"&gt;&amp;#8220;When you\\u2019re about to compete, you\\u2019re in the zone and you know what to do. When you\\u2019re just watching, there\\u2019s nothing you can do.&amp;#8221;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: x-small\\\"&gt; &amp;#8211; Adam&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Have you tried skateboarding Mirjam?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I actually inline skate, and you know how skateboarders are about that\\u2026but I\\u2019m doing quite alright with that. This summer, I tried to skateboard, and I can go halfway up the ramp.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; It surprised me. This summer she came out to California for the first time and we went to the YMCA to skateboard. She got on the skateboard and started pumping and got halfway up the vert ramp. It shocked me.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; Then I was trying to get him on inline skates, but obviously that\\u2019s not going to happen.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; You know that\\u2019s not going to happen\\u2026&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What about getting Adam to try skiing?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I\\u2019m trying hard!&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; She tries, but I know I\\u2019m going to get hurt. I\\u2019m not going to risk getting hurt.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I\\u2019ve been trying to convince him since last season. He can use my ski boots, he can use my skis, because we\\u2019re the same size. Just to get him to try to go down the hill, because I tried skateboarding. But I\\u2019m still waiting for him to commit. So I hope that\\u2019s going to happen one day.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/better_half_taylor_jaeger_4.jpg\\\" width=\\\"247\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do you work the relationship with all the traveling?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; It gets really complicated sometimes.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; We just moved in together in California near the beach. I don\\u2019t really have to be in the mountains in the summer. You have to fly somewhere anyways to go skiing so I\\u2019ll either fly to New Zealand or Europe or somewhere in the U.S. And I like the beach because I\\u2019m in the cold all the time, so I enjoy the nice weather. In the winter, I just rent something out in Colorado for five or six months and hopefully we\\u2019ll get to spend more time together in the summer.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Since you\\u2019re both pros, does sharing that background help your relationship at all?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; It helps a lot and that\\u2019s why it works so well. I understand right now that she\\u2019s got a hurt back, and I\\u2019ve hurt my back before so I know how it feels. And she helped me so much when I hit my head competing in Vegas. If I didn\\u2019t have her there, I seriously don\\u2019t know what I would have done.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; And somebody that wasn\\u2019t a pro, probably wouldn\\u2019t handle it the same. Usually people have office jobs or they have certain times they can have two or three weeks of vacation a year. I\\u2019ve had relationships before with people like that and that\\u2019s what makes it hard. You have to plan your vacation six months in advance, where I have no clue. As a pro, everything is kind of last-minute, depending on the conditions, especially with skiing. So I can\\u2019t plan anything. At the same time it\\u2019s good. Like when he got hurt, I didn\\u2019t have to go home and actually do my job. I could be there for him. That\\u2019s how it works out really good.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/better_half_taylor_jaeger_1.jpg\\\" width=\\\"247\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What kind of things do you guys do for fun?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; We\\u2019re pretty open to anything, We go mini-golfing. Whatever is fun.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; There\\u2019s a lot of things in America that she hasn\\u2019t done. And I went to Switzerland this year and I stayed there for an extra week and she showed me around the country and I did Euro things that I would never have the chance to do before.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Anything you guys disagree about?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; We do fight about food. That\\u2019s the one thing.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; The number one thing is we can never decide where we want to go eat because she hates American food. And I don\\u2019t love American food \\u2013 but she &lt;em&gt;hates&lt;\\/em&gt; it.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I always get mad when I\\u2019m trying to cook something European and he\\u2019s like, \\u201cWhat\\u2019s &lt;em&gt;that&lt;\\/em&gt;?\\u201d&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; Also, I only speak one language and she hates that. Actually, for Christmas she bought me Rosetta Stone in German. And I just started and I\\u2019m actually starting to get some of it. So I\\u2019m trying. I\\u2019m trying to catch up to her four languages. She makes me look bad, but it\\u2019s helpful when we go places (laughing).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Any benefits to both being pros?&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;br \\/&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Adam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; She got me a sponsor! She hooked me up. She gave them my info and we actually both have the same underwear sponsor, Pull-In. It\\u2019s a French company.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mirjam:&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt; I\\u2019m still waiting for a hookup from Adam here\\u2026.(laughing)&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/shop.allisports.com\\/skate.html\\\"&gt;&lt;img alt=\\\"\\\" height=\\\"370\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.allisports.com\\/images\\/uploads\\/skate_media_banner_640x370.jpg\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: small\\\"&gt;Check out footage of Mirjam in the Pipe Finals at Winter Dew Tour Breck, where she finished second.&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt; &lt;script src=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.ooyala.com\\/player.js?width=640&amp;#038;height=360&amp;#038;embedCode=NqZG53MToGwJli1aDLYm7MS5VZZR5qWw\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/script&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;\\u00a0&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style=\\\"font-size: small\\\"&gt;Spend a Day With Adam in the video below.&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt; &lt;script src=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.ooyala.com\\/player.js?width=640&amp;#038;height=360&amp;#038;embedCode=V2cGtyMTo0boVGOJyVRVYo9TIkQGDUyn\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/script&gt;\\n&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&lt;noscript&gt;&lt;span class=\\\"mceItemObject\\\" classid=\\\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\\\" id=\\\"ooyalaPlayer_324ra_gioq3eoa\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" codebase=\\\"http:\\/\\/fpdownload.macromedia.com\\/get\\/flashplayer\\/current\\/swflash.cab\\\"&gt;&lt;span name=\\\"movie\\\" value=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.ooyala.com\\/player.swf?embedCode=V2cGtyMTo0boVGOJyVRVYo9TIkQGDUyn&amp;#038;version=2\\\" class=\\\"mceItemParam\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span name=\\\"bgcolor\\\" value=\\\"#000000\\\" class=\\\"mceItemParam\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span name=\\\"allowScriptAccess\\\" value=\\\"always\\\" class=\\\"mceItemParam\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span name=\\\"allowFullScreen\\\" value=\\\"true\\\" class=\\\"mceItemParam\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span name=\\\"flashvars\\\" value=\\\"embedType=noscriptObjectTag&amp;#038;embedCode=V2cGtyMTo0boVGOJyVRVYo9TIkQGDUyn\\\" class=\\\"mceItemParam\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;span class=\\\"mceItemEmbed\\\" src=\\\"http:\\/\\/player.ooyala.com\\/player.swf?embedCode=V2cGtyMTo0boVGOJyVRVYo9TIkQGDUyn&amp;#038;version=2\\\" bgcolor=\\\"#000000\\\" width=\\\"640\\\" height=\\\"360\\\" name=\\\"ooyalaPlayer_324ra_gioq3eoa\\\" align=\\\"middle\\\" play=\\\"true\\\" loop=\\\"false\\\" allowscriptaccess=\\\"always\\\" allowfullscreen=\\\"true\\\" type=\\\"application\\/x-shockwave-flash\\\" flashvars=\\\"&amp;#038;embedCode=V2cGtyMTo0boVGOJyVRVYo9TIkQGDUyn\\\" pluginspage=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.adobe.com\\/go\\/getflashplayer\\\"&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/span&gt;&lt;\\/noscript&gt;  &lt;\\/div&gt;\\n&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n&lt;\\/div&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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