--- description: Red Gerard, 17, was the first American to win a gold medal at the 2018 Olympic Games and he’s become something of a legend since then title: Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. And Win Another Olympic Gold Medal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcff65d4bbe4345b7/6989280b4ee2628c7a310ed4/gettyimages-916820720.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2018 Pyeongchang Olympics](/tag/2018-pyeongchang-olympics/) ## 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. And Win Another Olympic Gold Medal by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2018 10:11 PM CUT  PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA FEBRUARY 11, 2018: First-placed Redmond Gerard of the United States waves a US national flag at a flower ceremony for the men's snowboarding slopestyle event at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Phoenix Snow Park. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei BobylevTASS via Getty Images) PYEONGCHANG, SOUTH KOREA FEBRUARY 11, 2018: First-placed Redmond Gerard of the United States waves a US national flag at a flower ceremony for the men's snowboarding slopestyle event at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, at the Phoenix Snow Park. Sergei Bobylev/TASS (Photo by Sergei BobylevTASS via Getty Images)Sergei Bobylev—Sergei Bobylev/TASS by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 16, 2018 10:11 PM CUT [Red Gerard](http://time.com/5143432/red-gerard-gold-medal-run/ "undefined") is tired. Last weekend [he won a gold medal](http://time.com/5143467/winter-olympics-red-gerard-gold-snowboarding/ "undefined") at the [2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang](http://time.com/5160330/winter-olympics-athletes-politics/ "undefined"). This week he’s all over the news talking about it. And next week, he’ll be back in South Korea to compete in the [men’s big air snowboarding event](https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/snowboard/daily-schedule.htm "undefined"). The 17-year-old was the first American to [win a gold medal at the 2018 Olympic Games](http://time.com/5138220/team-usa-2018-winter-olympic-medals/ "undefined") and he’s become something of a legend after cameras captured him dropping the f-bomb while celebrating his slopestyle win. Fans adore his carefree approach to race day — news reports described how he binge-watched _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ the night before his first event, woke up late and lost his jacket, and then nailed it on the mountain. Gerard _is_ actually that calm about competing. “I mean I kind of just treat every contest like a normal day,” he explained to TIME in a video interview in between his Olympic events. As for what’s next, he stifled a yawn and said, ‘I just want to hang out. I’m excited for all this media stuff to be over and just start snowboarding again.” He’s also looking forward to [eating some burritos](https://theknow.denverpost.com/2018/02/13/red-gerard-free-chipotle-olympic-gold/176353/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5163507/red-gerard-olympics-gold-snowboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5163507/red-gerard-olympics-gold-snowboard/"},"headline":"Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. 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