--- title: Red Gerard on Snowboarding, Burritos and His Olympic Gold 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 canonical: https://time.com/5163507/red-gerard-olympics-gold-snowboard/ author: TIME Video article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-02-16T22:11:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-12T08:59:02.678Z article:section: Sports og:title: Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. And Win Another Olympic Gold Medal og:description: We talked to the 17-year-old snowboarder about what he's looking forward to next og:url: https://time.com/5163507/red-gerard-olympics-gold-snowboard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcff65d4bbe4345b7/6989280b4ee2628c7a310ed4/gettyimages-916820720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5472 og:image:height: 3078 og:image:alt: PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics: snowboarding slopestyle finals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. And Win Another Olympic Gold Medal twitter:description: We talked to the 17-year-old snowboarder about what he's looking forward to next twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltcff65d4bbe4345b7/6989280b4ee2628c7a310ed4/gettyimages-916820720.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 video:duration: 01:47 video:published: 2018-02-16 section: sports topics: Olympic medal, snowboarding, media attention, injury risk, everyday habits, contest mindset, big air genre: interview, profile tones: casual, candid, humble, playful emotions: amazement (medium), weariness (medium), unease (low), contentment (low) sentiment: neutral audience: sports fans, winter sports followers, Olympic viewers, snowboarding enthusiasts people: Red Gerard organizations: Olympics content_suitability: profanity [00:22-00:24]; injury [01:14-01:30] transcript_source: publisher captions transcript_reviewed: not applicable ---  # Red Gerard Just Wants to Snowboard and Eat Burritos. 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And next week, he’ll be back in South Korea to compete in the men’s big air snowboarding competition._ Description, summary, key points, chapters, key quotes, questions and transcript, where present, were produced automatically from the video or its captions and were not reviewed. ## Summary Red Gerard talks casually about his recent Olympic win, describing how he learned he had won and how he treats contests like normal days. He discusses his everyday habits, including watching TV, eating burritos and not working out much. He also reflects on the risk of injury in snowboarding and says he is an average guy who is not perfect. ## Key points - Gerard says he treats every contest like a normal day. (00:00) - Gerard was amazed when he found out he had just won the Olympics. (00:16) - Gerard admits he dropped an F bomb in the moment, which he says probably wasn't the best call. (00:22) - Gerard says he is excited for the media attention to be over so he can start snowboarding again. (01:04) - Gerard says he has never broken a bone and does not want to get injured. (01:14) - Gerard says watching someone get hurt in practice on the day of the contest left a weird feeling in his stomach. (01:22) - Gerard says he does not really work out and eats what he eats, including burritos and Mexican food. (00:47) - Gerard describes himself as an average guy who sleeps in and loses stuff, saying he is not perfect. (01:35) ## Chapters - [00:00 to 00:16] Treating contests like a normal day. Gerard describes his routine approach to contests and his usual evening habits. - [00:16 to 00:33] Learning he won the Olympics. Gerard recalls being amazed to find out he had won and the cameras around him. - [00:33 to 00:47] Thrift store find and low-key habits. Gerard mentions a thrift store purchase and talks about his eating and workout habits. - [00:47 to 01:07] Hanging out and missing snowboarding. Gerard says he wants to hang out and is ready for media attention to end so he can snowboard again. - [01:07 to 01:35] Fear of injury. Gerard says he does not want to get injured and describes the feeling of watching someone get hurt. - [01:35 to 01:47] Being an average guy. Gerard describes himself as an average person who is not perfect. ## Key quotes - [00:16] Red Gerard: "I was amazed, it was crazy, when I found out I'd just won the Olympics" - [01:04] Red Gerard: "excited for this media stuff to be over and just start snowboarding again." - [01:22] Red Gerard: "it just leaves the weirdest feeling in your stomach." - [01:35] Red Gerard: "I'm an average guy, everyone swears, everyone sleeps in, everyone loses stuffs" ## Questions this video answers - How does Red Gerard approach contests compared with a normal day? [00:00] - Does Red Gerard worry about getting injured in snowboarding? [01:07] - What are Red Gerard's everyday habits outside of competition? [00:47] - How does Red Gerard describe himself as a person? [01:35] ## Content suitability - profanity [00:22-00:24]: Gerard says he dropped an F bomb when reacting to his win. - injury [01:14-01:30]: Discussion of injury risk and someone getting hurt in practice. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 16, 2018 10:11 PM UTC Red Garland is tired. Last week he won an Olympic medal. 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 competition. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Feb 16, 2018 10:11 PM UTC [Red Gerard](http://time.com/5143432/red-gerard-gold-medal-run/) is tired. Last weekend [he won a gold medal](http://time.com/5143467/winter-olympics-red-gerard-gold-snowboarding/) at the [2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang](http://time.com/5160330/winter-olympics-athletes-politics/). 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). 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/) 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/). ## Transcript [00:00] I mean, I kinda just treat everything like, every contest [00:02] like a normal day. I don't know, on a normal day I'd [00:05] watch some tv before I go to bed and then, waking up [00:09] late was not planned and not finding my jacket was not [00:12] planned either, so, [ MUSIC ] I mean, [00:16] I was amazed, it was crazy, when I found out I'd just [00:19] won the Olympics, so, it's like, I didn't realize what [00:22] was, I mean, there's so many cameras around you, it's [00:24] like, yeah, I dropped an F bomb, it probably wasn't [00:24] the best call, but [00:29] I didn't really [00:33] know I was going on. [ MUSIC ] What's that, you're not [00:33] liking it? Yeah, I got it at an Aspen Thrift Store Yeah. It [00:39] reminds of the girl from [ UNKNOWN ] the bird girl. [00:41] She's that one. [ MUSIC ] I'm [00:47] so at my low with [ UNKNOWN ] I mean I eat what I eat. [00:49] I don't really workout, I don't workout. We love [00:53] burritos, Mexican food. I just wanna hang [00:58] out Yes, sorry, I've been sleeping a lot. I [01:02] just wanna hang out, to be honest, I don't know, [01:04] excited for this media stuff to be over and just start [01:07] snowboarding again. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [01:14] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] Probably getting injured. Never [01:17] broken a bone, knock on wood, but yeah I definitely [01:20] don't want to get injured. I mean that's some of the [01:22] worst things watching it. The day of the contest actually [01:25] someone got hurt in practice and it just leaves the [01:26] weirdest feeling in your stomach. And it's just [01:30] not fun to watch. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] [01:35] I'm an average guy, everyone swears, everyone sleeps [01:39] in, everyone loses stuffs, so it's like, I don't know I'm [01:42] not perfect. [ LAUGH ] [ BLANK_AUDIO ] ```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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