Gold Medal-winning snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg appeared on CBS’ “Late Show” last night to discuss the Sochi Games. Kotsenburg sat down on-stage and said, "I'm jonesing, I'm feeling pretty good." He said of the slopestyle course, “It’s definitely a big boy course. It definitely separated the men from the boys. ... There were a few minor things that needed to be changed.” CBS' David Letterman asked, “What kind of stuff is minor to you in this event?” Kotsenberg replied, "They moved the knuckles up a little bit.” Letterman: “Oh, I hate that! Don’t you?”
Kotsenburg said of making the Olympic team, “I hadn’t won a contest for a long time. It had been nine years. ... So I was pretty much just going to Sochi … to have a bunch of fun.” He added, “They call me ‘Second Place Sage’ for a reason.” Letterman asked, “So what was different about this circumstance?” Kotsenburg: “I don’t know, man. I did a trick that I never tried before and that definitely put the nail in the coffin.” Letterman: “Is that the best way to go, doing a trick you have never tried before?” Kotsenburg repied, “I don’t think I’d recommend it. I don’t know if it is always the best idea, but it definitely ended up working out for me" (“Late Show,” CBS, 2/18).
