Amy Purdy

Thank you so much for having me.

You know what?

I love being on this side of things.

I mean, I loved competing in the Paralympic Games.

I competed in Sochi, which was the very first time Paris snowboard was in the Paralympics.

And then I competed in South Korea.

But I thoroughly enjoy being on this side where I can just cheer everybody on.

Can you lay that out for us?

Absolutely.

I mean, one of the greatest challenges that the Paralympians face is

conditions and the deteriorating conditions.

Because we compete in March, the snow would get so warm and so slushy and they either keep the snow really slushy and then you're literally snowboarding or skiing in just inches of slush that grabs your skis and you just can't perform at your best.

Let alone, these athletes have prosthetic legs or a different type of disability and

I have two prosthetic legs.

So as an athlete, of course we adapt and as Paralympians, that's what we do best, but it just makes it so much harder to show up at your best.

And so moving the Paralympics to a time where it's optimal for the athletes, because you want to be able to watch the athletes perform at their best.

And it's just hard to do that in spring conditions.

Absolutely.

And from what I've seen is people want to watch them.

You know, I'll get my audience on social media, I'll get people excited about it.