"Olympic Gold Medalist, three time US Open Champion, lover of coffee and all things good, Kelly Clark is answering the Who? What? Where? Why? And How? From the Go211 community as she prepares for the upcoming season and recoups from the Burton world tour. Now's your chance to ask her anything and everything about snowboarding, life, art or whatever so fire away she's all yours....."

I just started snowboarding for fun, just like we all do. I just fell in love with it and thought it would be amazing to get to do this all the time. Everyone thinks it would be great to do it as a pro, but I never thought it would happen to me.

It is a matter of working your way up - getting comfortable going fast is key. Having your basic skills down makes it easier when you increase the speed. Follow some of your friends that go bigger than you and it will push your comfort level, and increase your height in turn.

Snowboarding has changed so much since I started 18 years ago. I started the first year it was even allowed at my mountain. Now I think there are more of us than them. Lots of things - the tricks people are doing, the amount of people doing them, the equipment, it is ever evolving. It is fun to be a part of something that is progressing.

Yes, many people ask me if I can sing for them, but no one really wants that!

Yeah, I am a Christian, and love Jesus. I go to a non-denominational church called "The Lighthouse" in Mammoth, CA.

Yeah, you have not heard our new album? The Kelly Clarkson and Britney CD is so hot right now.

Considering I live 3000 miles away now, I get home often - About 5 times a year I make it home. I travel a lot but Vermont will always be home.

Yes, I have pets at my family's house in Vermont. 2 dogs: Rosey and Peanut. We also have a kitty named Dumpster - thats where we found him.

It would snow 10 ft in Mammoth like it did a few years back. That way it would give a good base and they could start pushing the pipe. I would get to stay home and ride powder until it was ready.

Winning the gold medal in '02 was my greatest accomplishment. Most people would say that and so would I. A few other things that I consider up there are, winning the US Open 3 times. And my run in Turin - I was pretty proud of it even though it did not produce the medal I was hoping for.

I like vanilla latte, half coffee half steamed milk, with a tiny bit of sugar.

I hope to progress my riding. So improve technically and in turn do well at some of the events. Filming with the nations foundation should be cool too.