2002 Olympic Gold Medalist and 1998 Olympic Bronze Medalist Ross Powers is answering the Who? What? Where? Why? and How? from the GO211 community as the another winter season kicks off. Ross"the Boss" Powers has been there and done that in pretty much everything snowboarding has to offer won cars, motorcycles and medals in every event from the X-games to the Olympics. Ask this Vermont native anything and everything shred, what it's like to win Olympic medals in multiple Olympics and sharing a nickname with Bruce Springsteen. Fire away, he's all yours.......

I don't have a mini bike. I've rode some and had a bunch of fun. I'll have to check out the KLX110. Thanks, Ross

Hi Derek, I love riding dirtbikes. I use to race some around VT, NY & NH. I ride more for fun now with my friends, but I'd like to get out and race a little again. Take care, Ross

Hi Shane, I love to ride dirtbikes. I have a YZF250 which I like a lot. I live in VT and ride with some friends. Have fun riding your bike and maybe I'll see you on a track some day. Take care, Ross

I'd say people definitely think winning the gold in 2002 is my biggest accomplishment. I'd also say that winning the gold was my biggest accomplishment. Some other events during my snowboard career that were huge for me were winning the Bronze in 98, Winning the US Open in 99 and 03 and winning double gold at the 98 X-Games in Pipe and Slope Style.

The 98 Olympics were cool and winning the bronze was awesome. But snowboarding was kind of put to the side and the media didn't understand it. We even competed in the rain which was kind of crazy. In 2002 the Olympic were amazing for me. The weather was great, I loved the pipe and my family was there. Everything worked out for me that day and snowboarding seemed to be brought to a new level.

My influences are the athletes coming up, ruling it and changing the sports like Tiger Woods, Labron James, James Stewart and Shawn White. Also the athletes before them that were on top, still rip and are doing good things for there sports like Tony Hawk and Rick Carmichael.

I think the progression of snowboarding has been going crazy over the years. I don't know if I'd change anything but it's nice to see some riders do a huge method once and a while. It's been spin to win and soon it's going to be that along with a bunch of double fip variations.

I think the best thing to happen to snowboarding was for ski resorts to let us ride the lifts. I remember about 21 years ago when we could ride one beginner trail before we had to pay extra money to get certified by an instructor to go on the other trails. It's crazy how much the sport and mountains have changed.