Yes, sometimes the glamorous life of pro snowboarding just isn’t enough. But apparently, Christ can made the difference, at least that’s what Kelly Clark says:
Most notable among them is Kelly Clark, who came to her newfound spirituality at the top of her game. As she tells it, she was the best snowboarder in the world. A gold medal from the 2002 Winter Olympics adorned her neck. Sponsors were courting her.
But something was missing. She tried to fill the hole with partying, acting out, more snowboarding. Still she felt “hollow.”
Then she overheard a fellow competitor say something to comfort another rider who had just posted a disappointing performance.
“Don’t worry about it. God still loves you,” Clark heard the competitor say.
Four years later, Clark is still the queen of snowboarding, a medal-harvesting pipe rider whose talents send her flying higher than any other woman in the sport.
But the dopiest comment of the story comes from hippy Hannah Teter:
“I just express it with meditation, yoga and candles,” says Teter, who earned Olympic gold in Turin’s 2006 Winter Games. “I always carry a crystal when I ride, and I do the whole centering thing before a contest.”
Oh yeah, that whole “centered” thing. We know it well.
[Link: Statesman.com]
