US Kotsenburg 'Stoked' on Winning First Sochi Gold

You know you are around snowboarders when you repeatedly hear the words “stoked” and “sick.” Used to describe thrilling jumps, tricks or runs that riders have either seen or performed themselves, the words can mean other things as well.   Men’s slopestyle winner Sage Kotsenburg of the United States used them often after winning the first gold medal of the Sochi Games.   “All the riders were stoked today with how everything was organized," he said shortly after taking the...

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