"I can't believe what a crowd there is, and to actually get a forum this big. To be recognized - it is crazy. Getting up on stage and looking out, it's nuts."
-- Tony Hawk, winner of the Action Sports Achievement Award

"I've never been to anything like this before. I'm really excited to be a part of the snowboarding movement and being a part of the progression of the sport that has brought it mainstream. It's just so much fun."
-- Barrett Christy, winner of Snowboarder of the Year - Female

"We have to have a little bit of mainstream to keep it going, because the sponsorship I had 10 years ago, I would've had to go get a real job by now. It's creating this platform show of personalities, our sports and our talent."
-- Tina Basich, presenter of Snowboarder of the Year

"All these great people came up and told us how much our music has meant to them. It's really awesome."
-- Lars Ulrich of Metallica, winner of the Music Artist Contribution Award

"I love the looseness of it. It was very good - it was very not snotty, which is what you get at a lot of music awards shows. Yeah, you get a lot of arrogance."
-- Kirk Hammett of Metallica, winner of the Music Artist Contribution Award

"A whole lot of adrenaline and a whole lot of awe. I think it was just awe, shock and surprise. It's like taking a 15-foot drop in Sunset."
-- Layne Beachley, winner of Surfer of the Year - Female

"I think it's good, because I'm a snowboarder myself."
-- Daryl Hannah, presenter of Snowboarder of the Year

"I had a tongue twisting speech I had to throw down, and James Hetfield is right in front of me. I know Evel Knievel is watching somewhere in the audience. And I heard Ozzy is around somewhere, so it's a little stressful when you got those guys there."
-- Danny Way, presenter of Skateboarder of the Year

"I don't know. I appreciate it, thanks you know. I didn't know exactly who was a part of it all, but as far as skateboarding goes, thanks. Not so much just the judges, just skating period."
-- Eric Koston, winner of Skateboarder of the Year

"The show is absolutely amazing. I had no idea. I thought it was going to be a stuffy kind of award show. These people are out of control having the best time ever. The music is phenomenal. It's a rare opportunity."
-- Ali Landry, aka "The Doritos Girl", presenter of Surfing's Music Artist of the Year

"I know most of these guys so I think I was kind of juiced in or something."
-- Jack Johnson, winner of Surfing's Music Artist of the Year

"I'm overwhelmed right now. Yeah, very nervous. There were so many people."
-- Sara Burke, winner of Skier of the Year - Female

"I had a ball - it was a gas. It was the Grammy's and all that rolled up into one, man."
-- Juan Nelson from Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, awards show performer

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