maddie bowman has been training hard. in the ski half pipe in her sport. but off the mountain well it's something she didn't expect she would be doing. >> down the pipe, 720 for maddie bowman. >> kwhoe you win the olympic gold medal like south lake tahoe maddie bowman did in 2014, the next thing you do is step on the top of a podium. it's a wonderful place to be, maddie says. >> that high you get when you win, a gold medal is insane. >> what maddie says she didn't realize at the time is that podium is also a platform. one that as an olympic gold medallist she gets to stand on every day for the rest of her life really. >> it changed my life in a way that i wasn't expecting. i, you know -- i received this platform i didn't have before. >> and one maddie felt a responsibility to not let go to waste. she teamed up with protect our winters, a non-profit fighting climate change and regularly speaks in school. >> yeah, it's given me this kind of unique place to connect with people. >> but it doesn't stop there. maddie understands she is now something of a role mo

. >> reporter: when you win an olympic gold medal like south lake tahoe's maddie bowman did in 2014, the next thing you do is step on the top of a podium. it is a wonderful place to be, maddie says. >> that high you get when you win a gold medal is insane. >> reporter: but what maddie says she didn't realize at the time is that podium is also a platform. one that as an olympic gold medallist she gets to stand on every day for the rest of her life, really. >> it changed my life in a way that i wasn't really expecting. i, you know, i received this platform that i didn't have before. >> reporter: and one maddie felt a responsibility to not let go to waste. she teamed up with protect our winters, a nonprofit fighting climate change, and regularly speaks in schools. >> yeah, it's given me this kind of unique place to connect with people. >> reporter: but it doesn't stop there. maddie understands she is now something of a role model to young female athletes. when at her home mountain, sierra-a-tahoe, maddie is sometimes just a phone call away. >> maddie, i was wondering can you come o

lake tahoe's maddie bowman did in 2014, the next thing you do is step on the top of a podium. it is a wonderful place to be, maddie says. >> that high you get when you win a gold medal is insane. >> reporter: but what maddie says she didn't realize at the time is that podium is also a platform. one that as an olympic gold medallist she gets to stand on every day for the rest of her life, really. >> it changed my life in a way that i wasn't really expecting. i, you know, i received this platform that i didn't have

one is south lake tahoe's maddie bowman. this is the women's ski half pipe. told us that participating in this new event made walking down the opening ceremony even more special. >> i never experienced the opening ceremonies, but no one on my team had either. you know, the coaches, the pts, the other athletes. it was so fresh and cool for us. and we just -- we lived it up. we soaked it up. we took in every moment. and i wouldn't have changed that. it was definitely, oh, we're here to ski but look at all these shiny things around us. it was a cool experience. >> it is cool. from lake tahoe to south korea. she's in good form already. she looks to repeat, winning a gold in the last x-games competition before heading to the winter olympics. our garvin thomas will hit the road and bring us live reports from pyeongchang throughout the olympic games. you can follow him his twitter handle @gar vvi@garvinthomas. >>> the different ways they're trying to make a statement during tomorrow night's address. >>> plus supporting women in the workplace. legislators plan to ext

a maddie bowman or shaun white. >> and some name we never even heard of is going to thrill us all. >>bc. that's your "pop start" today. >>> remember the bbc interview when robert kelly's daughter came in during the -- >> there it is. there's the kid in the background there. >> the second one. >> wait for mom. >> yeah. >> that brakes sound. >> and he's talking about nuclear war. we think we've maybe found our new bbc dad moment. this time, it happened to a berkeley film historian live on al jazeera. >> it hit the box office -- >> that's my child. excuse me. >> he can come in. it's not a on the program, too. okay. he wants to be part of this. >> hi. >> excuse me. as you point out correctly, hollywood has never been afraid to be outspoken. thank you very much for having us. >> bye. >> bye. >> that's daniel smith-rousey. his 5-year-old son was there. and he was hoping his son would sense he should never be on camera. >> i like the kids are never deterred that they're on tv. >> using dad has a racing track. >> i love it. >>> al, let's get a check of the weather. is your computer back? >> i