The 2006 Olympic Champion in halfpipe was on fire as she took the podium at nearly every competition during the 2009 season. But, for Teter, winning a Grand Prix, finishing second in a World Cup in the 2006 halfpipe, and finishing third in the 2010 pipe was about much more than athletic success – it was about a village of people in Kenya who are counting on her. While she has been sponsoring the village of Kirindon with the production of her maple syrup for over two years, in 2009 Teter did something new by donating all her prize money to the village in order to benefit the people there with water filtration systems and the promise of further growth. In 2010, the halfpipe superstar plans to continue donating her prize money as she prepares to defend the gold medal in Vancouver.