Torah Bright: It Takes Courage

This is Torah’s heartfelt account of growing up ina close knit Mormon family and follows the highsand lows of Torah’s professional snowboardingcareer during which became the first AustralianSnowboarder to achieve a Gold medal in the WinterOlympics.

She talks about:

A serious head injury which threatened to endTorah’s snowboarding career.

Torah’s relationship with her brother and coach,

Ben, and why he walked out on her.

Torah’s short marriage to American pro snowboarderJake Welch and why she nearly gave up her careeras a result.

Losing her friend, Canadian freestyle skier SarahBurke, in an accident during a training sessioncausing Torah to spiral into depression and do someserious soul searching.

The controversy she caused at the recent WinterOlympics where Torah and Ben were openly criticalof the event courses, raising safety concerns andmaking headlines back in Australia.

Dealing with the International Olympic Committeesban on her displaying the sticker to commemorateSarah Burke on her snowboard or helmet whencompeting at the Sochi Olympics.