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Goes, whoa, how random is this. i made finals. and then he wins the gold medal and tweets, wow, i just won the olympics. just like there to have fun, right? you rule. relaxed vibe. i wish i could be more -- >> welcome to the new generation. >> though boasnowboarders defin cool guys. up next, weather alert for all of us. atlanta, brace yourself. good news, here is your chance forget it right, guys. when it comes to good nutrition...im no expert. that would be my daughter -- hi dad. shes a dietiti...

Rings out of onion rings. after the semifinals, he tweeted, whoa, how random is this, i made it. photos have been circulating comparing him to sean penns "fast times at ridge month high." >> it is pretty awesome that someone did that. im stoked to see that. good ole stickley. >> reporter: hails from from park city, utah. friends and family didnt make the trip to sochi. they get too nervous watching. instead, kotsenburg called his dad after medaling. hes like what? they had it on speakerphone. it...

Kotsenburg. sage tweeting out, wow, i just won the olympics, bringing back the first gold here to the u.s.a. rachel is in sochi with more. >> he is the first gold medalist at these games. but 20-year-old american, sage kotsenburg, does not exactly fit the profile of a clean cut intense olympic athlete of the days past. >> my mentality is like training or going to the gym and making myself better at snowboarding in the gym. thats not really how i like to do it. >> the night before the event, kots...

Impressive. this is actually a chocolate medal. >> oh, my gosh. >> im eating it later. yeah. >> we know its been -- one of those have already been awarded to a snowboarder, sage, who is, you know, corking it out, as he says. tell us more. >> yeah. the most fantastic story. the first olympic gold medal ever awarded in this snowboard slopestyle is one of the 12 new events here this year. but weve been talking about it all week because of the controversy about the course being a bit dangerous. one ...

This is, coming to the last drop, this is going too well. i got to definitely do the 1620, and i just threw it and half way through the air was like its coming around perfect, and it ended up coming around just like the 1260 but a full 360 more. but it felt a little of the same feeling. i put my legs down right when i felt it, and it was unreal. i could not believe riding out of it that i larcnded that firs try. >> a pretty laid back guy, just 20. he tweeted this morning, whoa, how random. made ...

After making, do. >> rich: crazy tricks. >> corking it. >> sage kotsenburg, he woweded the crowd with with tricks never seen. he scored 93.5 on his first run down the mountain. now, kotsenburg, an idaho native, a really laid back dude. he tweeted this earlier today. whoa, how random is this? i made the finals at the olympi olympics. thats so awesome. he was in disbelief again after actually winning the gold. >> that was so cute. >> im really stoked to just, i cant believe this is all in one day,...

Watchers were left wondering, who in the heck is daft punk? this french duo, they never leave home without those very stylish helmets. they won four grammys. what do they actually look like? the most recent shot, here they are, 20 years ago, without the headgear. they recently told "rolling stone," we are not models. it would not be enjoyable for humanity to see our features. thats harsh. if you listen to alilec baldwin, seems like everyone is talking to. >> he was said he was flying from baha...

An hour or so. >> thats interesting. >> would you attribute that to training where they know they should immediately escort you into that storage room? did it feel like a plan or haphazard and random? >> it seemed very well planned. they werent frustrate ed themselves. they kept everybody calm. >> you and your children are safe and sound. you got out of there. looking back on this experience, what do you recall now? >> our plan was to go through the mall. im thankful the staff handled it the way...

Shoot, you could say, well, you know, as long as nobody goes there to shoot me, its okay. the only problem with that is, that if you have other near by people who are innocent, not necessarily innocent but werent the target but ended up getting killed anyway, thats not very reassuring. so i guess there is, you know, the public wants to know whether a person thats mentally disturbed, mentally deranged went and just was looking for anybody at random to shoot, which means anybody could be in danger...

Following this small shooting in columbia, maryland, halfway between washington and d.c its overwith now. three people dead, although its an active crime scene investigation. we know two people who were employees of the zumies store are dead, as is the gunman who apparently was armed with a shotgun. police say he had a lot of ammunition, so it raises questions whether he may have been intent on causing more damage, more bloodshed in that very, very crowded mall before he ended his shooting spree...