What is takes to become a world class athlete

David was a member of the US Freestyle Mogul A team competing at the World Cup level for eight years.  He won world cup events in Switzerland and Italy and was the US national Freestyle mogul champion in 2006.  David's rise to the international level was unusual because he never trained or competed until he was 15 years old.  Usually by this age one would have already been competing for ten years.  With the Winter Olympics just having finished, David will review what kind of time and commitment is necessary to compete at the highest level and be successful.