A version of this article appeared at Technorati on 25 February 2010.Hannah Teter is a snowboarder. Hannah Teter is cool--man, is she cool. Hannah Teter is a force. Hannah Teter is a kid.
At just 23 years old, Teter has competed in two Olympics, winning gold in Torino and now silver in the women's halfpipe event at Vancouver.
Her charitable endeavors are extensive and well-publicized--she supports a town in Kenya and gives prize money to help Haitians.
She's a vegetarian. Supports PETA. Spends much of her time living off the grid in a yurt in her parents' backyard, with solar and soon wind energy. She uses new age crystals, Buddha statuettes and incense. She plays the didgeridoo.
Hannah is living the dream of every neo-hippie twenty-something, dreadlock-wearing skateboarding/snowboarding "slacker" sitting in coffeehouses across the country trying to find their way. She's going all the way with it.
Hannah is truly the voice of a new generation.
Hannah's Gold, her charity organization, is noteworthy, not only for the help it provides to the 56,000 residents of Kirindon, Kenya, but also for its structure. It's a business. Hannah sells maple syrup, produced on her parents property in Vermont, and hemp bracelets over the internet.
Setting it up this way insures that the people of Kirindon will continue to receive the help they need long after Hannah's trips to Olympic podiums have run their course.
Now that's a good kid. Smart too.
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