Errol and his mother Catherine after his fifth-place finish at Sugar Bowl.

Kerr is looking forward to competing on the Olympic ski cross course at Cypress Mountain in Vancouver.

“It’s built for me. There are a lot of jumps, and I’m smooth over terrain,” he says. “It’s my candyland.”

While Kerr is a world-class athlete, he can still take a joke. Comments about lucky eggs don’t faze him.

“I just embrace it. I love it, it brings more support to what I’m doing,” Kerr says. “But at the same time, it’s not a joke. I’m here to be the best in the world.” — Olivia Dwyer