We got our first glimpse of women's snowboarding sensation Torah Bright when she carried Australia's flag into the Opening Ceremony in Vancouver on Friday. Bright was given the honor not just because she's one of Australia's most popular athletes at these Games, but because she comes from an accomplished sporting family. Sister Rowena represented Australia in Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Brother Ben, a pro snowboarder, also rode for Australia's national team before he became Torah's full-time coach. All three have been calling Utah home for most of the last decade. But they still chase the endless winter, spending the summer months in Australia and New Zealand.

Though she's friends with most of the U.S. snowboarding stars, Bright will be doing everything she can to stop the Americans from sweeping the women's halfpipe Thursday. She's the dangerous counterpunch to a stacked U.S. squad whose 1- 2- 3 combination includes Kelly Clark, Hannah Teter and Gretchen Bleiler. But as you'll see in the following video, there's much more to Torah Bright than snowboarding. And something tells us we're going to see a lot more of her after Thursday.