NBC 26 caught up with Iron River, Michigan native, Olympic gold medalist snowboarder Nick Baumgartner who departed Wednesday morning from Austin Straubel Airport Green Bay with his final destination being Cortina, Italy for what might be his final appearance in the Olympics. “it's crazy,and to think that I'm still doing this,what,21 years later from when I started this journey, it's quite awesome.”Hear from Baumgartner about his Olympic journey! “I wear that flag with pride”: Baumgartner sets off for fifth Olympic gamesBaumgartner says normally he doesn’t feel pressure, but this year was different, because he qualify until last week. “My family, we have 20 people coming over there to watch the games and they had all their accommodations, everything booked,” Baumgartner said. “I've been to 40 countries all over the world and still the best part of my trips is coming back home here to the US,” said the gold medalist in snowboard cross.