EditorialDavid Wise, of the United States, competes in the men?s freeski halfpipe event at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, Feb. 19, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialChloe Kim of the United States performs a trick, shown in this composite image, called a straight method air, soaring 12 feet, 10 inches above the edge of the halfpipe, during the women's snowboard halfpipe at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Photographs by Jeremy White; composite image by Eleanor Lutz/The New York Times)
EditorialChloe Kim of the U.S. competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialShaun White of the U.S. warms up before competing in the men's snowboard halfpipe qualification round at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialGui Khury, right, an 11-year-old skateboarder, and his father, Ricardo, in Curitiba, Brazil, May 19, 2020. (Isabella Lanave/The New York Times)