EditorialShaun White of the U.S. becomes emotional after the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialJenise Spiteri of Malta competes in the women's snowboard halfpipe at the Genting Snow Park during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, Feb. 9, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialShaun White of the U.S. becomes emotional after the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
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)
EditorialEileen Gu of China competes in the women's freeski halfpipe final at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialEileen Gu of China trains before the women's freeski halfpipe qualification at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. (Gabriela Bhaskar/The New York Times)
EditorialAyumu Hirano of Japan, airborne on his final Men?s Halfpipe snowboarding run, and on his way to a gold medal at the Beijing Winter Olympics, Genting Snow Park in Zhangjiakou, China, Feb. 11, 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)
EditorialLucas Foster of the United States bends his board on the lips of the halfpipe on his second run of the men's snowboard halfpipe qualification round at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
EditorialGold medal winner Shaun White, right, and silver medal winner Daniel Kass, both of the U.S., celebrate after the men's halfpipe snowboarding competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Bardonnecchia, Italy, on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2006. (Vincent LaForet/The New York Times)