That risk-reward is heightened at a Winter Olympics and there probably isn’t a discipline more exposed to frightening losses than halfpipe skiing and snowboarding where athletes perform airborne tricks launched off two 22ft walls of sheer ice. Scotty James, an Olympic halfpipe snowboarding bronze medallist in 2018, describes it in pared-down terms. Lynch warms up every morning, loosening the muscles and joints and avoiding his “gnarliest trick” until he’s good and ready. But also, skiing is by far the best action sport you can do because you're on the mountains. I think it's fully plausible, if I can put down my biggest run and with my knee fully healed now.

Source: Irish Examiner February 07, 2026 19:43 UTC