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The Absurd Parkour Routine Behind an Olympian’s Wins


When you’ve been winning snowboarding competitions since age 13, you need to keep things interesting to keep progressing. For Canadian snowboarder Sébastien Toutant, the first-ever Olympic gold medalist in men’s big air, that means upleveling everything, not just tricks on the slope. When he’s shooting hoops, he’s balancing on a stability ball and shooting backward to get nothing but net. And when he’s in the gym, he’s conjuring parkour courses from kettlebells and Bosu balls.


Source: Wall Street Journal January 19, 2020 12:22 UTC



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