LIVIGNO, Italy – Born and raised in Truckee, Calif., freestyle skier Abby Winterberger completed two trick loaded halfpipe runs at the Livigno Snow Park in her Olympic debut in the halfpipe qualification on Thurs., Feb. 19.
Before laying down those two runs, broadcasters hooked her up to a microphone during practice, where she vocalized and visualized her sequence, “Chill, extend, whee, crush, land…”
That’s exactly what she did on her first competition run after dropping in and launching into the air—the “whee”—spinning for about 1.5 rotations with a grab…