NY Times · Feb 13, 2022
He Loves Snowboarding. He Also Wants to Change It.
Credit...Rachel Woolf for The New York TimesThe Olympic snowboarder Chris Corning is a dutiful conformist in a sport renowned for its proud legacy of nonconformity.
While many snowboarders pump themselves up before a competitive run with loud music, whoops or self-motivating shrieks, Corning prefers quiet.
“I’m a big fan of competing with no emotion,” said Corning, an American who will compete in the big air event at the Beijing Games starting Monday after placing sixth in slopestyle. “People like to get over excited. I’m not very good at that.”