Olympic skier Nick Goepper opens up about his battle with depression after Sochi

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea – Nick Goepper didn’t know how to change spark plugs, but the skier needed to learn. He yearned for a distraction from the disappointment of X Games, where he didn’t ski his best and finished seventh.

So he tinkered on is truck, the other fun part of off-roading. He read books. He did anything to right his mind.

Before he came to Pyeongchang to compete in his second Olympics, Goepper used the things he’s learned in his path from Sochi bronze medalist to rehab and back to world-class skier.

“Someone commented, they’re like, oh, it looked like he was about to cry on camera at the bottom (at X Games),” Goepper said of last month's competition. “And honestly I kind of was.…