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FILE - Shaun White, of the United States, celebrates winning gold after his run during the men's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Feb. 14, 2018. The Beijing Olympics will be the fifth Olympics for the three-time gold medalist. And the last Olympics for the 35-year-old — get this — elder-statesman who is now more than double the age of some of the riders he goes against. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

One more Olympic ride: End means a new beginning for White

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Jose Daniel Zapata Arisrizabal, of Colombia, practices during an Olympic qualifying skateboarding event at Lauridsen Skatepark, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. The questions under the magnifying glass at this past weekend's Dew Tour — one of the last major qualifying events for the games in Tokyo in July — were whether the Olympics is ready for skateboarding and, more tellingly, whether skateboarding is ready for the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Ready or not, skateboarding takes its show to the Olympics

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Toby Miller reacts after Japanese rider Ayumu Hirano landed his run in the men's snowboard superpipe finals at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. Teenage snowboarder Toby Miller is the hand-picked successor of the best around, Shaun White. Now, Miller's trying to apply lessons from the Olympic gold medalist to forge his own way through the halfpipe. He competes Friday, Feb. 8, 2019, in the halfpipe final at the world championships in Park City, Utah. (Anna Stonehouse/The Aspen Times via AP, File)

Teen snowboarder soaring under tutelage of Shaun White

By PAT GRAHAM - Associated Press

Grand Targhee Resort celebrates 30 years of snowboarding

By RYAN SUPPE - Associated Press

Ester Ledecka, of the Czech Republic, runs the course during the women's parallel giant slalom semifinal at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Chapter 2: Ledecka wins gold again, this time on a snowboard

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE- In this Feb. 13, 2018, file photo, Chloe Kim, of the United States, celebrates winning gold after the women's halfpipe finals at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Before Kim won gold in the snowboarding halfpipe event, her infectious personality and heartwarming origin story had already won her sponsorships from Toyota, Samsung, Visa and others. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Stars of the Olympics are changing the sponsorship game

By MAE ANDERSON - Associated Press

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of the United States perform during the ice dance short dance team event in the Gangneung Ice Arena at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

The Latest: Plenty of excitement on Day 3 of Winter Olympics

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In this Dec. 13, 2016 photo, Matt Gadow of Bend Ore., holds his board leash as he floats off a powder lip, while riding a no-board down the cindercone at Mount Bachelor near Bend, Ore. (Andy Tullis/The Bulletin via AP)

Powder surfing catches on in central Oregon

By MARK MORICAL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 2017, file photo, U.S. Olympic Winter Games snowboarding big air hopeful Red Gerard poses for a portrait at the 2017 Team USA media summit, in Park City, Utah. If things go as planned, Gerard will walk away from the first Olympic Big Air contest with a gold medal around his neck. To hear the 17-year-old snowboarding phenom tell it, though, his greatest achievements dont lie ahead in South Korea. Instead, theyve been scattered about his own backyard for years. Gerard learned some of his best tricks in the features park he and his brothers set up on the hill on the back side of his house in Silverthorne, a few miles from the Continental Divide and the Breckenridge ski resort. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File) **FILE**

Road to Olympics began in Red Gerard’s backyard

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR USE SATURDAY, JAN. 21 - In this Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017, Marisa Paine skis with her daughter Carys Paine, 5, near the base of Sunshine Accelerator ski lift at Mount Bachelor in Bend, Ore. (Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin via AP)

Teaching kids snow sports can take patience, persistence

By MARK MORICAL - Associated Press

FILE - In this photo taken on Dec. 17, 2010, Tamarack Resort in Donnelly, Idaho, makes snow in preparation for its opening day. Not long after the recession put the skids on skiing like an unwaxed board in heavy crud, Sun Valley, Brundage and Tamarack resorts are applying a fresh coat and hoping to slide into a smoother future.(AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Katherine Jones, file)

Skiing bounces back; Idaho resorts upgrade

By Roger Phillips - Associated Press

In a February 2014 photo provided by Sean Busby shows Sean Busby splitboarding through the High Atlas Mountains near Marrakech, Morocco. By riding the highest mountain range in North Africa, Busby became the first person with Type 1 diabetes to snowboard on all seven continents. (AP Photo/TwoSticksAnd ABoard.com)

Diabetic snowboarder Sean Busby rides 7 continents

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

United States' Trevor Jacob, from left, Spain's Lucas Eguibar, Canada's Kevin Hill, United States' Alex Deibold, and Russia's Nikolay Olyunin compete during the men's snowboard cross semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

At Winter Olympics, an X Games breaks out

By TIM DAHLBERG - Associated Press

Russia's Vic Wild celebrates his win in a snowboard parallel slalom quarterfinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Wild wins parallel slalom to complete sweep

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Japan's Tomoka Takeuchi competes in the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Takeuchi took the silver medal. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Takeuchi continues Japan’s run at Extreme Park

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

Switzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov competes in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Podladtchikov won the gold medal. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

I-Pod’s triumph momentarily merges gold and glory

By WILL GRAVES - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 1988 file photo, U.S. gymnast Phoebe Mills flies through the air as she performs her floor exercise at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships in Houston, Texas. Mills used to flip for Olympic medals. These days, she decides who wins them. The 1988 U.S. gymnastics champion and Olympic bronze medalist is working in the snowboarding judging booth at the Sochi Games, giving marks in both the halfpipe and slopestyle contests at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. (AP Photo/David Breslauer, File)

Phoebe Mills goes from gymnastics to judging

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Shaun White, left, of the United States catches air during a training session for the men's snowboard halfpipe at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Olympic halfpipe could pave future of snowboarding

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

United States' Sage Kotsenburg takes a jump during the men's snowboard slopestyle semifinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Kotsenburg uses a new trick to take 1st gold

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press