24, ski jumper based in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia
”I grew up cross-country skiing in Wisconsin. I can’t even remember my first jump, because I was always building small hills out of snow in the woods for fun when I was little. Once I was old enough, I’d hop into a van on weekends with other kids from my town and ski in the area. The steeper the slope, the more I liked it. I thought I’d quit once I went off a 120-meter-high jump, but I think that was actually the turning point: I became addicted to the feeling of flying.
This story is from the December 2016 edition of Self.
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