I thought I was going to be done in 2018. “I’m just too competitive,” Kenworthy says. He is still here, pushing his body and mind to their limits despite all he has been through, because he can’t bring himself to stop-not yet. He is speaking on the phone from his California home last week, not long before he leaves for China to compete in the men’s halfpipe beginning Thursday afternoon.
And now? “It feels like maybe I’ve gotten to the smooth part of the road.
His spot on the Olympic roster was already secure thanks to a solid run of performances before the spate of bad luck, including a World Cup victory in Calgary, so Kenworthy allowed himself to rest and recover. In the end, the only thing that helped was time.
