A Life in Motion Stopped Cold

For an athlete from a sultry tropical country who had spent her career following the summer around the world, aerial skiing had presented Souza with an extraordinary new challenge, accordioned into an extraordinarily brief period of time. She had never skied. She had never seen anyone doing aerials. She had barely even seen snow.

To combat the cold weather, she had taken to piling on so many layers that she seemed to double in size. But two decades as a competitor had given Souza a sharp sense of what she wanted and the will and single-mindedness to pursue it, and she had thrown herself into aerials with the same fervor she had once reserved for gymnastics.

Check out and listen to the NYTimes piece on Laís Souza

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