As part of Zoe Atkin’s degree at Stanford University she is learning how the brain conquers fear. But now I am going 15-feet out of the half pipe so you have to be like, ‘OK, I’m going to go higher and it’s going to be more dangerous’. But I train for this and I’m ready.”At Stanford, Atkin has been studying symbolic systems, a course that blends psychology and probability, mathematics and how people think. View image in fullscreen Zoe Atkin flies high during the free-ski half-pipe – ‘You’re going to be scared. Then tomorrow I’m going to go two feet higher.’“But I would just fall on that trick over again and land on my hip.

Source: The Guardian February 03, 2026 17:30 UTC