As he prepared to barrel down the slopes in northern Vermont at an event in March 2019, Hig Roberts decided this would be his last race as a professional Alpine skier. It was the day before his 28th birthday, he was skiing in the Nor-Am Cup at the high school where he once trained and it just felt right. Roberts had made a name for himself among the international elite of Alpine skiing — a sport in which speed, strength and focus are the currency. Though he missed a spot on the American team for the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics, he had made 31 World Cup starts, competed for the U.S. Ski team and won two national titles.

Source: International New York Times December 13, 2020 07:52 UTC