In 2014, Olympic Halfpipe Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington discovered that she suffers from congenital cervical stenosis, a degenerative spine condition that prevents her from pursuing her freestyle snowboarding ambitions. But being the fighter that she is, Kaitlyn wasn’t about to let it stop her from riding altogether. This episode of The North Face’s web series “Never Stop” gives insight into Kaitlyn’s head-space in coping with the news of her condition, and her optimism in dealing with her challenging situation. She steps away from the halfpipe and tries to find a new level of comfort in riding powder in the backcountry.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=f03dByCkOgY