Tyler Turner is speaking via Zoom from an Airbnb in La Molina, Spain, showing off a prosthetic snowboard foot and describing what it’s like to defy the odds yet again to capture a second straight world title in Para snowboard cross, despite missing most of the racing season adjusting to new prosthetic legs.
“With so much time off and not knowing how well my legs were going to work after just receiving them a couple weeks ago … I didn’t want to put too much pressure on myself,” said Turner.
“But once we started racing, I was like, I want to win.