Canter, 22, endured a coma, meningitis and surgery after a trampoline accident fractured his skull and left him deaf in one ear. Doctors had told him never to snowboard again.
Defying that prognosis, he landed a 1980‑degree spin in Beijing’s slopestyle event, earning bronze and a triumphant moment for the 13‑year‑old who once lay in a hospital bed.