Snowboarding's 'scary' addiction to thrills and spills

    By Motez Bishara, CNN

    Updated 1820 GMT (0220 HKT) December 30, 2016

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    Snowboarder Taylor Gold has been competing since he was nine. Gold was one of four Americans challenging in the halfpipe at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
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    Snowboarder Taylor Gold has been competing since he was nine. Gold was one of four Americans challenging in the halfpipe at the Sochi 2014 Olympics.
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