ENCINITAS, Calif. — The Olympics were months away, and Lindsey Jacobellis, the world’s most dominant athlete in the short history of snowboard cross, wore shorts and a tank top and sipped from a water bottle on a warm day near the beach. She had arrived at the coffee shop from home on a skateboard. Two dogs slept at her feet. A starfish pendant dangled from her neck.
Her body was nowhere near the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. But her mind was.
“Wouldn’t it just be nice if the media didn’t harangue me for something that happened 12 years ago?