New York Times writer John Brauch had just completed a profile on Kevin Pearce when he got news of the snowboarder’s injury. Here’s how he tells it in the NYT.
Many know Kevin Pearce. Many know Simon Pearce. Few link them together. I found it fascinating — a father and son, connected by their ability to create in utterly different disciplines, famous to vastly different audiences. . . Yes, that was the story. . . On Dec. 21, Pia Pearce cheerfully gave a tour of the family’s house in Norwich, Vt., and the house’s renovated barn, well known on the snowboarding circuit as the ultimate hangout — a skateboard ramp in back, a great room inside stocked with a pool table, foosball, air hockey, stereo, guitars, a refrigerator and couches. . . The story was written Thursday. A call to the Pearce house later that afternoon was intended to let them know and to double-check a couple of things.
Sadly, that is when Brauch learned that Kevin had been injured earlier in the day. Read the rest of the story by clicking the link.
[Link: The New York Times]
