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Halfpipe snowboarder Maddie Mastro is known for her crippler, a signature jump trick she will try to execute flawlessly as she goes for Olympic gold in Italy this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Analyzing video footage of her crippler, the AI pointed out that her arm was angled above her head on landing, which, in a sport partially judged on aesthetics and style, was less than ideal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Mastro used an air bag at Mammoth to practice her groundbreaking double crippler, which she used to win the 2019 U.S.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2022

But Murphy lets the contradictions sizzle: he knows that schlock can double as great art; that self-loathing can work both as a goad to ambition and as an emotional crippler.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2017

Thus a common infection, almost invariably mild in children but which may be severe in adults, was convicted as a crippler and killer of the unborn.

From Time Magazine Archive