On a foggy late-summer morning at the base of Bristol Mountain, Leon Gan was chasing a dream.

“You’ll see me in the Olympics,” said the 12-year-old Pittsford boy dressed in swim trunks, a wet suit, a lifejacket and a helmet.

Leon then strapped on his snow skis and raced down a 150-foot plastic ramp on the side of a man-made grassy hill, raised his arms, did a double back flip and splashed into a pond.

“You have the thrill when you're going down, and then the second you hit off the ramp, you just feel like you're flying. ... It’s amazing,” he said, breathing hard between one of his several jumps that day. “It’s awesome.”

The 2026 Olympic Winter Games are still six months off. But Leon and the other youngsters training with him aren’t eying Italy. They have their sights set on 2030 in th

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