How Elladj Baldé took on ice skating's elitism and went viral

The Canadian found that his Russian and Guinean ancestry made him an outsider at most rinks. Since his retirement he has been skating his own way

On a sunny winter day, Elladj Balde soars beneath the snowy peaks of the Canadian Rockies, floating to weightless chords of a piano ballad.

Few things compare to the singular beauty of skating on wild ice. It creaks, pings and groans. As it shifts, it fractures in deep, silvery lines. And for Balde, it's a place to make art.