CHONGLI, China: At only 11 months old, Wang Yuji can't walk, however she is now snowboarding and taking the slants - and the web - by storm.
The littlest of the relative multitude of riders at a hotel close to Beijing, which is set to have the 2022 Winter Olympics in only a couple of months, Yuji is cut into small boots by her folks and cushioned out with layers of defensive attire.
When her folks let go, she dives flawlessly down the piste on her little board, snickering and fluttering her arms.
Dissimilar to numerous ungainly fledglings who battle to remain upstanding, her distracted guardians say snowboarding some way or another worked out easily for their child.
"We put her in the shoes and acknowledged she could force herself to stand... then, at that point, we carried her to a delicate slant and watched her slide down, crouching on the board without help from anyone else," Yuji's mom Fan Xueyin tells AFP.
Yuji's first effort to snowboard was just two weeks prior during a family occasion.
Every morning from that point forward she has joined winter avid supporters at the Thaiwoo Ski Resort in Chongli, Zhangjiakou - one of the facilitating urban areas for the Winter Olympics.
"Assuming she had been apprehensive or opposed, obviously we wouldn't have caused her to do the game," Fan adds.
Yet, once on the board, "she would pat her legs and begin snickering, so we could see that she's not apprehensive by any means and is having fun".
As Yuji is still too little to even consider controlling her course or speed, a close by parent is consistently prepared to grab her assuming she veers towards a hindrance.
"No doubt about it!" they call at her, running close by their kid.
In front of the Beijing Games, the public authority has been quick to advance winter sports, with immense development of snow resorts prompting a huge number of new enthusiasts.
Yuji's dad Wang Shu is another fanatic of the game, having as of late began to learn.
Also, subsequent to seeing his little girl's ability, he says he has been propelled to prepare as an expert snowboarding trainer, so he can show her when she's more seasoned.
When not on the board, Yuji slithers about in the snow and is figuring out how to make her first speculative strides freely.
The little wonder, nicknamed Beibei ("child"), has acquired reams of web fans and recordings of her have collected huge number of perspectives on Chinese web-based media.
At the hotel, she is promptly perceived by individuals who stop to take photographs with her.
"A many individuals are leaving messages like 'She's so skilled and possibly can contend in the Winter Olympics later on'," Fan says, letting it out made her "truly consider it".
"It would be incredible for her to carry magnificence to our nation - yet she is still excessively youthful," she laughs. "We'll regard her own decisions later on."