Dog Days of Winter

In the mountains of 1960s America, thrill-seeking skiers quit toeing the line and began carving out new ways of making it down the mountain in style. They established a community of athletes, living for the creative freedom of hot dog skiing.This look back on the origins of the now Olympic discipline reveals its carefree beginnings, and the showmen who took this dangerous sport to the big time.In the mountains of 1960s America, thrill-seeking skiers quit toeing the line and began carving out new ways of making it down the mountain in style. They established a community of athletes, living for the creative freedom of hot dog skiing...