He thought, "Who the hell is this short, curly-haired girl in ... to think a bit deeper about things than the pro-skier archetype has us assume. "Skiing is useless. If you take a step back ...

The World Pro Ski Tour, a blast from the past ... "The races are fairly short, and there's a lot of action," says Olympian Phil Mahre, a Pro Tour veteran from 1989 to 1991.

I’m going to go ahead and call these Pro boots ... tour short distances. Admittedly, that’s a very small category and would include athletes, patrollers, heli guides or just hard-charging local guys ...