Movies and TvShows featuring "ski-champion" theme.

Slalom tells the story of a 15-year-old girl who dreams of becoming a ski champion. As she trains in the French Alps, she faces a series of obstacles including a demanding coach, sexual abuse, and the pressures of competition. This semi-autobiographical drama explores the journey of a young athlete striving for success and dealing with the complexities of adolescence.

After a sports injury, a professional sportsman returns to his hometown and decides to make a comeback in alpine skiing. He reconnects with his childhood friend who is now a sports manager at a ski resort. As they work together to prepare for a ski race, they develop a romantic relationship. Will their love and his sporting comeback be successful?

American ski film pioneer Dick Barrymore pursues the white stuff in the mountains of Colorado, France, and Lebanon. Goofy events, nail-biting bloopers, and gorgeous powder skiing ensue. Starring Jean-Claude Killy, Beth Annabel, John Burnett, and Bob Burns.

About an hour's drive from Salt Lake City, Utah is the ski resort of Alta, a former mining town, nestled within the Wasatch Mountains. Skiing and other winter alpine pursuits take place well into mid-spring. The relatively new ski lift is one of the longest in the western US. Some ride the lift not to ski down but to glance at the view from the 1,500 foot summit. Being the end of May, people at nearby Salt Lake are instead enjoying more summerly pursuits, such as boating. Behind only the Dead Sea, it ranks second among all large inland lakes for the saline content at 27%, the buoyancy from which makes it almost impossible to sink in. On shore at Black Rock Beach of the Bonneville Salt Flats is the site of many attempts of land speed records, most records held by Ab Jenkins. Another popular activity in the lake itself is the crystallization of salt around wire forms, the process which requires relatively still water and takes about two hours.