Bill O'Leary

Prize money on the professional freestyle skiing circuit more than tripled last year and there is every sign that the boom is just beginning. Forty-five top men competitors won $162,500 in 1975 and 20 women stars...

Maybe Jean-Claude Killy started it all. His racing style featured edge-of-control turns followed by catlike recoveries, and the Killy era was followed by a generation of hot-doggers bouncing down the slopes. But that...

Freestyle skiers, informally known as hot-doggers, like to dress with the same exuberant flair they display on the slopes. "We have to look hot to feel loose," they like to say, which means donning flashy outfits...