At the same time that America was being introduced to the booze-and-sex-soaked world of skiing through the 1984 cinema classic Hot Dog. . . The Movie! , Kristi Leskinen was taking her first tumble down Pennsylvania?s Seven Springs slopes. Fast forward two decades and Hot Dog star David Naughton finds himself doing voiceovers for Korean animated flicks. Kristi, meanwhile, rules the world of freestyle skiing. Recognized as one of the world?s top female ?jibbers? (think doing life endangering snowboarding tricks on plump skis), Kristi was the first woman ever to pull a rodeo 720?two rotations, head pointed to the earth.

At this month?s Winter X Games in Aspen, CO, the 23-year-old Union Town, PA, native will throw down in the competition?s first female SuperPipe event. It?ll be her chance to show male slope-monkeys that her legs are good for more than simply looking at.

--FHM