(CNN) It was the movie that inspired a generation of skiers and popularized the concept of "extreme" skiing. Almost 30 years later, "The Blizzard of Aahhh's" remains the benchmark, and the film that ignited today's freeskiing movement. 'Celebrity skiers'The crossover into mainstream media was the catalyst for the explosion of "extreme skiing." "What we were doing was not quintessential extreme skiing. Somebody asked me in an article a year or so later if I was a 'Chamonix extreme skier.'

Source: CNN February 24, 2017 10:52 UTC