Two planks, a mountain, and the quiet hope that gravity stays on your side.
Fun fact: The oldest known ski fragment, preserved in a Russian peat bog, dates to around 6000 BC.
Every line in it is quotable and everyone you've met has tried to prove that at a dinner party.
Fun fact: Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence both left- and right-handed for the duel scene.