Used in a sentence: "With the weather finally turning away from winter (the apartment windows will be open all week this week in Chicago!), I better hurry and mention this sport (and potential Scrabble word dispute in the making) that I didn't even know existed until recently -- skijoring."
If the Wiki is to be believed, this sport where skiers are pulled by horses or dogs or motor vehicles was an exhibition in the 1928 Olympics (don't think it will be in Sochi next year ... and by the way, can I vote now for Munich in 2016 so that it becomes the only city to have hosted both a summer and a winter Olympics?). I read about skijoring in the paper as they described a Winter Carnival event in New Hampshire -- and did a double take to make sure it wasn't a picture from the latest Jackass movie. All I can say is ... if a blizzard next year closes down LakeShoreDrive, have we got plans for you.
[After researching what it was, I kind of wanted it to be the Roadblock or the Detour on this season's penultimate Race episode (yep, squeezing in an Amazing Race Aside here), but I still enjoyed the save-someone-(buried-in-an-avalanche)-a-half-a-body-at-a-time task. If only Bonnie Hunt were still on the air to take the punk duo to task (not to sound too judg-y, but what exactly is that relationship again?) for their negative energy and bickering that led to their dismissal. Go Gary and Mallory or Zev and Justin!]
IT MADE #4 ON THE LIST OF THE 10 WACKIEST OLYMPIC SPORTS EVER:
JACKASS ON JOOST (don't try this at home ...):
A MOUNTAINEER's TAKE ON THE AMAZING RACE CHALLENGE:
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