Ted Ligety took his skiing to new heights this spring.
As in, plunging over the edge of harrowing 40-foot cliffs, with rocks lining the slim landing areas. Not once, either, but over and over.
Hey, it looked good for the cameras.
The Olympic gold medalist spent a few weeks in the mountains of Alaska filming footage for the latest Warren Miller ski movie.
But now it's back to the task at hand: Growing accustomed to new giant slalom skis in light of changes set forth by the governing body of the sport and trying to win back his giant slalom title after Marcel Hirscher of Austria ended his two-year reign.
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Ligety is getting an early jump, too, training last week at Mammoth Mountain in California.