From the neon backyard Where a man who was strong came to stay
Making peace with the earth Finding love on the way
He survived, cause he's a high mountain ranger
Just a man who ties his dreams to the land
And though there's times that are lonely He won't ever go
No life worth living in the city below
Not for a high mountain ranger With those that he loves by his side
And his world is rich, it's building a spring Region out as far as you see
And for a high mountain ranger All this is home
Welcome to Kirkwood, California, site of the 1988 Europa Cup ski trials.
Today's schedule is a full one with the women's giant column qualification heats this morning
and the quarterfinals of the men's giant column heats this afternoon.
The conditions couldn't be better with the temperature uncomfortable 40 degrees.
On the course now is the women's top seed, Olga Danilov.
Danilov, who is coached by her father, Pedro Danilov, is expected to win all three events she has entered.
Look at that forearm.
She's great.
Ooh, and she's cute too.
Yeah, she is.
Doesn't get any better than that.
Matt, the whole Russian team is good.
I hear Yuri Stenko's the one to beat.
Five will get you ten if Matt doesn't beat him by six tenths in the slalom.
No, seven tenths.
And I'll bet on you no matter how impressed you are by her.
What?
Impressed?
Look, I talked to her for three minutes at the arrival party.
Guys.
Go, go, go, go, go.
That was a fine run you just had.
Thank you very much.
I'm Matt Hawks, I met you at the party earlier.
I know who you are.
Your time puts you in the qualifying run for sure.
I hope you're right.
Count on it, it's really nice talking to you again.
Do you really think she's that cute?
Some people can just ruin it for everybody.
They make such fools of themselves.
Ivan is the biggest.
Olga, you stop that.
Stop making trouble.
And stop encouraging that American boy.
What are they going to do?
I wish I could see the match between him and Yuri.
You know the rules.
What are you doing to poor Ivan?
Ivan Benisevich is a clod.
Olga, stop it.
It's fortunate you're as good a competitor as you are.
Speaking of competitors, you're going to have your hands full with Matthew Hawks this afternoon.
Oh, I am?
You are.
Your daughter has now become an expert on the American skis.
I have a daughter who's going to go take a shower, lay down, rest a bit while I get you ready for your slalom now.
Finish that.
As a team trainer and your father, I order you.
And go and do as I said.
Strong, willful woman, just like her mother.
Gavreel, Gavreel, isn't it?
She is an amazing girl.
Sometimes too much, her mother's daughter.
I like her spirit.
It would get her in trouble with Ivan Benisevich.
I would not let that happen.
Tell me, Peter, is Matthew Hawks I'm skiing against?
What do you think of him?
From what I was able to learn about him, he's good.
Not as good as you, but he's good.
All you have to do is to concentrate on making very fast breaks at the start.
Come here.
Where's Ding?
I don't know.
Probably still chasing rabbits.
When's that dog going to learn?
Learn what?
Not to play with his food.
Come on, come on, come on.
Come on, come on.
Thunder's dogs in a lot of pain.
Maybe we ought to put him down.
Shoot him?
No way, Dad.
Those wolves tore him up pretty bad, look.
We can save him.
We can saw him up there, we can save him.
It's not that boy.
Those wolves, I think they were rabbit.
Would you look at this?
Matt, Matt, Matt.
Jackie.
Hi, guys.
Talk about an international incident.
The big timers come to the mountains.
You're not kidding.
Well, where's your dad? I haven't seen him.
He called, he said he couldn't make it.
Well, why not?
He's with Cody hunting that rabbit wolf that attacked Ding a couple days ago.
Matt, I am so proud of you.
Mom, he's seen me ski before.
I know he has.
Let's go.
That should be the difference, those split seconds.
You have worked long and hard.
You deserve to be on Olympics.
You deserve all that gold could bring you.
Do you understand?
I was real happy to find the name Hawks on the list of qualifiers again.
Thanks, Mr. Weatherall.
His dad was one hell of a skier.
Fine competitor.
Not that bad now.
I was hoping I'd get to see him while we're here.
It takes an awful lot to get him down off that mountain.
You win your heat today and make the finals and that'll get him down.
I'll do my best, I promise.
The best will do it. Good luck.
Thanks.
Here they come.
Well, it took you long enough to register.
Looks good, man.
I ran into an old friend of dad's.
Those reporters, look at them.
I mean, what do they expect?
I know what you mean.
All right, come on.
Let's go.
How about that?
Stanko dumped his kindly KGB man into fact.
That wasn't Yuri Stanko.
It was Olga Denilov.
I said enough.
I will not take the blame alone.
Handle properly.
The blame will be shared by a good number.
Starting with Matthew Hooks.
Including the American committee.
Be assured, comrade, I will make a good case for that.
Cody, slow down, will you?
I'm gonna go check out the trap.
I'll meet you up there.
There's a wolf in the trap.
Slowing down won't make any difference.
And if there isn't, slowing down still won't make any difference.
It's all right, son.
We're doing all we can do.
I could have done something.
I should have remembered to raid the shop myself.
The thingy has to stay penned up.
He's gonna go crazy.
We're just gonna have to keep him in the cabin for a while, that's all.
I don't know.
I think we should have...