Once Over Lightly

Lee Merkle

The Blade

Instructors at Bayne Mountain Lodge in Michigan went through their bag of tricks when they put on a show for their ski students. Here, Stein Eriksen, gold medal winner of the men's giant slalom event in the 1952 Olympics, is caught in the middle of his act as he executes a somersault on skis.

Lee Merkle, "Once Over Lightly," in POYi Archive, Item #4496, http://archive.poy.org/items/show/4496 (accessed April 25, 2024).