How the Ski Bum Was Made
b'It\\u2019s the ultimate mountain-town caricature: the shaggy semi-athlete\\xa0who lives in a van (or truck or crowded apartment), works a number of crappy jobs (pizza delivery, barback, liftie), and skis 100 days every winter. This is the ski bum: a hero to some, a loser to others, and an enigma to everyone\\u2014until now. In this episode, bona fide ski bum Paddy \\u201cPaddy O\\u201d\\xa0O\\u2019Connell presents irrefutable evidence that the campy ski flicks of the eighties and nineties\\u2014cult classics like\\xa0Hot Dog,\\xa0Ski Patrol, and\\xa0Aspen Extreme\\u2014are what inspired so many vulnerable youth to drop everything and head for the hills. He should know. As a young man, Paddy O fell so deeply under the spell of one very special film that, despite never having skied before, he abandoned his life in the Midwest and ran away to the Rockies forever. \\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\n\\n\\nThis episode of the Outside Podcast is brought to you by the all-new Ford Bronco Sport, an adventure-ready 4x4 SUV with seven available G.O.A.T. modes that enable it to go over any type of terrain. Learn how you can outfit it to match your lifestyle at\\xa0Ford.com.'