ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – It’s a battle as old as time: death-defying skiers and snowboarders dressed as pirates, disco balls, Super Mario characters and various barnyard animals versus a pool of ice-cold water.
At the fifth annual Sink or Skim event at Hilltop Ski Area, the water triumphed.
On a picturesque sunny Saturday, 64 people dressed up in a myriad of costumes to satisfy the “Dress to Impress” theme of this year’s event, before hurtling down Hilltop and launching themselves off of the ramp – or rail, a new edition this year – in an effort to fling themselves across without falling in…