HOT DOG... THE MOVIE

Harkin Banks, a young and ambitious freestyle skier from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, travels to the Squaw Valley Ski Resort for the Freestyle World Championship. At a gas station he picks up the 17-year-old runaway Sunny, who is on her way to San Francisco. The two hit it off straight away and check into the resort together. At dinner they meet Harkin's idol, the Austrian Rudolph "Rudi" Garmisch, but are disgusted by his arrogance. Back in their room, Harkin impresses Sunny with his guitar playing and the two sleep together.

The next day is the qualification for the main competition, which Harkin overcomes easily. However, two of his compatriots are passed over despite a good performance because the organizers want to satisfy their European sponsors. Harkin befriends a group of fun-loving skiers led by freestyle veteran Dan O'Callahan, who are also competing in the Championship and call themselves “The Rat Pack." In the evening, Harkin and Sunny receive an invitation to a house party with the attractive skier Sylvia, who has her eye on him. After a disagreement with Sunny, Harkin allows himself to be seduced by the confident hostess and the two have sex in the bathtub. Sunny watches the whole thing and gets intimate with Rudi in the sauna.

The next morning, Rudi brags about his conquest on the slopes and provokes Harkin before the ski ballet segment. Thanks to excellent grades, Rudi wins and Harkin only ends up in fifth place, much to the audience's displeasure. Afterward, Sunny and Harkin confront each other about their missteps from the previous evening. Sunny prepares to leave, but ends up staying in town and trying to teach herself to ski. Despite Harkin's excellent performances on the moguls and aerials, Rudi also wins these two competitions and is crowned the superior freestyle world champion. Harkin has to be content with second place. The spectators suspect cheating and throw snowballs at the judges.

O'Callahan challenges Rudi and his entourage, the "Rudettes", to a so-called Chinese Downhill, a downhill race without rules, to clarify once and for all who the best skier is. The members of both groups compete against each other at the same time and race down the mountain. While one after the other falls, Harkin and Rudi at the front engage in a close race, which the former ultimately wins by the narrowest of margins. He grabs the World Cup trophy and is rewarded with a kiss by Sunny while the audience cheers him on.

Harkin triumphs in an anything-goes downhill race, wins the World Cup trophy, and reconciles with Sunny while the crowd cheers.

The film wraps up with Harkin overcoming rivalries both on and off the slopes, validating his underdog journey with a narrow victory in the lawless 'Chinese Downhill.' The final celebration and public reconciliation with Sunny signal a classic raunch-comedy conclusion: the outsider claims the prize, the girl, and the respect of his peers, while lampooning the excesses of ski culture and competition.