The SkiGym simulator looks like it’s going for realism rather than the silly fun offered by the Wii, but some people probably want an accurate depiction of brief exhilaration before the inevitable faceplant.
A hundred years ago a large meteor exploded ten kilometers above the Earth’s surface in Tunguska, obliterating 830 square miles of woods. It was the largest impact in recent history, but nothing compared to this.