US ski champion Julia Mancuso is criticized over viral video of her throwing her one-year-old son into snow that's so deep he 'disappears' - but defends the clip saying 'there was zero risk'
Former Olympic ski champion Julia Mancuso, from California, shared a clip of herself throwing her young son, Sonny, one, into deep snow
The clip sees the tot covered over his head in the powder before he's fished out
Mancuso, 36, has defended the stunt, saying: 'I don't think it's a good idea to through your kid into any snow bank... but when it snows like this! It's game on'