 (photo: Art Wolfe)
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Olympic Cybercast The Olympic Games are about 5am workouts and lives full of more torn ligaments than birthday parties. For all the violin-driven profiles designed to sell sneakers, there is raw talent on display here, brutal competition, and often sheer heroism. Like few things in life, it comes down to one race. Winner take all. Hundredths of a second make the difference between pure glory and bottomless disappointment. Who can forget the Mahre brothers sharing the podium in '84? Before '94, who had heard of a Picabo Street? In '76, when Franz Klammer hurled through one crash-defying turn after another, the whole world screamed. The Olympics inspire greatness, and we can't help but notice. As snowboarding swaggers into the medal sports, it gives us a chance to shake up the ritual a little. The Mountain Zone will be slopeside to bring you as much of the experience as multimedia will allow. We'll give you the scoop on the scene, show you the pics, and relay the results. We'll tell you where to get a good beer in Nagano, who's saying what about whom, who's hot and who's not.
We'll bring you a full-on blitz of skiing and snowboarding. Watch for fast results, photos, animations, audio, and video. We'll have the inside dope on anyone worth knowing, with interviews, rumors and blatant lies. We don't have feathered hair or navy blue sportcoats, and we really don't care what you have for breakfast (though we feel strongly that it should be a well balanced meal.) So, unless you're into that sort of thing, forget the VCR, and tune in from work or school or the roof if you're going wireless (take a jacket; it's cold up there.) Just kick it and click it and The Mountain Zone will do the rest. Stay tuned; the fun begins LIVE February 5, 1998.
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