Olympic Highs

February, 2002

SnowboardingAttitude at altitude. Instead of salchows and lutzes, these guys bone, bonk, alley-oop and pull chicken salad air, Canadian bacon air and something called the crippler. They have as many words for air as the Eskimos have for snow. The new mountain gods, snowboarders don't wear stretch pants, and never will. The half pipe airs February 11.FreestyleThe Winter Games celebrate man's ability to create risk where none existed. The men's aerial freestyle is a case in point: Strap on skis, p...