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...These snowboard and freestyle events, added over the last several Olympics are part of a movement called freeskiing that is rapidly changing the sport in the U.S. And they are right where America's skateboard-surfboard-snowboard generation lives. In the mens? moguls, resident renegade Jonny Moseley had a sometimes raucous crowd salivating in anticipation of his signature "Dinner Roll" jump, and he did not disappoint. Moseley stole the show in each of his two runs - but left without a medal. Ah, the irony. The outrageous Moseley is too rad for freestyle. His Dinner Roll is a 720 degree...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: At These Games, X Marks the Sports | 2/20/2002 | See Source »

...bridge that tilts into the air. Robots that crawl under doors. A hydrogen-powered bike and a surfboard that makes its own waves. Among this year's bumper crop of fresh new ideas, here are some of our favorites...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Inventions 2001 | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...tore it to shreds. By this stage we were all getting very nervous. The lion ran into a thicket of bamboo and the minister shouted something at the lion handler who disappeared for a few moments before reappearing with, tucked under his arm in the manner of a surfboard, a dead, stuffed lion. This is the one that didn't make it, the minister told us. In fact, the live lion had more than a little to do with the dead one's demise. Upon seeing his late sibling (stuffed with straw and mud by the looks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yes, That is a Lion Biting the Minister... | 8/16/2001 | See Source »

...water and pushed him off his board. The shark's nose struck Spencer's head, then its jaws locked onto his arm. "I could almost see the whole shark. My elbow was down his throat." The shark ripped muscles, tendons and blood vessels, then chomped down on the surfboard before finally disappearing. Spencer made it to shore, and today his arm is recovering, although he still cannot grip with his hand. His mistake? Surfing at sundown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Can't We Be Friends? | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

...long gone from the family's New York City apartment. They're settled in homes around the country, married, with children of their own. So, why, Elaine wants to know, is her home still jammed with Ann's childhood books; Elizabeth's bridesmaid's dresses; and Jim's surfboard, bicycle and shoes? Has she ever asked them to take these things? Williamson, a science teacher, laughs: "All the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Empty The Nest? Ha! | 10/16/2000 | See Source »

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