From the editors of Excite.com, here’s a batch of Web sites focusing on winter sports:
OLYMPIC GAMES
– http://www.nagano.olympic.org/home–e.html
This useful page offers the latest info on everything from tickets to the city of Nagano, Japan, host for the 1998 Winter Games (Feb. 7-22). You can even learn how to fold a Japanese origami “Snowlet,” official mascot of the games. So pull out that bobsled and get into the action.
WINTER GAMES ON CBS
– http://www.cbs.com/sports/olympics/
Prepare your PC for the Winter Games. At this site, basically an on-line “newsletter,” you can stock up on Olympics screen savers for Windows, read brief stories about the various sports included in the ’98 Games and view pictures of star athletes.
SKYWINGS
– http://www.skywings.fi/
This Finnish company makes the Skimbat wingsail, a windsurfing-like sail designed to be used on ice and snow in the same way windsurfers use sails on water.
SNOWLINK
– http://www.snowlink.com/
A winter wonderland of information is offered at this slick site dedicated to skiing, snowboarding and other on-snow activities. It includes features on fashion, equipment, resorts, clubs and teams, as well as frequent updates on snow conditions throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe.
BROWN CURLING CLUB
– http://www.brown.edu/students/brown–curling–club/
This club at Brown University (Providence, R.I.) provides a nice, clear explanation of curling for those of you who’ve always wondered but didn’t dare ask. Also, of course, are the usual listing of club activities and membership.
MUSHING MAGAZINE
– http://www.polarnet.com/users/mushing/
This international bimonthly magazine provides information and entertainment year around on the growing sports of dogsledding, skijoring, carting, dog-packing and weight-pulling.
LUGE
– http://www.lifetimetv.com/wosport/sports/luge/lugegen.htm
If you’ve always longed to lie flat on your back and steer a sled with your feet and shoulders on an icy track at 90 m.p.h., this site will give you a basic intro on what’s required to get started in the wide world of luge.
SNOWBOARDING ON-LINE
– http://www.solsnowboarding.com/
Hip-hop text combined with sleek graphics add up to a snowboarding resource. There’s gossip, events, equipment reviews, and a chat section, plus the latest word from various ski and snowboard resorts.
ALPINE WORLD
– http://www.alpworld.com/
The latest issue of the immensely popular ski magazine. They have something for everyone who likes to hit the slopes, from the once-a-winter crowd to the hardcores: features, destinations, gear, classifieds.
SKIWEB
– http://www.bayinsider.com/getout/skiing/euindex.html
How’s the skiing in Slovenia? Pretty good and there’s lots of it, according to one of the beautifully done clickable maps on this site. Links to ads and Alpine World magazine included. This site is great even if you just want some tourist information. Oh, snowboarders are welcome, too.
BOBSLEIGH-ING
– http://uk-commerce.com/bba/
That’s “bobsled” for you Yanks. The British Bobsleigh Asociation was formed in 1927 in New York as the U.K. governing body for the sport.
I-SKI
– http://www.iski.com/notfound.htm
This promises to be the “real skiers”‘ digital guide to fun on the slopes. It has first-person resort reports that are not advertising spots, independent tests of skiing gear, instruction, weather and tips on physically preparing for and getting through the season. Lively interactive “community” section lets visitors find similarly minded “snowmads.”
