Snowboard superstar. (Physical Science: Newton's Law of Motion).(Leslee Olson)

Science World | January 21, 2002 | Copyright

Leslee Olson's idea of a good time is to strap herself onto a snowboard and rocket down a snow-caked mountain at speeds over 73 kilometers (45 miles per hour). Whoa! Is she kidding? Not at all. "It feels so natural and it's fun," says the Bend, Oregon, native.

Olson's confidence isn't surprising. In January 2000, she nabbed first-place competing at the world's largest extreme sports championship, the Winter X Games. Last August, she launched her own snowboard company--Chorus--the first ever to exclusively design snowboards for women. Now she's training for a spot on ...

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