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Article: Star techs: They beam the athletes on board
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- February 17, 2002
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Star techs: They beam the athletes on board
By A. CRAIG COPETAS
Bloomberg News
Sunday, February 17, 2002
Park City, Utah -- Behind a muddy snow bank far from the pageantry
of the 2002 Winter Games, Chaka dons a gas mask before sprinkling a
bit of white powder in his palm.
"This is very delicate work," he says, his voice muffled. "One
mistake and we're toast."
The air is noxious from a heap of $400-a-pound bubbling wax that
Chaka massages into the elaborately decorated wood and fiberglass
plank he has balanced across his knees. Then he fine- tunes the
bindings that a few hours later will whoosh snowboarder Kelly Clark
to America's first gold medal at the Olympics.
So let's hear it for Michael ...