Extreme Sports Setting
You’re a fresh-faced newcomer to the extreme sports scene, completely focused on becoming the next Tony Hawk or Kelly Clark.

Years ago, Extreme Sports were ushered in by do-it-yourselfers. These rugged individualists took back the world’s slopes, runs, bridges, and mountains from corporate America and gave them to the people. No jogging on a treadmill for them; these guys and gals were after human-versus-nature, do-or-die, take-no-prisoners sports.
These days, what was once the hobby of a few die-hards has now hit critical mass. Events like the X-Games and the Winter Olympics have brought big money and corporate interests into the playing field. As a result, the best runs have been bought up by wealthy real-estate trusts, more interested in developing high – priced condos than letting you experience a rush of adrenalin. Sky-rocketing insurance premiums are dictating where you can and can’t go, what kind of equipment you can and can’t use, and what kinds of half-pipes can be built or not. The extremes of extreme sports are getting reined in. Face it: as long as someone else owns the hill; you’re gonna practice your sport on their terms.

In Extreme Sports Tycoon, success is not just looking like you own the hill…it’s owning the hill. Just as in real life, becoming a tycoon is a skill game. Fasten your seat belt; it’s going to be a bumpy ride.

Copyright 2002, MIT.