Thursday December 6 11:25 AM ET

No Backers? Then It's Time for Bra and Panties!

VIENNA (Reuters) - An Austrian snowboarder who failed to secure a sponsor for her competition gear this season has decided to throw caution to the wind and compete in just a pair of panties and bra.

``Without a clothing sponsor there is nothing else I can do,'' the one-time World Cup race winner Sabrina Blassnig told the Austrian extreme sports Web site expeditionzone.com.

Blassnig said she would brave freezing temperatures and don her best set of underwear to compete at a snowboarding contest in Laax, Switzerland this weekend.

``It doesn't really matter as I still have a lot to offer even without my overalls on,'' the 31-year-old said.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

Answers

I wonder if she'll be wearing low cut panties that show off the top of her crack?

Seems like Vicky's would be willing to sponsor her.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001

Picaboo Street did fine, so why not this young lady. Go for it, say I.

Sports fans like myself remember fondly "Eddie the Eagle", ski- jumping whizbang from the U.K., long after we've forgotten who actually won anything at that particular event.

-- Anonymous, December 06, 2001