| Street Luge is the most extreme
form of board racing. Lying on your back on a special kind of
"skateboard" , the luger flies down hill steering his board through the
corners with subtle shifts of his body. Each board or sled is specially
designed to fit the participant's body and speeds can easily reach 70 km's
hour. The cost of these sleds and the additional gear generally does
limit participation in competitions to adults in their late twenties or
early thirties. Although the inclusion of Street
Luge in the X games has improved the popularity of this extreme sport, the
number of spectators is still much larger than the number of active street
luge pilots. Events like the Gravity Games are now regularly organized in Australia, Europe and the United States,
and have drawn
large crowds making celebrities of many of the Street Luge pilots. Now your here, please peruse our luge directory and luge screen saver downloads. We also have some links to luge video clips for you to enjoy. |
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