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Subject: Ice luge and sweden

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anders

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Date Posted: 03:57:08 04/25/03 Fri
In reply to: Tom Worsley 's message, "Re: Crossover of Luge Champions Announced" on 01:31:30 04/25/03 Fri

There's a bunch of swedish streetluge kids (not sure about the whole kids thing, but there all under 50 i think) whos been in contact with the ice luge guys over here and has joined there club/association. Which in turn gave them membership in the national sport assoc (i guess it's the same as the british sports council or whatever you call it). Anyway it seems like that sorted all their problems with insurance and it also gave them a much heavier voice when talking to the local authorities about organising races and stuff. They have a national big club meeting tomorrow and after that were off for a freeride session in a small local hill just outside of stockholm.

(Hey, someone said a few weeks ago about freeride sessions rather then competitions. And I think the format of Chris n Johns event in Waled b4 xmas (the christmas bash??) was excellent. Just ride and have fun for the whole weekend. Personally I cant just see the need for a national (or even international) point system as it all seems to bring up too much hassle. So why cant we just ride and have fun. Then again, I shan't really open my mouth 'cos im only in your country for 30weeks a year and while im there i tend to spend most of my time studying. But I have to say that I really appreciate what everything is doiing for hte sport since I have a hard time getting out riding on my own).

Tom, do you have any photos of those iceluge helmets? And a price? do they have the same low visibility as the polaris wedge helmets that most guys seem to be using?

Cheers,
anders

>Definitely! - The U.K. does have an active Olympic
>level Bobsled / Luge / Skeleton club that offer trips
>ice-luge training camps in Europe. Mainly Germany and
>Norway.
>
>Unfortunately ice luge is INCREDIBLY expensive, so
>most of the top U.K. riders are from the Armed Forces
>- the M.O.D. picks up the cost.(The G.B. Olympic 4-Man
>bobsled even has the R.A.F. roundels on the sides!).
>
>This U.K. army sponsorship contrasts sharply to the
>situation in the U.S.A. - where most of the top ice
>luge riders are independent, paying their way through
>sponsorship, promotion - or out of their own pockets.
>
>Not sure if the M.O.D. would be too keen on a
>'crossover' deal with U.K. streetlugers? Might be
>better to approach them through the British Sports
>Council, or the Olympic Committee...
>
>Anyway - everybody knows that the Germans are the best
>at Ice Luge. The three times Olympic champion Georg
>Hackl is a national hero over there. He is most famous
>for MAKING all of his own equipment himself. So maybe
>the Ice Luge riders are not so different from us after
>all?
>
>Didn't Mr Cool go and have a go at 'Skeleton Luge'
>with that bunch of nutters down at Bath Uni. last year?
>
>I think they had a short section of indoor bobsled
>track to practice starts on, or something like that?
>Didn't they import the water from Salt Lake City in
>preparation for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
>
>M.C. ?
>
>Tom Worsley
>
>P.S. By the way � Ding currently has a number of
>genuine Olympic Ice Luge helmets for sale. Complete
>with removable one-piece transparent face shields, for
>the ultimate in all-round visibility! Would be a very
>cool accessory for Buttboarding at 'Hot Heels' this
>summer. Gimme a call if you want one...
>
>07770 652546

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Re: Ice luge and sweden (+ ICE LUGE HELMETS)	Tom Worsley	03:41:26 04/28/03 Mon