1. Luge - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia A luge is a small one or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled s runners with the calf of each leg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luge

Luge From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Diagram of a luge and rider A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine and feet-first. Steering is done by flexing the sled's runners with the calf of each leg or exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Luge is also the name of the sport which involves racing with such sleds. It is a competition in which these sleds race against the clock. Contents History Rules Artificial tracks Natural track luge ... edit History Luge, like the skeleton , and the bobsled , originated in the health-spa town of St Moritz Switzerland , in the mid-to-late nineteenth century , through the endeavours of hotel entrepreneur Caspar Badrutt . Badrutt successfully sold the idea of winter resorting, as well as rooms with food, drink, and activities. His more adventurous English guests began adapting delivery boys' sleds for recreation, which led to collisions with pedestrians as they sped down the lanes and alleys of the village. This had two outcomes: in the short term the guests began to devise methods of steering the sleds, and so invented the skeleton (head first

2. United States Luge Association - Official Site Official site of the US luge Association includes history, team info, Olympic news, and season schedule. http://www.usaluge.org/

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It's all about Speed: The Physics of Luge We all know what it feels like to travel 65 miles an hour sitting comfortably in a car. Now imagine that you are traveling just that fast, but only three inches above solid ice - lying feet first on a tiny sled. This is the sport of luge! Linear Kinematics Introduction Getting Started with position measurements Kinematics: Fundamental concepts and activities Displacement Velocity Average velocity Direction ... Acceleration (average and instantaneous) Kinematics in more than one dimension Vectors A digression Vector addition and subtraction Displacement ... Think Linear Dyamics Introduction Getting started Forces Free body diagram ... Think Other Issues The luge environment Luge equipment Other luge activities April, 1998, Montana State University-Bozeman

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WASATCH LUGE CLUB Where Good Fun ...is Going Down Hill Fast! Be Sure To Sign Up For The Junior World Cup And The Utah Winter Games! Happy New Year From The Wasatch Luge Club United States Luge Association Utah Olympic Park International Luge Federation YouthWinterSports Alliance ... FAQ's First time to our web site? Go here! Welcome to the Wasatch Luge Club (WLC). Established during the winter of 1995, the WLC was created in response to the growing interest and questions regarding the sport of luge in Utah. As a result of Salt Lake City's Olympic selection, a new Bobsled/Luge Run was constructed at the Bear Hollow site in Park City, known as the Utah Olympic Park. The WLC acts as a point of first contact for anyone with a question about the sport of Luge, whether it is only general curiosity or a true desire to be involved. The Wasatch Luge Club is the only club sanctioned by the United States Luge Association in this area. Our mission is to promote the sport of luge as a means of recreation for all ages, to act as a feeder to the National Team System, and to create a base of volunteers and officials to aid in the running of events. These events range from local club level races to the Olympics and beyond. History of Luge Sliding Schedule Club Sliding Races Race Results Current Events ... Volunteer Opportunities The Wasatch Luge Club is a proud partner with the Youth WinterSports Alliance.

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13. Luge - Definition From The Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary Definition of luge from the MerriamWebster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/luge

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14. Luge The Olympic luge event was introduced in 1964 at InnsbruckIgis, Austria. The word luge is French for racing sled. lugers careen down the course feet http://www.reachoutmichigan.org/funexperiments/agesubject/lessons/newton/luge.ht

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Wiki Home Create an Article About How-To Wiki RSS ... Return to Wired HowTo Top Stories Magazine Wired Blogs All Wired Personal tools Log in / create account Views Article Discussion View source History Luge From Wired How-To Wiki Jump to: navigation search How To Luge The first rule of luging: There are no "lugers." "It sounds like losers,' and we've heard that joke before," says Erin Hamlin, a "slider" on the US National Luge Team and a contender at February's World Cup Finale in Latvia. Second rule of luging: Be fearless. Sliders must don head-to-toe spandex. Oh, and then speed down a mile-long frozen waterslide at 90 mph sans brakes. Here's Hamlin's advice on how to make it to the bottom alive. — Miyoko Ohtake Contents Pick your ride Start outright Check your head Try not to steer ... No peeking Pick your ride A commercial fiberglass sled can run you about $1,600. Add $200 for a tube of diamond paste to sand the steel blades. But don't even think about heating your blades; prerace, the judges will compare the metal's temperature to that of the outside air. Start outright You win or lose at the top of the hill. To go from to 60 in less than 20 seconds, sit up straight on the sled and grab the handles on either side of the track. Rock the luge forward, slide it back with your hips, then pull hard with your arms to explode out of the gate. Paddle against the ice three or four times, then lean back flat with your head as low as possible and your toes pointed down the track.

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Official Website of the F©d©ration Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL) Home News News Archive Events ... Imprint :: Video Highlights 2006/2007 luge season artificial track Source: :: Natural Track Luge Live ::2008 FIL World Championships Impressions from the 40th FIL World Championships. :: Photos :: Quiz :: Quick Links News Sort News by: all Select a category: Preview Review General Information ... Urgent Information General Information from 02.04.08 Training camp at Sapporo primary school held for the sixth time Former Olympians teach fundamental terms Sapporo (FIL) A luge training camp was held at the primary school of Sapporo, Japan, already for the sixth time. During the course, former Olympians including Koji Kuriyama, Yuko Ohtaka Takashi Takagi and Kazuhiko Takamatsu, all of whom are former students of this school, teach students fundamental... [more] General Information from 14.03.08 Four bids to host 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games Harbin, Innsbruck, Kuopio and Lillehammer Lausanne (pps) Four cities apply to host the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. Just before the expiration of the nomination deadline on March 6, Harbin (China), Innsbruck (Austria), Kuopio (Finland) and Lillehammer (Norway) manifested their interest to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in... [more] General Information from 12.03.08

20. Welcome To The USA Luge Homepage Above The US National luge Team meets Catherine Todd Bailey US Ambassador to Latvia (holding sled, wearing hat). The team is in Latvia preparing for this http://luge.net/

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