01-31-2008, 08:37 AM
Of all the "X" events, I like Street Luge best. In 2002 took my son to the last Red Bull Streets of San Francisco street luge event on Potrero Hill. It was really fun to watch. This was an invite only event and had the top lugers from all over. What struck me was that these guys were all my age (I didn't say old)...not a bunch of snot-nosed sk8rs.
No real accidents at this event as I recall, it was mostly a straight downhill track. They did switch from drag racing groups of 4 at a time to the "Big Air" contest where these guys would go off a jump. Seemed like a back breaker to me, one guy, a Canadian, lost his shoe in a crash.
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All in all it was great fun. I wish they would do it again...
--tg
No real accidents at this event as I recall, it was mostly a straight downhill track. They did switch from drag racing groups of 4 at a time to the "Big Air" contest where these guys would go off a jump. Seemed like a back breaker to me, one guy, a Canadian, lost his shoe in a crash.
<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SJKF03KRu2w&rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed>
All in all it was great fun. I wish they would do it again...
--tg