MAIN Sports Luge

Whoever first realized that laying down on skis instead of standing up speeded up the pace was a skier who had enjoyed a little too much after event celebration - or a genius... or both!

In a quest for even more speed the snow was replaced by ice. The sport involves laying down on the luge and proceeding to run through a course that makes your heart race as it moves you downhill. The effect is amazing and once you do it, you're hooked.

The traditional luge course involves shooting down an open ice tunnel with curves for added challenge, but in areas where there is no snow, street luging has evolved. The street luge developed from skate boarding and the courses are on pavement which creates quite an impression when you need to steady the luge with your arm as you move... X sports for the daring and they are as exciting to watch as they are to do...

International Luge Federation - Home of the ILF, you'll find sanctioned international events, results and news here plus info on world class athletes, tracks and the rules of the sport.

Canadian Luge Association - Canadienne de Luge - Like most Canadian sites, this official online home of the luge team is available both in French and English. Athletes, events and more on the sport and what's going on in preparation for the next Winter Games.

USALuge.org - The home of the US Olympic Team, this site features events and news on the fastest sport on ice - luge - from the US perspective. Official rules for Olympic level events are available for download in PDF format.

Everything You Need to Know About Luge - This is an archived section of the Washington Post that was originally posted for covering the 1998 Winter Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan. The site is a good resource for all of the general information, but be sure to double check on the latest rules from the ILF.

Streetluge.com - What you find here is basically a street luge portal. A string of links that should answer all of your questions about the sport and a forum that you can get to by clicking on the luger photo... where real street lugers talk about what they love best!

Street Luge - Brief history & overview, a guide to street luge lingo, and illustrated step-by-step instructions to street luge construction.

"Street Luging 101" - The history and background on how street luging evolved from skateboarding is where you start. Then skip over to the basics and learn about The Pilot, the categories and the gear. End off with some language lessons so you'll know when the pilots push off apron... before you click over to the interviews with some world class street lugers.

also see -> Olympic Luge