Brett: "Foul, my friend!" I'm still with you, but the Lake Placid track is not instrumented to do what you describe and those values can't be derived from...
Brett: "Foul, my friend!" I'm still with you, but the Lake Placid track is not instrumented to do what you describe and those values can't be derived from the...
Radar gun? You can get one for as little as $30: http://www.amazon.com/Mattel-J2358-Hot-Wheels-Radar/dp/B000EHLB0M I've never seen one in use at the track, has...
Hi All, Here are some pictures from the Luge CLinics I gave this year. The more recent one consisted of three classes, with a total student count of approx. 80...
Just a reminder, this Saturday (April 12th) is our last session of the year. It is currently 60 degrees in Lake Placid and I have heard the track remains in...
Well, the 2008 Sliding Season is officially over now. This Saturday's session ran smoothly, with about a half-dozen club sliders mixed in with an equal number...
I'm forwarding this on behalf of Ted. Please read his note, and mine below. This is the result of the efforts of many people, including those that kept our...
Hi ALL, We just had our spring Wasatch Club Meeting today. We were informed that the 2008/2009 Masters race will be held in UT again. Can't wait to see all of...
When I took the passenger bobsled ride in 2003, in the "2" seat right behind Stephan Bosch (driver), we clocked 82 mph. Even having spent 3 weeks at that...
In my opinion it really depends on where the shads are "up or down" for your first couple of runs. when i was their this year the shads were down between...
... wrote: I can tell you that I have slid on many tracks in Europe and from the "old" men's start on the old Lake Placid track and going from Women's start...
... that i all ways thought was a coach. << YES!!! I know the one. I thought I was the only one that noticed that week-in and week-out! And yes, I thought...
Aaron: Ask Carl Roepke to describe his first run down from Men's Start in Park City. He was an unexpected ForeRunner for the World Cup, they had just ...
NLC meeting for this year was held at OTC in Lake Placid on 7 June. The biggest item of note is a $400000 decrease in USLA's operating budget for the coming...
Bob Young was at NLC Meeting as well and he has forwarded these two suppliers of Booties and sleds. They are: The links are : 1-http://www.rgs-marketing.de...
If this happens, what a great opportunity for year-round training and fun. And a lot easier to make the 4-hour drive in July than during a lake-effect...
During the recent annual Club Review, the folks in Muskegon were very optimistic. They had arranged for funding and there was a lot of community support for...
Hi Dan - There aren't any plans to move summer camps to Muskegon yet. The track is relatively short (~330 ft.) so I think the track is geared more towards ...
CONGRATULATIONS JIM AND LARRY. THAT IS TRULY AWESOME. AND, I JUST LEARNED FROM JIM, THAT YOU PLACED HIGHER THAN YOUR TEACHER. GREAT WORK LARRY!!! Don...
Ribs and Luge really aren't two things you expect to go together, but the support of the ILBBQF festival by USA Luge is very evident. I think I saw nearly the...
I want to send out a heart-felt and thuderous Thank You to Ted Elmendorf for the sled rack he constructed in the luge closet up in Lake Placid this past week. ...
I need to give a big thanks to Jim. He really brought his fine attention to detail to the task of garnish, which is 1/3rd of the score. Here are some pictuers....