Luge

Luge

Luge is a one or two person sport in which the participants ride a small sled feet first and face up down an ice slope or street. Because of the high speeds attained luge is timed to the thousandth of a second, it is an Olympic sport.

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Horn

Sports; Luge

This is the curved part at the front of the cufin.

Kreisel

Sports; Luge

The German word for circle (also a children's toy) and this is a curve that goes in a circle by having the track cross over itself.

Handle

Sports; Luge

These are metal grips, inside, on each side of the sled for the competitors to hold on to.

Handle steer

Sports; Luge

A method of steering the sled by either pulling or pushing on the handles.

Hook steer

Sports; Luge

A way of steering with the competitor hooking their toe under the horn of the cufin which lifts the front of the cufin and the sled goes in the direction of the lifted cufin. We really like the word ...

Loop

Sports; Luge

This refers to a line going through a curve that dips down in the middle of the curve and then rises again near the exit. Competitors try to avoid taking this line through a curve because it is not ...