Winter Sports, Monday, Period Two

[doubleohblonde]

Bond had informed his class that they should meet him in the Danger Shop this morning. When they arrived they found themselves standing at the top of a very long, very steep track with a small sled placed at the starting line.

"Good morning, and welcome to Winter Sports, which I trust will need very little explanation of the course material," Bond, who just happened to be wearing a bodysuit, helmet, and booties, began. "Today we'll be starting with luge. Now, luge is considered one of the most dangerous sports today, so even with the Danger Shop's safety protocols, you'll first be changing into the provided safety gear."

After the class had changed, he continued. "Now, I could give you a very long and detailed lecture on the history of luge, and the physics of it, but really, the point of the class is doing, so you'll be taking turns to go down the track one by one before we do introductions at the bottom of the track. Now if you'll watch me for the correct form."

With that, Bond sat on the sled and launched himself down the track.

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Comments

Luge - WS [01]

[doubleohblonde]

A new sled will only appear once the previous luger as cleared the track so there's no need to worry about collisions.

Thanks to the Danger Shop safety protocols if you do manage to crash you'll find yourself unharmed at the bottom of the track.

Re: Luge - WS [01]

[therewaslife]

Bod was just hoping he could take this slow. He didn't want to rocket down the track and end up plastered to the side of the course. Of course, once he got started, slowly went out the proverbial window because the luge had other ideas.

He managed to mostly keep his form though his legs kept wanting to fly up and he ended up spinning out halfway down the course. Thankfully, nothing was broken and he ended up at the bottom of the track when the spinning stopped.

Re: Luge - WS [01]

[puppywithatutu.livejournal.com]

The screaming was to be expected, at least that's what Caroline told herself as she zipped through the course, trying to use what skills she had to not crash...at least until she totally flipped over on a turn and sat up at the end of the track. Boo.

Re: Luge - WS [01]

[lordofthecats.livejournal.com]

Lion-o got off to a good start but crashed midway through the course. In hindsight, he realized he was going too fast to control the sled through the turns.

Re: Luge - WS [01]

[notlikebobby.livejournal.com]

Jack had watched luge on TV, but had never tried it himself. All he knew was to go fast and try to make turns. The turns he managed okay at first, because he wasn't going so fast. As the speed picked up, he slid up the sides and came close to tipping more than once. On the second last turn, he crashed out. While he expected to tumble, the safety protocols kicked in and was safely down the bottom.

Safety protocols couldn't stop the adrenaline rush from tipping though.

Re: Luge - WS [01]

[dontvotemeout]

Jason had seen people do this on TV, but he'd never done it himself. Following the lead, he got into the sled, and hollered the whole way down. Speed was an amazing thing sometimes.