Things You'll Need:
- Safety gear
- Street luge
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Step 1
Find a good ... no, wait. Find a perfect place to practice. This means smooth concrete or asphalt and absolutely no cars.
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Step 2
Wear all your safety gear - and then some - every single time you ride your street luge.
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Step 3
Realize that every five miles per hour faster that you ride will change the experience toward the extreme, so be prepared for it.
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Step 4
Always scout your luge course (even if you are very familiar with it) for pebbles, potholes, cracks, debris or anything else that could possibly inhibit your run. Remove what you can and take careful note of the rest.
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Step 5
Work on your upper-body strength and starting technique.
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Step 6
Watch the real champs start their runs, then try to emulate their form.
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Step 7
Practice steering skills at lower speeds and work your way up to higher speeds.
Comments
Anonymous said
on 6/30/2006 You want to start slow. When we built our first luge board we started on a 15-25 foot stretch. We then rode 20 to 25 mph for two or three weeks. We built up a very large sense of balance. We now have 11 home built boards. I, and a few others, have experienced up to 70 mph on these boards. It just takes time. You don't skydive without knowing where the pull cord is.
You want to learn the ways before you kill yourself. Make sure your board can handle the speed. We started on a pair of WalMart wheels and blew them out. That's when we knew we were ready.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Where I live they just paved the road, and it has a small slope but not enough, so I just get n my luge and practice pushing my self. around my neighborhood. Just push and push and when your arms get tired, get up and run and pull your luge a little.