Ken Childs
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Owner: http://slidingonice.com - Winter sports writer, photog, announcer, dog dad, Protect Our Winters member, Durham Bulls fan/spokesmodel, Calgary Stampeders fan. Fall risk
If we'd go again, all the way from the start...
Durham, NC
If we'd go again, all the way from the start...
Durham, NC
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Ken I’m going to say nobody has paired special considerations like that at any point in human history
December 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Ken I’m going to say nobody has paired special considerations like that at any point in human history
Ooooh, I like this:
Walk Hard
Eurovision Song Contest
Days of Thunder
Special consideration:
Airheads
Ben-Hur
Walk Hard
Eurovision Song Contest
Days of Thunder
Special consideration:
Airheads
Ben-Hur
December 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Ooooh, I like this:
Walk Hard
Eurovision Song Contest
Days of Thunder
Special consideration:
Airheads
Ben-Hur
Walk Hard
Eurovision Song Contest
Days of Thunder
Special consideration:
Airheads
Ben-Hur
Oh, like 80s hair metal, because they mostly sing shout their cocks, where they want to put it, what they’d like to do with it, etc
December 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Oh, like 80s hair metal, because they mostly sing shout their cocks, where they want to put it, what they’d like to do with it, etc
Probably you? (Definitely you)
December 27, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Probably you? (Definitely you)
I feel like it's going to be a big games for the Italian women this year.
December 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
I feel like it's going to be a big games for the Italian women this year.
I use Yaktrax for walking on icy and snowy mountains at bobsled races. Nothing too spikey but they definitely give you plenty of traction. Walked in the track in St. Moritz without slipping with these on. Also they're just like $25.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I use Yaktrax for walking on icy and snowy mountains at bobsled races. Nothing too spikey but they definitely give you plenty of traction. Walked in the track in St. Moritz without slipping with these on. Also they're just like $25.
Hase/Volodin, they're both pretty young still and have at least a couple quads left in them. The American duo is fun, but don't have much shelf life in them.
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Hase/Volodin, they're both pretty young still and have at least a couple quads left in them. The American duo is fun, but don't have much shelf life in them.
Be prepared for 4-8 years of Adam Ammour winning a LOT of bobsled races. He's easily the best pilot not named Friedrich/Lochner and is only like 25 or something. He'll have his pick of push athletes.
December 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Be prepared for 4-8 years of Adam Ammour winning a LOT of bobsled races. He's easily the best pilot not named Friedrich/Lochner and is only like 25 or something. He'll have his pick of push athletes.
I mean when I was in Pyeongchang it was a 45 minute bus ride from Gangneung to where a lot of the skiing stuff was, so other than the Nice cluster for the French Olympics most of it is kind of close to each other.
The Utah branding is just branding, it's almost all 2002 venues save for downhill.
The Utah branding is just branding, it's almost all 2002 venues save for downhill.
December 27, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I mean when I was in Pyeongchang it was a 45 minute bus ride from Gangneung to where a lot of the skiing stuff was, so other than the Nice cluster for the French Olympics most of it is kind of close to each other.
The Utah branding is just branding, it's almost all 2002 venues save for downhill.
The Utah branding is just branding, it's almost all 2002 venues save for downhill.
Here's the thing: The hardest thing they do is get in the sled. It's so specific how they need to get in the way they do, and SO easy to screw up, it's amazing that it doesn't get messed up more.
December 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Here's the thing: The hardest thing they do is get in the sled. It's so specific how they need to get in the way they do, and SO easy to screw up, it's amazing that it doesn't get messed up more.
Almost all brakepeople just want to push sleds, most come from some kind of track background (a LOT of decathletes, but a good few other sprinters/hurdlers/etc).
Georg Fleischhauer, probably the best brakeman in the sport right now, is a 400m hurdler
Georg Fleischhauer, probably the best brakeman in the sport right now, is a 400m hurdler
December 27, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Almost all brakepeople just want to push sleds, most come from some kind of track background (a LOT of decathletes, but a good few other sprinters/hurdlers/etc).
Georg Fleischhauer, probably the best brakeman in the sport right now, is a 400m hurdler
Georg Fleischhauer, probably the best brakeman in the sport right now, is a 400m hurdler
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Is 2-person luge and skeleton a new thing? I don’t remember it from watching Winter Olympics as a kid.
Do the middle people in 4-person bob do other sports, like track and field, or are they all aspiring drivers or brakemen?
Do the middle people in 4-person bob do other sports, like track and field, or are they all aspiring drivers or brakemen?
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Is 2-person luge and skeleton a new thing? I don’t remember it from watching Winter Olympics as a kid.
Do the middle people in 4-person bob do other sports, like track and field, or are they all aspiring drivers or brakemen?
Do the middle people in 4-person bob do other sports, like track and field, or are they all aspiring drivers or brakemen?
Doubles luge has been a thing as long as luge has been a thing.
Skeleton was in the two St. Moritz Olympics (but on the Cresta Run, where it originated), there was a world champs for years, beginning in the early 80s. It didn't become a regular Olympic sport until 2002.
Skeleton was in the two St. Moritz Olympics (but on the Cresta Run, where it originated), there was a world champs for years, beginning in the early 80s. It didn't become a regular Olympic sport until 2002.
December 27, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Doubles luge has been a thing as long as luge has been a thing.
Skeleton was in the two St. Moritz Olympics (but on the Cresta Run, where it originated), there was a world champs for years, beginning in the early 80s. It didn't become a regular Olympic sport until 2002.
Skeleton was in the two St. Moritz Olympics (but on the Cresta Run, where it originated), there was a world champs for years, beginning in the early 80s. It didn't become a regular Olympic sport until 2002.
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What do you think of Utah 2034's logo? I don't get the hate, I kinda like it for its use of negative space.
December 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
What do you think of Utah 2034's logo? I don't get the hate, I kinda like it for its use of negative space.
I'm with you, I don't mind it. Is it the best logo? No. Is it an absolute disaster of a logo? Also no.
December 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I'm with you, I don't mind it. Is it the best logo? No. Is it an absolute disaster of a logo? Also no.
Oddly, you've got guys like Sebastian Bach who was kind of shitty in the 80s and 90s who have come full circle and have apologized for stuff said back in the day and are very liberal about those things now. So it's not all of them, but you're right it's a LOT of them.
December 27, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Oddly, you've got guys like Sebastian Bach who was kind of shitty in the 80s and 90s who have come full circle and have apologized for stuff said back in the day and are very liberal about those things now. So it's not all of them, but you're right it's a LOT of them.
Safer for sure. Most of the young kids start WELL down on the track, in Lake Placid they start by Curve 12 for instance. Luge sleds are a little easier to make for junior athletes too, so it's just sort of where they all start at that younger age. And learn to drive tracks that way
December 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Safer for sure. Most of the young kids start WELL down on the track, in Lake Placid they start by Curve 12 for instance. Luge sleds are a little easier to make for junior athletes too, so it's just sort of where they all start at that younger age. And learn to drive tracks that way
They're mostly all boomers, right? Mostly born in the 60s and those folks are just really stuck in some ways, regardless of their background.
But also, while it feels like they were doing some "gender bending" at their time, I think they mostly all feel like they were manly men despite the makeup
But also, while it feels like they were doing some "gender bending" at their time, I think they mostly all feel like they were manly men despite the makeup
December 27, 2025 at 1:37 AM
They're mostly all boomers, right? Mostly born in the 60s and those folks are just really stuck in some ways, regardless of their background.
But also, while it feels like they were doing some "gender bending" at their time, I think they mostly all feel like they were manly men despite the makeup
But also, while it feels like they were doing some "gender bending" at their time, I think they mostly all feel like they were manly men despite the makeup
I haven't! Looking at it now though and it looks outstanding. I've admittedly got a bit of a blind spot for some parts of Durham I just don't go to. Most anything in north Durham that's not off 501 is probably in that blind spot
December 27, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I haven't! Looking at it now though and it looks outstanding. I've admittedly got a bit of a blind spot for some parts of Durham I just don't go to. Most anything in north Durham that's not off 501 is probably in that blind spot
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Do athletes ever cross over from one sliding sport to another?
December 27, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Do athletes ever cross over from one sliding sport to another?
They do, especially in Germany and Austria: They almost exclusively start in luge really young, then move over to bobsled or skeleton later. One of the Romanian bobsledders moved from skeleton, Kim Bos went from bobsled to skeleton, etc. So it happens, not SUPER often, but often enough!
December 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
They do, especially in Germany and Austria: They almost exclusively start in luge really young, then move over to bobsled or skeleton later. One of the Romanian bobsledders moved from skeleton, Kim Bos went from bobsled to skeleton, etc. So it happens, not SUPER often, but often enough!