The steering mechanism consists of two pieces of rope that are attached to a steering bolt and turn the front frame of the bobsled. A driver can pull on the rope with his or her right hand to steer ...
Explore the specialized equipment used in Olympic skeleton — from aerodynamic sleds and spiked shoes to helmets, race suits, ...
Here is a look at some of the differences between luge, bobsled and skeleton: ...
When U.S. Olympic bobsled driver Steve Holcomb rockets down a frozen track at the Winter Games in Turin, Italy, next week, he'll be riding on blades custom-crafted at a small Santa Rosa machine shop.
Six runners entered and completed Saturday’s Cape Blossom Marathon in Kotzebue, and from the sound of it, six people won titles. Hannah Atkinson, who ran and helped organize the race, won the ...
A Britisher invented the bobsled. In 1890, Wilson Smith nailed two toboggans together and invited three friends along for a hair-raising ride down a mountain at St. Moritz. Capital idea, decided the ...
CLINTON — Have you ever wondered what it feels like to ride the runners behind a team of dogs, steering a loaded sled through mountainous terrain, crossing the vast Alaskan tundra, hugging the ...