| Resources Buttboarding.com - faq, pics, links, etc. AuldovertheRoad.com - pics, links, faq, etc. Chris McBride luge site - race pics, luge pics Streetluge.net - active forum (formerly LLLV) Lugeforce.com GravityDB.com Roadluge.org - NSLA Streeluge.com - chaput, links galore! EDI , IGSA, GSI, Hotheels NCDSA - luge, buttboading forum sidestreetluge.com - new england area streetluging.net - links Guide to Street Luge by Darren Lott - must have book, covers all aspect of street luging: technique, construction, safety, history, etc Lott's Classics Buttboards (see landluge.com) Hakka Buttboards - offers concave Roger Brothers - quality street luge Randal RII-B - RII with flipped hangar and special bushings Randal Luge trucks - spinning axle, wider hangars, 60 degree Z-Roller, Indy 215's Landluge.com - online luge store (lots of stuff) ResearchGravitySport.com - canada theskateboardshop.com - new store irssports.com WildFro.com - Luge school at Dinosaur point, 1 hr south of SJ Dondo's commandments - lugeforce.com Bamba's twisted humour - streetluge.net shoe rubber tips grade calculation |
| Buttboard Equipment For beginners to street luge, a buttboard is a good alternative to getting a streetluge. It's much cheaper, more manueverable, easy to transport, and quite capable of high speed. Buttboarding is also a separate class in luge racing and have rules that limits the size of the deck (12"x48" max) and wheels (70mm). Sample pic by Chris Chaput (pic) If you are starting out, you can use your longboard, but a buttboard deck is much nicer. Wider for more turning leverage and long nose overhang for hamstring support. The current popular setup is a deck with @33" wheelbase, 10" of nose. Race rules dictate that the deck be 12"wide and 48" long max The popular truck setup is to run RII trucks with hangars flipped (negative castor) with harder blue bushings on bottom and black bushings on top. Some also use wedges (skinny ends forward). Indy 215's are also an option. Add rails to the bottom for hand holds, foam paddings on top, stringers, wheel wells, etc. Tip: position your weight behind the front truck when lying down achieving a 60/40 weight distribution. (pic) Safety First - wear leathers, gloves with knuckle protectors, full face helmet (wedge type for visibility), and shoes with tire retread for braking (see hughR's luge page) |
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| Interesting Luge Stuff moved from my WackyBoard Page Buttboards (pic) * Double front truck (diagram) Chaput's daggerboard truck (pic1, pic2) Fred's luge truck (pic) Roger Bros pegless (pic1, pic2) * Roger Hickey (pic1, pic2) Suspension (pic) * Derek Maddox (pic1, pic2) Darren Lott's 4 wheel moe truck pegless (closeup), (pic1) SB X-Cat Catamaran - specialized catamaran setup (pic), (closeup) SB - head first luge with brake Trill Sled - hand steered head first luge BoardRunners - hand steered head first luge (article, pic) Revoluge (head first and dampner) - (pic1, pic2, pic3) illusionatc.com - off road luge skateluge (sit up) - (link) super low luge (pic) band brake - (link) Terra Luge - off road luge, foot steered suspended trike Landslide luge - foot operated steering, bicycle wheel rear (pic) hpv luge (pic) (link - coppola) Exkate electric luge - (pic1, pic2) (link) Rocket Luge / RocketMan (pic) Thrasher Aug 90 - luge on cover (pic) Skateboarder July 80 - luge on cover (pic) Turner luge - head first (pic) + more 'simon gunning' pics Skate Cars (pic), (pic), (pic) SF Bernal soap box derby - (pic) Sand Hill gravity cars - (link) Duane's gravity cars - (pic1, pic2) Bodrods streamliners - (pic) Craig Vetter's skate car - link Randal's skate car - pic skatecar.homestead.com - hughR's skatecar page Gravity Formula One - (pic1, pic2) Gravity Powered Vehicle -gravitybike.com (pic1, pic2) Luge on ice usaluge.org - down the hatch! skeleton (pic) luge trainer (pic) * ice luge article (scan1, scan2) Misc 95 luge article (scan) drag chart (pic1, pic2) * pics from chrismcb.com/streetluge |
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