Street luge

The boards used in this race varied from basic skateboards to complex skate cars in which the rider was completely enclosed by plastic or fiberglass.

Most contestants were standing up; however, an opening in the rules enabled riders to choose their own board position, including supine.

Around the early 1990s, both underground and professional races continued to be held in Southern California by such organizations as the Underground Racers Association (URA), Federation of International Gravity Racing (FIGR) and Road Racers Association for International Luge (RAIL).

This activity lead to a classic style street luge race in the Kaunertal Valley, in western Austria,[6] called Hot Heels.

NBC followed ESPN’s lead and created the Gravity Games in which the sport was sanctioned by Extreme Downhill International (EDI).

[7] After a media splurge through the late 1990s and early 2000s, extreme sports like street luge have taken a lower profile.

McIntyre would crash heavily in the treacherous nadir of the descent during his shutdown process and spent the night in a Quebec City hospital.

With more regulations and limits to construction and equipment it was designed to be a simpler, low cost class as compared to street luge.