THE LUGE IS FOR SISSY BOYS
Real men sled on lava.
(Thanks to Claire "Aloha" Martin)
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July 26, 2005
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You can get a similar feeling by eating a jar of jalapenos.
Posted by: Drew | July 26, 2005 at 03:36 PM
""They wanted us to work, stop being happy," Stone said."
Ain't that the way it always goes...
Posted by: Marvin | Paranoid Android | July 26, 2005 at 03:37 PM
That's hot!
Posted by: alanboss | July 26, 2005 at 03:38 PM
Sliding down rock hillsides might make sense after one or two or a dozen of those fruity umbrella drinks. Otherwise, no.
Posted by: Kilmeny | July 26, 2005 at 03:41 PM
Oh yeah, I took "Lava Sledding 101" in college. Or maybe that was just the night I got really drunk and was dragged by a car down 2 miles of fresh asphalt, gently exfoliating all the skin from my torso, elbows and knees.... good times...
Posted by: Punkin Poo | July 26, 2005 at 04:02 PM
Community college professors always have the most unique hobbies.
Posted by: M.C. | July 26, 2005 at 05:25 PM
He said the biggest challenge is to find a sponsor who would be willing to back the dangerous event, whose judging criteria will include "style, length of ride, and survival ability."
I guess you lose points if you actually die during the event - maybe you can make up for it in the "length of ride" category if you manage to roll the rest of the way down after you die, or maybe you get "style" points if you die in a spectacularly violent fashion ?
(I'm picturing the skier on the old wide world of sports intro - you know, the "agony of defeat" guy - that guy that tumbled so well that he must have broke every bone in his body - some of them twice...)
Posted by: TCK | July 26, 2005 at 06:32 PM
M.C., I didn't read this as being the man's hobbie. The article says he actually teaches this at college. Talk about preparing young people for today's world. Also, in the first paragraph of the article, I spotted the word "leafs." To me "leafs" is only acceptable when referring to the Toronto Mapleleafs. Further down I found this quote "...to honor their gods, especially Pele, the goddess of fire...". I thought Pele was the god of soccer.
Then, again, maybe I'm just being picky.
Posted by: Stupendous Man | July 26, 2005 at 06:57 PM
Maybe if he greases the seat with Preparation H it won't burn as much.
Posted by: Aunt Nancy | July 26, 2005 at 07:04 PM
I'm sorry, Stupendous Man. What I meant was that teaching community college was a unique hobby. ;-)
Posted by: M.C. | July 26, 2005 at 07:42 PM
M.C., of course! I should've known that!
Posted by: Stupendous Man | July 26, 2005 at 09:15 PM
The best thing about Lava Racing is the cheerleaders performing in heavy kevlar-lined thermal boots.
Posted by: Martinishark | July 27, 2005 at 04:01 AM
Good one, Aunt Nancy!
"That just became my cultural passion because of the similarities with surfing, but it also became my academic (the Hawaiian word for stupid) passion."
Posted by: MOTW | July 27, 2005 at 06:30 AM
Good one, Aunt Nancy!
"That just became my cultural passion because of the similarities with surfing, but it also became my academic (the Hawaiian word for stupid) passion."
Posted by: MOTW | July 27, 2005 at 06:31 AM
Key quote:
It takes about two weeks, or 24 hours of nonstop work, to finish a sled.
A 12-hour work week? I could adjust to that.
Lin
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Thanks,
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Thanks,
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Posted by: john | November 16, 2009 at 12:25 PM
John just get dish or direcTV or if you can get FIOS or U-Verse I think carries them as well, but I feel your paoin.
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