WTF is Skeleton?

[sam h]

How long has this event been around? What is that guy even doing?

And how did some 39-year-old fire fighter from Canada win the gold?

[JPinAZ]

He's jumping onto his sled. It's kind of like the luge, except you go down face first & the sled is smaller.

[Dids]

I love that it's basically olympic sledding on the cool sleds that go fast and you can turn.

Is Tubin' a sport in the summer?

[Ron Burgundy]

Skeleton sucks, luge is much better. I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is trying not to drag your toes on the ice and keeping your feet in the right position.

[fluxrad]

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I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is that maybe there's some debris on the track and you'll be drinking through a straw for the rest of your life if you survive the collision.

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FYP? Those guys have balls.

[Dominic]

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Skeleton sucks, luge is much better. I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is trying not to drag your toes on the ice and keeping your feet in the right position.

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As oppossed to the luge where you're...doing what that's so different, exactly?

[holeplug]

I think it would be more interesting if they couldn't wear a helmet on the way down.

[benza13]

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Skeleton sucks, luge is much better. I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is trying not to drag your toes on the ice and keeping your feet in the right position.

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As oppossed to the luge where you're...doing what that's so different, exactly?

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Well you are going face first in Skeleton, which I think raises the stakes a bit. Other than this important fact, yes they are very similar.

[Ron Burgundy]

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Skeleton sucks, luge is much better. I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is trying not to drag your toes on the ice and keeping your feet in the right position.

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As oppossed to the luge where you're...doing what that's so different, exactly?

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I'm just saying it's a lot harder to hold your feet up if your face down.

[sam h]

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I would hate to be sliding down an ice tunnel at a billion MPH and all you can think about is that maybe there's some debris on the track and you'll be drinking through a straw for the rest of your life if you survive the collision.

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FYP? Those guys have balls.

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Sure seems that way. I do love the fact that it seems to be this bizarre sport populated by lunatic amateurs that isn't really professionalized yet but is somehow in the olympics.