Lake Placid - Skeleton Greatest Hits
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- The Old Track in Mount Van Hoevenberg, outside of Lake Placid, NY was known throughout the bobsled and skeleton world cup circuit as the most dangerous and fearsome track in the world. The majority of the non US athletes to slide this track, posting a fast time was not the objective - their hopes were to survive the race, and come away without any major injuries. In the sport of skeleton, this track is legendary.
I lived in a Lake Placid for a year. Good friend of mine is a 2 time Olympic slider. Was in St. Moritz for the World cup race in '03 and Konigsee for the World Championships in '04. Been to a bunch of races in Lake Placid, old track and new track. Cheers!
Hello Chris Gorski!! I remember you. I dabbled in bobsled/skeleton and stayed at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid in 1993 - 94. That track was rough. My name is Scott Cochran.
I use to slide there from 98 till 2002 in bob and skelly. was some of the best times of my life!!! loved the other sliders and track guys!!! always helped you out.
Wow, great memories. Lumpy, Pinky, Chunky Latour, awesome stuff. Thanks for posting. This must come from Winterspeed or ORDA
these were taken from the 1992 Skeleton World Cup in Lake Placid. These guys were the best in the game at this time. The track was vicious if you did not understand how to drive it.
This is so cool! I always thought it would have been neat to slide the old track but the new Lake Placid track still isn’t known for being the smoothest ride in North America. I’ve seen plenty of people thrown off their sled at Shady II. Still a rough track.
World Cup Race. Last racer shown in the video is Gregor Stahli from Switzerland. He won the race...
1991 / 92 World Cup - Lake Placid, USA - Feb 9, 1992
1. Gregor Stähli SUI 1:57.06
2. Christian Auer AUT 1:57.09
3. Martin Thaler AUT 1:58.24
4. Orvie Garrett USA 1:58.37
5. Dave Juehring USA 1:59.01
Best times of my life were there sliding skelly and bob for any that needed a guy. I remember that wall after the finish curve well!!
Good stuff! I slid skeleton on this track from about 1994-1997. One of the first few women to try the sport. still have my helmet with the scars of finish curve on it! LOL
Had the good fortune to slide Hoevenberg in a 4-man bob back in the 70s! Zig-Zag was RIPPER! Bobsleigh is a definate life highlight. But if skeleton had been an Olympic sport back then I'd have been hooked.
I've slid on the track built next to this one and watching this gives me pain. those are some really hard hits, I'd say good portion of those are getting into concussion territory
Thats funny,
The one with the green helmet at 1,08 thats me! Laughing with my icehockey protection..! First all the others had to laugh, but on the finish they were begging me to use the suit! Good memories!! Would'nt have missed it for the world!
Zagging!!!! Zizag! Oh my god its so funny to watch this!!! I have a school project about skeleton!
Is that a skeleton suit at 3:31? Nice :)
@Raptor22b You know your skeleton! Right on the mark. Want the raw footage?
can i have the raw footage please?
He is calling out where the guy is on the track so when he crashes, the emergency people know which curve to send the ambulance to!
ZIG ZAGGING..never knew people actually could zig and zag in a sport...
Not a single slider came off the sled...crazy
@vardri u r right! no world cup at all
how many times does he say... ZIGGING, THEN ZAGGING,... lmao
That announcer always said that for that particular turn...
zigging ... zagging ... 2 zig-zags!
I can't comment on your drug use, but only one known fatality and it was a very freak accident (a bobsled was being unloaded and slid into the track in front of an oncoming skeleton sled). Lugers tend to take flight when they crash (like the one in Vancouver) which opens lots of ugly options. The people you see here had a lot of huge bruises and some minor breaks.
This is nothing you should have seen it before they shortned the track. I was a bobsledder and slid on the track 80-87. People would crash in turn two.
dam that looks intense fun :) but the announcer is anoying as hell
@wiseman85 ---- These are the worst crashes, if you saw nothing but NASCAR wrecks, you would not thing that is all there was? It was a tough track, though
are they suppose to hit the walls like that? :O
this very old video and I thinnk probably it was a skeleton school that
Has anyone died from this or had any serious damage?
My dad was a bobsledder and crashed in 2 came up right in zig zag and got2nd
they are fucking mad!
uuhmmmmm world cup i really doubt it...... they look more like european's cup, there's a big difference between the world cup and the other ones, starting with the sponsors, the people watching, the nunmbers ont the sleds, and on the spandex, have u ever seen one world cup?