US Skeleton Devo Team Calgary Crash Reel

[OneSkiWonder]

I wanna do try that sooo bad! :D

[joelsvalle11]

why do they crash so much i slide at park city utah i crash but not like this

[TheGeerty]

Ah the old days.

[skimonkey80]

@TheGeerty yeah dude, you were there!!! miss you around these parts.

[TheGeerty]

@skimonkey80 Yeah, I miss you all. Wish I could come play with you all. I've been following everybody's success on facebook. Keep it up.

[suffering1231]

bon jovi song! ... dead or alive!

[FunnyVidsdude]

What's the name of the song in this video?

[cremebruleec]

No Calgary is beautiful so I take offense to that! lol, seriously though every time I watch the skeleton crashes I shudder, I mean, they are going at these speeds head first! An awesome sight to see at the track in Calgary though.

[Thepiratejoe]

Can anyone tell me how you become involved in t his sport?

[Postie218]

Contact the skeleton team here in the US. Now, I was in Salt Lake when they still had the track up, I think it's still there. Anyway, I went up to a guy there and asked if I could try the skeleton out. He said "no, only experienced sliders can do this." I said, "so, you were born doing this, when was your first time ?" So he relented and let me try it, lower down the track for a start, but still it was a hoot, and I did a lot better than the snooty dude thought I would.

[ddupont2424]

woooooooooow really? canada aint that bad . you poor things :( wooooow ahahahaha

[ajanatorfly]

lol funny

[BlackFlagLove88]

haha i want to try this sport!

the last one was soo close!!

[MrLexington45]

now THIS is sledding XD

[BroZoneUnited]

they're going FAST

[IvanDaTerror]

I don't want to seem unpatriotic or anything but I don't think we are gonna win the Gold or the Silver....or the Bronze. Don't they give you a coin or certificate for participating? hmmm, maybe that was the Special Olympics I'm thinking about.

[skimonkey80]

These aren't exactly the people that are in Vancouver for the U.S. ;)

[25stealthshooter]

no one try this in the olympics

[proskinuk]

They don't call it skeleton for nothing

[sasktank]

this old music - kills this video

[MTBJester]

freakin wicked!!! :D i would so try this but i dont live anywhere near a track...fml

[KikinBcN]

Which is the name of this song please?

[naw1t]

Dead or Alive - Bon Jovi

[KikinBcN]

thks

[Safetyfirst456]

dead or alive by bon jovi

[KikinBcN]

thks

[KikinBcN]

Luge is more crazy i think, because you need elevate your head to see and probably the control is more diffficult than that. RIP NODAR

[KikinBcN]

I need to try with this shit and fly ^_^,,, 100% pure adrenaline. I drop the snowboard and take this :D.

[aloxman1]

wtf was with the start

[emdan13]

A guy died yesterday doing it I think R.I.P.

[mitchf2010]

it was luge he died in.

[mshahhidary]

It was today on Friday.

[nickwstp]

wow, I wanna try i now lol, looks like fun!

[mattferg84]

wow, is it that common to come off like that? what a crazy sport

[Silentfilms]

hahaha canada scared me

[gpan83]

How many people have died doing this shit?  That's off it's fucking head!

[1horse1crazy1]

@gpan83 1 person but thats because a stray bobsled got on the track and they hit it

[lolliesone0one]

that looks so crazy makes me want to do it

[PerG1993]

woo! Skeleton! I am going on a camp this winter and there, one of the activities is skeleton! Cant wait to try it!! :D:D:D

[craiclord]

You would want to be off your fucking head to do this...

O.o

[FrostedCarbonation]

i saw my house in this video cant wait to start my luge track training

[tatharlin]

My lord...how do you not lose fingers under the steels?

[AlbertaCanada420]

i live alberta canada kicks ass so nice here and so are the people just the winters suck but beautiful sites

[fuffy147]

ya where were you starting from im from ladies and have done some crazy crap like that

[rennrodelmaus]

hm thes crash all on the same place!!!

but lugeing isnt easy!!!

[CrankyEater]

One of my students (he's in college) just told me that he's being recruited to do skeleton racing...they recruit people when they're 20 and 21...AFTER they can sign the indemnity waiver, I guess...

[shitshappens44]

(fool)

[Hyduk87]

You gotta admit, that would be cool to do this, probably pretty sick even if you fall off and slide without the bottom part, hehe.

[mwitton]

name of song is bon jovi dead or alive =)

[kenneth58525]

Name of the song?I love it from Deadliest Catch.

[IronManWXC]

the song is called Wanted Dead or Alive by Bon Jovi. I freakin love deadliest catch.

[billiou]

i only loved the girls at the start@!!

[ncao777]

funny shit man

[SpeedySam267]

I wish some guy that had some important job could realize that if he designed an asphalt course down the side of a mountain for downhill skateboarding or luge (head first or not) that things could get pretty Olympic looking fairly fast. man it would be a dream to do downhill skate in the Olympics. but oh well...

[woohoobaloogapoo]

Amen brotha

[lalalaniptucklala]

Hey guys, I am from Calgary and I am on the Canadian luge team. Calgary isnt THAT hard :P I find lake placid much harder, but then again last time I slid there was when I was 12.

but then again I do luge, and have never tried skeleton, so I wouldnt know the difficulty for that.

[skimonkey80]

Heh, but we were noobies when we were in Calgary at that time. ;) I agree though that Placid is harder but that could be because i have more runs in calgary than placid.

[McFugger1234]

This looks like alot of fun, Been wanting to try this for about 4 years now. Anyone want to give me some info on where i can start?

[skimonkey80]

It depends on the country, in the US contact the Utah Olympic Park or Olympic Regional Development Authority in New York.

[madmaxcola777]

Dude i skeleton street luge. How much different does the ice feel. Id like to try it sometime but cant find a club near me that does it i live in Portland, Oregon.

[skimonkey80]

I don't have any idea how different the ice feels since I've never skeleton street luged before. The nearest clue to Portland for skeleton on ice is in Park City, UT.

[folkrockr]

Man, that curve looks brutal. The beginning of this video (Blair Witch'esque) is hilarious!

[CatSeda]

Dakota! Is that really you? We survived skeleton school at Park City, in 2004 (I heard that Jen, Dick and Tyler's facial stitches healed nicely!). One question: when do the nightmares stop? :-) Stay safe, sliders!!!

[joshpen]

nice video.. I have been in a couple of nice crashes from bobsled, but did skele my first 2 weeks and hada few bruises from thr track at placid .... I too have some nice scars thanks to braking for someone who like to crash in 12 at placid.

[stercon]

That was such a fun run. Heehee.

[P3rish]

Wow this brings back memories! Still have a gigantic scar on my hip from Kreisel!

[newsliders]

Wow, awesome video, guys! Sorry I couldn't join you for ICE team training in Calgary--I would've enjoyed competing with Matt, Dakota, Sterling and Linda for "wildest crash" caught on tape. "Runners up," 

- George N.

[skimonkey80]

Yeah, those guys had a great competition running. ;) Luckily for as bad as the crashes looked, everyone only came out with a little ice burn. My speed suit on the other hand looks like it went through a shredder from the short wall at the exit of kreistle.

[naw1t]

not to be crude, but how does ice burn feel on your balls?

[tickdog2k7]

erotic

[ShOtGuN909]

like dragging your balls on a shaggy carpet.

[pcman500]

I think this is women only. XD