BBC Vancouver 2010 Skeleton

Saw this on Saturday morning and it made me chuckle.

BBC presenter/commentator Ed Leigh has a go at the 'Skeleton', a sport where participants must lie face down on a small sled whilst speeding down a frozen track. Looks terrifying.

Taken from "Winter Olympics 2010: Highlights", aired in the UK on 21 February 2010.


All content is ©BBC, I do not profit from uploading this in any way. The reason I have done so is to share this hilarious and fascinating footage, which will otherwise be lost forever in an abyss of archives.
If the sound is removed by YouTube I apologise, but the sound is half the fun of watching this clip.

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[mauvetys]

Excellent!

[RoseLookinGlass]

Wow. good job!



[indiemuppet]

Thank you SO MUCH for uploading this! Easily the most impressive, entertaining and comical bit of BBC journalism I've ever seen. HUGE respect for the reporter doing this!

[MrHucker09]

that isnt the track used in the vancouver olympics, but that is still totally awesome. nice work.

[theplasticreation]

It's the Igls track above Innsbruck,the easiest luge/skeleton/bobsleigh track in the world. GREAT SPORT !! I personally don't even breath down there on the ice it's just the best extreme feeling ever !!!

[cbrzoom]

Ed is a brave lad, he also competed in a race in alaska which was a combination of mountain summit boarding followed by being towed by a sno mobile on the flat sections.. 90mph on a snowboard takes major cahunas.. catch an edge on a board and you know about it