On Saturday and Sunday, Murray Street in Glens Falls’ fifth ward will be closed for the White Castle USA Luge Slider Search. From 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days, kids ages 9 to 13 will be able to come ...

Whether it’s the trajectory of a track or the trajectory of the sport itself, street luge has been full of twists and turns since it initially rose to prominence 25 years ago at the inaugural X-Games.

Australian Daz Fellows wants to ensure proper nomenclature is used when describing his modified street luge. Sporting twin-turbines with a combined output of 537 lb of thrust, and a custom formed ...

Erin Hamlin earned a bronze medal Tuesday in women%27s singles luge The medal was the first the United States had ever earned in singles luge SOCHI, Russia – Erin Hamlin already had an ice cream ...

Click to viewJoel King just broke the world speed record on a jet-powered street luge, racing at 112mph (180km/h) —lying horizontally just a couple of inches above the asphalt of an old US air base at ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. - An Oelwein native died Saturday while preparing for a street luge event in Kansas. Steve Baumgartner, 28, of Palatine, Ill., was practicing for an "outlaw" race Saturday when he ...

KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Alex Ferlazzo's Olympic dream needed a Pilates class, a mother who ran out into traffic, and several pairs of destroyed shoes. Ferlazzo is 18 and already the first male ...

The Extreme Games — now called the X Games — made their debut in 1995, and this revolutionary brand of alternative sports enjoyed a two-year stand in Rhode Island before taking on the world. These ...

BAINBRIDGE – The Soldiers of Downhill street luge event returns to Bainbridge’s Jester Hill today and Saturday. The popular event that in past years has been run on the same weekend as Bainbridge’s ...

There is a popular image of the extreme sports guy: roughly 19 years old, baggy jeans and frequent use of the words “dude” and “stoked” while flipping up and down on big ramps. Bob Swartz doesn’t fit ...

An unlikely mix of pierced, tattooed teenagers and camera-toting retirees celebrated the start Monday of the X Games, a weeklong alternative Olympics that honors all things extreme. Fans lined the ...