| street luge | |
| —n | |
| the sport of descending a steep road or track on a large type of skateboard on which riders lie on their backs, descending feet first | |
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| Main Entry: | street luge |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the recreation of sledding on an inclined dry surface in a specially made toboggan; also called land luge, luge road racing |
| Example: | Street luges have been clocked moving faster than 80 mph, with the rider lying mere inches from the pavement. |
| Etymology: | 1950-2000 |
street luge
In the 1990s so-called alternative sports made inroads into the imagination and recreation time of people around the world--but especially in the United States. Figures from the National Sporting Goods Association showed a decline in participation by Americans in traditional sports, including football and baseball, in favour of such new sports as in-line skating and snowboarding. Even "extreme" sports, the playground of adrenaline junkies, high-speed addicts, and alterna-athletes, were becoming more mainstream in 1997 than ever before
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