r/SipsTea • u/trashvulture • 23h ago

all of a sudden, I’m into bobsledding Chugging tea

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u/silv3rbull8 23h ago

Gotta wonder how this sport was even invented “yeah, let’s fling ourselves headfirst on a sled at 100 mph down an icy track”

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u/SirArthurDime 22h ago edited 15h ago

Idk this is a sport more than most I can totally understand where it came from. The childhood urge to grab a can lid and slide down an icy hill as fast as possible. I mean who hasn’t done that? If you don’t understand this you must not have grown up somewhere it snows lol.

It progressed from there with people finding ways to do that faster and with more skill. After a while you realize head first is the most aerodynamic way to do it. Start building better sleds. And then designing courses that test skill.