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Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 1:44 pm
by Crazy Levi
Holy fuck, these people are hitting speeds of 90 MPH?

I'm thinking we'll see more dead lugers by the time this is over.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/news-feature ... &GT1=39003

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:26 pm
by Luminiferous
By the thread title, I thought Randy Savage finally caught up with him..

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:11 pm
by Sinderella
That is really sad. I cannot believe they are going that fucking fast!

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:11 pm
by DenimAndLeather
I saw this before. Crazy shit

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:13 pm
by LAglamrocker
i thought Macho Man also, glad its not

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 3:16 pm
by Caustic Queen
Luminiferous wrote:By the thread title, I thought Randy Savage finally caught up with him..
Same train of thought here...

A sad thread, but funny thoughts...

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 11:52 pm
by Supersonic
They just showed the video of the crash on Sportsnet. Brutal crash.

The walls in certain areas of the track are going to be raised and plexiglass added too.

Nodar Kumaritashvili - RIP

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:31 am
by johnk5150
Costas said last night this is the most dangerous track in Olympic history. My question - Why?

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 9:52 am
by DenimAndLeather
Supersonic wrote:They just showed the video of the crash on Sportsnet. Brutal crash.

The walls in certain areas of the track are going to be raised and plexiglass added too.

Nodar Kumaritashvili - RIP
I saw that video also. Terrible way to go

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 1:41 pm
by pulsar0510
DenimAndLeather wrote:
Supersonic wrote:They just showed the video of the crash on Sportsnet. Brutal crash.

The walls in certain areas of the track are going to be raised and plexiglass added too.

Nodar Kumaritashvili - RIP
I saw that video also. Terrible way to go
Are you joking?
The guy died quick doing something he loved. I hope I am as lucky.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:01 pm
by DenimAndLeather
Good point but it's still a shame with how young the guy was and all

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 2:52 pm
by pulsar0510
DenimAndLeather wrote:Good point but it's still a shame with how young the guy was and all
The death of a young person is always tragic, but he wasn't doing 120 on the freeway all fucked up he was living his fucking dream. I think people are missing the fact that he was doing something so few are adventurous enough to even think about attempting and that it is dangerous as fuck. Just based on the fact the he was at the olympics means he was one of the worlds best. He didn't have a career ending injury/slide into obscurity. I can think of an endless mountain of worse fates.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:53 pm
by cantstopthemusic
pulsar0510 wrote:
DenimAndLeather wrote:Good point but it's still a shame with how young the guy was and all
The death of a young person is always tragic, but he wasn't doing 120 on the freeway all fucked up he was living his fucking dream. I think people are missing the fact that he was doing something so few are adventurous enough to even think about attempting and that it is dangerous as fuck. Just based on the fact the he was at the olympics means he was one of the worlds best. He didn't have a career ending injury/slide into obscurity. I can think of an endless mountain of worse fates.
Call me crazy, but I doubt his idea of "living a dream" included the thought of hurtling off the luge track and into a steel beam.

Call it a hunch.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:37 pm
by pulsar0510
cantstopthemusic wrote:
pulsar0510 wrote:
DenimAndLeather wrote:Good point but it's still a shame with how young the guy was and all
The death of a young person is always tragic, but he wasn't doing 120 on the freeway all fucked up he was living his fucking dream. I think people are missing the fact that he was doing something so few are adventurous enough to even think about attempting and that it is dangerous as fuck. Just based on the fact the he was at the olympics means he was one of the worlds best. He didn't have a career ending injury/slide into obscurity. I can think of an endless mountain of worse fates.
Call me crazy, but I doubt his idea of "living a dream" included the thought of hurtling off the luge track and into a steel beam.

Call it a hunch.
You think?

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 7:01 pm
by Sinderella
Thankfully, NBC just said they will not show the crash footage again.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 1:40 pm
by Kid-Wicked
pulsar0510 wrote:
cantstopthemusic wrote:
pulsar0510 wrote:
Call me crazy, but I doubt his idea of "living a dream" included the thought of hurtling off the luge track and into a steel beam.

Call it a hunch.
You think?
he was living his dream of competing in the olympics. you're sitting on your ass reading sludge. even though he died........he wins.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 2:23 pm
by cantstopthemusic
Kid-Wicked wrote:even though he died........he wins.
Pretty sure he would've disagreed.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Sun Feb 14, 2010 8:42 pm
by Kid-Wicked
cantstopthemusic wrote:
Kid-Wicked wrote:even though he died........he wins.
Pretty sure he would've disagreed.
if you're gonna die, die with your boots on.


hope i die doing something i love.

except fishing.


k.w.
gonna learn how to bullfight

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:13 am
by TravisBickelsMohawk
The many times I've watched this event during the Olympics, there's never been a thought in my head that something like this could happen. Why? It's not suppose to happen! The track was extremely dangerous and has since been modified to keep this from happening again. WTF were people thinking when they designed it in the first place?

Sad, sad news and I hope he's the last Olympic casualty EVER.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 3:13 pm
by KillDevilHill
TravisBickelsMohawk wrote: The track was extremely dangerous and has since been modified to keep this from happening again. WTF were people thinking when they designed it in the first place?

Sad, sad news and I hope he's the last Olympic casualty EVER.
That people dont fly off there luge when they crash, really. Thats why its a freak accident. No one in VANOC saw a reason to cover the beams, because no one could think of anyone hitting it.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 7:08 pm
by Kid-Wicked
TravisBickelsMohawk wrote: The track was extremely dangerous and has since been modified to keep this from happening again.
they didn't really modify it, they just shortened it. the men start where the women do now.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 8:21 pm
by KillDevilHill
Kid-Wicked wrote:
TravisBickelsMohawk wrote: The track was extremely dangerous and has since been modified to keep this from happening again.
they didn't really modify it, they just shortened it. the men start where the women do now.
They also have all the beams covered in plexi glass no one will be hitting a beam

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:55 pm
by GoddessFla
KillDevilHill wrote:
Kid-Wicked wrote:
TravisBickelsMohawk wrote: The track was extremely dangerous and has since been modified to keep this from happening again.
they didn't really modify it, they just shortened it. the men start where the women do now.
They also have all the beams covered in plexi glass no one will be hitting a beam
This is terrible and so very sad........
I just heard the whole story about this...and as you boys know..I do not think death is funny at all.
I don't agree the man would have wanted to die doing anything.
However ..if he loved to go that fast...he loved to fly...........sort of speak.....
Maybe in his case he flew right into his wings and lets pray he never felt any pain...
Maybe in his case.....like a pilot kinda .....if you're going to die...die flying !!!!

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 11:19 pm
by ultraphobic71
They should have stopped the Olympics.I mean,when Owen Hart died in the ring,everybody put down the WWF for still having the PPV show going.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:56 am
by Crazy Levi
ultraphobic71 wrote:They should have stopped the Olympics.I mean,when Owen Hart died in the ring,everybody put down the WWF for still having the PPV show going.
Are you nuts? Yeah they should shut the fucking Olympics down because someone died.

The games kept going on their merry way when terrorists were busy slaughtering the Isreali team in 1972, they certainly aren't going to shut it down for this.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 10:01 am
by justinjc7
In life there are winners and there are lugers :lol:


In all seriousness tho it is really sad

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 7:13 am
by Hellsinkey
justinjc7 wrote:In life there are winners and there are lugers :lol:

Did he take...















































luge lessons?



Image

R.I.P.

Re: Luger killed in practice

Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 8:17 am
by justinjc7
:lol: