Daily Survival Guide

How to Bail Out of a Street Luge
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1. Stay with your board.
   Hold on to your board (eve if it is broken), and use it to absorb some of the force of the impact. Keep your feet on the pegs and your hands on the handles with your back straight throughout the crash.


2. If you are separated from your luge, slide on your back, with your feet pointing downhill.


3. Slow your speed with your hands.
   Move your arms to a 45-degree angle to your body. Place your gloved hands, palms down, on the road surface. Pressure with your right hand will move you right; pressure on the left will move you left.


4. Absorb the impact of the crash.
   Bend your knees slightly to absorb the force of the crash feet first. Keep your toes pointed up, and hit the object with the balls of your feet, not your heels.