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Originally posted by ronin
wow. any thoughts on a first site? things are pretty populated here. I figured I'd do it in the company of others with experience, that they may head me off at the pass lest I unwittingly attempt to do something really stupid. but I guess I could go it alone 
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A first site...mine was in my neighborhood, almost completely flat, I could only get maybe 8mph, it was enough to learn how to turn and make sure I got the luge built right (it would go in a straight line easily) Then I kept moving up to slightly bigger hills, all of them have been in neighborhoods, in parts where there is NO traffic. Traffic is your enemy, once you decide you want to stop it could take hundreds of feet... Also I'd try to stay on straigt roads to start, turns can get ugly if you don't know how to turn right, I almost flipped off to the side once in a turn, my arm bled alot...
This is the site I found, I made the "sportin' wood luge"
http://www.auldovertheroad.com/lugeboard.htm