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Richard Hodkinson:

Nationality: British
Lives: Los Angeles and London
Birthday: 4th August
Bronze medallist at the Hot Heels 2003, the IGSA World Street Luge Championships in Austria, and a world-ranked rider
Mind you, that's a fine result for me, but there are many greater riders out there: the ultimate are the Rogers Brothers and Darren Lott, who wrote the book on the sport..
Currently studying for a PhD at the Annenberg School for Communication, at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.
Great rider info on streetluging.net and gravitydb.com

Favourite Hills:

Hot Heels Kaunertal, AUSTRIA
Glendora Mountain Road, California (US)
Frantschoek Pass, SOUTH AFRICA
Glenmore Road, Aviemore, SCOTLAND

cheesy pic: my first buttboard (classic luge), newly-built and ready to race in Scotland

Big Air 2002, San Francisco
(this was a 70 foot jump)

GETTING STARTED?

Ding Boston and the Oxford Stunt Factory set up SSSPRINT and does excellent races for beginners. I'd left Oxford a few years ago, but saw Ding and other friends one Saturday morning on the BBC, so I dug out my phone book and asked what it was all about. Within a month I was competing in Hot Heels 2000 on a borrowed luge and leathers. Email Ding if you want to try it, or email me wherever you are and we'll get you sorted.

RESULTS:

Podium: 3rd Hot Heels 2003, IGSA World Championships.

2nd San Francisco Gravity Festival 2002, Classic Luge
70 Feet jump! San Francisco Big Air 2002 (4=); 4-man speed race: 6th.
Finalist: Hot Heels 2002, Classic Luge 4th
Finalist: Scotland Highland Wheels Extreme 2002, Aviemore, Streetluge 4th
Finalist: Scotland Highland Wheels Extreme 2002, Aviemore, Classic Luge
Runner-up final winner Talimena Drive, OK 2003, Classic Luge (5th)
Runner-up finalist Talimena Drive, OK 2003, Street Luge (6th)
Consolation final winner Hot Heels 2003, Classic Luge (7th)

Race STORIES:

Watch this space!!!

Click on the pictures for race stories Also, see some other pages put up on street luge sites, race stories from Dave Auld Darren Lott, and Chris McBride, and the picture links...

Hod Rides:

- wheels: ABEC11 flywheels 72a
- bearings: Terminator ABEC 3
- trucks : Randal Luge Trucks
- material: steel tubing
- length: standard, about 6'5"
- weight: rider:90kg, luge:14kg
- avantages: long stable wheelbase, aero, smooth, balanced handling.
- race speeds: over 70mph (110 kmh)

Scotland 2001, braking round the first (carousel) corner on the new Rogers luge

Hot Heels podium, 2003
Lally, DeKeyser, Hod

UPDATE! Went to a pegless luge, new pix coming soon! Luges can be made at home, or bought for very little money. email to find out more.

All this has to vie for time with music, academics, writing and snowboarding. Nonetheless, surfing and skydiving are next. Also check out the occasional firebreathing and bungee jumping displays with the Oxford Stunt Factory.

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