Cardrona Alpine Resort ski instructor Thomas Parks prepares
to take a bunch of eager skiers for a ski-school lesson
yesterday. Photo by Matthew Haggart.
Naseby's luge track is attracting patrons aged from 8 to
mid-70s.
The 360m, 10-curve track opened for the season last Thursday
and luge coach, Canadian Greg Jones, is impressed with its
quality.
"It's looking great and it's certainly been popular," Jones
said yesterday.
Jones (21) is a member of Canada's natural luge team and has
been involved in the sport for 17 years.
He has recorded the fastest speed on the Naseby luge so far -
50kmh.
"It is a pretty quick track and it's going really well," he
said.
Jones said more than 60 people had used the track in the
first four days it was open.
Josh Fogo (11), of Naseby, shows how it's done on the
Naseby luge yesterday. Photo by Lynda Van Kempen.
A new refrigeration system had been installed in the base
of the track so the season should be extended this year until
the end of August.
Snow last Thursday night helped improve the surface, with
about 2cm of snow making the track a little slower, Jones
said.
"It was fairly icy until then so the snow was good news and
helped slow it a little."
A luge camp begins next week and 25 people have registered
for that event.
The track will also host a demonstration luge event as part
of the Winter Games New Zealand, on Sunday, August 23.
The luge was opened for the first time last year and is next
to an outdoor skating rink, which sits beside the town's
indoor curling facility.
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