It was almost like Lake Charles’ own little Winter Olympics, except most ... a plastic storage box for a sled, a piece of cardboard for a toboggan, and a kiddie pool for a snow saucer.

They practiced at the former Olympic complex in Lake Placid with their coach Pat Brown, using a four-man sled patched together ... took our four-man down to the toboggan chute on the ice there ...

with each team's toboggans having to get the stamp of approval. "It can't be over 50 pounds. It's got to be 20 inches wide. No more." said Andy Hazen, who's been inspecting the sleds at the ...

More popular now are the plastic sleds some people also call toboggans, which, like the originals, sit on top of the snow or ice rather than cut into it. They also lack steering, but there’s a ...

They practiced at the former Olympic complex in Lake Placid with their coach Pat Brown, using a four-man sled patched together with duct tape ... and we took our four-man down to the toboggan chute on ...