Fun with the Winter Olympics.... .Com

Oh, werd?
At 1AM, the really awesome Olympic sports get their time in the sun... sports like luge! And biathlon! And ice wrestling! (Okay, ice wrestling isn't real...) But the bottom line is that the really obscure sports are on parade. Which got me thinking... how does one become a slider anyway?
I headed straight to the source, the USA Luge website (http://www.usaluge.org/).
First, I learned that luge players are called "sliders". Sweet, now I can throw around the lingo at the track...
I found out where the tracks are (there are a total of THREE in the entire western hemisphere). One is in Lake Placid, NY! Clearly, I was close to luge glory. Now, how could I be discovered by the luge team.....
Well, by calling myself an "athlete," paying 30 bucks, and signing a form that basically says, "I will die and it's not luge's fault," I could become a MEMBER of the luge association! This entitles me to track time and coaching!
So, when civilians are less determined than I am, how do they earn the title, "slider"?
Well, apparently a tour goes through towns, lets kids ages 11-14 take turns trying physical challenges and street luge, and then offers a few of them the chance to come to luge camp. So, basically, our luge team is determined by which towns the luge tour (sponsored by Verizon) visited 4 years ago.... Weak.
Bored with luge, I decided to try luge's crazy cousin, skeleton. Or, head first luge.
The first site that appeared aftering Googling "skeleton sport" (after an unsuccessful search that resulted in lots of Halloween and anatomy sites) was a site featuring THIS amazing game: http://www.kingofskeleton.com/
Awesome! Some of you may have already received my challenges....
Try crashing your slider! So cool!
Next, I became the 2412th person to visit the US Biathlon website... Oh well. Sorry biathlon.
I decided to try one more search. Now that I knew how to become a slider, how could I join a bobsled team? Well, the first link Google provides is: http://www.usbsf.com
This link's description reads: "The official web site of the United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation (don't be fooled by fakes such as usbobsledandskeleton.com." Which, of course, made me go to that page. Turns out, www.usbobsledandskeleton.com is, in fact, the OFFICIAL official website of the US team. Not sure what the other website's deal is.....
Anyway... Happy Olympics! Happy Nor'easter! And congrats to those who thought, early on, that taking their children to skeleton practice was a sure chance to visit Italy.