IGSA Rules and Classic Luge Measurement

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jack on August 5, 2010 at 23:48

i would say that would be allowed, the igsa would be looking for a ruler measurement. Just pray they dont have a bendy one or everyone will be fked :P

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dave M on August 6, 2010 at 0:00

you can always trim it down later

email IGSA for a ruling but i think you should be ok.

If you set up two bariers 12 inches apart and the board rolls through it it must be less than 12 inches wide
Surface lenght is a diferant measurment and they have not made any restrictions on that.

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Permalink Reply by DazTheCowboy on August 6, 2010 at 0:23

measure a sparks board, his boards are allowed in IGSA sanctioned races, so if you go from his it should be fine, but like Dave said, email the IGSA and double check, no point in being wrong from the get go ;)

PEACE!

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Owen on August 6, 2010 at 0:39

I have heard stories of Sakamoto making people cut down SBB at BTB for being too wide.

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Permalink Reply by Brad NS on August 6, 2010 at 1:12

12 " wide OVERALL ! I was the one cuting boards at BTB and it was just the angled edge , ADO lent me a plain and all sorted !! I have also seen buttboards knocked back for 1 mm too low (deck hieght) at newtons from Marcus
Buttboard is a standardised event so EVERYONE is equal

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Permalink Reply by Sakamoto on August 6, 2010 at 7:59

Classic Luge/Buttboard specs are: Maximum length of 48 inches. Maximum width, ie, edge to edge regardless of the amount of concave is 12 inches. ( just get a straight edge with a 12 inch increment and if your deck is narrower, you're sweet ) Height is a minimum of 80mm ie, ANY part of the deck must be no lower than 80mm when placed on a flat surface. It maybe higher, but certainly not lower.(80 mm is 3 1/8th inches)
Weight is 6.5 kgs, with a .5 hg tolerance for scale adjustment.
Owen was right, I did make some riders plane down their Sparks Classics, as some of them were between 3 and 10mm wider than the maximum width allowed. The specs are there to keep the integrity of the class, a certain equality for all riders.
Cheers,
Andy

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Permalink Reply by mark gorchy gorman on August 7, 2010 at 0:00

Thanks for the feedback guys, i did email Bob Ozman IGSA but as yet he has'nt got back to me. As the old saying go's Measure twice cut once.

Cheers

Mark

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Trikes on September 26, 2010 at 20:49

Been thru Tech a couple of times and they only measure straight across.

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Trikes on September 26, 2010 at 20:50

Yeah, that'd be me but I was glad Andy picked it up. Didn't want to go to Bathurst just to be knocked back. I simply never checked it before hand

Owen said:

I have heard stories of Sakamoto making people cut down SBB at BTB for being too wide.

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