Or for something more adrenaline-filled, the long-standing weekly Zoobombing meet up, held every Sunday evening, is where die-hard speed demons take part in high-speed, downhill bike races.
To return to the matter of stopping: The Stealth-X designers envision riders controlling their speed by carving like a downhill skier and stopping by kicking the sled sideways in a skilike spray of snow.
Mancuso won the fifth world championship medal of her career, and her third in the super-G discipline -- one of two "speed events" along with the downhill, compared to the "technical" slalom and giant slalom races.
On a downhill slope, get your speed low before you start the descent, and do not let it build up - it is much easier to keep it low than to try to slow down once things get slippery.