polish
08-22-2005, 07:26 AM
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBK5OGMNCE.html
After reaching the top of a slope, Hawaiians would stand up, lie down or kneel atop hardwood sleds - often carved from kauila or ohia trees and measuring 12 feet long by 6 inches wide - and speed down the man-made courses of hardened lava rocks
"You can't even imagine what it's like to be headfirst, 4 inches off the ground, doing 30, 40, 50 miles an hour on rock," Stone said. "It looks like you are riding just fluid lava. It's death-defying ... but it's a lot of fun."
After reaching the top of a slope, Hawaiians would stand up, lie down or kneel atop hardwood sleds - often carved from kauila or ohia trees and measuring 12 feet long by 6 inches wide - and speed down the man-made courses of hardened lava rocks
"You can't even imagine what it's like to be headfirst, 4 inches off the ground, doing 30, 40, 50 miles an hour on rock," Stone said. "It looks like you are riding just fluid lava. It's death-defying ... but it's a lot of fun."