Ken Childs
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Owner: http://slidingonice.com - Winter sports writer, photog, announcer, dog dad, Protect Our Winters member, Durham Bulls fan/spokesmodel, Calgary Stampeders fan. Fall risk
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Ken Childs
@thekenchilds.com
· Oct 10
"Insults" from the internet that apparently I'm supposed to take offense to:
- "Nice shirt."
- "You write about bobsledding."
- "Your favorite baseball team is a minor league team."
- "Your favorite football team is a CFL team."
All just statements of fact, really.
- "Nice shirt."
- "You write about bobsledding."
- "Your favorite baseball team is a minor league team."
- "Your favorite football team is a CFL team."
All just statements of fact, really.
Listen, you have 100% of Americans who write about luge on the regular on this website, I’m unsure what else is needed.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Listen, you have 100% of Americans who write about luge on the regular on this website, I’m unsure what else is needed.
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For those of you who have been following along with the Jamaican bobsled team's breakout season, Shane Pitter won another North American Cup gold medal, this time in four-man bobsled.
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
Pitter Cruises to Lake Placid Four-Man Gold :: Sliding On Ice
www.slidingonice.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
For those of you who have been following along with the Jamaican bobsled team's breakout season, Shane Pitter won another North American Cup gold medal, this time in four-man bobsled.
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
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When Puttin on the Ritz hits the airwaves:
Hot start for Taco
January 6, 2026 at 1:33 AM
When Puttin on the Ritz hits the airwaves:
For those of you who have been following along with the Jamaican bobsled team's breakout season, Shane Pitter won another North American Cup gold medal, this time in four-man bobsled.
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
Pitter Cruises to Lake Placid Four-Man Gold :: Sliding On Ice
www.slidingonice.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
For those of you who have been following along with the Jamaican bobsled team's breakout season, Shane Pitter won another North American Cup gold medal, this time in four-man bobsled.
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
It's his 6th gold medal between 2-man and 4-man this year.
Race report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13539
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😊 well thank you!
this will turn into basically an all curling page once February hits!
this will turn into basically an all curling page once February hits!
January 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
😊 well thank you!
this will turn into basically an all curling page once February hits!
this will turn into basically an all curling page once February hits!
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Guys, big news:
Dog is full of beans.
Dog is full of beans.
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Guys, big news:
Dog is full of beans.
Dog is full of beans.
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Update: Tiki has decided that my kitchenoke is….suspect.
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Update: Tiki has decided that my kitchenoke is….suspect.
Update: Tiki has decided that my kitchenoke is….suspect.
January 5, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Update: Tiki has decided that my kitchenoke is….suspect.
Fact: 100% of live coverage of bobsled, skeleton and luge happens on Bluesky.
more and more are talking about the official app of sports
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Fact: 100% of live coverage of bobsled, skeleton and luge happens on Bluesky.
Guys, big news:
Dog is full of beans.
Dog is full of beans.
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Guys, big news:
Dog is full of beans.
Dog is full of beans.
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Bobby Allison came close. He landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson with 154 souls on board after winning the Firecracker 400.
no driver has ever done “the double’’: winning the Daytona 500 and saving 155 lives by safely landing an Airbus A320 in the Hudson River
January 5, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Bobby Allison came close. He landed an Airbus A320 in the Hudson with 154 souls on board after winning the Firecracker 400.
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I don't think I know a single woman (or girl over 14) that wears makeup regularly that wouldn't already possess the knowledge and products to easily cover this up.
Do men really not know what kind of magic we can do?
Do men really not know what kind of magic we can do?
January 5, 2026 at 7:30 PM
I don't think I know a single woman (or girl over 14) that wears makeup regularly that wouldn't already possess the knowledge and products to easily cover this up.
Do men really not know what kind of magic we can do?
Do men really not know what kind of magic we can do?
Something we're keeping track of (well I am, I hope you are too) is the battle to see who gets three sleds into the men's bobsled program at the Olympics.
The way it works is in the overall combined rankings across all tours, the top ranked 3rd sled is what gets into the games (continued below)
The way it works is in the overall combined rankings across all tours, the top ranked 3rd sled is what gets into the games (continued below)
Unaspiringly German stayed dominant in 4-man, with Francesco Friedrich narrowly edging out Hansi Lochner, with Adam Ammour for the German sweep.
It was Friedrich's 100th win
Brad Hall, the last winner in Winterberg, was 4th w/ Markus Treichl 5th
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13522
It was Friedrich's 100th win
Brad Hall, the last winner in Winterberg, was 4th w/ Markus Treichl 5th
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13522
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Something we're keeping track of (well I am, I hope you are too) is the battle to see who gets three sleds into the men's bobsled program at the Olympics.
The way it works is in the overall combined rankings across all tours, the top ranked 3rd sled is what gets into the games (continued below)
The way it works is in the overall combined rankings across all tours, the top ranked 3rd sled is what gets into the games (continued below)
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In women's alpine, Nadine Staffler won her first gold medal as she held off juniors legend Riccarda Ruetz. Germany's Lisa Walch continued a strong season in third, while Daniela Mittermaier fell to fourth after a promising first heat.
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13530
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13530
January 5, 2026 at 6:23 PM
In women's alpine, Nadine Staffler won her first gold medal as she held off juniors legend Riccarda Ruetz. Germany's Lisa Walch continued a strong season in third, while Daniela Mittermaier fell to fourth after a promising first heat.
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13530
Report: www.slidingonice.com?p=13530
Had another big weekend of sliding in Winterberg, Sigulda, and Passeiertal this weekend with lots of great racing across the various tours, so here's a sliding sport thread with race reports and highlights for you as we inch closer to the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo!
January 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Had another big weekend of sliding in Winterberg, Sigulda, and Passeiertal this weekend with lots of great racing across the various tours, so here's a sliding sport thread with race reports and highlights for you as we inch closer to the Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo!
I need to just get this out there despite literally nobody on this site here being able to do anything about it, and literally maybe two people actually knowing who I could talk to about this:
I desperately need the FIL Alpine photographer to be better.
I desperately need the FIL Alpine photographer to be better.
January 5, 2026 at 3:07 PM
I need to just get this out there despite literally nobody on this site here being able to do anything about it, and literally maybe two people actually knowing who I could talk to about this:
I desperately need the FIL Alpine photographer to be better.
I desperately need the FIL Alpine photographer to be better.
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Everyone think they’re gangster until these two bad mfers roll up.
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Everyone think they’re gangster until these two bad mfers roll up.
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Kris Horn had a race-quickest start in the first heat. Another strong start in the 2nd. Great top 5 curves in the slower parts of the track. Really clean through 10 and 11. A really great drive here by Horn, one hit late drops him behind Baumgartner by .02 but will have a top 8 for the USA.
January 4, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Kris Horn had a race-quickest start in the first heat. Another strong start in the 2nd. Great top 5 curves in the slower parts of the track. Really clean through 10 and 11. A really great drive here by Horn, one hit late drops him behind Baumgartner by .02 but will have a top 8 for the USA.
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Simona de Silvestro competed today in the 2-woman race as well, finishing 24th of 27. More importantly, she was out-raced by her teammate Giada Andreutti as they compete to see who's ITA-1 going into the Olympic games. Italy *may* get both sleds in, but it's not guaranteed.
Here's her run below.
Here's her run below.
January 4, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Simona de Silvestro competed today in the 2-woman race as well, finishing 24th of 27. More importantly, she was out-raced by her teammate Giada Andreutti as they compete to see who's ITA-1 going into the Olympic games. Italy *may* get both sleds in, but it's not guaranteed.
Here's her run below.
Here's her run below.
Solid weekend in Winterberg for Canada. Cynthia Appiah took silver in monobob yesterday and the men have a top 10 today in 4-man.
Taylor Austin's team gives him another strong start, a 5.16. Austin's had a real up and down season this year. The racing has been tight all through the field and a few hundredths is the difference between the lead and maybe 4th.
Great bottom of the track, Austin's into the lead with 8 to go!
Great bottom of the track, Austin's into the lead with 8 to go!
January 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Solid weekend in Winterberg for Canada. Cynthia Appiah took silver in monobob yesterday and the men have a top 10 today in 4-man.
Friends.
Look at this big yawn
Look at this big yawn
January 4, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Friends.
Look at this big yawn
Look at this big yawn
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Moments away from the final runs of the weekend with 4-man bobsled's 2nd heat. Friedrich has a small advantage over Lochner, Hall, Ammour, & Treichl. It's legit anyone's race.
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
IBSF World Cup Winterberg - 4-Man Bobsleigh - Heat 2
YouTube video by IBSF Bobsleigh & Skeleton
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Moments away from the final runs of the weekend with 4-man bobsled's 2nd heat. Friedrich has a small advantage over Lochner, Hall, Ammour, & Treichl. It's legit anyone's race.
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
Moments away from the final runs of the weekend with 4-man bobsled's 2nd heat. Friedrich has a small advantage over Lochner, Hall, Ammour, & Treichl. It's legit anyone's race.
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
IBSF World Cup Winterberg - 4-Man Bobsleigh - Heat 2
YouTube video by IBSF Bobsleigh & Skeleton
www.youtube.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Moments away from the final runs of the weekend with 4-man bobsled's 2nd heat. Friedrich has a small advantage over Lochner, Hall, Ammour, & Treichl. It's legit anyone's race.
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...
You're awake, may as well watch some sliding!
Thread below, live stream here: www.youtube.com/live/uXXUgcD...