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Slide ADK

Slide ADK serves as a gateway to sliding sports in the Adirondack region.

We welcome recreational sliders and and aspiring competitors in luge, skeleton, and bobsled. We offer club sliding in the winter, and skills and physical training in the off-season.

10/06/2026

📣 New sliding season drops in November... Are you ? 🤩

Learn more: https://slideadk.org

10/05/2026

We're going to Cortina - are you with us?

Learn more about our club's trip to Cortina d'Ampezzo, IT in January 2027.

Details and registration deposit here: https://qrcc.me/tmg5yawybqtq

Fill out our interest form here: https://forms.gle/c9b7bKnR2ehZu3xz5

We'll hold an informational Zoom meeting soon, so get on our contact list!

09/24/2026

Come cheer with us!
Slide ADK team members will be attending Skeleton push championships on Friday morning, October 9th, and Bobsled combined push championships on Saturday morning, October 10th. Join us to cheer on the USABS National Team Athletes (and friends-of-the-club!). Register for a cheer party (for free) to be kept in the loop about planned festivities!
https://bit.ly/4hEz3yX

09/08/2026

Fall push sessions at the Mt Van Hoevenberg Ice House!
Check here often as more pre-season sessions will be added:
https://bit.ly/2026fallpush

09/06/2026

Save the date - we're going to Cortina!

In partnership with Adirondack Luge Club we're organizing a multi-sport sliding trip to Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, home of last season's Olympic Games!

Find more info here: https://bit.ly/cortina-or-bust, including a link to let us know you're interested!

08/10/2026

Summer camp 2: wrapped.

Day 4 of camp finished on a high note for all of our campers. I can confidently say that everyone learned something new this week and took a giant leap forward in their sport development. Friends and memories were made in equal measure.

Today started off with another daily dose of gratitude. This camp didn't come together with magic - it took a lot of hard work and dedication, and an army of willing volunteers, mentors, and coaches. Thank you to ALL who played a part!

After morning meeting our luge athletes diversified their luge muscle training with rock climbing at The Notch Rock Gym at Mt Van Hoevenberg.

Bobsled athletes got some hands-on time with a bobsled, learning about the sled, its parts, and how you make it steer - the essentials! Huge thanks to Tom Church and Larry Hartson for the orientation!

Our skeleton athletes worked with Bob Hofbauer and Tom Toole to learn what to expect in an international race in terms of protocols and logistics. They also learned what to expect from a sled inspection, or what is called "materials control" so now they can double check to make sure their sleds are "race legal"!

After the morning activities we joined back up as a group for a lunch and learn with Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton athlete Kristen Bujnowski. Today's topic was the importance of good food and good sleep to optimize health and performance for athletes. Such important takeaways!

The afternoon consisted of sliding and push for all the athletes. The luge athletes went for a final wheels practice at the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex with Coach Aidan while the bobsled and skeleton athletes had one last push session in the Ice House at Mt Van Hoevenberg with Coach Larry Hartson, and current athletes Josh Williamson (USA Bobsled/Skeleton), Kristen Bujnowski (Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton), and Hannah Gaskins (USA Bobsled/Skeleton).

Photos and memories were collected throughout. They'll have to carry us through 'til we all meet again at the track this winter!

If you missed us this time, be sure to watch this page for future events and programs, especially as the winter draws near!

08/09/2026

Closing out summer camp day 3 - are we lucky or what?

Once again, we started our day by writing thank you notes to all the coaches, athletes, and facilities that helped to make our camp possible.

After that, we went on a track walk on the actual sliding track at Mt Van Hoevenberg! Coach Aidan led all of us from Start 3 down to the finish. It poured outside, but we stayed dry under the awesome new roof. We learned a lot about what lines to take through each of the curves, and each sport learned from the others in terms of how they handle pressure. The kind in the curves, I mean.

But then after that, we learned about how to handle pressure, like the mental kind! Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton athlete Kristen Bujnowski came to lead us through a presentation and reflection activities about athlete mental wellbeing. We know that keeping our minds healthy and strong will help us to be better and more resilient athletes.

Again, we split up our groups. The luge crew headed to the Olympic Oval to check out Dmitry's Feast, a celebration in memory of Dmitry Feld who welcomed so many of us to the sliding world with open arms and big hugs. They helped Coach Aidan teach people how to slide on wheeled luge sleds, and they even got to meet 2026 USA Luge Olympian Matt Greiner!

Bobsled and skeleton athletes hit the push track again to practice starts with Coach Kenny Howard, Coach Larry Hartson, Josh Williamson and Kristen Bujnowski. Everyone has made so much progress in just these few days!

Finally, the luge group headed to the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex for more wheels... only to set up the whole course and get called off for lightning! Rather than wait out the lightning hold, we packed up shop and headed to USA Luge for starts practice instead with Coach Becky.

It was another full and fulfilling day. One more sleep, one more day of sliding adventure, and then we're off to home 'til winter!

08/08/2026

Camp 2 Day 2 - rocked it.

We learned a ton today!

We started our day by practicing our attitude of gratitude by writing thank you cards for people who made our camp possible. Our athletes from last camp showed the new athletes the drill - how's that for teamwork!!

Next, luge athletes headed to USA Luge for starts training with Coaches Aidan and Becky, and the bobsled and skeleton athletes did sprint drills and a workout with Coach Seth.

We all gathered back at Mt Van Hoevenberg for a lunch and learn about concussion prevention and management with Janet Parcell, DPT. Among other things, we learned that after a concussion you still have to go to school... 🫩😆.

The bobsled and skeleton athletes got to have a Zoom presentation from Curt Tomasevicz from USA Bobsled/Skeleton who explained athlete selection processes and introduced the Skeleton and Bobsled Athlete Progression Pathways. Now our athletes have some concrete goals to work towards!

The luge athletes packed up to do more wheels training at the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex, then they wrapped up their day with a lesson on basic sled parts and maintenance.

Our bobsled and skeleton athletes hit the ice house at Mt Van Hoevenberg again with Coach Kenny Howard and Coach Larry Hartson to practice push technique.

I know you're sad to be missing out... Be sure to follow us so you don't miss our next adventures! The winter season will be upon us before we know it.

2 more camp days to go!!

08/06/2026

We kicked off our second ever summer camp today! We have 22 athletes from luge, skeleton, and bobsled, over a wide range of ages and stages!

So what did today look like?
We all got together in the morning at USA Luge headquarters to talk about some of last camp's themes: setting good goals, being coachable, and practicing gratitude. We also introduced this camp's theme: Creating a welcoming environment and being a good teammate.

Our luge athletes did wheels training with Coaches Aidan Kelly, Becky Brand, and Seth Coates at the Lake Placid Olympic Ski Jumping Complex while our bobsled and skeleton athletes practiced pushing sleds with Coach Kenny Howard and Coach Larry Hartson on the dryland push track at USA Bobsled/Skeleton.

We met back up at Luge HQ for a lesson from coach Kenny Howard on the importance of warming up to increase short term and long term athletic success.

After lunch break, our luge athletes met back up for a workout and starts at USA Luge with Aidan, Becky, and Seth. Meanwhile, our bobsled and skeleton athletes hit the Ice House at Mt Van Hoevenberg for on-ice push training! Many thanks to push coaches - Kenny Howard, Larry Hartson, and special guest appearances from bobsleigh athlete Kristen Bujnowski and skeleton athlete Hannah Gaskins!

I think I can speak for all of us when I say we are TIRED! What a great start to camp!

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Lake Placid, NY
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