Together they hit on the idea of dry-land luge. On their first attempt, they stood on the boards; that idea was scrubbed after Kinnee took a bad spill. Then they tried sitting, holding their feet ...

The main frame of the Electro-Luge 500S, with welded pipes, ply board and chunky go-kart wheels. John Dingley. 3 / 8. ... a kite surf buggy, a go kart and a Star Wars Land Speeder." ...

[John Dingley] describes his Electric Beach Luge Project as an exciting mashup between “a downhill luge board, a kite surf buggy, a go-kart, and a Star Wars Land Speeder” and it’s… ...

for use on long stretches of firm flat sand that will be a cross between a downhill luge board (see example below), a kite surf buggy, a go kart and a Star Wars Land Speeder. Why do this?

With less distance to fall in the event of a crash, riders can slide off their boards and allow their leathers to take the brunt of the damage, avoiding injury. "Street luge crashes are rare ...