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I'm fine with going fast on a sled being a sport. That's cool. But, it seems like something where it's only valid if everybody involved is actively doing something on the way down, not just being ballast.
One person sledding makes sense. But, in this sport, the guy on the bottom can't possibly be anything but ballast, can he? He can't see anything, so he can't be steering or braking, right?
Same with bobsled, the guy at the front is steering. Maybe the people in the back help with something, but they can't be too actively involved because they can't see.
They count how often the bottom nuts and add that to the score
Maybe the guy on top looks and the guy on bottom steers, and the hard part is communication
Just use a joystick.
ahem
is it two boinks for left and one boink for right, or is it two boinks for right and a hip thrust for left?
That hard (if not impossible) part is to make it not looking weird.
In bobsled, the other people at the back are important for the initial pushoff, since you're allowed a running start. And then I'm pretty sure everyone helps steer, based on what the guy in the front is doing/commands he gives.
Granted, all my knowledge of bobsled comes from Cool Runnings, so take all that with a grain of salt
I think one bobsledder steers and another one runs the brakes.