What is a Bobsled?
Bobsledding has evolved tremendously since early daredevils negotiated rickety, modified wooden sleds down icy runs in Europe. The mode of this transport is the bobsled, or as it is referred to outside of the US and Canada, the bobsleigh. Bobsledding became popular in the mid 1800s with the first half pipe track built in St. Moritz, Switzerland by Caspar Badrutt, owner of the Krup Hotel. Early bobsled aficionados rigged their own designs using wood delivery sleds and adding steering mechanisms, but it is American Stephen Whitney who is credited with the invention of the modern bobsled design which bolts two sleds into one.
