Mark Stosberg ~ BBC Interview

BBC Interview

July 1st, 1999

I smiled when I got the email from my BBC contact. He asked if I could do the second part of the live interview from my skateboard-propelled recliner via cell phone as I rolled through the streets of Richmond. The suggestion was as absurd and spontaneous as the Leisure Luge itself. I loved that.

The rain cleared up, I biked home and got the needed components: A recliner, an old skateboard, a helmet and a piece of plywood to stick between the skateboard and the recliner. I was ready to roll.

Click any of the thumbnails for a larger image, or follow these links to RealAudio feeds of the interview.

BBC Interview Part 1: Intro
BBC Interview Part 2: Live from the Luge Mobile (Files are in RealAudio format. You can get the free player if you don't have it)
original story and photos from the first leisure luge race, published by charged.com (which later went dot boom, which is why these links go to my original raw versions).
Leisure Luge Homepage

Thanks to Somethin Else and BBC Radio 5 for producing and broadcasting it, and for allowing me to republish the interview here. Thanks to Chris Hardie for doing sound engineering and the loaner phone, to Lisa and to Jay for pushing and photographing, and to Alan Moore for use of the digital camera. Finally, Thanks to Zac Fleishman for leaving the recliner at my house, and to Dr. John Craig for the unexpected video footage.

mark@stosberg.com