Berks man creates backyard luge track

One Berks County man has spent weeks creating and perfecting a 400-foot luge track.

"First weekend of the new year it started snowing again," luge creator, Joel Gift of Kutztown said.

And that was the only excuse Gift needed to create it.

"The thrill, the energy," Gift said.

Gift spent eight weeks and hundreds of hours, all for one simple reason.

"For the kids," Gift said. "They get here and their eyes just pop out of their heads."

He even includes padding on the trees in case the kids bump them.

"I had one kid tell me it was better than Disneyland," Gift said.

Gift estimates about 50 kids have already slid down the track.

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