A modern toboggan is made of several long, thin boards curved up and backward in front to form a prow. A crosspiece is used to secure the individual boards and low side railings with rope holding the passengers and cargo from shifting. Bobsledding Bobsledding is a fast and dangerous winter sport. Two to four people maneuver a bobsled down a winding track of ice. Most bobsled races are in the Alps or at Winter Olympic sites.
Most European countries hold national championships.
Eugenio Monti, an Italian, was one of the greatest bobsledders, who piloted 11 crews to world championships between 1957 and 1968. The first four-man world championship took place at the 1924 Olympics. The two-man championships began in 1931 and were added to the Olympic program in 1932. The first organized competitive bobsled took place in 1898. Modern bobsleds are streamlined fiberglass and carbon composite weave vehicles that ride on four steel tubing runners.