--- description: A little slice of Sochi, right here in the USA title: Sochi Olympics: Long Island Dad Makes Backyard Snow Luge Track image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263ed15fa21f7ef0/69868382810bbb22ddc903f2/screen-shot-2014-03-03-at-12-26-04-pm.png?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Awesome Dad Builds Fully Functioning Backyard Luge Track For His Kids by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 4:53 PM CUT  Youtube by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 3, 2014 4:53 PM CUT Wanting to bring some of the excitement of the Winter Olympics to his very own backyard, Long Island dad Jay Venini built a luge track for his kids to enjoy. It’s very patriotic and his kids are super into it. Regular old sledding will never be the same again now that we know this exists. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/11473/dad-builds-backyard-snow-luge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/11473/dad-builds-backyard-snow-luge/"},"headline":"Awesome Dad Builds Fully Functioning Backyard Luge Track For His Kids","datePublished":"2014-03-03T16:53:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:24.454Z","description":"A little slice of Sochi, right here in the USA","url":"https://time.com/11473/dad-builds-backyard-snow-luge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","weather","olympics","snow","Sochi","Appreciation"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263ed15fa21f7ef0/69868382810bbb22ddc903f2/screen-shot-2014-03-03-at-12-26-04-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt263ed15fa21f7ef0/69868382810bbb22ddc903f2/screen-shot-2014-03-03-at-12-26-04-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2014-03-03 at 12.26.04 PM","caption":"","creditText":"Youtube","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/11473/dad-builds-backyard-snow-luge/","name":"Awesome Dad Builds Fully Functioning Backyard Luge Track For His Kids"}}]}] ```