Photo Gallery: Kate Hansen comes home to La Cañada with the U.S.A. Luge Slider Search clinic

Raul Roa / Staff Photographer

United States luge olympian and La Canada Flintridge native Kate Hansen, standing, helped children like Skyler Nelson, 9 of Glendale, center, take runs down Foothill Blvd. during the U.S.A. Luge Slider Search in La Canada Flintridge on Saturday, May 31, 2014. The event was held for children ages 9-13. U.S.A. Luge has clinics like this throughout the US to find future American olympians.

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Raul Roa / Staff Photographer

United States luge olympian and La Canada Flintridge native Kate Hansen helped children take runs down Foothill Blvd. during the U.S.A. Luge Slider Search in La Canada Flintridge on Saturday, May 31, 2014. The event was held for children ages 9-13. U.S.A. Luge has clinics like this throughout the US to find future American olympians.

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Parallel to the ground with only Kate Hansen and one of her red-white-and-blue Converse keeping them from sliding down the street, eager youngsters gave luge a try for the very first time on the streets of La Cañada Flintridge Saturday and Sunday as the USA Luge Slider Search recruiting clinic came to town.

Raul Roa / Staff Photographer