A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD limbo skater has set a new world record – despite the fact he only started skating two years ago. Tiluck Keisam, from Manipur in Northeast India, set a new world record for the furthest distance limbo skating under bars at the Siri Fort Sports Complex in New Delhi, India. The hyper-flexible youngster skated 116 metres in 31.87 seconds on December 20, 2015 – smashing the previous record of 50 metres. And to keep things challenging, the bars Tiluck passed under were set at only 28cm high, 7cm less than the required 35cm. Tiluck’s record-breaking skate also featured his signature move – a U-turn half way through his run. Despite his age, Tiluck has a gruelling daily training regime – he wakes at 4am and after a quick breakfast practices for three hours in the morning and four in the evening. The youngster is continuing to rack up a huge medal haul and has now set his sights on an Olympic gold.
Nothing caps a good day on the slopes like circling up to laugh off your wipeouts and toast your triumphs.
For a Special Meal
Trokay has moved the needle off the steak-with-a-view paradigm that has long ruled the fine dining scene in Tahoe. The only view here is onto the main drag of Truckee, Calif., but the meal itself does double duty as a bit of theater. A cloche lifted on a dish called Fire & Smoke releases a puff from tiny vegetable-ash cinders served with trout. And chef John Weatherson himself brings out two Hawaiian prawns to sizzle them for you on a hot slab of granite pried from nearby Desolation Wilderness—this is big-city cooking with a distinctly Tahoe twist.
Tucked away in a pine-filled neighborhood … More