Editing Cresta Run (section)

== Cresta and skeleton ==
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Whilst the Cresta Run is often considered to be the birthplace of modern day skeleton<ref>{{Cite web|title=skeleton sledding {{!}} Definition, History, & Facts|url=https://www.britannica.com/sports/skeleton-sledding|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> and acted as the course for Skeleton events in the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics, Cresta ''riding'' is notably different from modern day Skeleton ''sliding''. Cresta Riding requires significant movement on the toboggan in order to navigate the track. Such movement includes riders moving their position back and forwards on the toboggan, and actively pushing the toboggan with your right hand in order to manoeuvre through Shuttlecock and Thoma. On the other hand, modern Skeleton sliding requires much less movement on the toboggan, and the sleds are generally speaking more flexible and sensitive than those for the Cresta. Cresta Toboggans possess longer, more prominent knives on the back of the ''runners'' than their modern-day skeleton counterparts. This is in order to achieve greater grip, as unlike in modern Skeleton which takes place on Bob-Runs, one can exit the Cresta Run at numerous points if they are going too fast or are out of control.

Toboggans used by the Cresta Run are broadly separated into two primary categories: Traditionals and Flat-Tops. Traditional toboggans are the toboggans that every Cresta Rider initially starts on, and have been used since the 1900s; as an evolution of the earlier ''Americas'' toboggan. Traditionals are characterised by a prominent sliding seat and having the runners integrated into the frame. The sliding seat allows riders to move back on the toboggan prior to entry of Shuttlecock to place more weight on the knives, therefore gaining greater control and grip. Flat-Tops were introduced to the Cresta by Reto Gansser (brother of 8-time Grand National Winner Franco Gansser) in the 1960s and became the basis for modern day skeleton sleds. Flat-Tops are characterised by either a steel or carbon fibre base with removable runners. Modern-day are much more akin to Skeleton sleds, with some manufacturers providing Sleds to Olympic Skeleton teams and amateur Cresta Riders alike. Unlike the traditional toboggan, the Flat-Top lacks a moving seat, and is more sensitive and faster. As a result, the secretariat requires riders to achieve consistent rides of 48 seconds from Junction on a Traditional in order to ''convert'' to a flat-top. Converts are then  taught by their ''Flat-Top Guru,'' an experienced flat top rider who is given permission by the secretariat to tutor the converts in Flat-Top riding. It is up to ''Tower'' and the Secretariat to determine whether they are a sufficiently skilled and safe rider to continue riding on a flat-top.