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What is Kreisel in Sliding Sports?

A signature sliding-track corner that curls through most of a full circle — German for 'circle' or 'gyro'. Sleds are pressed into the banking for a long, sustained load, and exiting a kreisel on the wrong line ruins the next section.

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