U.S. luger Tucker West has his father Brett to thank for the backyard luge that helped him become the country’s youngest-ever Olympic competitor in the event at 18. He also has his dad to scold for making #TeamTucker into something of an Internet phenomenon.
As you can see from this clip, Brett West said that Tucker is “very single, and he’s a little shy, so you’ll have to reach out to him” on TODAY.
Well ... they did.
Yea I would be soooo embarrassed if the parentals went on national tv and declared me very single. But that's sweet. #TeamTucker
— Maliyka to some Meeka to others (@degreed_chick) February 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/Ksugs28/statuses/432541271031574528
The most adorable winter Olympian I have ever seen ☺☺ #TeamTucker
— Mer 🍕 (@merbrowder) February 9, 2014
Somebody marry that boy!! #teamtucker
— Laura D. Richard (@Lwd859) February 9, 2014
Hey, #TeamTucker, I'm also very single☺️
— betsy✨ (@betsy_willett) February 9, 2014
How is it possible you're single..? 😍😁 #teamtucker
— Julia Day (@jay_day06) February 9, 2014
https://twitter.com/kelsey_brant/statuses/432522300714262528
Tucker are u still talking to ur dad after he put u out there for the whole world to know. Good luck on the luge #teamtucker
— lkwan78 (@lkwan78) February 9, 2014
Brett West knows that he’s going to hear it from his son, as he admitted on Facebook.
Then again, Brett West can reply with more than the usual “I took you into this world,” retort. After all, this NBCOlympics.com profile reveals why Tucker West is known as “The Backyard Luger.”
While watching the luge competition during the Salt Lake Olympics, Tucker’s father, Brett West, said to his seven-year-old son, “That looks like a lot of fun. Is that something you’d like to do?”
The two were so enamored with the sport that they decided to build a luge track in the backyard of their home in the quaint New England town of Ridgefield.
It started with a snow track that they iced down, but it would always melt away. Eventually it evolved into a wooden monstrosity.
Nah. Brett West might still be in trouble.
