Crashed Ice
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Crashed Ice (Red Bull Crashed Ice) is a world tour in the winter extreme sporting event, ice cross downhill (or downhill ice cross), which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertical drops. It is sponsored by Red Bull. It is similar to ski cross and snowboard cross, except with ice skates on an ice track, instead of skis or snowboards on a snow track.[1]
Competitors, having advanced from one of the tryouts in the prior months, race in heats of four skaters, with the top two advancing from each heat. Racers, typically ice hockey players, outfitted as such, speed down the course’s turns, berms, and jumps.
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[edit] Previous winners
| Date | Location | Champion |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Stockholm, Sweden | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2002 | Klagenfurt, Austria | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2003 | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2004 | Moscow, Russia | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2004 | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2005 | Prague, Czech Republic | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2006 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Gabriel Andre, Canada |
| 2007 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Kevin Olson, Canada |
| 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Kevin Olson, Canada |
| 2008 | Davos, Switzerland | Miikka Jouhkimainen, Finland |
| 2008 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Arttu Pihlainen, Finland |
| 2009 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Arttu Pihlainen, Finland |
| 2009 | Lausanne, Switzerland | Jasper Felder, Sweden |
| 2010 | Munich, Germany | Martin Niefnecker, Germany |
| 2010 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Kyle Croxall, Canada |
| 2011 | Munich, Germany | Kyle Croxall, Canada |
| 2011 | Valkenburg, Netherlands | Arttu Pihlainen, Finland |
| 2011 | Moscow, Russia | Arrtu Pihlainen, Finland |
| 2011 | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | Arttu Pihlainen, Finland |
| 2012 | Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA | Kyle Croxall, Canada |
| 2012 | Valkenburg, Netherlands | Kyle Croxall, Canada |
| 2012 | Åre, Sweden | Adam Horst, Canada |
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[edit] References
- ^ Red Bull, "Ice Cross - Downhill" (accessed 2012-01-20)
- Red Bull’s Headlong Frozen Dash Is a Crash Course in Marketing, By Matt Higgins, New York Times, March 3, 2007
- Red Bull Crashed Ice returns to Quebec City, by Melissa Halarides, The Concordian, March 7, 2007
- A Downhill Ice Course, Full Hockey Gear and the Need for Speed, Market Wire, August 2006
- Crashed Ice: Le parcours de l'an dernier gonflé aux stéroïdes, by Ian Bussières, Le Soleil, January 25th 2008, P. 8 & 9
