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Red Bull Crashed Ice is a combination of hockey, boardercross, and downhill skiing, Red Bull Crashed Ice presents a new playing field for amateur and semi-pro hockey players around the world. Instead of a flat-surface rink, racers storm down a 550m ice-track that not only winds its way through an urban environment, but delivers a series of hairpin turns, big-air jumps, banked corners, step-ups, drop-offs, gaps and vertical drops usually reserved for draw bridges. Red Bull Crashed Ice is arguably the fastest sport on skates, and is dictated by one simple rule: first to the bottom wins.

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 hockey players, outfitted as such, speed down the course’s turns, berms, and jumps in a sport that fans describe as a mix among hockey, downhill skating and boardercross.

The one-of-a-kind 550m (with 56m vertical) urban ice track will wind and dive its way through the city’s stunning landscape. However there will be no time for the competitors to stop and check out the scenery as 100 men and 20 women will be racing to the finish line vying for title of Red Bull Crashed Ice King and Queen.

Kevin Olson of Lethbridge, Alberta won both of the 2007 events, reaching a top speed of 60 km/h in Quebec and 70 km/h in Helsinki. The crowd estimate for the Quebec race was upwards of 75,000 people, and 10,000 in Helsinki.

Arttu Pihlainen won the January, 2008 event in Quebec City. In March 2008 the race will return to Helsinki, Finland.

Date	Location	Champion
2000	Stockholm, Sweden	Jasper Felder, Sweden
2001	Klagenfurt, Austria	Jasper Felder, Sweden
2003	Duluth, Minnesota, USA	Jasper Felder, Sweden
Feb. 20-21, 2004	Duluth, MN, USA	Jasper Felder, Sweden
2004	Moscow, Russia	Jasper Felder, Sweden
Jan. 15, 2005	Prague, Czech Republic	Jasper Felder, Sweden
March 3–4, 2006	Québec City, Quebec, Canada	Gabriel Andre, Canada
Nov. 11, 2006	Boston, MA (Canceled)	N/A
March 2–3, 2007	Québec City, QC, Canada	Kevin Olson, Canada
March 17, 2007	Helsinki, Finland	Kevin Olson, Canada
January 26, 2008	Québec City, QC, Canada	Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
January 24, 2009	Québec City, QC, Canada

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+'''Red Bull Crashed Ice''' is a combination of hockey, boardercross, and downhill skiing, Red Bull Crashed Ice presents a new playing field for amateur and semi-pro hockey players around the world. Instead of a flat-surface rink, racers storm down a 550m ice-track that not only winds its way through an urban environment, but delivers a series of hairpin turns, big-air jumps, banked corners, step-ups, drop-offs, gaps and vertical drops usually reserved for draw bridges.  Red Bull Crashed Ice is arguably the fastest sport on skates, and is dictated by one simple rule: first to the bottom wins.
-'''Crashed Ice''' is a winter extreme sporting event, featuring a four man, urban, downhill speed [[ice hockey]] skating.  Crashed Ice was created and is produced by Red Bull Energy Drink.
 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 hockey players, outfitted as such, speed down the course’s turns, berms, and jumps in a sport that fans describe as a mix among hockey, downhill skating and boardercross.
+The one-of-a-kind 550m (with 56m vertical) urban ice track will wind and dive its way through the city’s stunning landscape. However there will be no time for the competitors to stop and check out the scenery as 100 men and 20 women will be racing to the finish line vying for title of Red Bull Crashed Ice King and Queen.
-Prize money is split among the top four finishers (the last heat), with Québec 2007’s total purse being $10,000, and the winner taking home $5,000.
 Kevin Olson of [[Lethbridge, Alberta]] won both of the 2007 events, reaching a top speed of 60 km/h in Quebec and 70 km/h in Helsinki.  The crowd estimate for the Quebec race was upwards of 75,000 people, and 10,000 in Helsinki.
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.redbullcrashedice.ca/ Red Bull Crashed Ice]
+* [http://www.redbull.ca Red Bull Canada]
+* [http://www.redbullcrashedice.ca/ Red Bull Crashed Ice]
 [[fr:Red Bull Crashed Ice]]