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.

Single event 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

World championship era

From 2010 onwards a points system was introduced. After the season, the skater with the most points is crowned the world champion. Points are awarded for the top 100 racers. Points are awarded starting with 1000 for the winner, after that 800, 600, 500 and decreasing to 0.5 for place 100.

2010 World Championship

Date Location Champion
January 16th Munich, Germany Martin Niefnecker, Germany
March 21st Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Kyle Croxall, Canada
2010 World Champion Martin Niefnecker, Germany

2011 World Championship

Date Location Champion
January 15th Munich, Germany Kyle Croxall, Canada
February 5th Valkenburg, Netherlands Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
February 26th Moscow, Russia Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
March 19th Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
2011 World Champion Arttu Pihlainen, Finland

2012 World Championship

Date Location Champion
January 14th St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Kyle Croxall, Canada
February 4th Valkenburg, Netherlands Kyle Croxall, Canada
February 18th Åre, Sweden Adam Horst, Canada
March 17th Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
2012 World Champion Kyle Croxall, Canada

2013 World Championship

Date Location Champion
December 1st Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Kyle Croxall, Canada
January 26th St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Kyle Croxall, Canada
February 9th Landgraaf, Netherlands Derek Wedge, Switzerland
March 2nd Lausanne, Switzerland Cameron Naasz, USA
March 16th Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Arttu Pihlainen, Finland
2013 World Champion Derek Wedge, Switzerland

2013 Team Challenge World Championship

Date Location Champion
December 1st Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Swatch Proteam
January 26th St. Paul, Minnesota, USA Living The Dream
February 9th Landgraaf, Netherlands Cancelled
March 2nd Lausanne, Switzerland International Gladiators
March 16th Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Swatch Proteam
2013 World Champion Swatch Proteam

Women's competition

Date Location Champion
2011 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Salla Kyhälä, Finland
2012 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Fannie Desforges,[2] Canada

Gallery

  • Start of a race in 2008

  • A turn in the track in Quebec, 2007

  • 4 racers in Quebec, 2008

  • Close racing, Quebec, 2008

  • 4 racers in Quebec, 2008

References

  1. ↑ Red Bull, "Ice Cross - Downhill" (accessed 2012-01-20)
  2. ↑ http://www.gazette.uottawa.ca/en/2012/03/uottawa-gee-gee-fannie-desforges-is-red-bull-crashed-ice-champ/

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