Red Bull Crashed ice

[Hole Hog]

REDBULLCRASHEDICE.COM Jan. 14 Saint Paul

Any body going to check this out..If your not sure what it is.

These crazy people from all over the world (no one from the us has won it yet..this is the year!) strap on hockey skates and whatever pads they have and drop in a huge down hill ice corse with mogels and jumps,burms..they race like 6 skaters at a time..so there flying all over..I'll be there with a cow bell. haha, check it out on you tube and let me know what you think.

PS..I need one of these T-shirts they advertise.

[pureinsanity]

I have seen this on the xgames or somewhere. Look interesting. Might have to check it out.

here is the track lay out

http://www.redbull.com/cs/userfiles/file/Saint%20Paul%20track.jpg

[Bear55]

Wow pretty crazy looking race. If only I was 10 years younger and much faster I might sign up.

[solbes]

If the weather is decent, we might go to this. Witnessing people doing crazy things is always a good time.

[Bryce]

Anyone know if this is televised?

[spearchucker]

Anyone know if this is televised?

I think the HSOforum says Jan. 21st or something like that.

[PierBridge]

Anyone know if this is televised?

I don't believe it's televised live. but You-tube will be loaded shortly after.

http://www.kare11.com/news/article/955559/24/Crashing-Red-Bulls-Crashed-Ice-in-St-Paul

[DonBo]

Sounds like fun, but they're expecting like 75,000 people there! Ain't going anywhere near that.

[BartmanMN]

The event will be on TV, but not until Jan 21st.

[Jmeyers]

Why hasn't an American won yet ya think? How long has it been around?

[nofishfisherman]

From the little I've read its because the sport isn't very big here so not many Americans compete in it. Sounds like it is much bigger in Europe and Canada.

I didn't even know about it until last week and I'm guessing I'm not the only one.

I want to go check it out but the wife comes home from a long work trip to china on Saturday. I don't think I'm getting a hall pass this weekend for anything.

[Jmeyers]

Make sense, I guess there's a first time for everything. Heading up north for the weekend but bummed I'll miss it.

[scsavre]

I went and checked out the course. Wow, super cool. How they got permission from the cathederal is beyond me. I saw tryouts were at the x for this a couple weeks past. I have a budy who is doing it for the 3rd time. I think the americans don't win because they come right off the strees for it.

I don't know how they think 75k are going. There is no room at the location. For those who don't know, it starts on the catherdeal grounds and end right above the 35e s on ramp from kellog

[Bear55]

Ya I think someone would need a lot of experience running these tracks to compete in this stuff. Being fast is good but you need a lot more than that to survive this stuff.

I do recognize a few of the usa names, probably a few I am missing too.

Ben Grotting WI

Brian Bonin Gophs

Adam Gerlach Kato

[Bear55]

I also see Charlie Wasley (Gophs) was part of some race of legends thing so maybe he has been doing this a while.

[PierBridge]

Parking is going to be nightmare! I may sneak down Saturday afternoon when I'm done with a real sport "broomball" ..

[nofishfisherman]

Sounds like they had their first major injury during practice this week.

Some guy severly fractured his ankle, tibia and fibula. Sounds like he's got a bunch of new hardware including plates and pins insert from his ankle into his hip.

I'm not sure how guys off the street are expected to compete and remain safe. It looks like these guys are flying around and falling all over each other in the videos. The potential to catch a flying skate int he face or land awkwardly and shatter bones is just way too high for me to give it a shot.