Red Bull Crashed Ice 2012 Valkenburg
The Red Bull Crashed Ice world championship visited Valkenburg for the first time in 2011. We were there and enjoyed a day full of spectacle. The area at the back of the Holland Casino was transformed to an Ice Cross Downhill course which attracted 35.000 people. For 2012 Red Bull promised to organise an even more spectacle with a new track which will end in the towncentre of Valkenburg. The expectations were high! The two weeks before the event social media showed us some pictures off the course building. And it looked good! But…. 1 day before the event the Netherlands got covered by...
Read MoreRed Bull Crashed Ice World Championship
A few days ago we received an email from Stefan Aufschnaiter who invented together with Sigurd Meiche a sport called Ice Cross Downhill, now better known as Red Bull Crashed Ice. Here’s a little story about this event. The combination of speedskating, boardercross and downhill skiing has only been around for 10 years but Ice Cross Downhill has already overtaken numerous other established sports: there are participants from 30 nations, up to 15,000 (!) athletes, who packed into the pre-qualifying in Canada, venues around the world that are bursting at the seams with spectators and...
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