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A Shea production

A Shea production. Crashed Ice. http://www.skatelog.com/photos/countries/cz/2005-crashed-ice-150105ih16-360x240.jpg. About the sport.

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A Shea production

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  1. A Shea production

  2. Crashed Ice http://www.skatelog.com/photos/countries/cz/2005-crashed-ice-150105ih16-360x240.jpg

  3. About the sport At first glance, Red Bull Crashed Ice appears to be a mix of hockey, boarder cross and luge.With its massive vertical drops, highway speeds, jumps, berms and gaps, the Red Bull Crashed Ice course has carved its place in frozen water history, settling right between the first pond hockey game and slushies.This sport takes place every year in Quebec. Skaters call the track “A giant frozen waterslide”, the skaters can go as fast as 50km\h down a 535-metre track . This year it will take place January 24, 2009.The top 100 men will be narrowed down 64 and the top 20 woman will be narrowed down to 16. They are Based on the fastest runs they have done.Prize money is split among the top four finishers with Québec 2007’s total purse being $10,000, and the winner taking home $5,000 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P_quebecCity2008_5.jpg

  4. History 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. Fans describe as a mix among hockey, downhill skating and boarder cross. This sport is popular mostly in Canada ,Québec but over the years more countries have caught on , like Sweden , Finland and Australia . more than 75,000 lined the streets of Old Quebec to watch Olson jet to victory down the man-made track march 2007. http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/2008/01/crashediceR_450x340.jpg

  5. The champs The event has taken place in Stockholm, Sweden (2000), Klagenfurt, Austria (2001), Duluth, Minnesota, USA (2003, 2004), Moscow, Russia (2004), Prague, Czech Republic (2005), Helsinki, Finland (2007), and in Davos, Switzerland and Québec City, Canada (2008). Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crashed_ice

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