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Downhill Ice Cross

Downhill Ice Cross. Extreme Ice-Skating. What is downhill ice cross?. It is similar to ski cross and snowboard cross , except with  ice skates  on an ice track.

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Downhill Ice Cross

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  1. Downhill Ice Cross Extreme Ice-Skating

  2. Whatisdownhillice cross? • It is similar to ski crossand snowboard cross, except with ice skates on an ice track. • Type of competitors: Competitors race in heats of four skaters. Racers, typically ice hockeyplayers speed down the course’s turns and jumps. Video of a race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dvOHaciEnU

  3. Equipment! • To be safe during the race, competitors are wearing the same outfit as hockey players (except the hockey stick)

  4. What about the races? • Canada is really famous for those races but they occur everywhere in the world. • The best racers are mostly from Canada, Finland and Sweden. • Most of the downhill ice cross are supported by the Red Bull company like most of the other extreme sports events, they are called: Red Bull Crashed Ice.

  5. Who’s the best? • Kyle Croxall, a 23 yearsoldcanadian, is, from far, the best in the RedBullCrashedIcecompetitions. • He is a firefighter and also a hockey player.

  6. Bibliography • http://www.redbull.com/cs/Satellite/en_INT/Red-Bull-Crashed-Ice/001242785030624 (source for all the redbull ice crash contest) • http://www.jmuhockey.com/ (hockey equipment source)

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