Archive for the ‘Snow’ Category
The fourth annual Red Bull Cold Rush dropped on Retallack, BC with all the force of previous contests. The throng of athletes, media, and the crew from Red Bull descended on the iconic Retallack Lodge from the four corners of the globe, and with soft snow, bluebird skies and some of the best terrain found anywhere in the world lying in wait, the atmosphere was truly electric.http://redbullskiing.com
It’s not all that often that riders from competing companies come together on a photoshoot, or just to ride and hang out with each other without a contest being involved. Well this past week Boa Technolgy did exactly that
The Canyons park crew shoveled, cut and shaped more than 45 thousand yards of snow to create the largest snow terrain park feature ever built in Utah so Grete Eliassen, an accomplished free skier and X-Games medalist, could achieve a monumental personal goal and truly change the game in women’s skiing. Eliassen clicked into her skis, reached speeds of 60 miles an hour downhill, hit the custom 30 foot “hip†feature and soared more than 31 feet in the air. No woman has ever come close to reaching this height on skis.http://redbullskiing.com