World tour in ice cross downhill
Crashed Ice skater in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota Red Bull Crashed Ice was a world tour in ice cross downhill , a winter extreme sporting event which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertical drops. Racers speed down the course's turns, berms, and jumps. 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. The events were held from 2001 to 2019; the ATSX now oversees ice cross downhill events.
The series was created and is managed by energy drinks company Red Bull . It is similar to ski cross and snowboard cross , except with ice skates on an ice track, instead of skis or snowboards on a snow track.[ 1]
Racers are typically athletes with a background in ice hockey , however competitors from the sports of bandy and ringette have also competed with great success, such as Salla Kyhälä from Finland's national ringette team ,[ 2] [ 3] who also played in Canada's National Ringette League , and Jasper Felder , a bandy player who became an ice cross downhill seven-time single event winner. As a bandy player, Felder represented the United States national bandy team ,[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] while in ice cross downhill, represented Sweden while equipped with ice hockey gear . Felder was first in the single-event in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2009, and twice in 2004.
Single event winners [ edit ] Jasper Felder won the single event seven times Date Location Champion 2001 Stockholm , Sweden Jasper Felder , Sweden 2002 Klagenfurt , Austria Jasper Felder, Sweden 2003 Duluth , Minnesota , United States Jasper Felder, Sweden 2004 Moscow , Russia Jasper Felder, Sweden 2004 Duluth, Minnesota, United States Jasper Felder, Sweden 2005 Prague , Czech Republic Jasper Felder, Sweden 2006 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Gabriel Andre , Canada 2007 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Kevin Olson , Canada 2007 Helsinki , Finland Kevin Olson, Canada 2008 Davos , Switzerland Miikka Jouhkimainen , Finland 2008 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Arttu Pihlainen , Finland 2009 Quebec City, Quebec, Canada Arttu Pihlainen, Finland 2009 Lausanne , Switzerland Jasper Felder, Sweden 2009 Prague , Czech Republic
World championship era [ edit ] From 2010 onwards a points system was introduced. After the season, the skater with the most points is crowned the world champion. Points are awarded to the top 100 racers. Points are awarded starting with 1000 for the winner, after that 800, 600, 500 and decreasing to 0.5 for place 100.
For the 2015 season, the Riders Cup events were instituted. The events were designed to make the sport more accessible to more skaters. For these events, skaters can earn up to 25% of the points that the main events are awarded, with percentages decreasing with each placing. Meaning that the winner receives 250 points, which is 25% of the main event 1000 points and it decreases to 1% of the main event points for the 64th finisher, who receives 2.5 points. Any placings 65th and beyond do not score any points.
As well, a new wrinkle was added to the overall championship called the "throw out" rule. If a competitor competes in all of the stops, up to a maximum of 12 events in future years, the lowest main event score and the lowest Riders Cup score will be thrown out. This will give the skater an adjusted score for the overall championship. Thus, meaning that it is in the skater's best interest to compete in all events.
Individual Competition [ edit ] 2016 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Men's Champion Women's Champion November 28, 2015 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Cameron Naasz , United States Myriam Trépanier , Canada January 9, 2016 Munich , Germany Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada January 30, 2016 Jyväskylä , Finland Scott Croxall , Canada February 26, 2016 St. Paul , United States Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada 2016 World Champion Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada
2017 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Men's Champion Women's Champion December 10, 2016 Wagrain , Austria Marco Dallago , Austria Riders Cup January 14, 2017 Marseille , France Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada Red Bull Crashed Ice January 20–21, 2017 Jyväskylä , Finland Scott Croxall , Canada Red Bull Crashed Ice January 28, 2017 Rautalampi , Finland Jim De Paoli , Switzerland Riders Cup February 4, 2017 Moscow , Russia Riders Cup February 3–4, 2017 St. Paul , United States Dean Moriarity , Canada Myriam Trépanier , Canada Red Bull Crashed Ice February 18, 2017 La Sarre , Canada Riders Cup February 25, 2017 Bathurst, New Brunswick , Canada Cancelled N/A Riders Cup March 3–4, 2017 Ottawa , Canada Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada Red Bull Crashed Ice 2017 World Champion Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada Overall
2018 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Men's Champion Women's Champion January 19–20, 2018 St. Paul , United States Marco Dallago , Austria Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice February 2–3, 2018 Jyväskylä , Finland Luca Dallago , Austria Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice February 16–17, 2018 Marseille , France Cameron Naasz , United States Jacqueline Legere , Canada Red Bull Crashed Ice March 9–10, 2018 Edmonton , Canada Luca Dallago , Austria Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice 2018 World Champion Scott Croxall , Canada Amanda Trunzo , United States Overall
2019 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Men's Champion Women's Champion December 7–8, 2018 Yokohama , Japan Cameron Naasz , United States Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice February 2, 2019 Jyväskylä , Finland Kyle Croxall , Canada Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice February 8–9, 2019 Boston, MA (Fenway Park ),United States Cameron Naasz Amanda Trunzo , United States Red Bull Crashed Ice 2019 World Champion Cameron Naasz Amanda Trunzo , United States Overall
2010 World Championship [ edit ] 2011 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Champion January 15 Munich , Germany Kyle Croxall , Canada February 5 Valkenburg , Netherlands Arttu Pihlainen , Finland February 26 Moscow , Russia Arttu Pihlainen , Finland March 19 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Arttu Pihlainen , Finland 2011 World Champion Arttu Pihlainen , Finland
2012 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Champion January 14 St. Paul , Minnesota , United States Kyle Croxall , Canada February 4 Valkenburg , Netherlands Kyle Croxall , Canada February 18 Åre , Sweden Adam Horst , Canada March 17 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Arttu Pihlainen , Finland 2012 World Champion Kyle Croxall , Canada
2013 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Champion December 1 Niagara Falls , Ontario , Canada Kyle Croxall , Canada January 26 St. Paul , Minnesota , United States Kyle Croxall , Canada February 9 Landgraaf , Netherlands Derek Wedge , Switzerland March 2 Lausanne , Switzerland Cameron Naasz , United States March 16 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Arttu Pihlainen , Finland 2013 World Champion Derek Wedge , Switzerland
2014 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Champion February 1 Helsinki , Finland Marco Dallago , Austria February 22 St. Paul , Minnesota , United States Marco Dallago , Austria March 8 Moscow , Russia Cameron Naasz , United States March 22 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Marco Dallago , Austria 2014 World Champion Marco Dallago , Austria
2015 World Championship [ edit ] Date Location Champion January 18 - Riders Cup Afton Alps/Hastings , Minnesota , United States Cameron Naasz , United States January 24 St. Paul , Minnesota , United States Kyle Croxall , Canada January 31 - Riders Cup Wagrain -Kleinarl , Austria Marco Dallago , Austria February 7 Helsinki , Finland Scott Croxall , Canada February 14 - Riders Cup Jyväskylä , Finland Scott Croxall , Canada February 21 Belfast , Northern Ireland Scott Croxall , Canada March 7 - Riders Cup Sherbrooke , Quebec , Canada Dylan Moriarty , Canada March 14 Edmonton , Alberta , Canada Cameron Naasz , United States 2015 World Champion Scott Croxall , Canada
2013 Team Challenge World Championship [ edit ] 2014 Team Challenge World Championship [ edit ] 2015 Team Challenge World Championship [ edit ] Women's competition[ edit ] Date Location Champion 2010 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Kerri Muri , Canada 2011 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Salla Kyhälä , Finland 2012 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Fannie Desforges ,[ 7] Canada 2013 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Dominique Thibault ,[ 8] Canada 2014 Quebec City , Quebec , Canada Salla Kyhälä , Finland
2015 Women's World Championship[ edit ] Start of a race in 2008
A turn in the track in Quebec, 2007
4 racers in Quebec, 2008
Close racing, Quebec, 2008
4 racers in Quebec, 2011
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