Canadian Heat: Red Bull Cold Rush Event

Red Bull Cold Rush returns to Red Mountain Resort on February 8-9, as 21 of the world’s best freeskiers compete for the title of most versatile and best all-around skier, as judged first by the athletes themselves and then by fans everywhere via a People’s Choice Award on www.rip.tv. In addition to pride, also stoking the action will be a single, winner-take-all purse of $5,000 with the chance to take home an extra $1,000 for the People’s Choice. New for 2008, the highest scores through each discipline are worth $500.

Day One of competition will kick off with a slopestyle session in an open pit mine that will be captured in film and photo to support the judging process. The open pit mine is a unique venue as it is shaped by wind and snow making the features 100% natural. The opportunity for athletes to get creative is limitless. Day Two brings the summit approach on Mt. Roberts, where following the ascent skiers will hit their favourite line and further feed content for the judging session.

Featuring the top emerging and established talents in skiing, the athlete roster for Red Bull Cold Rush will include Whistler wunderkinds Sean Pettit and Kye Petersen, icons of the sport like JP Auclair and Sage Cattabriga-Alosa, and a collection of other talents like Eric Hjorleifson, Chris Rubens, and Andy Mahre—just to name a few. Hosting the action will be one of the world’s foremost big mountain playgrounds, Red Mountain Resort. Located in Rossland, BC, Red offers a labyrinth of underground abandoned mining tunnels for the history buff, and 3,000 vertical feet of mountain surface detailed by chutes, glades and big lines—a perfect environment for mining the skills of today’s most progressive skiers.

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