Retallack’s steep and deep mountain landscape will play host to the fourth edition of Red Bull Cold Rush featuring the world’s best freeskiers. Eleven male skiers and, for the first time in the event’s history, six of their female counterparts will compete for the title of the most versatile and best all-around skier at Red Bull Cold Rush from March 23-27, 2010. The three-discipline competition will deliver three components: Big Mountain, Slopestyle and Pillow Lines.
Also new in 2010, skiers will be challenged by the slopestyle discipline as they will be performing at night and will relive the pillow-drop line through Niagara’s rock garden. The purest skiing will be judged by the purest of voters: the skiers themselves. Kicks on, coldies in hand, each day’s close will feature the skiers reviewing each others’ performance by video and voting for their favourite. With over 4,000 vertical feet of mountain surface detailed by chutes, glades and big lines Retallack is the perfect environment for the skills of today’s most progressive skiers. The total prize purse of $14,500 will deliver to the men $5,000 for the winner, $3,000 for second, and $2,000 for third. The female winner will walk away with a cash purse of $3,500. An additional $1,000 will be awarded to either men or women for the People’s Choice Award at www.newschoolers.com/redbullcoldrush.
Red Bull Cold Rush drops in:
Wednesday, March 24th:Slopestyle in the 2,000 vertical feet of pillows in the Mushroom Fields
Thursday, March 25th: Pillow Fight in the Niagara Zone
Friday, March 26th: Big Mountain descent from Texas Peak.
Voting flows as follows: skiers act as judge and jury, with points awarded for each component:
Slopestyle:maximum 35 points
Pillow Fight:maximum 30 points
Big Mountain:maximum 35 points.
RECUT CONTEST
Once fans have seen all the athletes in action and cast their vote, it's their turn to grab the footage and have at it!
In partnership with Newschoolers, Red Bull Cold Rush is giving fans the chance to download 10-15 minutes of footage made available on Monday, March 29th at www.newschoolers.com/redbulllcoldrush to create their own video highlight from Red Bull Cold Rush 2010.
Once the masterpiece is complete, all aspiring ski filmmakers can upload their creation to www.newschoolers.com/redbullcoldrush no later than 11:59pm PST on April 4, 2010. Then it's up to the community to determine who they think brought the goods. All submission will be open to a public vote, with a winner to be decided by the people on April 9, 2010.
FULL ATHLETE ROSTER:
MEN:
JP Auclair
Kye Petersen
Anthony Boronowski
Richard Permin
Sage Cattabriga Alosa
Callum Pettit
Dane Tudor
Sean Pettit
Sven Kuennle
TJ Schiller
Riley Leboe
WOMEN:
Ingrid Backstrom
Sarah Burke
Claudia Buvier
Lynsey Dyer
Grete Eliassen
Michele Parker
For more information about the Red Bull world of skiing, please go to www.redbullskiing.com.
For information on Retallack Lodge, please visit www.retallack.com.
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