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In Stockholm, Sweden, in 2001 a new sport was born, 'a sport of the century' as a renowned English newspaper described the breathtaking new competition. Athletes from around the world flocked to the Swedish capital for the inaugural race – wearing hockey skates in a man on man battle down a 300-metre-long ice track filled with steps, jumps and razor-sharp hairpin turns. The sport was called ice cross downhill and the race called Red Bull Crashed Ice.
The first race in Stockholm was a pilot project both from a sporting and technical perspective. Because the construction work involved was so intensive there was no chance to test the event out in advance and see what the athletes would be up against. The first Red Bull Crashed Ice track was set up through Stockholm’s fish market! After a brief boycott at the start and spectacular crashes in the test runs, the competitors gradually adapted to their unusual field of play. Since then there have been 20 races in 10 countries. Hundreds of thousands of spectators have watched the races on the ever-more advanced tracks – on ski slopes in the mountains and through urban valleys in city centres.
Red Bull Crashed Ice Champions
| 2011 | Quebec City, CAN | Arttu Pihlainen (FIN) |
| 2011 | Moscow, RUS | Arttu Pihlainen (FIN) |
| 2011 | Valkenburg, NED | Arttu Pihlainen (FIN) |
| 2011 | Munich, GER | Kyle Croxall (CAN) |
| 2010 | Quebec City, CAN | Kyle Croxall (CAN) |
| 2010 | Munich, GER | Martin Niefnecker (GER) |
| 2009 | Lausanne, CH | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2009 | Prague, CZE | Miikka Jouhkamainen (FIN) |
| 2009 | Quebec City, CAN | Arttu Pihlainen (FIN) |
| 2008 | Quebec City, CAN | Arttu Pihlainen (FIN) |
| 2008 | Davos, SUI | Miikka Jouhkamainen (FIN) |
| 2007 | Quebec City, CAN | Kevin Olson (CAN) |
| 2007 | Helsinki, FIN | Kevin Olson (CAN) |
| 2006 | Quebec City, CAN | Gabriel Andre (CAN) |
| 2005 | Prague, CZE | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2004 | Moscow, RUS | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2004 | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2003 | Duluth, Minnesota, USA | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2001 | Klagenfurt, AUT | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
| 2001 | Stockholm, SWE | Jasper Felder (SWE) |
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