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Red Bull Cold Rush Results
A CONTEST FOR SKIERS WHO DON'T DO CONTESTS
What fuels today’s ski world? Sledding out to shred the biggest backcountry peak, dropping massive cliffs, terrain parks or a little old-school hike and ride? This weekend at Red Mountain Resort in Rossland, BC, Red Bull Cold Rush proved it isn’t the format that matters, but the talent. 18 of the sports elite competed for the title of most versatile and best all-around skier, first hitting a natural cliff zone for a slopestyle session, followed by a freeski big mountain component, and finally a summit approach to make sure the athletes are well… athletic. So who is the king of all disciplines? According to a video-judging session conducted by the athletes themselves, it’s Golden, BC, resident Dave Treadway.
By weekend`s end, Treadway was undoubtedly the most consistent performer, taking first place in the big mountain descent of Mt. Robert, eighth place in the slopestyle session, and showing that sometimes it pays to leave the sled at home, Dave posted the fastest time in the summit approach at one hour and 11 minutes. The multi-skills on multi-disciplines earned Treadway a winner-take-all purse of $5,000.00. Points were awarded for each component: Summit - maximum 20 points; Freeskiing – max 40 points; Slopestyle – max 40 points.
15-year-old Sean Pettit of Pemberton, BC, showed why he’s widely regarded as the next in skiing, taking home $500 for his first place showing in the slopestyle session. Pettit also recorded a second in the big mountain freeski to finish second overall. JP Auclair performed consistently all weekend to earn third overall.
Featuring the top emerging and established talents in skiing, the athlete roster for Red Bull Cold Rush featured Whistler wunderkinds Sean and Callum Pettit, icons of the sport like JP Auclair, and a collection of other talents such as Andy Mahre, Dana Flahr, and Anthony Boronowski …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.
Additional supporters of this event include Diamir, Colltex, and Red Mountain Resort.
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Red Bull
february 2008
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Tyler Ceccanti- 33%
Sean Pettit- 29%
Dane Tudor-8%
Dave Treadway- 6%
JP Auclair- 4%
The rest of the voting was mixed between the other 13  |
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