A brief look into the world of ice cross

Ice cross

Crashes are the only things that are certain in the world of ice cross. A rough description of an ice cross track is a four hundred meters long track of ice with sharp corners, jumps, and other obstacles. The rules are simple. Athletes are not permitted to cause other participants to crash. However, you can pull and push other competitors in order to get ahead of them. There can be up to four men or women skating in one race. Of course, ice cross is a dangerous sport but the risk of injury is greatly reduced with proper hockey pads and helmets. Many central European countries such as Austria and Switzerland along with the US and Canada have adopted ice cross as an official sport. For all of the skiers out there ice cross resembles ski cross just on ice skates and you can set up ice tracks in the middle of cities. Take Lausanne as an example with their massive four hundred and fifty-meter long ice track through the city center.                  

Just like in other sport ice cross athletes can get sponsored by ice skate manufacturers or by energy drink brands such as Red Bull or Monster. Sadly Ice cross is not an Olympic event at the moment but we might see it in the 2022 Winter Olympics. If you would like to watch the brave and wreckless men and women you can find some videos on YouTube.I put together a list of my top three favorite ice cross videos that can be found on YouTube.if you want to read more about ice cross and learn about some of the dominating athletes I strongly recommend visiting the Red bull website.

Video 1: Charging an Ice Cross Downhill Track

The rider gives us an onboard view of what it’s like to race down an ice cross downhill track. This video also shows the rider smashing into a wall and another rider land face-first on the ice.

Video 2: The life of a Rider with Jojo Velasquez

Jojo Velasquez gives you a very detailed inside look at his life being a dominating ice cross athlete. He also tells us about some of he’s training routines that help him excel ate ice cross.

Video 3: The Fastest Sport On Skates

Its the first race of the ice cross downhill world tour. The beginning of the video gives you ideas of what the athletes are feeling at the top of the track. This video shows how extreme some of the tracks can be with their jumps and drops.

There are many more Videos out there so I recommend checking them out too.