Weeks ago an odd looking contraption was built along side the St. Paul Cathedral. Eventually it took form into a long elevated downhill racetrack made of ice that would be the site for Crashed Ice 2012. Last night after elimination rounds on Thursday and Friday the final 64 skaters (and the audience) put on a great spectacle. Starting at the Cathedral each heat pitted 4 skaters racing downhill over curves and bumps and going speeds of cars on nearby 35 South and ending somewhere within easy access of United Hospital. Who would not want to watch that! I bet event sponsors Red Bull were a little worried when temperatures earlier in the week got up to a record 52 degrees, but temperatures finally dropped to normal January lows. The snowfall on Saturday afternoon will certainly give the rest of the country a better winter wonderland image of St Paul when the event is televised on NBC later in the month. Last night the city predicted record crowds would swarm into downtown to watch that event and they did...maybe just not the 100k that some predicted.
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Cathedral in Winter
Weeks ago an odd looking contraption was built along side the St. Paul Cathedral. Eventually it took form into a long elevated downhill racetrack made of ice that would be the site for Crashed Ice 2012. Last night after elimination rounds on Thursday and Friday the final 64 skaters (and the audience) put on a great spectacle. Starting at the Cathedral each heat pitted 4 skaters racing downhill over curves and bumps and going speeds of cars on nearby 35 South and ending somewhere within easy access of United Hospital. Who would not want to watch that! I bet event sponsors Red Bull were a little worried when temperatures earlier in the week got up to a record 52 degrees, but temperatures finally dropped to normal January lows. The snowfall on Saturday afternoon will certainly give the rest of the country a better winter wonderland image of St Paul when the event is televised on NBC later in the month. Last night the city predicted record crowds would swarm into downtown to watch that event and they did...maybe just not the 100k that some predicted.
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