Crashed Ice is a winter extreme sporting event sponsored by the Red Bull energy drink, which involves downhill skating in an urban environment, on a track which includes steep turns and high vertical drops.

Competitors, having advanced from one of the tryouts in the prior months, race in heats of four skaters, with the top two advancing from each heat. Racers, typically ice hockey players, outfitted as such, speed down the course’s turns, berms, and jumps in a sport that fans describe as a mix of hockey, downhill skating and boardercross. 2010 will be a World Championship with two races set for Munich (GER) in January 16th for the eastern hemisphere and Quebec (CAN) for the western hemisphere in March 20th.