Capital of Speed
2/09/09
Some of the top athletes in the world will descend upon Mt Hutt this week (September 2-3) for the Red Bull Speed Camp, offering visitors the chance to watch some of the fastest skiers pushing their speeds to their limits.
Some of the top athletes in the world will descend upon Mt Hutt this week (September 2-3) for the Red Bull Speed Camp, offering visitors the chance to watch some of the fastest skiers pushing their speeds to their limits.
In its 2nd year, the Red Bull International Race Training Arena has already been visited by World Cup racing superstars such as Overall World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway and Marlies Schild of Austria.
Paul Marks, Head of Race and Events at Mt Hutt, said the action will be “fast and furious”.
“Conditions are top-notch and spectator viewing should be as good as it gets,” he said.
This year, New Zealand’s “Capital of Speed” will see the likes of the top Swiss, German and Canadian women and Swedish men take to the slopes alongside the German, Australian and Dutch Paralympic ski teams.
As well as supporting the race training arena at Mt Hutt, Red Bull supports some of the world’s top downhill alpine skiers and the world’s fastest and scariest downhill course, the “Hahnenkamm” in Kitzbuhel, Austria.
Thanks to a new start platform at the top of Mt Hutt, athletes will move from 0 to 80km/hr in just seconds.
Further down the course athletes will hit the Red Bull launch pad at over 90km/hr sending them through the air up to 40m down the hill.
Athletes will face camel bumps aswell as a second jump before they reach the finish line in the base area in under a minute.
Following the superstars, some of the top up and coming athletes from all over the world will have the opportunity to ski the same course in hopes of one day reaching the same status of these World Cup racers.
It is a great opportunity to speed train before the National Super G and the Australia New Zealand Cup finals (ANC’s) at Mt Hutt September 7th-11th. Over 15 nations will be represented during the ANC Finals.
Lots of action is to be seen from all over the mountain with best viewing points at the Red Bull banners.
Austrian racers in the 2008 Red Bull Speed Camp
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