{"id":2050,"date":"2009-01-24T10:46:10","date_gmt":"2009-01-24T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/01\/24\/vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp\/"},"modified":"2009-01-27T11:15:22","modified_gmt":"2009-01-27T16:15:22","slug":"vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/24\/vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp\/","title":{"rendered":"Vieux Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s Ice-Cross Comp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2009\/01\/p_quebeccity2007_3.jpg\" title=\"p_quebeccity2007_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2009\/01\/p_quebeccity2007_3.jpg\" alt=\"p_quebeccity2007_3.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>2007 <strike>Crushed Ice<\/strike> Crashed Ice course in Quebec City, image from the event&#8217;s website. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Over the past three weeks, half a kilometer of Old Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s steep and winding roads have been transformed into a smooth &#8211; if perilous &#8211; ice skating slope in preparation for tonight&#8217;s <strike>Crushed\u00a0 <\/strike><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbullcrashedice.ca\/fr\/intro\">Crashed Ice<\/a> competition.<\/p>\n<p>The press release (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbullcrashedice.ca\/static\/images\/press\/release2_en.pdf\">English pdf<\/a>) reads like a cross between a guidebook to Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s historical charms and a testosterone-pumped announcer at an an extreme fighting match. The gist of it is that 80 participants will race down the 550-meter long course, which covers a 56-meter vertical drop, and the event will be broadcast on TVA and TSN HD at 8:30 this evening.<\/p>\n<p>Having struggled with getting insurance and permission to hold a low-key concert in a public park, I can&#8217;t imagine the amount of cash that corporate sponsors, Red Bull, must have thrown an event like this. Although ice-hockey-meets-downhill-skiing may not be everyone&#8217;s cup of tea &#8211;  I can&#8217;t help but think that blood will be spilled before the night is up &#8211; I remain impressed that Quebec City has been willing to massively transform their city streets into a venue for unique, edgy spectacles like this and the phenomenal <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/09\/06\/is-expo-driven-development-what-montreal-needs\/\">Moulin-aux-images<\/a> last summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2007 Crushed Ice Crashed Ice course in Quebec City, image from the event&#8217;s website. Over the past three weeks, half a kilometer of Old Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s steep and winding roads have been transformed into a smooth &#8211; if perilous &#8211; ice skating slope in preparation for tonight&#8217;s Crushed\u00a0 Crashed Ice competition. The press release (English pdf)<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/24\/vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Vieux Qu\u00e9bec&#8217;s Ice-Cross Comp&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3530,18,1660,273,3529,3528],"class_list":["post-2050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","tag-english","tag-other-cities","tag-pdf","tag-quebec-city","tag-testosterone-pumped-announcer","tag-vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Vieux Qu\u00e9bec&#039;s Ice-Cross Comp - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/24\/vieux-quebecs-ice-cross-comp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Vieux Qu\u00e9bec&#039;s Ice-Cross Comp - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2007 Crushed Ice Crashed Ice course in Quebec City, image from the event&#8217;s website. 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