‘Crashed Ice’ To Return To Minnesota in February

It's been a huge event in Minnesota for the past five years, and now Red Bull's 'Crashed Ice' is coming back to St. Paul in 2017-- and is the only location in the United States.

If you're not familiar, Red Bull's 'Crashed Ice' series, where athletes skate four-wide down an iced track filled with twists, turns, drops and jumps, in attempt to secure the fastest time, made its debut in downtown St. Paul 5-years ago, back in 2011.

Since then, it's been wildly popular here in the Land of 10,000 (frozen) Lakes, routinely drawing crowds of over 100,000 people to the course, located near the St. Paul Cathedral. And, now Red Bull has announced that the Minnesota course, set for February 3rd and 4th, 2017, will be the only Crashed Ice series held in the United States next year.

According to an official Red Bull release, this will be the sixth straight year the event has been held here in Minnesota. And organizers say the course is expected to draw even more people this winter. “This sport just keeps growing in popularity every year and this year is definitely going to take it to the next level,” said Christian Papillon, the championship’s sporting director, according to the site.

Other 'Crashed Ice' tracks will be held in Ottawa, Canada; and in France and Finland.