On 26th - 28th of February the most prestigious and only platinum ranked AFP Big Air event in Europe will take place in Val d’Isère – FROSTGUN Invitational 2014
Just four days after the Olympics in Sochi, Russia, are over the best freestyle athletes in the world will once again be gathered at the foot of the famous former Olympic downhill slope, Face de Bellewarde, in the heart of Val d’Isère. In front of 15.000 cheering fans they will be battling for important Platinum AFP points, glory and a massive price pot.
With the Olympics taking most of this year’s focus, FROSTGUN will make sure that all eyes are on Val d’Isère when the specially invited Athletes display the highest possible level of freesking when they hit the gigantic and custom build FROSTGUN 2014 jump. A jump built by the best shapers in the world measuring 14 meters in height and a massive 30 meters in length.
Representing all corners of the world the athletes will be arriving straight from the Olympics to be part of FROSTGUN. Olympic medal candidates and former FROSTGUN champions, KAI MAHLER (SUI) and RUSS HENSHAW (AUS) will be competing against superstars like PK HUNDER (NO), JESPER TJÄDER (SWE), JAMES WOODS (UK), VINCENT GAGNIER (CAN) and many others. At this very moment the organizers are working intensely on getting the French superstar and previous X-Games Superpipe, Big Air and Slopestyle champion, CANDIDE THOVEX, to compete on this spectacular Jump.
This year FROSTGUN has expanded once again to include a new event called “The Frostgun Street Fighter”. This unique rail jam format will let the athletes show you how to best treat a set of stairs, some huge rails and several street setups. Furthermore the organizers have chosen to let snowboarding be a part of this year’s FROSTGUN.
FROSTGUN 2014 is been broadcast LIVE on various TV stations throughout Europe. The broadcast will be via Satellite and allows the organizers to share the special FROSTGUN vibe with the rest of the world.
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