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Red Bull Soapbox Race - June 22 - OMG OMG OMG
- Thread starter IanO
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dunno
Active Member
Not 3 OMGs, Ian
IanO
Senior Member
5?
kcantor
Senior Member
Nice way to celebrate the summer solstice!
IanO
Senior Member
Ain't no Victoria Hill Edmonton Indy event though.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Woah. This is huge.
northlands
Senior Member
I'm stoked for this. I've watched some of these Red Bull Soapbox races on YouTube from other events around the world, they're pretty comical and overall seem like a good time to both participate + spectate.
IanO
Senior Member
This will showcase the skyline nice, but please oh please consider doing another 'one off' party in Rossdale PP as part of this, along with a bunch of container food stalls in QE park that are there pre-event and remain post- for weekends to attract folks to the area.
Gronk!
Senior Member
Maybe it's just me but I haven't seen any news articles on this soapbox race.
IanO
Senior Member
It's on TSN or SN from time to time. This, along with their amazing Fluevtag get a decent amount of exposure and can draw folks from the region into town; it's got a cool factor and is way more fun than Crashed Ice for the spectators.
kcantor
Senior Member
Funny that... of course it will only be some 35C warmer to watch the Soapbox Derby vs Crashed Ice. It will be interesting as well to see if they manage to fit in some official/sanctioned soapbox racing.
Airboy
Senior Member
This should be fun. The stretch of road has some good incline as well.
erudyk_29
Active Member
Love this, I've seen videos of this and it looks like a total riot. It's interesting to see how Red Bull seems to like Edmonton for it's events. Extreme Sports events in general actually. Crashed Ice, the Skateboarding events at Louise McKinney, climbing at the ICE District. could be a fun niche for Edmonton to find as a routine host for these types of events.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Definitely feels like we’ve built a good relationship with them. Glad to see it continuing. This event should get a good turn out id imagine!
IanO
Senior Member
Good promotion of this during Oilers broadcasts.
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