Red Bull Ragnarok 2012

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The start of the Red Bull Ragnarok 2012


"The name "Ragnarok" stems from an incident in Norse mythology, describing the last battle between the good and evil Gods, where only the heroes of the battlefield survive. Red Bull Ragnarok imitates this myth in the respect that only a mere few snow-kite heroes will succeed. Endurance is paramount, and only the toughest riders will make it to the finish line. Freestylers will be favored by having the possibility to overcome some obstacles in order to shorten the track."
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Wonder if Red Bull is planning on emulating the complete Ragnarok (aka the violent end of the world), that is where everyone dies and the world is flooded to eventually be reborn? Reframing myths for marketing, not a unique thing, still ... Checkout this description of the event, I think I would pass on it given the opportunity. http://www.pantheon.org/articles/r/ragnarok.html



This is after three years of unbroken severe winters, human conflict but before the great flood and death of most life on earth of the Ragnarok.
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Photo: Tom Rune Jarandsen, Facebook


Amazingly enough, press on this epic event is pretty light, including from Red Bull? There is more to life than videos guys, honest, how about some details? Anyway, Surfertoday put a story together fortunately, some of which follows.

"Bjørn Kaupang, Remi Meum and Malin Rapp have taken the 2012 Red Bull Ragnarok, the ultimate snow kiteboarding adventure. In the Men's division, Kaupang and Meum, both from Norway, dominated the local snow covered mountain plains.

A total of 200 of the world’s best kite riders went head to head in the epic Norse battle that is Red Bull Ragnarok. The conditions this year were much better than the previous years, with steady wind and plenty of snow."



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"As the conditions today were great, the race was closer than ever. Last year there were 30 minutes between first and second place, but today the gap was only a minute. So it feels extra good to win, says Bjørn Kaupang, the third-time winner of the men’s ski class and fastest rider all over.

Kite riders from 20 countries went through an 8,5 kilometre course, five times. On home soil the Norwegians proved hard to beat, even though the competition was fierce. In opposition to previous years, the wind was constant during the whole race, producing stable winds from East, 15-20 knots and overcast weather.

"The conditions really did it for me today", says winner of the men’s snowboard class and current Snowkite Freestyle World Champion Remi Meum.

The female winner, Malin Rapp, was also content about today’s conditions. She had prepared herself for though weather like in the previous years. "I packed a big backpack with lots of supplies, including snickers and compass. But luckily I didn’t need it during the race", she says.

The race is rapidly growing and this year the interest for the competition was enormous, with 400 kiters on the waiting list. Among the 200 that did compete, there were kiters from all over the world, including Dutch kiteboarding star Ruben Lenten and Brazilian Reno Romeu."
Continued at: http://www.surfertoday.com/kiteboard...-bull-ragnarok




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Videos one in English and two in Norwegian. I think Neil Hutchinson loaned them his starting horn, sounds the same?

http://www.redbull.no/cs/Satellite/n...21243197473255
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http://www.redbull.no/cs/Satellite/n...21243196017152
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Ruben Lenten doing a line test over Haugastol, NO, things worked out, this time.





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"Results of the 2012 Red Bull Ragnarok:

Men Snowboard
1. Remi Meum, NOR
2. Christian Juell, NOR
3. Marius Coucheron, NOR

Men Ski
1. Bjørn Kaupang, NOR
2. Alexandr Palekhin, RUS
3. Nils Arne Rø, NOR

Women Mixed
1. Malin Rapp, SWE
2. Mila Polyakova, RUS
3. Ingeborg Ims Winther, NOR"

Detailed results at: http://results.ultimate.dk/rbrr2012/index.htm


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