Norway’s crown jewel shred event, The Arctic Challenge, is set to pop off in Oslo on the 2nd and 3rd of January, 2010. Departing from the Quarterpipe format of last year, TAC is going slopestyle this year and they’ve just released some renderings of the course. Designed by Claes Högström with input from Torstein Horgmo and Andreas Wiig, it definitely looks official. Check out the rest of the course after the jump.
Our shaper Claes Högström has made a spectacular slopestyle course for The Oakley Arctic Challenge 2010 together with Torstein Horgmo and Andreas Wiig. The course consists of a rail/stairs element, then a rail/butterbox element, a table top, a regular big jump and a hip at the bottom.
The course starts with the rails. Torstein and Andreas have been involved in the customization of the set up, and Andreas is pleased with the result. – The rail elements are pretty big and demands some guts from the riders, he explains.
- We have focused on making the slope diverse and to get a flow in the riding, says Claes Högström.
The slope has been adjusted to the terrain in Wyllerløypa which has been quite challenging, the terrain is pretty steep at some places and gives the riders quite a lot of speed.
The rails are followed by two jumps and finally the hip jump. The first jump is a table top, while the second is a more traditional big jump and the third obstacle is a large hip.
The riders acquire quite a lot of speed before the last element- the hip in the end of the slope.
- It`s all about going high and with style at the hip, says Andreas
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