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Brent Remley/Hangman Productions photo “The Manitou worked great for our purpose here, which was the top tower for a cable camera used to film the RedBull Crashed Ice event in Saint Paul, Minn.,” said Jason Shields, event site coordinator of Hangman Productions, Vancouver, BC, .

Brent Remley/Hangman Productions photo American aces have been racing for a few years in the World Championship, but they were hoping that hard training in the off-season and a ferocious dedication to the sport would pay off in Saint Paul at the inaugural event of the season. The capital of kicked speed action and agility. scopic cranes, 15 to 25-ton (13 to off the Red Bull Crashed Ice sea - Americans have done surprisingly 22 t) Grove carry deck cranes, son on the frozen banks of the well as neophytes in their first few Link-Belt hydraulic excavators, Mississippi River on January 24. years in the 15-year-old sport, Allied hydraulic hammers, American aces have been racing despite having far less experience Wirtgen mills and reclaimers, for a few years in the Ice Cross than established nations like Hamm compaction rollers (smooth Downhill World Championship, Canada, , Germany, drum, pad drum, pneumatic and but they were hoping that hard and the Czech double drum rollers), Kleemann training in the off-season and a Republic. crusher and screens, Doppstadt ferocious dedication to the sport The 2015 track began in front of grinders, shreaders and trommel Brent Remley/Hangman Productions photo would pay off in Saint Paul at the the Cathedral of Saint Paul with screens. Hangman Productions For the past three winters, Saint Paul has hosted the ice cross inaugural event of the season. With the riders propelled over a bridge. requested the Manitou 2540P downhill competition, with a huge crowd of more than 100,000 local hero Cameron Naasz, a Their skills were put to the test, as rotating telescopic handler with people converging under the gaze of the imposing Cathedral of native of Minnesota, having the skaters needed to build 8800-lb. (3,992 kg) lifting capaci - Saint Paul. Crowds have witnessed the high-speed action that fea - tures skaters competing in four-man heats in a race to the bottom pushed the boundaries of the sport momentum to face the obstacles, ty. of a long ice track full of obstacles. and almost clinched the title in the last banked corner and the final “The Manitou worked great for 2014, and the likes of Canadian sprint to the finish line. Hangman our purpose here, which was the Scott Croxall and the defending Productions out of Vancouver, BC, top tower for a cable camera used champion, Marco Dallago, of Canada erected the track. Created to film the RedBull Crashed Ice , lacing up for action, it in 2001 by a group of friends event in Saint Paul, Minn. We promised to be another year of focused primarily on the conceptu - needed to use this particular fierce competition. alization, development and execu - machine for the small size it is and For the past three winters, Saint tion of professional action sports the maximum height reach to Paul has hosted the ice cross events, Sponsored avoid obstacles down hill from this downhill competition, with a huge Crashed Ice was the perfect event. position. After using the particular crowd of more than 100,000 peo - Hangman Productions needed a Manitou, I will most defiantly ple converging under the gaze of crane to fit all of its special require - source this machine for future jobs the imposing Cathedral of Saint ments. Hayden-Murphy out of and uses. Judi Palmstein at Paul. Crowds have witnessed the Bloomington, Minn., rents a wide Hayden-Murphy was great to high-speed action that features range of equipment from Manitou work with,” said Jason Shields, skaters competing in four-man heavy telescopic handlers, event site coordinator of Hangman heats in a race to the bottom of a Manitou rotating telescopic han - Productions, Vancouver, BC, long ice track full of obstacles. The dlers, 85 to 710-ton (77 to 644 t) Canada. sport appeals to what many Manitowoc crawler cranes, 30 to (This story also can be found Americans like most in sports — a 150-ton (27 to 136 t) Grove rough on Construction Equipment Brent Remley/Hangman Productions photo physically challenging, rough, terrain cranes, 45 to 120 ton (40.8 Guide ’s Web site at www.con - The capital of Minnesota kicked off the Red Bull Crashed Ice sea - tough sport coupled with high- to 108 t) Mantis hydraulic tele - structionequipmentguide.com.) son on the frozen banks of the Mississippi River on January 24.