Sochi Freestyle Skiing Center and Snowboard Park
Encyclopedia
The Sochi Freestyle Skiing Center and Snowboard Park is a skiing
venue located west of the Rosa Khutor plateau in Krasnaya Polyana
, Russia
. For the 2014 Winter Olympics
in neighboring Sochi
, it will host the freestyle skiing
and snowboarding
events.
Seating 8000 at both the freestyle skiing and snowboarding areas, it is scheduled for completion in 2011. Then it will host test events in both 2012 and 2013.
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
venue located west of the Rosa Khutor plateau in Krasnaya Polyana
Krasnaya Polyana
Krasnaya Polyana is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia:*Krasnaya Polyana, Krasnodar Krai, an urban locality in Krasnodar Krai...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. For the 2014 Winter Olympics
2014 Winter Olympics
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be celebrated from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia with some events held in the resort town of Krasnaya Polyana. Both the Olympic and...
in neighboring Sochi
Sochi
Sochi is a city in Krasnodar Krai, Russia, situated just north of Russia's border with the de facto independent republic of Abkhazia, on the Black Sea coast. Greater Sochi sprawls for along the shores of the Black Sea near the Caucasus Mountains...
, it will host the freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...
and snowboarding
Snowboarding
Snowboarding is a sport that involves descending a slope that is covered with snow on a snowboard attached to a rider's feet using a special boot set onto mounted binding. The development of snowboarding was inspired by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing. It was developed in the U.S.A...
events.
Seating 8000 at both the freestyle skiing and snowboarding areas, it is scheduled for completion in 2011. Then it will host test events in both 2012 and 2013.
Reference
- Sochi2014.com profile. - accessed 30 September 2010.