The track in Jyväskylä-Laajis is a 630m ice beast, waiting to have its wicked way with the world's best ice cross downhill skaters at the second Red Bull Crashed Ice event of the 2016/17 season. Before the real action gets underway on Saturday, Reed Whiting and Arttu Pihlainen strapped a couple of GoPro cameras on their helmets and battled their way down the exhausting natural ice track, commentating as they went.
Watch the clip and enjoy the exciting track preview.
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All the action will be live here on Saturday at 7pm EET (5pm GMT)
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Champion dissects his performance and discusses 'that' gate moment
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