Men’s and women’s Snowboarding Big Air World Cups will also be held at Fenway tomorrow. “By bringing a sport more often associated with far away places and steep mountains, we feel this event will be a great opportunity to help grow the sports of skiing and riding by bringing it to the heart of Boston where people can experience big air for the first time”. “Fenway Park continues to find creative ways to host events in this legendary stadium and we were happy to bring skiing and snowboarding to town”.
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But one of the most unique events to roll through Fenway has to Polartec Big Air, the big air snowboarding and freeskiing U.S. Grand Prix tour event scheduled for next week.
The home of the Red Sox looks like anything but, as a 140-foot tall, 430-foot long man-made snow-covered ramp and landing zone covers the area from center field to home plate.
Riders and skiers had a chance to practice Wednesday and get a feel for the jump.
As snowboarder Julia Merino was airborne in the middle of a backflip, Weiss got what he was looking for. The ski ramp is just the latest addition to the ballparks repertoire. Its just one event. The event will take over the historic Fenway Park for two days this week, and feature Olympic athletes from around the world.
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“I think that they’re really cool events that allow a new crowd to enjoy a ski event that never would have before”.
