Red Bull Heavy Metal

Red Bull Heavy Metal is a single-day snowboard contest that features a variety of unique obstacles and lines, compiled in one tight space to showcase elite street riding. Snowboarders will use the natural rails, drops, gaps and banks of Duluth’s iconic Cascade Park. Viewing is free and open to the public.

The course will feature three distinct zones:

The Tower: This is the contest’s biggest zone for jumps and airtime, with potential for riders to blast out of the tower window with a 15-to-20-foot drop, and over the walls surrounding the massive structure.

The Playground: This is the contest’s technical zone: Down bars, transfers, trees, tables and lots of options for riders to show off their personal style.

The Metal: The contest’s heaviest zone, including the infamous kink rail, stairs, closeout handrails and an abundance of lines for the brave of heart.

Schedule
10:30 a.m. to noon – Practice
11:30 a.m. – Gates open for spectators
1 p.m. – Competition begins at the Tower Zone
2:30 p.m. – Competition begins at the Playground Zone
4 p.m. – Competition begins at the Metal Zone
5:30 p.m. Award ceremony

Streets around the park will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Roads will be closed at Lake Avenue and at West Fifth and Sixth streets at North First Avenue West. Residents have been notified, and no parking signs have been installed in the affected areas.

Those wanting to attend the event are encouraged to park at Marshall School, located at 1215 Rice Lake Road. Free parking and a shuttle to and from the school to the park will be provided from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Loading will occur at Marshall School in the bus loop at the opposite end of the lot from the hockey arena. Pick-ups and drop-offs will take place at Sixth Street and Lake Avenue.