PITTSBURGH \u2014 Despite bitterly cold temperatures, the Red Bull Heavy Metal street snowboarding competition made a high-energy debut in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
The single-day, opening qualifier event saw 35 street snowboarders compete for a chance to ride with the pros in Red Bull Heavy Metal Boston on Feb. 21.<\/p>\n
Channel 11 was there outside Acrisure Stadium for part of the action. We heard from some of the 5,000 total fans in attendance, who wouldn\u2019t let the weather stop them from watching.<\/p>\n
\u201cI love my people from Pittsburgh showing up, showing out,\u201d attendee Ronan Bray said. \u201cI love my people from New Jersey and West Virginia, too. I love everybody coming here.\u201d<\/p>\n
A snowboard photographer, Ashley Rosemeyer acted as one of the competition\u2019s judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince I\u2019m from Pittsburgh, it was cool to come here for Red Bull Heavy Metal,\u201d Rosemeyer said. \u201cI wasn\u2019t sure with the temperature what the riders would throw down, so it was awesome to see everyone out there really hyping each other up.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh native and trophy curator Jack Hnath explained the significance of the prizes\u2019 design.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Pittsburgh skyline was used for the first-place trophy, and then someone else had a great idea for the Clemente Bridge for the second and third place trophies, and it was just an exciting process. This was fun to work on,\u201d Hnath said.<\/p>\n
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