Building Red Bull Air Race's Floating Race Track

The craziest ideas come to life when engineers and athletes team up to create breathtaking courses of extreme sport. Straddling the world of extreme sport and civil engineering, this high octane and cutting edge series travels the world exploring the science, construction and execution of extreme sports events.

From the drawing board and the first shovelful of earth, right up to the event, the series offers an informative and entertaining look at the pioneers, each with their own larger-than-life personality and each passionate about their work, who represent the elite in their respective fields. Whether it’s by recycling well-known landmarks or incorporating gigantic modules into the natural terrain, the brains behind extreme sport’s mega set-ups create playing fields that fire the imagination. Using high-end graphics and multi-cameras at the event, we capture every roar of the crowd, the technical perfection of the turns and the pumping adrenalin of the athletes from every possible angle.
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This documentary was produced in 2015.

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