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  • A skier dressed as Jack Sparrow from the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies tries to cross the pool at the "Gornoluzhnik" amateur event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier dressed as Jack Sparrow from the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies tries to cross the pool at the "Gornoluzhnik" amateur event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A skier and a snowboarder fall into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik amateur ski event in Siberia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier and a snowboarder fall into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik amateur ski event in Siberia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A pair sharing two skis and a snowboard attempt to cross the pool of water at Gornoluznik. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A pair sharing two skis and a snowboard attempt to cross the pool of water at Gornoluznik. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A skier uses a paraglider as he tries to cross the 26-metre long pool of water at the foot of the ski slope at Gornoluzhnik. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier uses a paraglider as he tries to cross the 26-metre long pool of water at the foot of the ski slope at Gornoluzhnik. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A skier falls face first into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier falls face first into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A skier jumpers into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier jumpers into the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A snowboarder in a dress tries to cross the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event in Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A snowboarder in a dress tries to cross the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event in Russia. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
  • A skier tries to cross the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014
    A skier tries to cross the pool at the Gornoluzhnik event. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters / April 20, 2014

In pictures: The wacky costumes of Russia’s ‘Gornoluzhnik’ ski event

Jake Badger

April 23, 2014

Nearly 100 skiers and snowboarders descended on the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk in the amateur ski event that sees costumed participants try to cross a 26-metre long pool at the foot of a ski slope.

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