• 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

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

Jake Badger

April 23, 2014

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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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