Support The Moscow Times!

Cold War: Russian Skiers Take to Slopes in Nothing But Bikinis (Video)

Men hold a woman on a snowboard as they pose for a picture after finishing a "downhill ski and snowboard descent in swimwear" event on Mount Zelyonaya (The Green Mount), at a ski resort near the town of Sheregesh in the Siberian Kemerovo region, April 18, 2015. Ilya Naymushin / Reuters

Almost two thousand people descended on the Russian ski resort of Sheregesh over the weekend wearing nothing but swimming costumes, in a bid to break one of the world's more eye-catching Guinness records.

See the photo gallery: Hundreds Ski Down Siberian Slope in Bikinis

About 1,830 skiers and boarders took to the slopes on Saturday to set a new record for the number of people taking part in a so-called “bikini-descent” as part of the Grelka Fest ski festival, organizers said on their website.

Video footage uploaded to YouTube shows hundreds of brave men and women dressed in nothing but their bikinis and swimming trunks racing down a 500-meter slope at Sheregesh, a resort in southern Russia.

The record for the number of people taking part in a “bikini-descent” was set at the same resort in 2013, when 500 people braved the cold, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.

The organizers of the event have since filed an application with the Guinness Book of World Records to try to register the new record.

Watch the video here:

… we have a small favor to ask.

As you may have heard, The Moscow Times, an independent news source for over 30 years, has been unjustly branded as a "foreign agent" by the Russian government. This blatant attempt to silence our voice is a direct assault on the integrity of journalism and the values we hold dear.

We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. Our commitment to providing accurate and unbiased reporting on Russia remains unshaken. But we need your help to continue our critical mission.

Your support, no matter how small, makes a world of difference. If you can, please support us monthly starting from just 2. It's quick to set up, and you can be confident that you're making a significant impact every month by supporting open, independent journalism. Thank you.

Continue

Read more