Skiing in a bikini is snow mean feat! Brave Russians hit the slopes in just swimsuits and underwear at annual BoogelWoogel festival
- The fourth annual BoogelWoogel festival took place in Sochi on the Black Sea coast in Russia last week
- Semi-naked revellers followed an alpine orchestra as they descended the slope on skis and snowboards
- Some 30,000 people were expected to visit the resort for the four-day festival which finished on Sunday
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Hundreds of Russians defied freezing rain to strip down to their swimsuits for the annual BoogelWoogel alpine festival in Sochi.
Poor weather and icy conditions prevented a new record being set for the skiing and snowboarding event at Rosa Khutor Winter Olympics resort on the Black Sea coast.
But 870 participants made it a colourful show for the near naked carnival on snow.
Bikini-clad revellers took part in downhill skiing and snowboarding in sub-zero temperatures last week in Sochi
Some brave festival-goers wore just their swimsuits while others took to the slopes in full fancy dress or animal costumes
Around 870 people took part in the colourful carnival on ice, but freezing rain prevent a new record being set as it was last year
People braved freezing rain and ice to strip down to their swimsuits and ski or snowboard down the slopes in Sochi
Last year 2,000 people set a new Guinness World Record for the world’s largest downhill ski in swimsuits
The festival goers followed the 52-strong Alpine Orchestra which was led by The Hatters Band
The revellers – some of them reported to be topless – followed an orchestra on skis and snowboards as they descended to musical accompaniment in temperatures of around zero.
‘We saw the real celebration of courage, winter resistance and crankiness -.this was a surprise even for organisers,’ said Nikita Girin, the man behind annual BoogelWoogel carnival.
‘Neither snow, nor rain, nor frost can stop us.’
The 52-strong Alpine Orchestra was led by The Hatters band.
The courage of some of the revellers ‘was a surprise even for organisers,’ said Nikita Girin, the man behind annual BoogelWoogel carnival
The four-day BoogelWoogel festival took place at the Rosa Khutor Winter Olympics resort in Sochi
The Sochi festival has become so popular that it now faces competition from competing resorts such as Sheregesh in the Kemerovo region of Siberia
Such festivals have become popular at Russia’s burgeoning ski resorts to mark the end of the winter season.
Now in its fourth year, BoogelWoogel made international headlines in 2018 when nearly 2,000 skiers broke the Guinness world record for the world’s largest downhill ski in swimsuits.
Some 30,000 people were expected to visit the resort for the four day festival, which ended on Sunday.
Sochi faces competition from Siberia’s top resort – Sheregesh in Kemerovo region – which annually stages a similar event attracting participants from all over the world.
The skiers and snowboards followed an orchestra as they descended to musical accompaniment in temperatures of around zero
The organizer said the event was a ‘real celebration of courage, winter resistance and crankiness’
Festivals like BoogelWoogel are becoming increasingly popular at Russia’s burgeoning ski resorts to mark the end of the winter season