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| - I just got back from a snowboard trip to Alaska. Beginning of March when I was anxiously waiting for some fresh snow to fall in Austria I realized that this year is not going to be a great powder season over here in Austria. So I decided shortly to travel to Alaska and to try my luck for powder snowboarding there. I didn’t know very much about the place and conditions over there. Of course I have seen it on the videos but it is a long way to really get to the top of the lines in Alaska. As luck would have it a few days later Bernd, a friend who interviewed me for TV in October, wrote me an email about his stay in Haines and his experience as an apprentice as a heli guide. A couple of days and emails later I was already in Juneau, Alaska. Bernd generously offered me to stay with him and he organised a bunch as well. In Juneau I met some free skiers I have been riding with before (as usual when you go to a snowboard and ski destination). We all had to stay in Juneau overnight because the inland planes wouldn’t fly due to bad weather. Next morning I hopped on a plane to Haines and a few hours later I was already in the helicopter at 33 mile road outside of Haines. Instead of worrying about jetlag I already dropped some nice little spines in South Eastern Alaska. I realized that the mountains are great there and the snow was all time. But after that first day of riding patience was good to have. Weather does not always cooperate in Alaska and it is even harder to forecast. But we were lucky to have a meteorologist living with us in an awesome log cabin without running water just 2 miles next to the helibase. Well we called him „Metereolügner“ after a while ☺ (for those who understand German) Bad weather program for me was trying to keep up with Bernd (who competed as a junior in cross country skiing) ski touring up the mountains on Haines Pass. Just over the border in Canada. On the second day I already brought my poles (I forgot them first cause I am not used to carry something in my hands other than a golf club or tennis racket). Third day I already made it to the peak on Three Guardsmen. And we also had some great pow turns there including a 1000 meter vertical run without any flat parts. My legs started to get tired and I was ready for the heli. After hanging around the helibase pretty much every morning we had a great sense for picking the best days for flying with the heli. Bernd and his fellow guide schoolers always supported me with a good crew for riding step terrain. Rob, my favourite guide always found challenging runs for everyone. He made sure to keep the adrenalin flowing. We did do some good runs for sure. I think in total I did around 30 runs. Indy 5000 was probably the most impressive with a 5000 feet vertical face. For two days we were also shooting photos. Somewhere in between a filmcrew and clients. We didn’t really spent too much helitime with spotting lines and photographer picups. But somehow Hans Gulsvik, our photographer, Bernd and me made it work. (We think so, we haven’t really seen the photos yet but we are confident). One other day I flew out with Wolle Nyvelt and the Absinthe film crew. Wolle rode his powsurfer (without bindings). Impressive how he rode it in the powder. My last day of Snowboarding around Haines was in Canada again. Just over the border once more but this time with the snowmobiles. Mark Schultz, a former pro snowboarder and Haines local is the man for snowmobile-snowboarding. Being a guide, snowboarder, local knowledge and a pic up with trailer and 4 sleds qualifies for that. He brought us to a face called dinnerbell. Which was my favourite run of the trip. I hope that I can show you some pictures from riding those lines soon. I will keep you updated. - |
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| 23.12.2009 | 9 Contests |
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| - In total I have done 9 contests since end of September until now. This is a lot for my standards, but it has been awesome. It was so much more fun to ride in the cities on the ramps than going to the icy glaciers. Every single kicker at the contests was really good and the landings were most of the time slushy and soft. Lately I have done a snowboard contest in Zurich, Berlin, London, Barcelona, Stockholm, Innsbruck and twice in Seoul. I liked the kickers in London and Seoul best. Stockholm was a difficult transition but great airtime. The jump in Innsbruck had the longest airtime but for my taste the take off was too steep. Whereas I like poppy take offs but there it was just a little bit too much. But it was great to be back at the air and style after a couple of years and participate in the event. I almost forgot Barcelona was a good jump as well and an amazing atmosphere. Almost like in soccer stadium. I am also quite happy with my riding. I definitely had some jumps that were spot on and I am super stoked about, and then also these “under pressure – bailing forbidden – fast transition” jumps. Results have been great. I won 3 times at the world cup and got second twice in Soul. Once at the Hyundai-card invitational and also at the world cup the day after. After hiking the ramp more than 30 times I was happy when I had done the last jump on Sunday. The whole week in Soul was great. Good crew to hang out with, nice people from the event and the best thing was the crowd. 65000 on Saturday evening! This was a little update on my recent contests. It has been great for me. I am so happy to be able to ride on a high level for such a long time. Health is so important. Having said this I wish you all the best and health for 2010 and a merry Christmas. Now I have to go and pick up my new BMW. Well it is not mine, but BMW lets me drive it for free… stoked. I get the car today… not a bad X-mas present ☺ - |
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| 03.11.2009 | Happy Birthday |
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| - It was definitely a happy birthday for me on Saturday. How lucky do you have to be to win a snowboard world cup on your 30th birthday?! ... I am stoked :) It is unbelievable, that whole day, when you consider what could have gone in a different way. But luck and a lot of other things were on my side this day. Standing on top of the ramp before my last jump and hearing the 15000 spectators singing happy birthday for me was great. Landing my last trick in front of them even better!! Thank you. read more ( laola1.at ) watch video |
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| 07.07.2009 | Season Report 0809 |
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| Getting older, still improving and my best big air trick ever: Already at the very beginning of the season I was able to land my best ever 1080. Which brought me a very unexpected win at the freestyle.ch, Europe’s biggest fun sport event. Riding a great final against Peetu Piroinen, Scotty Lago and Hampus Mosseson. Maybe more unexpected to a lot of people in the snowboard scene. Since they didn’t really follow my FIS big air accomplishments, the win at freestyle.ch. came a bit out of the blue for them. I was stoked to cause a bit of surprise and wonder there. I also got so many props from other riders for my performance there. My pre season training and preparation went well. I put a lot of effort into going to the glaciers in early September. Saas Fee and Hintertuxer glacier mostly. And it paid off. Also most of October I spent riding on the Hintertux glacier. In London at the first stop of the FIS big air tour I had a good start as well. I finished 2nd place behind Peetu (Piroinen). At the Pleasure jam (a TTR event) on the Dachstein glacier I rode well and was leading after the qualifiers, but couldn’t land all my tricks in the finals. Nevertheless I probably had my best feeling for kicker riding ever. As a result of riding a lot in good conditions (nice weather, no wind and great shaped kickers and softer snow) and my motivation being higher than ever. I guess I just had so much fun riding jumps and every time I got better I could enjoy it more and more. Unfortunately I bruised my knee at the big air in Stockholm. A super flat landing made it impossible to stay really safe there. But still I managed to ride the finals and ended up 4th, and to keep me in the race for the FIS world cup. That injury followed me a long time throughout the season. With breaks and therapies I mostly managed to be fit for the competitions. So after Stockholm I couldn’t ride for 2 weeks and the next time I strapped on a snowboard again was at the next stop for the FIS tour in Grenoble. Luckily the conditions were favourable for my knee. It was warm and the snow was soft, giving my knee a little bit of dampening. I rode very well there. A perfect frontside 1080 in my second final jump put me in the lead. Mattieu Crepel did the same and was just a tad behind me. He pulled of a great last jump and won very tight ahead of me. That second place also put me in first place on the big air tour. During the Christmas holidays I was riding and training in my home resort. A good possibility to ride and get some tricks dialled in but I always had my knee injury in the back of my mind. Not 100 percent fit I went to the O’Neill evolution in Davos. The on site physiotherapist improved my knee and I was pretty happy with my 10th place and my riding there. Also my performance at the European Open in Laax was quite good. Not surprisingly I wasn’t able to get some good tricks on the jib section. Riding a lot and especially riding on those icy slopestyle courses forced me again to make a break and rest my knee. A week later I got 3rd at the FIS world championships in South Korea. Definitely one of my biggest success throughout my whole carrier. A lot of media attention and pressure combined with a world-class field of riders keen on one of the top 3 spots made this event a special achievement for me. Once again my ability to jump a bit higher helped me to secure a medal there. Some luck was part of it as well for sure. After physiotherapy and a few days of I moved on to the next stop of the FIS world cup. Quebec, Canada. A unique event site in the middle of two highways was waiting for us. Due to my injury I wasn’t able to practise at all but the conditions in Quebec were favourable for me. A step takeoff called for technically clean riding and fast legs. I showed a few good tricks and could claim my first victory on the FIS tour this season. That win also secured the first place in the big air world cup. With only one event left I had enough margin to win the tour this season once more. So at the final event in Moscow, Russia I tried to ride without pressure. But it never happened, still I was nervous like 10 years ago as a newcomer. An icy ramp but really well shaped jump in front off the national university, with a big crowd and very strong winds made it not easy for us riders. My tactics of staying safe and throwing down two nines were not mind-blowing but successful on that evening. I won the last event of the tour in front of Marco Grilic, who double back flipped through the storm onto the ice. Finally I rode some powder at home, giving my knee a little softer surface to land on. Later in March I did the Aesthetiker team event in Mayrhofen, Austria. This was a very easy contest format. Riding and fun was definitely the main issue there. Nevertheless they had the best park I ever rode. Our team got second. The rest of the season I rode some more fresh snow around Austria. I was working on various little things on my snowboarding technic. And I rode a lot at my local kicker in Leogang. Now that the season is over I am working on my physical health again. I am doing all kinds off therapies for my knee, which is already feeling great. But a little rest and time for recovery will be good for my body and next season I can only benefit from it. Looking at my competition results this was most likely my best season ever. Getting a medal at the world championships, winning the FIS big air tour once more and my great win at the freestyle.ch made this a very successful winter. |
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| 30.01.2009 | World Camps Korea |
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| - 24. Januar 2009, Gangwon, Korea – Im letzten Wettbewerb der 8. FIS Snowboard Weltmeisterschaften in Gangwon, Korea, presented by LG hat ein Finne einmal mehr bewiesen, dass Big Air eine Domäne seines Heimatlandes ist. In einem hochklassigen Finale holte sich am Ende Markku Koski mit 55,6 Punkten Gold und somit den dritten WM-Titel in dieser Disziplin für Finnland. Das junge belgische Nachwuchstalent Seppe Smits wurde Zweiter (53,0) vor Stefan Gimpl aus Österreich (51,0). Den Sprung aufs Treppchen verpassten Matevz Petek (SLO, 49,6), Tore Holvik (NOR, 49,1) und Petja Piiroinen (FIN, 48,9) als Vierter, Fünfter und Sechster. Titelverteidiger Mathieu Crepel (FRA) wurde Siebter. Noch zu Beginn der Saison hätte wohl niemand damit gerechnet, dass sich Markku Koski nur wenige Monate später Big Air-Weltmeister nennen darf, da der 27-Jährige zunächst nicht für das Big Air-Team der WM vorgesehen war. Aber nachdem er beim Weltcup-Stopp in London (Oktober 2008) eine starke Leistung hingelegt hatte, war ihm auch dieser Startplatz sicher. Dennoch, „habe ich mir nicht viel ausgerechnet, da ich ja anfangs nur eine Art Ersatzmann war. Also habe ich lediglich versucht, meine Tricks zu landen. Und das hat gut funktioniert. Ich hatte schon Glück.“ Allerdings spielte Können eine größere Rolle auf dem Weg zum Big Air-Weltmeistertitel: „Der eisige Kicker kam mir entgegen. Ich mag diese Verhältnisse“, sagte der Olympia-Dritte in der Halfpipe nachdem er einen Cab 1080 sowie einen Backside Rodeo 900 ausgesprochen sicher gezeigt hatte, um damit verdientermaßen Gold zu holen. Der Überraschungs-Zweite Seppe Smits, der zuvor erst einmal auf einem Weltcup-Podest gestanden hatte (Stockholm 2008), konnte seinen Erfolg selbst nicht glauben – zumal es die erste Medaille für Belgien bei einer WM war: „Ich bin hergekommen, um es ins Finale zu schaffen. Das ist unglaublich. Ich habe das nie erwartet.“ Dennoch war Silber mehr als verdient, denn nach einem Cab 1080 hatte der 17-Jährige auf Rang zwei vor dem finalen Sprung gelegen, einem Frontside 900: „Ich war nervös, aber jetzt bin ich umso glücklicher.“ Stefan Gimpl war angesichts seiner ersten WM-Medaille nahezu sprachlos: „Ich bin so glücklich, denn es könnte ja auch meine letzte sein.“ Zumal der 29-Jährige vor dem dritten Sprung hinten dran war. „Ich kann es kaum fassen, denn meine ersten beiden Sprünge waren nicht gut genug.“ Am Ende reichte es dank einem Frontside 900, Frontside 1080 und Cab 900 doch zu Bronze. |
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| 09.12.2008 | Second in Grenoble WC |
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| - Stefan GIMPL scores 2nd spot at FIS Big Air stop in Grenoble (FRA) and secures his current lead on FIS BA ranking “It was a French dream come true: The competition couldn’t have went better for the hosting home country as with Mathieu Crepel (52.1 points) a representative of the Equipe Tricolore took home the Gold medal in the first ever Big Air in the history of the LG Snowboard FIS World Cup on French soil. In an exciting final in Grenoble’s Park Paul Mistral, the reigning Big Air and Halfpipe World Champion relegated 2008 World Cup winner Stefan Gimpl (51.4) from Austria with a lead of only 0.7 points to the second rank. In the class of its own battle for the podium in front of 15,000 spectators, Finland’s Jaakko Ruha rounded out the podium with a score of 47.7. Although France saw the desired win by one of it’s riders it didn’t seemed to end up like this after the first two rounds of the final as Stefan Gimpl had taken the lead due to an as usual stylish “Frontside 1080” earning a score of 27. Crepel followed with a gap of 1.8 points after he had performed the same trick. But although he had not competed in any Big Air contest after his big success at the 2007 World Championships in Arosa, the 24-year-old underlined in the decisive third run of the final that he rules the roost impressively winning his first ever Big Air World Cup. Encouraged and whooped by the deafening cheers of 15,000 enthusiastic countrymen, Crepel sticked a “Switch Backside 900 tail” in defiance of the rain being awarded with 26.9 points by the five judges. Thereafter, the Austrian freestyle legend Gimpl couldn’t counter in an adequate way any more – a fact, the new World Cup leader ungrudgingly accredited: “It was awesome today, simply high-class snowboarding at its best. I really enjoyed the battle with Mathieu although I lost it and finished as runner-up. In the end, he was spinning in the other direction while I was only able to throw in a “Frontside 900”. However, I will take home only good memories of this outstanding event!” watch video at Fis Snowboard World Cup |
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| 05.11.2008 | 2nd at World Cup London |
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| - End of October I got second at the Fis World Cup in London. Sorry for not posting this earlier. Here is a short video from the finals. |
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| 30.09.2008 | Freestyle.champ |
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| - freestyle.ch set to reach ever greater heights this year with its 8 meter higher Big Air – and absolutely delivered at freestyle.ch 2008! 46,000 visitors filled Zurich’s Landiwiese, witnessing the crowning of snowboarder Stefan Gimpl (AUT), freeskier Jacob Wester (SWE), FMX pilot Thomas Pagès (FRA) and skateboarder Sandro Dias (BRA) as this year’s «freestyle.champs». |
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| 27.05.2008 | Roadgap on the Grossglockner |
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| - Just after I got home from Greenland Red Bull asked me to jump over the road on the famous Grossglockner pass. They told me that the distance to clear would only be around 27 meters but when we got up there we realized that there was also a vertical drop form the take off to the first possible landing point from 12 meters. Unfortunately the weather was constantly changing and didn't help us. Anid Goldberger, a world famous ski-long-jumper, jumped over the road first with his ski jumping skis, a little altered take off and no track in the in-run!! It must have been world premier for jumping a road gap on those skis. He jumped about 60 meters!! Romain Grojean, a freeskier from France, and I hit a little poppier take off right next to the ski long jump. It threw us a little higher in the air resulting that we already landed after 40 meters. But we still cleared the road easily. It was a mental challenge to jump over the road. Not very much margin for errors and the consequences would have been fatal. But an unforgettable day out there snowboarding for sure. |
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| 27.05.2008 | Snowboarding in Greenland |
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| - Beginning of April, after I had great days of riding powder at home in Leogang, I took part at an adventurous snowboarding trip to Greenland. Humbi from MMP films asked Gian Simmen, Eric Themel and me to come along with him to make a documentary about snowboarding and travelling around in East Greenland. The travelling was amazing. We got to see quite impressive landscapes. Powder snow was hard to find though. At least without the helicopter. That one day when we flew with the heli to the big mountains we rode 2 step and deep faces. I think we all got some adrenalin coming down these runs. The rest of the snowboarding there was a lot of mini shred. Maybe too much... The most interesting part of Greenland was to get to know the people and their culture. |
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| 27.05.2008 | World Cup Finals in Valmalenco |
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| - The last stop of the big air tour was in Valmalenco, Italy. The only jump in a skiresort on the tour this year was the stage for young Norwegian riders. End of March they were obviously in good form. Switch back 1260 and a backside 1260 were the winning jumps for Kim Rune Hansen and Gjermund Braaten. I got 3rd with a cab 1080. Landing a nice 10 on the last jump of a very successful tour for me made me happy!! |
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| 11.03.2008 | Ästhetiker Jam - Mayrhofen |
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| - Friday afternoon, just when the qualification was over and a lot of people left the park already, one of the best sessions in a snowboardpark started. The sun came out and softened up a perfectly shaped kickerline. It was some of the best freestyle snowboarding which I have ever done. The motivation was up and smiles all over the faces of the Ästhetiker and everybody who rode. We did good tricks, a couple of 1080, but it was just about riding with friends in perfect conditions and enjoying the airtime. Days like this are rare. We will remember that for a long time. One the competition day the weather was unfortunately not very good. But we did one run on the 3 kickers and a jib run. Considering the conditions the riding was solid but not quite as good as the day before. Andreas Gidlund of Sweden won the TTR 5 star event and a brandnew motorbike. I got 4th and won the special award for the best kicker line. Those couple of days of contest here in Mayrhofen were great. Good people, riding with friends and drinking a beer at the end was epic. eeööhhh!! ;) read more on TTR worldtour |
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| 03.03.2008 | Freeride - Big Mountain Pro 08 |
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| - Last week I participated in the Big Mountain Pro. A mobile freeride contest. We travelled with a bus through the Alps and rode step faces. The snow conditions were not great but on the first day we found some great snow near Chamonix in France. The mountain we rode down is called Le Buet. We flew up near the face wth the heli to inspect the mountain and to choose our lines. Then we hiked up to the peak. The hike was already adventurous. Pretty step but it paid of. The run down was good. Long. About 600 meters of vertical drop. All the freeriders were stoked. They said it was the best face they ever rode in a competition. Some of them had mind-blowing runs down that mountain. I was impressed how fast some of them can ride in these faces and conditions. (especially Jeremy Jones and Xavier de la Rue). They won the comp in the end as well in front of my fellow Austrian Mitch Tölderer. The rest of the trip was not very good snowboarding wise. But we had good times travelling an a lot!! of fun. It has such a good crew. I hope to do it again next year and improve once more my freeriding skills. I already learned quite a bit. But there is still a long way to go... |
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| 13.02.2008 | Big in Moscow |
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| - Here are some photos from the big air in Moscow. We had a huge ramp and perfect conditions for riding. Soft snow and a jump with very good airtime and loads of speed. Even though I was a little nervous before my second qualifiquation jump (I slammed the first one and I had to land that front nine) it all went well for me in the end. It was fun jumping in front of such a big crowd and of course winning the comp as well. I am very lucky lately!! |
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| 25.01.2008 | The Origin of Snowboarding? |
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| - In a small village way up in the mountains of north-eastern Turkey we found probably the oldest snowboarder who is still alive. That man (see the photo below) is 70 years old and he started snowboarding in 1946!! And he learned it from his father and it goes back to more than 150 years! He showed me how they ride on these boards and it is just like snowboarding. We talked a bit, had a cup of tea together and smiled... Jeremy Jones (who is also on this trip for Oneill) and me were just blown away by the fact that there were people here on this place a long time ago who did the very same thing as we are doing now! We are still in Turkey at the moment. It is snowing outside and we are chilling at the helibase in Ayder. Looks like tomorrow is going to be a big day :-) I will post more about our amazing trip in a couple of days. Hopefully I can get some of the photos from our cameramen. see you soon! |
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| 09.01.2008 | Win at the big air in Graz |
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| - Thanks for your support in Graz. Snowboarding was a lot of fun there. I am happy that I finally also did a 1080° in Austria. Next week I will be competing at the European Open in Laax and after that I am going to Turkey. Yes, for snowboarding (actually heliboarding), and they do have big mountains there. I am looking forward to that! greets stef |
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| 24.12.2007 | Merry Christmas!! |
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| - Merry Christams and happy holidays to all of you!! Have a great year on and off the snow, no injuries and lots of fun! We already had some good snow here in Austria this season. I have been riding in the deep snow quite a bit already. Yesterday I just got back from the big air World Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. I did my best cab 1080 ever (well it was my first actually, but it was really nice and smooth, so I am stoked) and I won the competition!! Sorry for not posting anything for a while. But soon a new update of the website will be finished. We are redesigning the whole page. Basically it will be just a new layout with a couple of new pics and videos... coming soon! |
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| 08.10.2007 | My first 1080° |
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| - Rotterdam. Fis Big Air World Cup 2007. - Hey there, I just got back from Holland. The first competition this season kicked of in front of a big crowd, perfect location and underneth blue skies. My riding went really well there. Cab and fs nines and a fs 1080°. But still one of the Finns was not to beat. Peetu Piiroinen won. Generally the riding level was rather! high. Lots of good riders and a good jump with a soft landing contributed to a great show. It was so much fun to ride in the finals!! And I am happy that I could keep up with some of the tricks which where shown. It was the 2nd place at the end for me!! Way cool competition... and snowboarding at its best! Excitement, pressure, skills, style, techniques and fun. |
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| 16.09.2007 | New Trailer from Mmp Films |
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| - Watch the new trailer from GREEN. A snowboard video made by mmp Films. The entire video will be released soon. view trailer |
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| 28.08.2007 | Snowpark N.Z. |
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| - Hi there, greetings from down under in New Zealand. Despite a rough and slow start of my snowboarding (especially the first day on my board) I enjoy the days up at snowpark a lot. Now my skills are improving as well. Not quite as good as last year but my turns are already pretty good. ;-) It has been sunny almost everyday so far. Sometimes a little windy. The pipe is perfect every day. I still have to get used to the jumps. Some kickers are pretty big to start with. But it is the best way to get into riding again. I started to ride some boxes as well. But very easy!! There are always a lot of good snowboarders up at the park. In total there are more than 100 snowboard pros here. It is so much fun to meet up with all my colleagues, having a chat on the chairlift and then going for another run. Everybody is relaxed and motivated to go snowboarding after the summer break. After riding we play a lot of golf together at the local course in Wanaka. It is already nice and warm down in the valleys. I also enjoy staying with my friends from the Austrian team. We have a very cool apartment near the lake (and not to far away from the bars) and it is a lot of fun there. Life is not bad down here... stef |
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| 11.08.2007 | Holidays are over |
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| - Holidays are over, I am going to New Zealand on Monday. I am looking forward to get on real snow again after a 2-month break. Snowpark near Wanaka offers good possibilities for park riding. And down there I won't be that distracted from all the summer activities around my home. Such as tennis, golf, climbing, barbecues, fiestas, sleeping in ... I will write more about New Zealand once I am down there. I posted a photo from last weeks climbing session with my brother. |
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| 27.06.2007 | The Wimbledon Story |
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| - Hi everybody, Sorry for not writing anything for quite a long time... Not much news about me recently. I haven`t been on a snowboard for a while now. And I am enjoying the off-season at the moment. Tennis and golf are the games that keep me busy right now. I also found a few opportunities to shot new photos of landscapes. On the next update I will post them on the site. Last Monday my sister and I went to Wimbledon to check out the tennis tournament. Seeing Roger Federer live in action was a truly divine experience. ( as John McEnroe once said ) In general the whole tournament and especially the atmosphere there were breathtaking. See some impressions from Wimbledon on the pictures below. Later this summer I will go down to New Zealand. Snowboarding and travelling. In the meantime I wish you all a great summer. Aloha Stef view pictures from Wimbledon |
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| 18.04.2007 | New Update |
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| - The winter season is almost over, competitions are finished and I am making a little break right now. Before we go back on snow to ride the parks on the glaciers. I did a quick update on my website. A new video from last year's Ästhetiker comp is online now and I posted some photos, which were produced during this season. Plus I also put new landscape photos on my gallery. Afew have been changed and others have been added. Hopefully soon I will have time and luck to shoot some new good pictures. A great spring season on snow to everybody who is still on the slopes. For the rest enjoy the early summer. cheers stef view snowboard pictures go to my photography go to videos |
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| 18.03.2007 | New Snowboard Pics |
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| - I posted some new pictures from riding last month. Earlier I was shooting with mmp films in Flachauwinkel and the other photos are from last week riding the park in my home place, Leogang. Sunny skies and softened up landings along with a nice kicker and friends made it perfect conditions for park riding. What a great week this was! Those are some of the days what make snowboarding so much fun to me. And finally I could work on my snowboarding again after a slow start of the season. view snowboard pictures |
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| 12.03.2007 | Big Mountain Pro |
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| - For the last 11 days we travelled with a bus through the Swiss and Italian Alps. I did a freeride competition with 7 other snowboarders and 8 skiers from all over the world. On the search for snow we rode one mountain in Courmayeur and 2 other peaks around Verbier. Helicopters flew us up the top and everybody choose his own line and way to ride down. This was very new and exciting for me. Unfortunately the snow wasn't good, so the riding was really difficult. But the trip was a hell lot of fun. Super cool people and for once I wasn't the oldest rider. ;-) I learned a lot about freeriding from the more experienced snowboarders and skiers and some lines they did really impressed me. more pictures from the big mountain pro go to website |
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| 13.02.2007 | Moscow Big Air |
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| - Moscow hosted the last stop of the fis big air tour this year. The weekend there was incredible. After seeing the red square, the metro and other bits of the town, Moscow moved up into my top 3 cities overall! Maybe the female population of Moscow might have contributed to my conclusion as well. ;-) The competition itself took place in front of a very nice backdrop. The snowboard ramp was built right in front of the biggest university of Moscow. At night with all the spectators and the lights this was a very special scenery. At ptetty cold temperatures by -20 the two Finnish riders Peetu Piiroinen and Jaako Ruha dominated again. I rode solid and ended up as 5th. Jaako kicked me out in the semi finals with a big backside 1080. Despite that we were freezing a lot and that it was hard to find some food, I took home some really nice impressions from Moscow. Yeah..I am a fan of Russia now! more pictures from Moscow |
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| 05.02.2007 | A short update on the last contests |
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2 weeks ago I tried my best at the fis world championships in Switzerland but didn't succeed. Even though the kicker was good and the conditions were almost perfect I didn't ride good enough. I didn't qualify for the finals. Bummer. Last weekend I competed again in the world cup in Torino , Italy . After a long day of riding a difficult in city ramp I got 3 rd . I was up against 3 finish snowboarders in the finals. Finally the landing hill got better and I think some high level snowboarding was shown. The best trick of the day did probably Peetu Priiroinen . Cab 1080. In the end Janne Korpi won. I was super happy with my riding and of course with the result aswell. The crowd was great in torino and also very motivating, the kicker could have been better but in the end it all went really well for me. …back home after pizza and lasagne. |
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| 02.01.2007 | Snowbored |
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| - The new film from mmpfilms is finished. A very fresh snowboard video. Great editing with a new concept of showing snowboarding in all its aspects. Well done Humbi , filmers and riders. view trailer go to website more videos |
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