Travel Tips Norway
The last post was a description of my travels, her I’d like to give you a compact list of Do’s and Dont’s traveling to Norway. As my budget is very […]
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Norway – much better than expected
I didn’t really have any expectations before heading to Norway. We were a rather big Austrian Crew heading for the 4* Competition in Røldal, but we stayed a couple of […]
Austrian Freeride Series – X-Over Kitzsteinhorn, FWQ ***
What a good weekend. I took some time to recover from the hangover, after heavy partying to celebrate my Austrian Freeride Master Title, which I was able to win the […]
The ups and downs of contest life 2: Up – FWQ****Open Faces Obergurgl-Hochgurgl
Innsbruck – Ibk – Only 5 hours from Vienna, always free couches somewhere and definitely a good base camp for winter life. Next day heading into Obergurgl-Hochgurgl, where the beautiful […]
The ups and downs of contest life 1: Down – FWQ****Nendaz
Being in competition is never easy. One is under pressure, tries to fulfill expectations and very often doesn’t reach what one wanted to. We in the snowboard women category competing […]
FWQ Jasna 4**** – one week after
Kind of another ‘Why I’m riding contests’. Weird Contest Season, not only for the Freeride Qualifier Series, but also for the Freerideworldtour. Most of the contests had to shift their […]
Short Update: Romania
We are lucky! Sun, bluebird and some powder. For sure, Carpatian Mountains also mean wind, wild dogs and ever changing snow conditions. We already had a sunrise session where we […]
Winning again: FWQ**** Big Mountain Hochfügen/Austria
As happy as I can be: First FWQ 4-star of the season and I’m winning it. And it wasn’t easy. University term was just coming to an end, that meant […]
About contests… or: Why I’m riding – Open Faces *** Axamer Lizum 2014
Yesterday I got asked why I’m riding contests. Wouldn’t it be more fun to just ride, to not care about beeing judged, to avoid all the stressful situations caused by […]
What I found…
…during the last days. Thanks Andy for the photo work from afar.
manuela mandl winterlife 