Above the clouds – Stubaier Glacier
Despite spring and warm temperatures shortly before we found surprisingly good conditions on Stubaier Glacier last Sunday. Some snow had fallen on Friday and Saturday. One can definitely feel the […]
Tag Archives: Austrian Freeride
#1 On the road – A Competition a Week – X Over Ride Kitzsteinhorn
This series will be just short updates, I’ve been competing every week, traveling back and forth, and snowboarding a lot. I’ve also been partying and hanging out with friends, but […]
Freeski Mountaineering Camp – Die Bergstation
Time passes by…some things one learns over the years, but some things are too important to be learned without good supervision. Mountaineering and crevasse rescue techniques as well as everything […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Open Faces Obergurgl/Hochgurgl and Austrian Freeride Master – contest no. 6
I couldn’t be happier. I won the FWQ**** in Obergurgl/Hochgurg and I’m Austrian Freeride Master, that’s a pretty cool title, which will help to excuse the high number of gap […]
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