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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
X-Over Kitzsteinhorn – contest no. 5
Whouuuuhu…another podium! The X-Over Kitzsteinhorn is existing in different contest modes since a couple of years. I was attending X-OVER Kitzsteinhorn, when it was still a Freeridecross event. The face […]
Open Faces Montafon FWQ***- contest no. 4
Keeping it short for now: My first win this season…Jippieee! Thanks for the ride Peter, thanks for your hospitality Liz! Thanks to Völkl Snowboards, Icetools, ratrax and bern helmets for […]
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