Last weekend I went to Antwerpen in Belgium for my first World Cup, the VW Big Air.
They build up a huge ramp, they said it´s the biggest Worldcup ramp ever, so I was pretty stoked to get to jump it. It was not just big it was also scary but super nice to jump and everything worked out well.
"Monster of Antwerpen"
I landed my FS 1080 in the qualifications but hat a little handtouch so I did not get enough points to get into the semi-finals.. Doesn´t matter I had a good time there and my austrian buddy Clemens Schattschneider got second so it´s all good
Hey guys, its about time to start the season again..
I had a good summer, traveled a lot but now I want to snowboard again.
I spent the last week in Hintertux and it was so much fun to be back on board. We had bluebird every day and the park was in a perfect shape.
I got the feeling back and even learned a couple of new tricks already.
Check out this back to back 1080 combo i landed last week, I´m pretty stoked on it:
As I told you in my last entry I went to Laax for the pleasure Spring session.
The shape crew built up a damn good park, for sure one of the best ones I´ve ever been at.
I had a good time there, even though the weather was very bad except of one day... Thats also the reason I didn´t get to shoot or film a lot there, but we went snowboarding every day though..
Chilling on the chairlift... oh yeah
After the spring session I went back to my life as a student except of a few days in Hintertux but I haven´t been snowboarding a lot since then..
Its already may now and that means that my snowboarding season is pretty much done.
It was a super sick season again without any serious injuries, thats what is most important i guess ;)
And as I wrote earlier on my blog, I filmed a little clip with the Sparkassen Bank and here it is, pretty damn funny haha
So I after my surgery I started snowboarding again a few weeks ago.
I was kind of bummed because I couldn´t compete at the Wangl Tangl in Mayrhofen, which is a really cool competition with a great setup.
Anyways, I went to the sane!-Jibpark in Rinn and took part at the Sanesession there which was a lot of fun and I won some money there aswell hehe ;)
Sanesession - Frontboard
The week after this I went to Schladming for the Finals of the BigAir-Europe Cup aka "The Housemasters"
It was really funny there and i got 4th place in the end. The best part was that there was a Concert by German Rapper Sido afterwards haha ;)
"Big"Air Jump
Sido
The next day I went straight from Schladming to Kühtai to do a little Backcounty shooting there. I didn´t see any pictures from the actual photographer yet and I don´t know if I ever will haha...
Underflipping the step-up
So and today I had another photoshoot on my homemountain in Innsbruck and it was awesome! The shapecrew built a huge corner-jump just for our shooting and everybody killed it! Can´t wait to see the pictures
Coolest setup I have ever seen up here ;)
Thats it for now, tomorrow I´m going to Laax for the pleasure spring session and then my season is pretty much done I guess
I spent the last couple weeks by riding a lot of contests but I also had a couple of shootings.
First I went training in Mayrhofen, if you didn´t see it yet, check out the little edit i made:
After that, I did a photoshooting in Küthai and I also filmed a Videoclip for the Sparkassen Bank there, I am gonna show it to you as soon as I have seen it myself.
After that, I did the World Rookie Fest in Monte Bondone, Italy which didn´t go to good. Whatever.. The week after I went to Kitzbühel for the Sick Trick Tour open which I won in the Rookie Category, I got 4th overall so I was kind of bummed about that....
The next week I took a break from snowboarding to recover form all the little injuries that I got during the season, nothing serious but annoying though.
Last weekend I went to Damüls for the Austrian Rookie Challenge.
It was the first time that I went there and it was such a sick weekend. We had so much fun and everyone killed it there.
We had a Parksession and a Nightsession on Saturday and then hit a streetrail on Sunday.
The Streetrail we did
(C) Christoph Schöch
I am super stoked that I won the BEST KICKER RIDER AWARD!
I got the sickest prices ever: 300€ in 1€ coins and one week in Laax for the pleasure Spring session.
Unfortunately my belly started to hurt pretty bad after the contest so I went to the doctor and he said that theres something wrong with my appendix.
I had surgery yesterday and they took it out. Now I am still in hospital waiting to be allowed to eat something ;)
But I am gonna be back on board in a few weeks. ;)
The Olympics are over and even though I didn´t do well at all in the competitions, it was an amazing experience to be there and I had a great time there.
The Halfpipe and the Slopestyle were super good and fun to ride. I did good on the training days but i bailed on all my contest runs.. It was pretty disappointing but whatever.. its only the olympics haha ;)
Check out these photos
When I was not snowboarding, I spent most of my time chilling in the city with my dutch friends or watched other competitions. We went to McDonalds almost every day to eat some healthy food so we can do good in the contests. I don´t know why it didn´t work out... ;)
Ice hockey USA-CANDA
The next couple of weeks I have to go to school, which kind of sucks but I am also gonna do some more competitions and hopefully do better there than in the olympics ;)
I made into the Austrian Youth Olympic Team! Stoked about that!
It was not an easy qualification because everyone gave their best, but my friend Roland and me both qualified for the Slopestyle & Halfpipe Event :)
Through that I got a few Interviews and appeared in Austrian TV. Thats all pretty new to me but I like it :)
Check it out:
I also did a Photoshooting for the YOG like 2 months ago and found the pictures spread all around in Innsbruck. I even made it on to the papers they put on the tablets in McDonalds, haha (managed to get a free Cheeseburger due to that)
Here some pictures of me and Roland smiling off random spots
I heard that this one got blown away by the wind and damaged a car.. sorry about that haha!
My ticket to a free Cheeseburger
Kaufhaus Tyrol
It was snowing like crazy here during the last couple weeks so I had some sick powder days! Some resorts even had to close because of all the snow :)
I rode into a canyon and had to hike all the way back up.. not fun at all when you´re snowed in up to your chest
Now I just came back home from the YOG Kick Off Event for the Austrian Team. We got tons of stuff there and I don´t even know where I should put it. Can´t hurt to get free stuff though ;)
Super not-stoked on this outfit hahaha
Tomorrow I´m moving into the Olympic Village. Doesn´t make much sense but it should be fun..
Contest schedule:
14.1. Halfpipe Qualification
15.1. Halfpipe Final
19.1. Slopestyle Qualification
20.1. Slopestyle Final
