DAVOS TO LaAX

The last stop on this trip was the Euro Open in Laax. Since Burton is organizing the event I kinda had to take care of whatever work came up so I ended up filming a little clip for MINI which was fun and I got to ride a bit but than I as well had to do the trick caller for the live TV production. Which means I had to hang in a little room for four days straight and calling tricks for all the semis and finals. I only made it up to the mountain for two days but I guess somebody has to do it.. Otherwise I was stoked that there was a super nice indoor mini ramp at the Freesytle Academy so I at least got to skate everyday. All in all a pretty fun week!

My new partner in crime. She is indeed mini but she is fast!

That's the MINI clip I was talking about: PLAY

The ROCKS

My Laax office.

daily session

John was speaker all week and he did a really good job! Kids going crazy about product!

Not much to say about this, just watch it! PLAY

Steffi & Kimi

Greg, Hasi, Marian & Eric

That's how Fischi rolls!

Mark & Silli

Jean-Xavier

All the girls love Hasi, so does Linn.

Mr.Haslwanter & Ms.Dalton

You can imagine how this combo ended..

PROST!

Anke cheering me up.

what!

Freedom hating french guy.

..time to go sleep

SPIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS DAVOS

The second stop on my tour was at the O'neill Evolution Pro in Davos, Switzerland. The last time I was there I was still riding pipe competitions so it's been a really long time ago. This must be one of the oldest contests in europe. The venue where both events, slopestyle and halfpipe are happening is right at the end of the slope called Bolgenschanze so it's pretty much right in the village which is really cool cause the finals usually turn into a big party in the finish area! It started off with the pipe comp which was really good but the slopestyle night finals were just nuts! The level of riding was so unbelievably high. It was one of the gnarliest things I've ever witnessed. To make it into the finals you at least had to put down a perfect 1080° and a good rail trick. The top four guys all did three and a half rotations!

Seb Touts: cab double cork 1260° mellon to boardslide underflip out

Mark McMorris: cab double cork 1260° tailgrab to front boardslide 450° out

Eric Willet: backside 1260° indy to front boardslide 450° out

Seppe Smits: backside 1260° indy to boardslide 450° out

Watching those finals go down made me feel way better about my decision becoming a TM.

Davos

Alexis and his blind one eyed cat. Different way of rocking fur!

nerdy

That's how hard Hitsch slammed in the pipe!

..but he won anyways!

Ipod landed every single double McTwist he tried! He was stoked!

Peetu

Mark was riding so well. I think he should have totally been on top of the podium!

Fernweh!

Since I started my new job at Burton I was grounded in Innsbruck and stuck in the office so I had nothing to blog about. I'm very excited and hyped to be back on the road again! My first stop on the contest tour I'm on was Stuttgart, the town of Mercedes Benz and the VFB. I went there to check out a big air competition which was held right next to the Mercedes Benz Arena (soccer fans know what I'm talking about). The set up was super good but due to the freezing temperatures the jump and the landing were pure ice so it was kinda sketchy and most of the riders took it easy on the first practice day. Though as usual, ones the contest was on everybody turned into comp mode and the huck fest went down just like at every other event! Considering the circumstances I think the event turned out really good and it looked like the audience was stoked as well! Congrats to Chas, Werni and Mario!!

Germany's finest!

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Chas

Werni

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