Samstag, 28. Januar 2012

Galileo Fakecheck

Heyy guys,

check the Galileo Fakecheck video… trying to jump a frontflip with skiboots into the bindings :)

click on the picture…

Galileo

Cheers,

B

Courmayeur Review

The best riders on the best mountains in the ultimate freeride competition - the 2012 Swatch Freeride World Tour goes into its 5th season and consists of six (6) stops in Revelstoke (Canada), Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (France),  Courmayeur Mont-Blanc (Italy), Røldal (Norway), Fieberbrunn (Austria) and the final in Verbier (Switzerland).
(c) JBernard - freerideworldtour.com

Heyy guys,
so back from Courmayeur and I’m still pretty disappointed. Had a good line, skied pretty good and ended up 12th. But the level of riding is so high that small mistakes like the backseated landing I did at a double cliff make the difference. To be honest, I’v never seen such an amazing comp. Just 3 crashed and 19 perfect runs, where everybody could win.

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(c) TLloyd - freerideworldtour.com

Check the results:

 Rank NAME  PRENAME  COUNTRY 
1  AMACKER   RICHARD   SUI 
2  SMOOTHY   SAM   NZL 
3  ANTHAMATTEN   SAMUEL   SUI 
4  DUCROZ   AURELIEN   FRA 
4  HAUSL   STEFAN   AUT 
6  HEREGGER   BJÖRN   AUT 
7  LOPEZ   JULIEN   FRA 
8  LEITNER   THOMAS   GER 
9  REICHENBERGER   CHRISTIAN   GER 
10  BARKERED   REINE   SWE 
11  GURI   KEVIN   FRA 
12  HANNEMANN   SEBASTIAN   GER 
13  THORSEN   AASMUND   NOR 
14  VOLE   TORGRIM   NOR 
15  PREVOST   JÉRÉMY   FRA 
15  SALENCON   NICOLAS   ARG 
17  SUNNERHEIM   ERIK   SWE 
18  COIRIER   ADRIEN   FRA 
19  TABKE   DREW   USA 
20  IMBERT   MATHIEU   FRA 
21  WHITE-ALLEN   OAKLEY   USA 
22  WILLIMAN   NEIL   NZL 

Congrats to the winners and also Tom & Gri who finished 8th and 9th…

my line:
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 Helmcamrun:




Watch a short edit with my double:

So far,
ISPO the next days… see ya there,
B

Mittwoch, 25. Januar 2012

FWT Courmayeur

Heyy guys,

just a short update… i’v bib number 29 tomorrow. out of 33 riders. so pretty late start, but hope my line will work out.

check tomorrows comp venue:

Mt Fortin_12

Results coming tomorrow :)

Cheers,

B

Dienstag, 24. Januar 2012

FWT Chamonix Review

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Well, I got 13th in Chamonix, had a really good top section, but slowed down after… what u shouldn’t do if there are so many good riders. A bit disappointed but i have my next chance on thursday in Courmayeur… and i’m still 9th in the overall ranking.

My line…

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Congrats to Sam Smoothy who won in Cham with a really sick double, stomping every landing in his run. Tom Leitner finished 8th with a really creative line and a nice corner jump in the end!

Results:

RK FAMILYNAME FIRSTNAME COUNTRY
       
1 SMOOTHY SAM NZL
2 BARKERED REINE SWE
3 WHITE-ALLEN OAKLEY USA
4 SALENCON NICOLAS ARG
5 TABKE DREW USA
6 COIRIER ADRIEN FRA
7 GURI KEVIN FRA
8 LEITNER THOMAS GER
9 HAUSL STEFAN AUT
10 AMACKER RICHARD SUI
10 THORSEN AASMUND NOR
12 HEREGGER BJÖRN AUT
13 HANNEMANN SEBASTIAN GER
14 PITTIN ALEXANDRE FRA
15 IMBERT MATHIEU FRA
16 WILLIMAN NEIL NZL
17 ANTHAMATTEN SAMUEL SUI
18 LOPEZ JULIEN FRA
19 VOLE TORGRIM NOR
20 HAUNHOLDER MATTHIAS AUT
21 DUCROZ AURELIEN FRA
22 PREVOST JÉRÉMY FRA
23 SUNNERHEIM ERIK SWE

Check the highlights show with my drop at the top…

So far, Courmayeur news coming soon…

Cheers,

B

Sonntag, 22. Januar 2012

Comp tomorrow…

So it looks like the comp will happen tomorrow. There’ll be a pretty short good wheater window in the morning and the snow is pretty wet and heavy, but i hope it works out.

Breakfast at 5 in the morning tomorrow, first gondola at 6:30, first rider at 8:30… oboi… early start.

And we’v a new venue which faced more east that the last one…

MEN_WOMEN_VENUE

So far,

fingers crossed,

B

Samstag, 21. Januar 2012

FWT Chamonix

 

Bib_Draw

 

Heyy guys,

after a nice trip with Tom Leitner we arrived in Chamonix last evening. The bib draw followed right after and i was pretty lucky again… check the startlist.

START LIST - MEN

Last Name First Name Nationality BIB
HAUSL STEFAN AUT 19 ski
DEBARI LUCAS USA 20 snb
SALENCON NICOLAS ARG 21 ski
SCHNABEL CHRISTIAN AUT 22 snb
HAUNHOLDER MATTHIAS AUT 23 ski
CHARLET JONATHAN FRA 24 snb
DUCROZ AURELIEN FRA 25 ski
BACKSTROM RALPH USA 26 snb
COIRIER ADRIEN FRA 27 ski
DE LE RUE XAVIER FRA 28 snb
PREVOST JÉRÉMY FRA 29 ski
ANNETTS MATT USA 30 snb
HANNEMANN SEBASTIAN GER 31 ski
ROUTENS AURELIEN FRA 32 snb
IMBERT MATHIEU FRA 33 ski
ORLEY FLO AUT 34 snb
SUNNERHEIM ERIK SWE 35 ski
BADOUX EMILIEN SUI 36 snb
BARKERED REINE SWE 37 ski
ZIPSER MAX AUT 38 snb
WHITE-ALLEN OAKLEY USA 39 ski
CREPEL MATHIEU FRA 40 snb
ANTHAMATTEN SAMUEL SUI 41 ski
GUILLOT-DIAT LUDOVIC FRA 42 snb
LOPEZ JULIEN FRA 43 ski
STENTIFORD JAMES GBR 44 snb
HEREGGER BJÖRN AUT 45 ski
TOELDERER MITCH AUT 46 snb
SMOOTHY SAM NZL 47 ski
AMACKER RICHARD SUI 48 ski
VOLE TORGRIM NOR 49 ski
LEITNER THOMAS GER 50 ski
TABKE DREW USA 51 ski
THORSEN AASMUND NOR 52 ski
PITTIN ALEXANDRE FRA 53 ski
GURI KEVIN FRA 54 ski
WILLIMAN NEIL NZL 55 ski

After the heavy snowfalls last night we expected a pretty nice pow day, but all the lifts were closed today, cause of ava danger and strong winds.

Anyways, there’ll be an inspection tomorrow and the comp hopefully on monday (postponed due bad wheater).

Have a look at the venue…

Cham12_Men_Venue

And check the first episode of the “Freeride Sessions” …

I’ll keep u updated every day… promise :)

Cheers,

B

Mittwoch, 18. Januar 2012

FWT Chamonix Preview

ZellHad some sweet days in Zillertal… 

 

After some days off and some skiing in Zillertal I’m just gettin’my stuff done to for the Chamonix/Courmayeur trip, driving to France tomorrow…

Check the Chamonix teaser!

 

And a pretty long riders list with strong riders!

AURELIEN DUCROZ

FRA
SAMUEL ANTHAMATTEN SUI
JÉRÉMY PREVOST FRA
STEFAN HÄUSL AUT
REINE BARKERED SWE
HENRIK WINDSTEDT SWE
ADRIEN COIRIER FRA
ERIK SUNNERHEIM SWE
SEBASTIAN  HANNEMANN GER
MATHIEU IMBERT FRA
TORGRIM VOLE NOR
MATTHIAS HAUNHOLDER AUT
KEVIN GURI FRA
RICHARD AMACKER SUI
BJÖRN HEREGGER AUT
NEIL WILLIMAN NZL
NICOLAS SALENCON ARG
KYE PETERSEN CAN
DREW TABKE USA
AASMUND THORSEN NOR
THOMAS LEITNER GER
MATTY RICHARD CAN
SAM SMOOTHY NZL
JULIEN LOPEZ FRA
OAKLEY WHITE-ALLEN USA

 

So far,

more news when I’m in Cham…

Cheers,

B

 

and check my final run in Revy: