Bib draw, starting list. comp tomorrow....

Heyy guys,
first of all: it's pretty safe that there'll be a comp tomorrow! The different options will be checked tomorrow in the morning. Hopefully we can compete on the Tram Face. If not we'll ski at the Silverado venue and on the Granite Chief Face and the results will be added!
I'm competing with bib number 27 this time. Candide will open the comp with bib number 1. Below the complete start list!

THOVEX CANDIDE FRA 1 SKI
BROMMELSIEK WILL USA 2 SNB
HEITZ JEREMIE SUI 3 SKI
CHARLET JONATHAN FRA 4 SNB
COIRIER ADRIEN FRA 5 SKI
ANNETTS MATT USA 6 SNB
DIET THOMAS FRA 7 SKI
DE LE RUE XAVIER FRA 8 SNB
HAUSL STEFAN AUT 9 SKI
BELL RYLAND USA 10 SNB
ZACKRISSON KAJ SWE 11 SKI
ROUTENS AURELIEN FRA 12 SNB
DUCHOSAL THIBAUD FRA 13 SKI
TOELDERER MITCH AUT 14 SNB
TOWNSEND CODY USA 15 SKI
ZIPSER MAX AUT 16 SNB
HAUNHOLDER MATTHIAS AUT 17 SKI
JONES JEREMY USA 18 SNB
DUCROZ AURELIEN FRA 19 SKI
KHRYACHKOV GENNADY RUS 20 SNB
WINDSTEDT HENRIK SWE 21 SKI
POST GRIFFIN USA 23 SKI
HOLMES JT USA 25 SKI
LOPEZ JULIEN FRA 26 SKI
HANNEMANN SEBASTIAN GER 27 SKI
BARKERED REINE SWE 28 SKI
BENNET CLIFF USA 29 SKI
LILIEQUIST SVERRE SWE 30 SKI
DUTTON TIM USA 31 SKI
KUZMA JANINA NZL 32 SKI
OLAFSON HELENE NOR 33 SNB
ENDERUD ANE NOR 34 SKI
FRANCON MELLIE SUI 35 SNB
SAUGSTAD ELYSE USA 36 SKI
BOCK ALINE GER 37 SNB
MC MILLAN JESS USA 38 SKI
MOL SUSAN USA 39 SNB
HUBER LORRAINE AUT 40 SKI
WALKNER EVA AUT 42 SKI
WRIGHT CRYSTAL USA 43 SKI
PAASO JACKIE USA 44 SKI
HARGIN JANETTE SWE 45 SKI

Cheers,

B

Comp postponed...

Heyy folks,

cause of the warm temperature, the Nissan Tram Face is postponed to Sunday. Today, there'll be the opening ceremony and the bib draw. Another riders meeting will be on Saturday.

We had lots of fun skiing yesterday... its like spring skiing in Europe... hard life in California ;-)

Cheers,

B

Tram Face

Heyy Hey,

we arrived last night at 12 in Kings Beach, bout half an hour away from the ski resort in Squaw... At the moment it's 4 o'clock in the afternoon in Tahoe. Today we went to the Valley to make some photos of the main option, the Tram Face! And there it is... awesome...

The organisators are discussing 2 other options, depending on the snow conditions...

We'll receive more information at the riders meeting tomorrow in the evening!

Stay tuned,

B

Off to Squaw Valley....

Heyy Guys,

I took the train this morning from Augsburg to the airport in Munich! There I met Eva and Janina to fly to Squaw! It was a long flight but soooo funny with the girls...

At the moment we'r sitting at the airport in Atlante, waiting for our flight to Salt Lake City and after that to Reno, where Ms Paaso will pick us up...

Some first impressions...

Daily news following,

Cheers,

B

 

Fieberbrunn Highlights

Heyy Guys,

the highlights of the Big Mountain in Fieberbrunn!

Some coverage stuff following the next days...

Take care,

B

Video Nissan Russian Adventure @ Chamonix

My second comp in Chamonix...

Enjoy

 So, I'm coming back to Augsburg today, meeting my friends, relaxing a bit... and preparing for Squaw Valley! I'll fly on Tuesday the 23rd to California!

More news the next days...

Have fun,

B

Video Nissan Freeride de Chamonix

Heyy Guys,

my first run in Chamonix....

The second run is following tomorrow!

Cheers,

B

Photos Chamonix

Hey Heyy,

some photos from the Nissan Russian Adventure @ Chamonix... thanks Dom!

Cheers,

B

Fieberbrunn Helmet Cam

There it is....



Cheers,
B

No luck these days...

Heyy Guys,
damn it! No luck these days. I had a super fluid and fast run at the World Qualifier at Fieberbrunn, jumped a clean backy with a little backslap...  and crashed right after that... perhaps cause of the traverse or something like that.
Sorry that I didn't post anything the last days, but we had no internet access in our accomodation.
Attached the run of the Engadinsnow. The run of Fieberbrunn is following later!
Cheers,
B

Engadinsnow Results

Hey Heyy,
I had a good run at the Engadinsnow but unfortunately crashed right in front of the finish... like many other riders. My ski got stuck in the windblown snow and I lost it. Probably I wasn't as concentrated as in the upper part of the venue, because I was out of power. So, no excuses :-)
But the conditions were very sketchy. Windblown snow in the upper part, icy in the main coloir, and changing from powder to windblown snow in the lowest section. And very sharky in the whole venue... I hitted sooo many rocks during my run. Not so cool, especially in the no fall zones!
But that's life... Nevertheless, I had a really good time in St. Moritz, all the riders were in the same hotel, we all had a awesome party after the comp, good conversations and the best hangover ice hockey game ever ;-)
Great job from the organsiation team. Thanks Christian!
I'm now leaving St.Moritz to the next Qualifier event in Fieberbrunn. Hope that I can score a better result there!
The vid of my run is following...
And congrats to Sam for the victory.... you killed it!
See ya,
B

ISPO -> Engadinsnow St.Moritz

Heyy Guys,
just arrived at St.Moritz for the Engadinsnow!
Ispo was cool but lots of trouble... but you can look forward to the 2010/2011 stuff! Really sick!
So, the comp will be tomorrow. I hope that I have enough time for inspection tomorrow in the morning. At the moment I'm studying the pictures of the face. There it is! Looots of rocks!

And the start list:

1 REGENSBURGER Daniel AUT SNOWBOARD
2 LAMY Mickael FRA SKI
3 MAFFIEW Remo SUI SNOWBOARD
4 DUCHOSAL Thibauld FRA SKI
5 PLONER Gunnar AUT SNOWBOARD
6 DAVENPORT Ted USA SKI
7 GUICHON Carls FRA SNOWBOARD
8 ANKER Philipp AUT SKI
9 ROUTENS Aurelien FRA SNOWBOARD
10 COCHET William FRA SKI
11 ZIPSER Max AUT SNOWBOARD
12 BLASY Basti AUT SKI
13 FURBERG Daniel SWE SNOWBOARD
14 LANGEL Renaud SUI SKI
15 KESTENHOLZ Ueli SUI SNOWBOARD
16 IMBERT Mathieu FRA SKI
17 JORDAN Xavier SUI SNOWBOARD
18 HEREGGER Bjoern AUT SKI
19 FALCO Julien SUI SNOWBOARD
20 HÄUSL Stefan AUT SKI
21 AESCHBACH Mike SUI SNOWBOARD
22 BJÖRK Christian SWE SKI
23 HOFFMANN Alex AUT SNOWBOARD
24 LINDBERG Wille SWE SKI
25 BADOUX Emilien SUI SNOWBOARD
26 COLLOMBIN Maxime SUI SKI
27 BULLET Raphael SUI SNOWBOARD
28 HANNEMANN Sebastian GER SKI
29 HOLLSTEN Niklas FIN SNOWBOARD
30 SCHIFFER Tino GER SKI
31 OSWALD Pete NZL SKI
32 PREVOST Jérémy FRA SKI
33 VASIUK Estanislao ARG SKI
34 CARON Jose SUI SNOWBOARD
35 SMOOTHY Sam NZL SKI

Results tomorrow after the comp,
Cheers,
B

Photo & Video

Heyy Heyy,

a photo & a vid of the Nissan Russian Adventure @ Chamonix!

Enjoy,

B

backy at 3:55...

World Freeride Tour highlights from UnofficialSquaw on Vimeo.

Chamonix - Second Chapter

Today we had our meeting at 6.15 in the morning to get ready for the 2nd World Tour Stop. So early, cause the forecast was only good for the first hours of the morning.
So, after a big party in Chamonix last night we went straight, without sleeping & still drunken to the cable station of Flegere...  haha just kiddin' :-)
But honestly it was very early... Torgrim, Reine and me hat a short sleep cause we were inspecting the pictures of the face for a long time the evening before...
After a solid first comp at the Brevent I was looking for a kind of winning line... I chose a sweet drop at the top and a massive cliff at the bottom, where I planned a backflip!
The problem: very huge, windblown landing, pretty flat landing and a sketchy takeoff.... yessss.... go for it!
As you can imagine i wasn't totally sure bout my line, but I remembered JT Holmes words at the top: "Do it like the post office... send it" hahaaaaa
And no... i didn't send it! ;-)
I missed the the sketchy takeoff of the huge cliff a bit and didn't get enough rotation for the flip. I still landed on my feet, but had to much weight on my nose... and exploded. Both bindings ejected immediately, my sticks broke, the helmet cam flew away and the !abs airbag! ejected.
No I definately didn't send anything today... but i had definately the biggest drop of the day :-)

Julien Lopez won the comp, in front of Candide Thovex and Henrik Windstedt/Seb Michaud, both placed 3rd.

 Julien Lopez with an awesome winning run:


My run with helmet cam:

So I just arrived in Augsburg, will stay there for 2 days, then heading to ISPO in  Munich, after that to St. Moritz for the Engadinsnow...

Take a look the next days for more news....
Cheers,
B

Nissan Russian Adventure

Heyy Guys,

today, we had the inspection for the postponed Nissan Russian Adenture... in Chamonix :-)

Luckily the sun came out in the afternoon...

The Venue:

 

START LIST:

1 DUTTON TIM USA SKI
2 TOELDERER MITCH AUT SNB
3 HAUNHOLDER MATTHIAS AUT SKI
4 ANNETTS MATT USA SNB
5 ZACKRISSON KAJ SWE SKI
6 BROMMELSIEK WILL USA SNB
7 DUCROZ AURELIEN FRA SKI
8 SOMMER ANDRE SUI SNB
9 THOVEX CANDIDE FRA SKI
10 KHRYACHKOV GENNADY RUS SNB
11 POST GRIFFIN USA SKI
12 THEMEL ERIC AUT SNB
13 LILIEQUIST SVERRE SWE SKI
14 ZIPSER MAX AUT SNB
15 WINDSTEDT HENRIK SWE SKI
16 HOLLSTEN NIKLAS FIN SNB
17 PERMIN RICHARD FRA SKI
18 DE LE RUE XAVIER FRA SNB
19 MICHAUD SEB FRA SKI
20 STENTIFORD JAMES GBR SNB
21 MEIER PHIL SUI SKI
22 ROUTENS AURELIEN FRA SNB
23 DUCHOSAL THIBAUD FRA SKI
24 CHARLET JONATHAN FRA SNB
25 DIET THOMAS FRA SKI
26 NERI CYRIL SUI SNB
27 COIRIER ADRIEN FRA SKI
28 HOLMES JT USA SKI
29 HANNEMANN SEBASTIAN GER SKI
30 VOLE TORGRIM NOR SKI
31 BARKERED REINE SWE SKI
32 HAUSL STEFAN AUT SKI
33 SOROKIN EGOR RUS SKI
34 LOPEZ JULIEN FRA SKI
35 LAMY MICKAEL FRA SKI

Tomorrow morning there will be a short time window with good visibility... the last chance for the comp... 

I'm not totally sure bout my line at the moment. Got some different options but have to look at a lot of pictures this evening! We'll see tomorrow! Just go with the flow haha ;-)

Cheers,

B