… not tooo long ;)
N-TV
Heyy guys,
check the short report bout Russia on N-TV
I was at the “Skiing” skitest in Mayrhofen last week to do some photo stuff and spent the weekend after at home. Today i’m driving to Davos for a Powderhorn shoot and hopefully to Engadin after to do some filming with Aestivation….
So far,
Check back soon,
Cheers,
B
BR Südwild
Heyy guys,
check the vid from BR Südwild… 22 minutes live…
Lots of fun with Teddy ;)
Cheers,
B
Verbier
Heyy guys,
so I’m back home from Verbier… pretty weird comp. At first, the starting gate fell down and they had to fly it back down to the bottom to fix it, then a competitor got caught in an avalanche and after, a male skier tumbeled down the whole venue… one of the worst crashes ever. But looks like everybody no competitor has serious injuries. But anyways too many crashed…
Maria caught in an avalanche / Credits: http://janinakuzma.wordpress.com/
So i was the last skier and started with 3,5h delay… annoying to wait up there. cold and windy. unfortunately my binding ejected at first cliff, after i landed in a bombhole. So I’m now 9th in the World Ranking. Really happy bout that! A comp season review is coming the next days.
Cheers,
B
Verbier
Heyy guys,
I’m already in Verbier since Wednesday. Did some shooting on Thursday with Hauni and Klaus Polzer. Then inspection on Friday. So I picked the last bib number. I’m not sure where to ride axactely at the moment. I have some options, but I have to figure out my final line today…
Some impressions:
bad pick… last bib number :)
Top part of the Bec de Rosses… u dont want to crash here
Opening ceremony
random people
autograph session
the venue…
CREDITS: www.freerideworldtour.com
So far,
more news tomorrow after the comp… keep your fingers crossed :)
Cheers,
B
Fieberbrunn 5th FWT Stop
Heyy guys,
so after 2 relaxing days at home i went to the 5 th FWT Stop to Fieberbrunn. Not a lot of snow, but conditions turned out to be better than expected.
So coming to the important part: I became 4th, right behind of Stefan Häusl, who won his first World Tour Stop, Reine Barkered (SWE) and the local Matthias Haunholder.
With Gri Reichenberger (6th) and Tom Leitner (7th) two other Germans made it into the Top 10 :)
Some impressions of the comp:
Bib draw…
Hauni… massive Cliff with a narrow landing
Pricegiving
Public Area
Reine… could be more snow ;)
Start
Credits: www.freerideworldtour.com
So, after my 4th place I’m now ranked 7th in the World Ranking, qualified for Verbier and qualified for the whole next season… so stoked :)
I’m still in Fieberbrunn, driving home later. On Tuesday afternoon I’ll be in the TV show “Südwild” on BR live. I’ll let u know the exact time…
And think I’m driving to Verbier on Thursday, Inspection on Friday and hopefully comp on Saturday…
So far,
have a good time,
B
Profile & Visionen
Heyy guys,
I’m really happy to announce that I’m working together with the sports marketing agency “P&V”. They’r supporting me in marketing, pr and communicationen issues. They’r already very experienced in working with skiers (alpine, nordic & freeride) and I’m sure we’ll have a good cooperation in the future.
Check out their webpage:
Thanks to Volker & Marko,
Cheers,
B
Focus
Check out the newest Focus mag with a interview/report…
Relaxing at home at the moment… goin’ to Fieberbrunn Friday morning!
Cheers,
B
Russia Review & Results
Heyy guys,
sitting in the plane again to fly home to Germany after long trip to the States and Russia… so happy to be home soon.
I finished the comp on the 7th place, again a really good result. But compared to my run I’m really not happy with my judging. Now the third time after Kirkwood Day 2 & Sochi Day 1. Thats really annoying at the moment. I had a super fluid run, one of the fastest, clean landings not even a backseated one, a technical part at the top no one skied… and u have to know that they told us, that they are especially looking at clean landings and safety, cause the level got a bit dangerous the last time. But there are guys in front of me with backslaped landings, almost crashed… I’v seen all the runs, cause i was the second skier goin’ down and saw my run on video… and thats really frustrating to see. And there are other riders who had really good runs and didnt make it into the top 10…
You know, the judges have a hard job and they did a good job in the past, but at the moment no one really knows what they want to see…
Anyways, I’m 11th in the World Ranking right now havin’ an eye at the top 10 ;)
By the way, Samuel won the comp in front of Aurelien and Stefan Häusl… who had the best run of the day in my opinion!
I’ll upload my helmet cam run these days…
And it looks like i’m gettin’ my BMW X1 tomorrow whoop whoop :)
So far,
Take care,
B
Oh Russia….
So we arrived in Sochi some days ago, went for some skiing on thursday and after that day 1 started on friday… pretty playful venue. I became 6th… yessss :)
But there will be a second comp day and then the results of day 1 will be cancelled, cause there were some riders who didnt receive their luggage early enough and had to ski on rental boots/skies… some flight companies are obviously not able to do their job proberly :)
every year the same thing, especially with the trip to russia.
Anyways, comp day 2 got postponed to sunday. hope we can ski tomorrow… thats the comp venue:
looots of flat landings, especially in the bottom part, but i think i found a good line :)
So far some more picures below,
Cheers,
B
Samuel
Smoothy, Tom, Matt
Egor, Mati
Contest Village
this morning 6:30 at the top :)
again
it looks like that all over the valley… Sochi 2014 here we go…
Recap Kirkwood
So I’m just sitting in the plane and have some time to think bout the last days… my happiness after my 4th place got blown away pretty fast. We visited Marja Persson in the hospital in Reno Monday night. She had a bad crash, her hip is broke and also some rips. So hard to see her lying in the hospital, also if i dont know her that long. But she will get well!
But what i heard right after that really made me think bout the sport, the risk and how we’r forcing our body.
A guy crashed at day 1 in Kirkwood after a massive backflip, a cliff i wanted to do at first, but cancelled my ideas later and picked another line… The guy was one of 4 riders who got dragged out of the venue on the first day. So coming to the point: The rider is in a coma at the moment. He lost so much blood that its not sure if he’ll survive. Nobody of us knew that before the second comp they. In that case, does it make sense to have a second comp day, if a competitor might die??? Doesn’t make any sense at all. Especially cause they had a complete results after the first comp day that would have counted. Maybe its the spirit of the Americans that the show must go on, but in that case i totally dont understand that. A Freeride World Tour comp (European) would definately have been cancelled.
This accident really made me think bout what we’r doin there in the mountains. I was really lucky the last years and had no bad injuries, but one mistake can change everything.
Honestly, its pretty hard now to go straight to the next comp. Freeriding is a extrem sport, and it is spectacular, but you always have to have the consequences in your mind!
Not sure if a blog is the right place to talk bout that, but i had to write my thoughts down.
Hope all the guys get well soon!!!
Take care,
B
Results
Heyy guys,
so stoked right now… finished on the 4th place in the World Tour Ranking. Had a really fast and difficult second run, not as clean as i wanted, but still stoked. Jeremy won with a smart second run, Samual second with one of the best runs i’v ever watched from the top and Mathieu third with a massive air into a shoot…
So, I’m driving to Reno tonight, flying out to Russia at 6 in the morning… fingers crossed that all the luggage makes it to Sochi ;)
So far,
take care,
B
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