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Rudi Kröll - Snickers Classic 07
Published on April 26, 2007. 22:15
Snickers Classic & Popcorn Wallride
19.-22.04.07
TTR 3* event
Organized and hosted by Fredi Kalbermatten & Marco Schwab
It was the final stop of this years Ticket to Ride Tour. And it was a really nice event! I was the third time in Saas Fee and I always like to go there because it’s such a nice place with such nice people. And I got invited instead of my bro Chris Kröll because he injured his knee in Canada this February. I went there with Mone Monsberger and Friedl Kolar to represent the Ästhetiker crew! We went there on Thursday. In the evening there was already the first concert feat. Scott Sullivan. What a concert!!!!! Thanks Scott!
The park was really nice. The line included a little cliff drop, a big kicker with about 17 m, a step-up roller with about 15 m and a nice butter snow box at the end. On Friday would have been the final but they decided to do just a session and free training that day. Sick! So they did the finals and the Super final on Saturday! Two final heats, both with an hour of jam session. So everyone did 3 runs. The best 6 riders of each heat advanced to the Super finals. I got second behind Fredi Kalbermatten in my final heat. Doing fs7 tail, cab 9, BS rodeo 5, BS 7, BS 5 off the butter box and bs1 off the cliff.
12 riders have been to the super final.3 runs each again. The riding level was very high in the Super finals. I had nice runs and a lot of variety of tricks. I did fs5 and BS 5 off the cliff, cab 9, FS 9, sw BS 9, BS rodeo 5, sw BS 7, cab 7 and cab1 on to backflip off the butter box.
So I got 3rd and I’m really stoked!!! It’s an amazing season ending for me!
Slopestyle Results:
1. Nicolas Müller (CH)
2. Juuso Laivisto (FIN)
3. Rudi Kröll (AUT)
4. Frederik Kalbermatten (CH)
5. Alessandro Boyens (GER)
6. Antony ‘TonTon’ (CH)
This last TTR contest puts me in 82nd position in the world ranking list. With just 4 TTR results out of 6 you would need. Nice little bonus.
Yeah!! Saturday night and another party night!! Live on stage with A.F. (Allpot Futsch)!! Really nice Swiss Punk Band! Daniel Bumann is the guitarist which I was riding with in the Völkl Team a few years ago. Nice to meet him again and see him and his band live for the first time.
On Sunday was the Popcorn Wallride which took place right at the Popcorn Plaza on the mountain. Because of to much drinking action I had just a little session. Friedl Kolar was doing pretty got with nice Fastplants among others. I thought he would have been top 3 but placed 4th. Eöööhhh
Wallride Results:
1.Denis Supersaxo (CH)
2. Nicolas Müller (CH)
3. Reto Odermatt (CH)
4. Friedl Kolar (AUT)
5. Christian Weber (SUI)
6. Andy Monsberger (AUT)
Before we hit the road home we listened to some more tunes from Scott Sullivan. Thanks Scott for playing me a Good Bye song! I like! It was blue sky and spring temperatures. Not really motivating for an 8 hour drive back home.
It was a sick weekend in Saas Fee. Thanks Switzerland! Thanks Fredi & Marco! Thanks Daniela! It was a pleasure.
Greets from da valley
Rudi
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Roman Rohrmoser Update
Published on April 21, 2007. 15:02
Hola amigos
Finally I did the last shots in the park in mayrhofen.
There were the guys from snowbombing UK - for 1 week – hardcore party
During the day we were filming up in the park and after this we went down, straight to the bar!!!! damn!!
Last week I was in the glacier in Sölden for a freeride ski test, but there was no pow anymore so it was more a party week again. But we found a small spot, for some nice pow turns between the crevasses.
It was really funny, because there were no tourists anymore and in the morning when we went up to the glacier it was every day a crazy race competition with the sponsor cars.
If there will come some snow soon, I will have a shoot for zillertal/tirol publicity, probably with the heli!!! So pray for the last snowfall
But now I will start my Harley Davidson and will go for a ride!! for the chill and grill season
Rock on !!!!
romö
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Nokia rail demo in Riga 14.4
Published on April 17, 2007. 11:51
Snowboarder Mag interview Jukka
Published on April 16, 2007. 12:35
Jukka Eratuli takes time out to chat to Spencer Francey whilst in Canada. Click on the link below to read the interview and see the pictures.
http://.snowboardermag.com/features/online-exclusives/int...
Jaime Puidengolas update
Published on April 16, 2007. 11:43
I won the contest in grandvalira. it was such a great event, great park, great slopestyle. weather was shitty, but I was lucky and landed a nice run, so I won!
It's been 3 great weeks, winning that contest and also the step up session movistar in andorra, the greatest national contest.
just wanted to let you know! happy!!!!!
Flo Kofer Update
Published on April 16, 2007. 11:41
Sorry for the late update of my news section but I am still on the road.
I have been up here in Scandinavia now for two weeks and it seems like the weather god is again not very friendly with us...
First I have been to the Arctix competition in Norway and in 10 days we got more or less two "ridabel" days... The organizers (thx for the great time!) tried to do what they can! At least on the last day we got a competion, cause of the bad weather they have to choose a face at the very bottom of the mountain.... After two runs in the trees I did the 7th place, for deatails please contact me ;-)
On this place lots of greetz to my friend Jon Örabäck, which got hurt very badly during a "free" riding session it the trees.
Dude u will rock soon!!!
Now I am in Riskgränsen/Sweden for filming with Sverre Lillequist for our Nike ACG Sweet Spot, but weather still sucks, now it is raining since two days... yeah, thats how it is, we will see.
From the 21st to 29th of April I am going to take part at a boattrip through the fjords of Norway with Sverre and Kaj Zackrisson, I am super stocked to be with them, and I looking forward to have some very nice moments! YYYYYEEEAAHHHHHRRR
Jon and me Phil Maier, Flo Örley, me and Geraldine Fasnacht
Flo Ö and me lookin' Down day at the base camp....
Falkertsee Jan 28, 2007
Rudi Kröll - Grandvalira Total Fight
Published on April 13, 2007. 01:30
Grandvalira Total Fight 07 – El Tarter, Andorra
28.03 – 03.04.2007
3* TTR
On the 28th of March I took the train to Munich to pick up Jens and his car to drive straight to Andorra. 22 hours later, after 14, 5 hours and 1400 km driving we arrived there the next day 8:00 AM in the morning. Pretty hard mission. I drove there with the Völkl guys Simon Schweiger, Quentin Robbins and Michi Stanschitz.
After sleeping till three we went up the mountain to check the park out. They didn’t have a lot of snow during the season but had heavy snowfall the week before the contest. They did a really good job and build a nice park. There were two different lines possible. The first line was through the pipe onto the two kicker combo and a straight to down box or double kinked rail. The second line leaded to the right to a 20 meter aiiirtime kicker onto a 15 meter gap step up jump into the landing of the first line’s first kicker. I loved to ride this line!
Qualifications Day:
The weather was a lot better then it was supposed to be. At 10:30 we had an hour of training and then the pre-qualification took place. I think the first 10 came to the invited riders to ride the qualification. I won the qualification with a fs 720 mute over the big kicker far down into the middle of the long landing. Then I did BS 180 melon over the gap jump, switch BS 720 over the last jump and 50-50 to frontside boardslide at the gap box. I was pretty stoked about the run. Unfortunately a few guys came short on the first kicker and also did Michi Stanschitz who won the Total Fight last year. He hurt his knee and couldn’t ride the final. Get better buddy!
Final Day:
The weather was not that nice that the day before. But it was ok to ride. First round was 25 people, two runs the better one counts. Then they did a cut to 16 guys. And at this point normally the Total Fight, what means KO System, starts. But because the bad weather was moving in and it already was a little late they decided to do 2 runs and the best counts. Too bad. Maybe next year.
My best run was cab 900 over the big kicker, BS 180 melon over the gap and switch BS 720 on the last kicker.
Results:
1. Jaakko Ruha FIN
2. Mati Radaeli ARG
3. Jamie Philip AND
4. Quentin Robbins NZ
5. Simon Schweiger AUT
6. Rudi Kroell AUT
7. Iker Fernandez SPA
8. Facundo Vial ARG
Quentin told me at the party that there is no way he could have beat me and also I thought that I maybe can do the top three but that’s objective judging. It was the first time I was in Andorra and I really liked it there. The contest was very relaxed and I had a really good time there.
On the way back we wanted to go to Baqueira and to San Sebastian to catch some waves but the weather forecast for the next four days have been wet and cold. So instead we decided to go to Marseille for a day and check out the famous skate park.Next day we drove back home and arrived in Innsbruck on Tuesday 6am in the morning after a 12 hours drive.
Sick road trippin!
Eeöööhh
Rudi
Links:
Hot-Zone.tv Report: Qualification
http://www.hot-zone.tv/content/12.0.html?&tx_ttnews[t...
Hot-Zone.tv Report: Final
http://www.hot-zone.tv/content/12.0.html?&tx_ttnews[t...
Method Mag: Quali
http://www.methodmag.com/125.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]...
Method Mag: Final
http://www.methodmag.com/125.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]...
Snowforce Report http://www.snowforce.com/articles/378/1.html
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pipelife 6
Published on April 8, 2007. 11:00
Jon Olsson Invitational
Published on April 1, 2007. 18:40
I am up in Are, Sweden with Andreas, Rich, Martin and Thomas who are all competing in the Jon Olsson invitational.
The session on the monstor kicker has been going on all week and the riding has been insane with Rich nailing teh octograb 10's, Andreas learning a new trick, the double rodeo mute and sticking his best ever swtich 1440.
Andreas and Martin both qualified in teh top 8 to go through to the elite knockout stage of the comp last night but unfortunately Martin landed badly on his first jump and hurt his knee a bit, hopefully it will be all good soon. Andreas stuck his best ever 1440 so he was stoked however after a long deliberation the judges decided that Jacob Westers double cork 12 was the trick that was to win the tie.
PK Hunder went on to win the contest with strong riding thourhgout the week and beating the biggest names in skiing.
Check the vid below to see the perfect kicker and some of the moves that were being pulled.
cheers
Graham