09/04/2008
Highlights Grandvalira Total Fight
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10/03/2008
Rudi Kröll - 5th place @ Wängl Tängl 2008 (5 Star TTR)
Too bad it’s over! It was an amazing week!
This years Wängl Tängl got into new dimensions with one week of snowboarding, skating, art and parties!
Unfortunately we did have bad weather the first 4 days, so we didn’t get the training days we planned.
We had 2 Qualification days. On Thursday we had Kicker Line qualification and on Friday the Alternative Line qualification. Both points got added and the best 24 Riders advanced to the Final day on Saturday. It was such a high level at the qualification so I was really stoked to advance to the Final day.
Too bad we were not lucky enough to have bluebird on Saturday. Instead we had clouds, hard landings and bad sight. But we pulled the Final through anyway. So we started up with the Kicker line. I had a really nice run with Cab 9, Bs 7 and Fs 7 Tail which I stomped far down near to the K-Point of the landing.
After that everyone had one run on the Alternative Line which I stomped all including Cab 180 to 50-50 to Bs 180 off on the Surfboard rail on the Suzuki, double handed Nosegrab and Fs Alley Oop on the Quarters, backflip over the little Jump and a Bs Air over the right corner. I didn’t slam once in my runs so I was pretty stoked.
Because of the weather we decided in a Riders Meeting that we don’t do any more runs. No more Kicker runs because it was concerned to dangerous and no more Alternative runs because it would have been unfair to get a better Alternative run but no change for the other riders to get a better Kicker run.
Those two runs together made the Final result of the Wängl Tängl 2008 which put me in the 5th place in a contest with one of the highest International Level of the TTR Contests.
I’m really stoked about that result and it also pushes me in the TTR World Ranking:
Out of the TTR press release:
“Rudi Kroell (AUT), who finished 5th at the Wängl Tängl, took a huge leap in the TTR rankings, moving into the Swatch TTR Top 25.”
So the Wängl Tängl pushes me into place 24 of the TTR World Ranking, which makes me not only the best Austrian but also the best ACG Rider for the moment!
Eeeeöööööhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Greets from the Chillertal
Rudi
Links:
Ästhetiker -http://www.aesthetiker.com/tour/2008/snowboard.php
Hot-Zone.TV - http://www.hot-zone.tv/content/12.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=867&tx_ttnews[backPid]=4&cHash=5ce0f31e96
TTR - http://www.ttrworldtour.com/news/news-detail/article/andreas-gidlund-takes-it-all-home-at-5-star-aesthetiker-jam-waengl-taengl.html
TTR Wängl Clip - http://stream.ttrworldtour.com/mov.php?mid=146&aid=146&cat=00001&br=256
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26/02/2008
Rudi Kröll Update
Air & Style
Bergisel, Innsbruck
02.02.2008
This year the Air & Style came back home to Innsbruck with a Quaterpipe Contest. 2 weeks before the contest i got a call if i want to be a Backup rider for the contest. I had to think about that because i didn’t ride Quaterpipe for more then 3 years. But how could i say no to be part of the home coming from Air & Style!
So i confirmed and on wednesday before the contest they finally told me that i just made it to the main contest. So the pressure was on.
We didn’t really had that much training that we supposed to have because the weather was really warm and they were afraid that the Quaterpipe gets fucked. So i had to go for the Contest with not a lot of training.
To stand up there at the start gate was amazing!! 12.000 people were going crazy in the arena while i was droppin in and hit the quarterpipe with 90 km/h. I was pretty high on the second run and because i did pop a little bit to less i landed on the couping after a 6m Backside Air. So i bruised my right knee. I still did the third run but didn’t really feel it after that slam. I got just 21th but i was really stoked to be part of the Air & Style. It was an amazing expirience with an incredible crowd and „Queens of the Stone Age“ as LiveAct! Siicckkk!!
I had to take 2 weeks off riding to get my knee better again. I went riding after 10 days at the Penken Park and did some jumps while i had a little short landing on a BS 720, i felt the bruise in my knee again.
Anyway i went fort he Check the Ripper on the Seegrube.
Also check:
- http://fm4.orf.at/michael/221625 FM4 Report
- http://www.tirol.com/sport/sportmix/innsbruck/76297/index.do Tirol.com
Check the Ripper
www.nordparksessions.com
Seegrube, Innsbruck
23.02.2008
Last weekend the Nordpark Sessions took place again on Seegrube in Innsbruck. A Photo Session on Thursday, a night pipe Session on Friday and the Legendary Check the Ripper contest on Saturday. It’s all about finding the best allround shredder.
The setup is a run which includes a kicker, a lot of banks, little bumps and a about 250 meter long and steep freeride slope with about 8 gates for the directions.
The whole thing runs on time. At the kicker you can get up to 12 seconds off your time depending on what trick you do. On my first run i did cab 900 and my time was 01:42:56. That seemed allready pretty good. But i wanted to be faster on my second try. So i did cab 900 again to get a lot of time off. I had a pretty good run. My second run was 4 seconds faster with 01:38:88! I was really stoked espacially because a german tourist crossed my way and i had to scream at him and shred around him.
There was another guy who also did cab 900 on the kicker but he didn’t know his time because someone else crossed the goal line. He said that he didn’t feel to good on his second run. So i thought it could be possible to take the title of the Ripper. I was really stoked and also a lot of other guys said that i won that shit!
So we went to the price giving at 9 pm in the Jimmy’s in Innsbruck. It was unbelieveable. but the other guy really kicked my ass by 0,13 seconds!!!! I couldn’t believe it. So i got 2nd again like i have been last year already! DAMN! Seems like thats life.
And it also seems like i have to go there again next year to try to finally get the Title „The Ripper“!
Greets from the Chillertal
Rudi
P.s.: WÄNGL TÄNGL is coming up! Check www.aesthetiker.com
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26/04/2007
Rudi Kröll - Snickers Classic 07
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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13/04/2007
Rudi Kröll - Grandvalira Total Fight
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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27/03/2007
Rudi Kröll - Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl
5* TTR Event
Last weekend the Wängl Tängl 07 took place in my home resort Mayrhofen. The park up on the Penken was in perfect shape and I have not seen a park like this somewhere else this season! The Ästhetiker and the Burton Park Mayrhofen guys did a perfect job! I also helped them shaping the park on Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday afternoon the training took place and all the guys checked out the park for the contest.
On Friday was the qualification with about 50 pre-qualified or invited riders. We had sunshine on Friday although the weather forecast predicted bad weather and snowfall. The system was that every rider had 3 runs, 2 got judged and you had to do at least 2 different lines. Like a kicker line and an alternative line (rails, cradles, …) . I got 7th in the qualification on Friday. I did a kicker line with cab9, bs7,fs7 and a nice alternative line. So I was stoked about that and we had a really nice party that night.
Because of bad weather forecast the semi-finals and finals got postponed from Saturday to Sunday. Perfect decision because we had really nice weather on Sunday again! 30 riders were fighting on an amazing setup to take part in the Final. The riding level was really high. No wonder that the Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl got promoted from a 4 Star to a 5 Star TTR event this season.
Everyone had 4 runs, you had to do 2 different lines and the best 2 runs counted. I did two kicker runs with cab9 to bs rodeo 7 to fs7 tail and fs9 to sw bs 5 to bs 1. And I did two nice alternative lines. As I was pretty unlucky in some of the judge’s decision this season I also was pretty unlucky in the judging decision on the semi-finals. They took 12 guys into the Superfinal and guess what: I got 13th.
As it really is a very high riding level it’s not a bad result. But for me as it is my local contest and it was one of my season goals to be in the final of the Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl I was really disappointed that moment. But that’s life.
Anyway it was a really nice contest in my home resort and I am happy that I could take part in it!
Yesterday I already was filming again and after a day off today I go to Andorra tomorrow! There is a 3 Star TTR Contest called ”Grandvalira Total Fight” which I will take part in. I’m looking forward for that! I have never been in Andorra before.
So I send u greets from the “Looking like summer again” Chillertal
Rudi
Links:
Ästhetiker www.ästhetiker.com (Contest results, pictures, etc.)
TTR http://www.ttrworldtour.com/88.0.html (Snowboard Tour, Results, etc.)
Method.TV www.method.tv (Check out movies from the Quali and the final day)
Hot-Zone.TV Mag http://www.hot-zone.tv/content/index.php?id=177&langu...
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12/03/2007
Rudi Kröll - Austrain Slopstyle Vice Master
From the 9th to the 11th of March the Austrian Masters took place in Kühtai near Innsbruck. It’s a 3 Star TTR contest. They had a double kicker combo plus a corner. The landings were not really steep but it worked out.
On Friday I won the Qualification with a cab 9 to fs 7 and cab 7 to sw bs 7 line.
http://www.powdern.com/qualifizierte.pdf
The final got postponed from Saturday to Sunday due to bad weather. So we had bluebird again on Sunday. We had a 2 hour Jam Session and everyone did about 4 or 5 runs.
The total of the two best lines counted. I did cab9 to fs9 and cab7 to sw bs 7.
I got 2nd and therewith Austrian Slopestyle Vice-Master.
I don’t have some pics yet but check out the links! I hope they put some on there.
www.powdern.com/resultsAM07.pdf
Eeeöööhhhhhh
Rudi
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31/01/2007
Rudi Kröll - European Open 2007
Hi everybody!
Tuesday I came back from the Burton European Open 07 in Laax. I went there to ride the Slopestyle Competition which they moved up to the “Vorap” glacier due to bad snow conditions at lower levels. The park, which included 4 kickers, looked really perfect but it was a very difficult setup to ride.
You had to speed check every single kicker whereas there was not a lot of time between the kickers which made it pretty hard to get the right speed. Besides the kicker takeoff’s where very steep and the landings too which made it not easier to neither have a precision landing nor to stomp it. That means it was perfect airtime for the photographers. Furthermore I had to notice that this bad winter also makes me a victim because I didn’t ride a kicker like that in 1,5 month. And there have been 4 kickers in a row at 3000m.
On Saturday there were really good weather conditions during the first heat of the Qualification which I was riding in. My brother “CK” was not really lucky. He was riding the second heat where all the kickers were in the shadow already and also the wind picked up and affected the shredding.
So I qualified for the semi-final which they planned on Sunday. Well, I was checking the weather forecast on Saturday night and it predicted strong wind and snow. So the Chillertal “Hot-Zone.tv” Crew decided to make party and hope for postponing the semi-final. And the plan turned out perfect! I slept till midday till I noticed that the semi-final got postponed to Monday. Sweet! Also Reini Rieser didn’t step out of his bed till the afternoon that day.
So, it was the same then in the BEO 06. No semi final. Everyone of the semi-final moves to the final on Monday. We took the second gondola up on the glacier. It was cloudy but there was no wind when we came up. So we started to train and I was doing 4 or 5 runs. I also tried a bs rodeo 7 on the first jump which I slammed. I was so high and when I came around I couldn’t see the landing at all. It was all white in white and I didn’t see the landing coming. And after 5 runs when the wind was picking up to about 80 km/h it was just impossible to do a safe contest there! So I think it was kind of the only decision to cancel the Slopestyle of this years BEO. It could have been postponed to Tuesday but as Shaun White and some other guys have to go to the X-Games that day it seemed like that wouldn’t be a possibility. For me it sucks, because this would have been my first TTR result and it would have been a 6star.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiHAfvSezCE
Greets from the Chillertal
Rudi
Photos by Christian "Eli" Eberl & Rudi Kröll
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18/01/2007
Rudi Kröll- lately news
Hi everybody! My name is Rudi Kröll and I’m from Mayrhofen in the beautiful Zillertal. I’m riding for ACG and Hot-Zone.tv. And I am also riding a lot with the Ästhethikers.
As most season I started riding on the Hintertuxer glacier. There was not a lot of snow left from the summer but the park was in a really good shape and riding was really fun this fall.
I also took some pictures with Christian “Eli” Eberl from the Hot-Zone.tv. One got published in the last Playboard Magazine (#45).
From the 9th to the 12th of November I went to the Pleasure Jam at the Dachstein glacier. I like the event because it’s a start in the season and a lot of people are coming there to have a nice weekend with riding and party. It’s also fun to meet all the shred buddies again and ride together. Bernd Mandelberger did a very good job on the kickers and made the best out of the snow conditions. It was fun riding the pro-session on Saturday and after the 2nd place last year I took the 3rd overall place this season.
Check http://www.pleasurejam.com/On December 2nd I invited my Dad to come to the Air & Style and watch my Brother CK competing. In compare to last years they did a good job. The setup was a lot better for both the rider and the spectator. And the riding level was just amazing! I haven’t seen as much upside down tricks in competitions lately as here.
On Friday 19th I’ll go to Laax for the European Open. They moved the slopestyle up to the glacier this year. So I’m curious how it will be. And as long there is no Pow to shred at all, there is nothing wrong to ride a contest. ;)
Let’s pray for snow!
Rudi
Check out Rudi's riding in:
HOT-ZONE.TV's movie "In Love With The Dude forever”
Fat Gipsy Movie Production’s movie “Gipsity”
check out Rudi's team page on Hot-Zone.TV:
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