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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 3^rd 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 82^nd 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 4^th. 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