Pleasure Spring Session & Longboard Classic
Last weekend snowboard hippies from around the globe pilgered either to the Pleasure Spring Session in Laax or the Longboard Classic (LBC) in Stuben am Arlberg. The daily shaped park setup and perfect spring riding conditions in Laax and the massive snowbase and fresh powder in Stuben called our attention likewise, making a decision for ...
Channel Battle Vol. IV
How much speed and airtime can your crew handle in original snowboard terrain? That was the question asked for the 4th consecutive time by the Hasliberg locals. One Mountain | Three Riders | Endless Channels was again the motto of the 4th annual Channel Battle organised by the good guys from Dedicated up in Meiringen-Hasliberg. The challenge of this event is ...
Oh Canada
Our project Behind The Lines by Voelkl Snowboards took me, photographer Alex Papis (AUT), cinematographer Chris Garside (NZL), Joe Lax (CAN), Michael Stanschitz (AUT) and Ueli Kestenholz (SUI) on another memorable journey to Canada. Our trip was all about providing a firsthand insight behind the various aspects of the fascination freeride. The increased eco awareness lead to ...
T-Bar Free Session Morgins
Last weekend the FWQ 2* event T-Bar Free Session took place in Morgins. A powerful extreme freeride crew consisting of seven frequent Grindelwald shredders made this event a very special one. With Christian Von Gunten, Jannick Jungo, Manuel Kunz, Philippe Gertsch, Reto Marolf and Simon Imobersteg on bord the two days in Morgins felt just ...
Engadinsnow
Last weekend my second FWQ13 tour stop was on the agenda. At Corvatsch close to Silvaplana the Engadinsnow FWQ 4* event took place. The Corvatsch is the highest mountain of the Upper Engadine skiing region. A cable car takes you up on 3,303 meters. The view overlooking Lake Sils, Lake Silvaplana and the Bianco Ridge ...
Verbier Freeride Week
Post SkyRace life thankfully got back to normal and I was able to focus on things which really matter for me again. My first stop on the 2013 FWQ tour agenda was in Verbier. There the Verbier Freeride Week took place as the latest introduction of the 2013 FWQ competition season. It was organized by the ...
Summit Foundation
The Summit Foundation stands for an independent Swiss non-profit organisation, founded in the year 2001 in order to protect the nature and beauty of our country. The protection of our mountains and lakes is one of the Foundation’s main environmental concerns, which are at the same time Switzerlands treasures towards a sustainable tourism. The protection ...
DaKine
I am stoked that I will be able to venture out with DaKines brandnew technical outerwear from now on. DaKine was founded in 1979 in Haiku, Maui Hawaii. The name of the company derives from “da kine” meaning “the kind”. I am very happy to join the DaKine family. To be able to be part ...
Deeluxe Spark
A few days ago, the brand new Spark Boot by Deeluxe arrived at my entrance door in Bern. At a first glimpse, the boot especially designed for riding, hiking and splitboarding looks great. Very robust and durable. A rubber rand surrounds the boot to protect it from rock and ice abrasion. I am personally very ...
Winterkleider for SALE
Wer für den anstehenden Winter noch kein passendes Outfit hat, hat hier die Möglichkeit billig an Qualitäts-Ware ranzukommen. Gebrauchte Teile gibts ab CHF 80.-, neue Teile ab CHF 150.-. Teile der Marken Quiksilver, Bonfire, Salomon, The North Face, Nitro und Arcteryx warten auf Dich. Verschiedenste Snowboards von Voelkl Snowboards sind ebenfalls zu verkaufen (Preise auf Anfrage). Bei Interesse einfach unter folgendem Link auf ...
Mountain Cleaning Day
Last weekend the third Mountain Cleaning Day took place in Saas Fee. This special event aims to raise participants’ motivation and awareness about looking after the environment. During the colder months of the year, the slopes attract thousands of winter sport fans and, inevitably, their litter. Roughly 40 participants filled their sacks with cigarette butts, tickets, plastic bottles, ...
Voelkl SNB Team Concept Meeting
Last week the Völkl Snowboards Team Concept Meeting took place in Mayrhofen, Austria. Car pooling with Swiss co team riders Elena Koenz, Andreas Iseli and Martin ‘Seili’ Seiler made the six hour journey to Mayrhofen easy. Just in time for the first meeting we made it to our home base Haus Schmidhofer in the heart of Mayrhofen. After some first interesting ...
