Riggler Grownupstuff- stylish headwear

05.05.2010

The Austrian brand Riggler Grownupstuff is supporting me with really cool headwear. These are products made in the Alps for people who don't wanna leave the house without great headwear.

So watch out for stylish headwear in the shops all over Europe!

this pic has been taken in may up at Stubaier Gletscher- spring skiing is on ;-)

Season End in St.Anton

25.04.2010

Looking back to another great season, this time with less snow than the year before, we finished the season with a big party night after the race of "Der Weiße Rausch" and a delicious brunch for sure in Top 11 the next day.

Although the boys were not completely happy with their results in the race, everybody was happy that it was over...Congrats to Marina and Paul for winning the race!!!

Paul Schwarzacher skiing down first all by himself

Paul and Marina- winners of "Der Weiße Rausch 2010"

After my accident in Russia my whole body hurt and I really had no mood for skiing (and that really means something!)...so we chilled in the sun and went for a nice walk withthe labby Jean Paul. It really feels like spring time in town now...

Back from Russia!

25.04.2010

Two weeks ago Jochen Reiser, Axel Hörmann, Photographer Jens Klatt and me went to the Elbrus region in Russia to experience Russian lifestyle and culture, to ride amazing high mountains within the Kaukasus area and to bring home an interesting and great story...what a trip!

Compared to what we have here, Russia is a completely different world. We met friendly people, saw really crazy people in Moscow and although it became really warm had some great riding in Cheget and the Elbrus ski area.

Situated in the city of Terskol near the boarder to Georgia we either took the two chairlifts up to the top of the ski area of Cheget or went to the Elbrus cable car. If you start hiking from the top of Cheget for about 30min to one hour you get an amazing off pist run ending up in one of the culoirs you can look at from the valley. All in all you get about 1500m vertical drop riding on great terrain in one run. I really liked Cheget due to a big variety of options to play with the mountain formations. Yo can choose to jump some of the small or bigger cliffs, straight line one of the narrow culoirs or just enjoy riding one of the big faces.

me looking down from Cheget ski area...Elbrus with it's two peaks in the background

Axel, Jochen and me at the top of Cheget ski area- ready for a great run down

Taking the pretty new cable car up to the ski area right at the foot of Mt.Elbrus leads into completely different terrain. The cable ends at a height of about 3800m. From there you can take the ratrack up to around 4100m. Riding on the terrain there you really have to be aware of crevasses. There is plenty of wholes even if the top parts are not very steep. On the glacier you can choose of either going down skiers left all the way down into Terskol canyon, ending up back in the village of Terskol, or skiers right far out on the glacier, ending up back to the mid station of the cable car. Both directions are really interesting to ride. If you keep your eyes open, you really find great, challenging spots, where noone else has gone before.

Jochen, me and Axel traversing out on the skiers right side of the glacier

me riding on the Mt.Elbrus glacier

me jumping over some kind of crevas formation

Our Russian Camerawoman Dasha took some great shots, so I we are going to show a small movie about our trip to Russia beginning of next season.

Unfortunately on the last day of riding I turned the wrong way and got caught by the sluff of the wet snow. Instead of jumping the cliff I was looking at, I fell over it and thereby lost my helmet camera and my digicam. Finally I have learned again a lot about riding when sluff is following and I am happy that I got off lightly with just some small injuries.

So watch out for the full story and more great pictures in the magazines upcoming winter season!!!

Delayed Easter Fire @ Inn

09.04.2010

After saving the wood for a week in the trunk, waiting for the rain to stop, we finally had a great fire nearby the Inn in Innsbruck. Starting with a few people more and more friends joined and sat around the fire with us.

All of us had some winter-powder-stories to tell so it was great meeting back in Innsbruck and having some bbq sausages!

Easter Powder- St.Anton

05.04.2010

Unbelievable but true...winter is back!!!
Face shots and fluffy fresh powder in April!!!

Today we were riding at Rendl in St.Anton and were the only people who went off pist. So run after run we had big faces of untracked powder in front of us.
As soon as the sun came out it got warmer and for sure the snow a bit heavier...but still no peopla and great riding!!!

What a day! ;-)

Lausanne

27.03.2010

On our way to Chamonix we had time for a day and a night in the pretty city Lausanne to visit Helli's brother. I really like the view from the lakeside towards the mountains. People tell that on a clear day you even are able to see the Mont Blanc from there. Unfortunately every time I have been there it was cloudy and rainy...but I guess it's a beatiful place with many possibilities in Summer.

Have a look at some impressions...

Chamonix powder skiing- STEEP & DEEP

04.04.2010

Chamonix had a really great winter season this year. Especially during Easter we had perfect blue sky and sunshine and the next day it was dumping a meter of fresh pow again followed by a nother sunny day.

Chamonix at Easter time is a crazy place. There are just too many people who wanna ride the good snow. You better be early to line up for the lifts or you have a good sense for planning your reservation.

I had so many days of perfect riding together with Helli, Wolfgang and Eva. Read more about Easter riding in Chamonix at Mountain Spirit Guide's Blog.

The mountains in chamonix are way bigger, steeper and more extreme than in the rest of the Alps. For sure you can find steep runs in St.Anton too, but usually these runs are not that long and enormous. Futher I am always impressed by the high altitude and the glacier in Chamonix. My brother once said: "be careful- what looks like a whole is a whole!" Still the more often I ride in Chamonix the more experience I get in ski mountaineering and riding steep glacier faces.

Ride on!!!

Frontflip Training

27.02.2010

We found this little kicker with a perfect soft landing to try some flips! Helli did really good on the front flips. However we are motivated to train on the waterramp this summer. So next winter it's time to do bigger front-, back- and sideflips!

See ya' on the waterramp in Föderlach!!!

Shooting with Immanuel Meier

25.03.2010

Behind me are two great days of freeride and lifestyle shooting with German photographer Immanuel Meier. Unfortunately on the first day the bad weather came in pretty early and we had almost no contrasts left to shoot some good shots.
Therefore we had time to check out some cool locations for the upcoming day.

In the evening we found a pretty romantic spot to shoot some lifestyle pics. Immanuel set up his big flash units and we worked till the sun went down. Check out some of his pics in the gallery!

Riding Arlberg powder

25.03.2010

The Arlberg region is definitely my home spot. I know so many great places to go with a great variety of options. Even after a week without fresh snow you can find places like the one on the pic.

You just need to hike a bit and find yourself straight within the white paradise ;-)...
catch ya' on the mountains!!!

Shooting in Hintertux with Jens Klatt and the gang

14.02.2010

Blue sky and some fresh pow...definitely a day to meet in Hintertux for some fun riding. Jens took his camera with him and got some great shots of us riding some pow and jumping off cliffs. Especially the boys went big although the take offs and landings were rocky and tricky. We had a perfect day of' playin' in the snow and working for the camera.

For lunch we had a quick stop at the mountain restaurant in Hintertux where Jens found a Soljanka on the menue and started to revel about his childhood...not knowing that he will be going to Russia later this winter ;-)...

FM4 Wintermärchen- Winterwonderland Falkert

12.02.2010

Mari Lang from FM4-radio asked me to present the mountains in Austria where my roots are and where I grew up...that's definitely the Falkert ski area in Kärnten within. So I called Flo Köfer, local freeskier from the Falkert, who then organised a great day with us.
That day it was dumping and dumping and we had amazing powder conditions. My red Audi just made it all the way up drifting around the corners of the snow covered and really slippery road.

Altough we couldn't ride much due to foggy weather and wind and although we couldn't enjoy the view from the mountains all over Kärnten, we had an absolutely great day! Especially the hot chocolate at Flo's Zirbenstub'n was amazing. Finally we enjoyed the evening partying with some of the local guys and I met good friends of mine which I haven't seen for a while.

The file was on radio in march and is still stored on the fm4.orf.at webpage...so check the full story here!!!

Shooting for Hervis Sports with Ulrich Grill

13.03.2010

After prosponing the date due to bad weather conditions we finally went to St.Jakob im Defereggental to shoot some great Action and Lifestyle Pics for Hervis Sports. Around half past five in the morning Heidi, Alois and me left Innsbruck in cloudy, bad weather. Imagine how suprised we were seing perfect blue sky right after the tunnel. We found perfect groomed slopes with almost no people and nice cold powder for some freeride action!
We had a lot of fun playin' in the snow like little kids and working with Ulrich Grill and his asistant.

If you wanna see more...check out the next years ads at Hervis Sports Company!

See ya' back in the mountains,
Tine

Shooting for Zanier Gloves with Ulrich Grill

04.01.2010


Early in the morning Alois Bickel, Mara Novak and me met Ulrich Grill and Markus, his assistant, in Obertauern to shoot some great pics for next years Zanier Catalogue. Altough the snow was very wind blown and it hasn't been snowing for quite a few days we managed to find some nice spots. 

We were working all day long and even did not find any time for a quick lunch break. It was one of the coldest days of the season, but we were happy to wear nice and warm Zanier Gloves.

Finally we finished the day with a great dinner at the Seekarhaus in Obertauern.

Thanks Ulrich for the great and productive day!

more details about Zanier check: http://www.zanier.com

more details about Photographer Ulrich Grill and his company check: http://www.zooom.at

Playin' in Zürs am Arlberg

21.2.2010

What a perfect day to ride some great, untracked powder in Zürs am Arlberg. Helli and me had so much fun playin' in perfect powder conditions and for sure really enjoyed the sun and the blue sky.
It was definitely one of my best days of the season...

Surrounded by a great panorama of white covered mountain tops I always feel home here at the Arlberg. For me the whole Arlberg region is one of the best freeriding areas in the world. I have seen so many great places all over the world but am always impressed when I come back home to the Arlberg. It's the variety of routes, the challenge of different terrain and the beautiness of the mountains that keeps me smiling when I ski here at the Arlberg.

Catch ya' at the Arlberg!!!

Tine