It looks like me knee is doing better and better after all that surgery crap, and I hope that the rest of my season will remain injury free!
Greets from my last powpow-day at Engelberg for this season,
Cato
Photo: Andrè Mundal
New edit of A.R.C. rider Tom Wallisch’s victory run during the Dew Tour Slopestyle event at Northstar.
Unfortunately too late for the light, I still wanted to share this little switch 3 with all of you!!
….and with the Cholesterone….that comes alone…!!! CHX, Mati
julien@verticalproductions.com
A little overview of my switch days … like in a dream !!
Greetz from CHX,
Mati
julien@verticalproductions.com
Attention all chicks: Sexsymbol and ambush rider Sam Strauss from Austria has got his own billboards, posters, autograph sheets … you name it ! Everything it takes to turn a rockstar into a real rockstar. Where you can get that stuff ? Wherever they carry Zuckerhut, his clothing sponsor.
Nice log jib, Sam !
Yes, it’s snowing. Still. Which means even more workload for the Schneestern shape team. At least they got easy access to their parks now: The entire crew is on Amplid shreds, for a better living, for a better kicker testing.
Schneestern has been building kickers and rails for the Air & Style, the Red Bull Stairway To Heaven, Kaunertal Opening and many more events in Europe.
More info on Schneestern HERE.
Verbier, the ski resort in the Valais region, hosted the Nissan Xtreme grand finale of the Freeride World Tour 2009 on the mythical Bec des Rosses North face with a summit at 3222 meters altitude. Thanks to the great snow conditions this winter, the competition scheduled for Saturday, March 21 was a spectacular show.
After the three Freeride World Tour stops in Sochi, Russia, Squaw Valley, USA and Tignes, France, only the top eight men and three women were qualified in each category. They will be joined by several ‘Wild Cards’ as well as the winners from the Nendaz Freeride, Freeride World Qualifier and sister event to the Nissan Xtreme – Verbier.
A.R.C. rider Bibi Pekarek had a great come back after her break for almost one year and finished second in the steep and gnarly face of famous Bec.
“I have spent the last 3 or 4 months on the road and I try to be traveling all the time. This vid is of some footage I’m filming for my Stept Productions ‘09 movie. I love road tripping and camping in my mini van, cheapest way to do whatever the hell you want whenever the hell you want to do it. Enjoy and check out our website, steptproductions.com. I was supposed to have someone traveling with me the whole time but I wound up going it alone so I just met up with people and did most of the filming and everything else myself. I recommend everyone get in their car and drive somewhere sweet to ski, its real fun, especially when your not filming.”
Greets from Alex Martini, A.R.C.
Ambush rider Ruggero Naccari is moving on the World Rookie List. Check out the full story of the Rookie Fest in Spindleruv and the current ranking list HERE …
PRESS RELEASE
ORAGE EUROPEAN FREESKI OPEN BY SWATCH 2009
TOP ACTION AT THE CRAP SOGN GION IN LAAX: TITLES IN THE SLOPESTYLE FOR CANADIAN KAYA TURSKI AND SWEDISH HENRIK HARLAUT. TOM WALLISCH FROM SALT LAKE CITY SECOND.
(LAAX, SUI – March 20, 2009) – The first decisions at the 4th Orage European Freeski Open by Swatch in LAAX are made: Kaya Turski from Canada and Henrik Harlaut from Sweden are the 2009 Slopestyle Champions after showing amazing performances at the 2200 m high Crap Sogn Gion mountain in LAAX.
Verbier, the ski resort in the Valais region, will host the Nissan Xtreme – Verbier, grand finale of the Freeride World Tour 2009 on the mythical Bec des Rosses North face with a summit at 3222 meters altitude. Thanks to the great snow conditions this winter, the competition scheduled for Saturday, March 21 should be quite a show.
After the three Freeride World Tour stops in Sochi, Russia, Squaw Valley, USA and Tignes, France, only the top eight men and three women were qualified in each category. They will be joined by several ‘Wild Cards’ as well as the winners from the Nendaz Freeride, Freeride World Qualifier and sister event to the Nissan Xtreme – Verbier.
A.R.C. rider Bibi Pekarek is back on track and on her way to Verbier. Bibi had a break due to a bad knee injury last season which occured during a photoshoot for her clothing sponsor O’Neill.
“I feel really strong again” Bibi sais, “I trained a lot with my homegrown Paradigma splitboard, rode lots of steeps, so I am looking forward to riding the Verbier contest face !”
The mix of sunshine with heavy snowfall, sticky spring slush and lots of traversing to get from one obstacle to the next made the life hard for the competitors at the Europecup in Sillian, Austria.
But A.R.C. member Stefan Falkeis seemed to have HIS day: A perfect Cab 9 over the first kicker, a huge backside air and a BS5, combined with all kinds of bonks, nose- and tailpresses over the picknick-table, boxes and rails.
“I’m really stoked for my results of the past months. Thinking that pipe is my speciality, it looks like I am not that bad in park. Plus having victories both on the TTR and on the FIS tour opens possibilities for upcoming contests on both sides!”.
After a relaxed shred session at the local Spitzing Park in the bavarian alps, the Amplid Research Cartel went straight to Munich to sign autographs for tons of fans.
Dew-Tour-Final winner Tom Wallisch from Salt Lake City, Stefan Falkeis who won the TTR Austrian Halfpipe Championships yesterday, Benny Deeg (3rd at the Peanut Butter railjam yesterday) and Teddy Berr (more…)
In case you were wondering what Peter Ortmann does when he is not making pictures: Redefining the word “interior design”. Here comes Peter’s latest creation: the “Aggronym Cupboard”. Awesome P. !!!
Respectable results for the A.R.C. at the Burton-Stomp-It corner jump yesterday in Italy. Stefan Falkeis ended up 10th place. Amplid newcomer Ruggero Naccari on place 17th. All the results you can see at the official TTR website.
Stefan: “I am goofy – so I have to go switch…”
Ruggero turning his back to the crowds to concentrate on his final run.
Photos: Pinko Pallinen
The weekend continues successfully for the Amplid Research Cartel and the Antidogma: Wallisch was once more dominating the Big Air format with a very stylish cork7 and a nice “late” switch5shifty. French shooting star and Amplid rider Xavier Favre ended up 2nd with an awesome cork7.
Photos: Rocco Manfredi
A.R.C. rider Tom Wallisch pretzeled his way over the boxes and kinked rails all the way to the top of the podium. Teammate Pako Benguerel from Spain on 2nd place. A very good day for the cartel. The whole story soon … meanhwile some photos from the event …
Hi everyone,
We’re approaching the end of the winter, but so much snow left….
We’ve been in CHX, and here’s the proof, we did it!!
lill´ somethin´. lill´ crashin´.
