Bibi Pekarek ended up 1st @ the “Eric Themel Invitational” last weekened, by the way before Aline Bock (2nd) and Maria Kuzma (NZL) who got 3rd. Teddy was there, too – dropped definitly bigger stuff than Bibi but was not as lucky to end up on the podium.
… shot at the legendary Seegrube, Innsbruck! Finally some powder … nice !!!
With this years summits4kids project we tried to climb and ride the Cotopaxi, a 5897m high volcano in Ecuador. The Team: Marja Persson,Giulia Monego, Kasha Rigby, Jacopo Bufacchi, Amplid rider Bibi Pekarek, Mitch Toelderer, Ecuadorian friend and guide Gaspar Navarrete and Photog Chris Figenshau.
More about this trip also on Bibi´s Blog !
Bibi just surfed her last waves before she left to Ecuador to meet the freeriders Marja Persson, Giulia Monego, Kasha Rigby and Mitch Tölderer to join them for the Summits4kids project. Their goal is to climb and ride three giant volcanos and to raise money by means of a sport challenge for a small NGO called Talita Kumi that is working with teenage girls struggling in the difficult reality of Quito.
“This is my first project of this upcoming winter season. We have to hike up to about 6.300m which will be really challenging for me. I hope the snow will be good but I don’t expect too much.” We will for sure keep you updated how this three weeks journey continues.
If you want you can also check out the Summits4kids website and blog for news.
We built our own private fitness center under the Palapa at a friend’s house. The daily routine pretty much is going surfing (“scoring some barreling rights and lefts” haha) in the morning and training in the late afternoon to become strong for riding. Life could be worse!
See ya’ soon, Bibi
Check out ARC rider Bibi Pekarek and Mitch, riding the longest longest longest left wave you can find on our planet. Very good vibes, this little flic is emitting.
A freeride project in the austrian alps feat. Mitch Toelderer, ARC rider Bibi Pekarek, McFly, Flo Edenberger and Lorraine Huber. Camera by Harry Putz, directed by Martin Stoni.
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.
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 !”
