August 18th, 2008
Not many of us have the privilege to do so. For me whenever I do get to snowboard in glacier terrain the riding actually..
August 18th, 2008
Not many of us have the privilege to do so. For me whenever I do get to snowboard in glacier terrain the riding actually becomes secondary. One must have a harness and a locking carabiner on. When walking on glacier terrain use your probe to ensure that your very next step finds solid ground. To go an even safer route is that you use a rope, tying that to your harness betwen your guide or your partner and keep the rope taut when walking with a distance betwen each one. Another way could be to bury an anker such as your snowboard with a rope about 1,5m deep. Protect the rope from your edges with a glove for example. Once got to the point of strapping in make sure you keep the speed and avoid any sink holes. And now Why would anyone ride in such risky enviroment? Probably because at the end it is an interesting fact of how this seemingly unridable terrain gets a small stage of progression - when every step is thought about and everyone in the group makes the effort to eliminate risk it still can become a zone of comfort. Probably just the same as riding urban terrain.

Bluebird and the Heli-bird ..

Mt Cook 3764m. The tallest peak in the southern New Zealand Alps welcomed us for a great Heli boarding experience. Out and about w..
August 18th, 2008

Rule#9191 Drink it blue, do it!

There is a simple rule that seems to work everytime to break the cycle of a bad weather period and make it bright sunny skies outs..
August 18th, 2008

Kiaora

After some hot summer days at home I am back on the snow. New Zealands winter is aways away from home but riding in Winter conditi..
August 2nd, 2008

Pirates take over..

Just making sure you don't miss out checking in on the new special website of the pirates. As a goody on the side peep the Teaser ..
July 10th, 2008

Schoolin’

This winter I received a letter from my former school after they saw an article of me in a schoolmagazine. The students who wrote ..
July 9th, 2008

My Brothers wedding.

It was my eldest brothers wedding. He got married to Aneta. Finally at the wedding we got to meet Anetas Parents who are super-dup..
July 2nd, 2008

Crush ants..

Like I mentioned before I went to Paris which was a great time since I never really had the chance to see what the city is about. ..
July 1st, 2008

Back in the mix

Wow, thank you all so much for signing my cast - You RULE!!! The time with that clunky rig and the itching I had to endure made it..
July 1st, 2008

Gigi shouts out: When sitting in a glas house dont throw stones - unless you want fresh air..

Au! Yeeah..

Typing these words you are reading is not only a pain in my arm but it’s real difficult. In this case long story short – I bro..
June 2nd, 2008

There will be blood!

Gotta give it up for these T-shirts.. www.rhesus.at - wear responsibly!
May 31st, 2008

Season Ending? Don’t think so..

The Pirates were hollering for a Park Session in Italy. Val Senales is a Glacier resorts on the boarder of the Austrian and Southe..
May 27th, 2008

Gigi shouts out: Summer boardom requires face-protection!

Gigi shouts out: Boardingtime!?

The place to be.

Home is the place to be, no doubt! But what feels home after beeing on the road all that much – it’s the Welcome!
April 29th, 2008

First Spring day for me!!

Wow, I can already admitt that my season altogether was amazing. But let me tell you specifically about this day. Up until now I r..
April 20th, 2008

Back to Alaska..

Absinthe films was already weeks into full persue-mode since the snowconditions around the Chilkat mountain ranges offered some of..
April 19th, 2008

Home Sweat Home

Damüls, Schröcken, Zürs, Sonnenkopf and many other Resorts around my Hometown had a fantastic snowpack already. Flo Eckhart, th..
March 12th, 2008

The season continues!

Contest time – well, not really. The GAP Session is a jump event based on the progression of snowboarding. It was a great experi..
March 8th, 2008

Peeking-Peaks-Popping

We took the ferry-boat from Juneau and landed on the Haines shore. It was raining and we got picked up by the Bauers-family who ga..
February 29th, 2008

Season passes at Eaglecrest

Volcom invited us - Bjorn Leines and Blair Habenicht, the photographer Scott Sullivan along with Absinthe filmer/owner Justin to A..
February 18th, 2008

North-West Pacific Coast

Washington with it’s Cascade Range is one of my favorite destinations! It bears the truest boardingscene. True indeed if you onl..
February 6th, 2008

Keep on truckin’

After the fine time at the Natural Selection Competition it was back to roadside adventures. This time with Blotto and probably th..
February 5th, 2008

Natural Selection Competition Jackson Hole

It was my birthday, my phone rang and on the other line was Travis Rice – quite to my suprise. I knew we share the same birthdat..
February 4th, 2008

Meeting of the Babies

Welcome these lil’ Piggies into your heart. Anela is the Baby of Romain and Rebecca. Lilly is the Baby of DCP and Megan. Much lo..
January 15th, 2008

NEW YEAR 2008!!!

January 2nd, 2008

Xmas riding on Arlberg for the Burton movie

With the early start of the season in Europe most Resorts opened up earlier. With Freddy, Marko and Blotto sticking around for ano..
December 26th, 2007

Early Snow hits the Western Austrian Alps

Photo resource: BLOTTO, Gigi Right after the Air and Style in Munich I went back to my Uncle's place the Neuhornbach Lodge sinc..
December 15th, 2007

Air and Style: 28. Nov. – 3. Dec. 2007

After sitting on the bench during last years Contest I got to ride in this years main event. It was great to be part of such a hig..
December 5th, 2007

Welcome

Hoi Peoples!!! Welcome to my theoretically always new, fresh and strictly refridgerated Blog. I have not much else going around th..
December 2nd, 2007