Max Zipser: PowPow session & RedBull TV

Words by Max Zipser:
After some weeks of spring conditions it seems like winter decided to strike back!! Fresh snow and blue bird - PowPow session deluxe!!

Alex, Burger, Mitch and me had a super nice week riding powder all day long... Steep couloirs, high speed lines, cliff drops and finally cold beer. What else do we need?
















me having fun...
















Burger and me having even more fun!!





















on the way up


Wednesday I gonna go to Rusia, Sochi where the next stop of the Freeride World Tour takes place. They just opened a new resort, which is pretty sick by the way - so we definitly will have lot of fun shredding the Caucasus mountains beside having the contest, planed for Saturday this week.


The 2nd RedBull TV Episode of the Freeride World Tour Chamonix is online - just click on the Logo...

min. 3:40 - me dropping in, ended up 8th place. Ok for the first contest this year after my injury in April.
Happy to be back after lots of physiotherapy and training - riding powder and being out there in the mountains is just so much fun!!
Take care and enjoy the fresh snow, maX

kleiner skate edit. gefilmtes vom schnee wird folgen.



peace, lukas

Impressions vom Gauki

Roadtrip Update

La monde verte - Verkehrte Welt in Grün!
Grün als Farbe und Feind. Die ersten Tage unserer Tour durch den französischen Westen der Schweiz stehen ganz im Zeichen dieser Farbe.
Vergangen Freitag starteten wir unseren Roadtrip in Innsbruck. Gemächlich und sicher führte uns unser Sunlight T64 Caravan durch die grüne Zentralschweiz hinauf auf die Passhöhe bei Les Diablerets. Hier setzte Kapitän Färber zum ersten mal den Anker. Geruhsam gestaltete sich diese erste Nacht im Wohnmobil. Der nächste Morgen war wieder vom Grün geprägt, nicht nur die Bergflancken gegenüber kleideten sich im sommer-satten Frühlingsgewand, nein auch wir trugen grün. Oben auf 3000m, auf dem zur Höhe passenden Glacier 3000 fand das Grün unserer SUB Outfits endlich Kontrast im weißen Schnee. Ein gutes Gefühl, wobei der Schnee nicht dem gleich sah, was wir per Definition unter Schnee verstehen: Hart und so gar nicht herzlich! Trotzdem gelang es uns am Abend auf den letzten Schneeresten der Passhöhe die Reize unseres Wohmobils mit unseren Künsten auf Ski zu verbinden. Noch am Abend ging es weiter nach Champéry...




Auch hier das gleiche Bild: Grün, grün, grün blüht der Enzian! Schneegrenze 1800m. Was uns aber oben im riesigen Skigebiet von Port du Soleil, zu dem auch die Pisten von Champéry gehören erwartete war gar nicht so übel. Am ersten der drei Tage in diesem grenzüberschreitenden Skigebiet fanden wir auf der französischen Seite in Avoriaz noch brauchbare Verhältnisse für einen ersten Kicker. Ein guter Tag, auf den ein nicht weniger schlechter folgte: Zwischen den grünen Pisten fanden wir ein wenig weiß und einen perfekten StepUp spot. Nach einer weiteren guten Nacht im Caravan, begann es zu regnen, oben zu schneien, wir hoffen auf den ersehten Powder in unseren nächsten Stops Verbier und Tignes.
In diesem Sinne, einen Gruß aus Champéry. In Bälde mehr,
Marinus, Brosei, Basti & Bene

Impressions from SISTA SESSIONS, Mayrhofen

Rip Curl Sista Sessions & Burn Rail Jam 2011 from Freeride.cz on Vimeo.

girls, girls, girls

rail session

Viola Burnett, organizer & good soul

Anna Langer, Cooler Mag & Pia Schroetter, TTR Germany

ME @ Shops 1st Try in Landeck, AUT

Tent town on the mountain

Pretty few just a short walk away from the tent

Muck Mueller & Kone, Organizers of Shops 1st Try

Anita Fuchs, Golden Ride Magazine

Trying the new Les Ettes + Spy Goggles

MAX CLAIMS 4TH

Another time close to the podium... Beside the Freeride World Tour events, I decided to compete also in the 4*FWQ Hochfügen. The contest face is pretty sick, snow contitions were good, specially considering there is not as much snow in Europe as we would like to have...!!

The line I choose was a pretty tecnical and steep one. When I came to the narrow entry I was really suprised of what I saw, there were already so many rocks uncovered by a rider before me, so I could not ride the first part of my line as clean and fast as I wanted. Nevertheless the lower part was good and fast, ended up 4th place. Was a funny weekend!

exit of my line - pics by chalkjunkie.at
Congrats to Emilien Badoux/ SUI and the other riders on the podium! Good level of riding, I`m sure we will see some of the riders soon in the FWT!!


Organization was perfect, thanks for the original "Tiroler Abend" the day before contest! I´m sure all the riders who have been up there enjoyed this nice dinner including traditional tyrolian music, schnaps etc.

Looking foreward to next year!
Max

Nadine Härtinger gewinnt CaD in Heubach

Am Wochenende konnte sich Icetools Teamriderin Nadine Härtinger wieder gegen andere Mädls durchsetzen und gewann den Chill and Destroy Tourstopp in Heubach.

Vor Loranne Smans (51 P.) aus Belgien und Evelin Badum (39 P.) aus Deutschland siegte sie eindeutig mit 62 Punkten.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch!

Max Zipser 4th Place @ FWT Engadin - St. Moritz

2. Mitch Tölderer, 1. Matt Annetts, 3. Flo Orley

Got 4th place in the 2nd stop of the Freeride World Tour, which took place at the Corvatsch north face close to St. Moritz, Switzerland. It`s hard to tell how much this means to me, as after my injury last spring I still have to be very carefull and take it pretty easy. I`m not able to go for big drops, but nevertheless I scoped a line with some nice smaller size drops and a steep technical part in the middle. I could ride the line super clean, fast and it was just a good feeling riding down the face because snow conditions this time were really good! Super happy!!


Finally just 0,2 points made the difference to podium. Beside the main judging there was also a VIP Judging consisting of Björn Dunkerbeck, Ueli Kestenholz, Tanja Frieden and Freddy Nock who judged me 2nd place. Yeahh!!


Corvatsch gondola, where we had to rope down to enter the face



unbreakable Andy Finch after his crash
Andi: "That was awesome...!!" first words he said in the finish... crazy Americans ;)

The day after competition "The Austrians" went up the the Julier pass for a nice hike. The RedBull/ Servus TV joined us and we got some good footage for their 9x 26min TV show, starting soon!! The focus of corse in on the Tour and the Austrians, who are competing. Beside it shows, how we prepare for the contest, how to choose the line, how much fun we have... and whatever else we do - Harry and Stefan are always around to document what is happening.

Yesterday I went to Salzburg to the RedBull/ Servus TV studio. Pristach Matthias(organizer of the 4* FWQ Hochfügen) and me were invited to a studio talk. It was really fun and interesting there, we looked really way better with makeup :)
It was LIVE on Air - link to the show soon, as it`s not online yet.
Max

MARIO WANGER @ Swatch Snowpark Sölden

Check out the Swatch snowpark sölden pro line with ME :) Mario Wanger ---> not Marion Wanger
Have Fun!!

Soelden QParks Parkorama 180111 SNB from QParks on Vimeo.