The week started with driving to Ispo on Monday, having some good talks with interesting people and some of my sponsors. Was quite successful and saw what’s new for next winter – already looking forward to the new Ortovox avalanche transceiver!!! It’s gonna be the easiest transceiver ever to use!!! Ispo means crowded exhebition halls, new comming outs for the next winter season and of course it’s the best meeting point to get in contact with your sponsors!
...aloha 😉......
As I wasn’t able to ski for the whole week because of my pain on my shins (Lindsey Vonn has the same problem at the moment;-), a so called “Schuhrandprellung, so I’m not alone;-)), I had some good climbing sessions with Toni in the Tivoli climbing hall. Climbing is for me a very good change and excellent for the mind, awesome mental training to stay focused! And Toni always pushes me further – thxxx 🙂 for your support and kicking my ass;-)!!!
For the weekend I went to Fieberbrunn. Lori, Sandy and Pia – some of my teammates in the Girls Ski Movie, got a wildcard to compete in the Women’s Freeride Worldtour!! Lori came in 3rd, Pia 7th and Sandy crashed, so she didn’t score that good and was really unhappy… But most important – they all came healthy down the finish line :-)!!!
rippin' girls... Janette, Ane, Lori... 🙂
It was awesome to watch, good atmosphere on the mountain, some crazy lines and crashes… Jess McMillan, a rippin’ US-Freeskigirl skied a line which I would never ever ski, or at least it wouldn’t come up to my mind… Very exposed and a 15m cliff. She didn’t stick the landing but as she sayed later, she was happy that she pushed herself further… Crazy girl ;-)!!! But the judges want to see more fluent lines and I think it’s still Freeskiing and not Skijumping…;-)
Some pics from the atmosphere on the mountain…
...the Fieberbrunn Connection...the snowboardgirls... Liz and Natalie...
The men had a FWT-Qualifier on the same face – the Wildseeloder.
Wildseeloder - the impressive Contest Mountain...
Hauni, the local pro had such a great run, he said it was his run of his life!!! He was really going big!!! 1st place he had to share with a cool mountaineering guide from Zermatt, Samuel Anthamatten. You would have never thought by seeing him that he would have something to do with riding Freeride Comps… 3rd place also went to Austria, Stefan Moser! Awesome guys!!!
Hauni, Samuel, Stefan...
For a full report, further information and pics see:
In the evening we had pizza at a very tiny restaurant… Lori and me, Jess and Crystal joined in a bit later… Met also Cody Townsend and his fiancé Elyse Saugstad, two awesome US-Freeskiers at the pizza place… He told us that they were going to Defreggen for the next 10 days for filming!!! Awesome!!! So watch out for them if you are in the region!!!
Powder alert on Sunday – after checking various regions where the snow should be best, we decided to go to beautiful Zillertal 🙂 The weather seemed to get awesome, so we (Toni, Dani and me) were looking forward to have a great powder day!!!!
Well, instead of sunshine, we were confrontaded with fog on the mountain – perfect powder conditions BUT no visibility… We tried to get to another lift but instead we landed at the same one again;-)
Toni & Dani... where r we ??? 😉
So no visibility on top of the mountain – we skied further down and where lucky… Awesome pow-conditions and it started to clear up :-)…
Daniiiiiii...
Enjoyed skiing in the powder, had a lot of fun… I was a bit over-motivated, jumped off a baby cliff, had a hard landing, fell, made a summer-salt and hit my shins soooo bad that it was soooo painful to continue skiing… I tried but couldn’t 😦 Pain is NOT my friend…
The girls were awesome and suggested to go to the restaurant, have a break and have a Kit-Kat;-)… As the visibility wasn’t still that great, it was a good decision… After the break, we walked out the restaurant and had nearly blue-bird conditions… Beautiful!!!!
Kaltenbach region...
Oh before I forget… Before we skied down to the resti we stopped at the slope and a nice, german lady skied by… Toni looked at her, we were all starring at her and she stopped… Toni told her that she had the same overall when she was a kid:-) Pink coloured one… Looked really cool on her;-) She was sooooo funny… Her helmet and her red cheeks, her Heckeinsteiger and the overall – AWESOME 🙂 She made us smile and was happy to talk to us… (Should have taken a pic from her…)
I skied slowly down the mountain, had to because skiing was to painful, giving pressure on the shins – not possible… So I waited for the girls down the valley… A good day but soooo stupid that I jumped down there… Well, “oft geht’s bled;-)…”
Monday was such a beautiful day, skiing today would have been awesome but knowing that I’m not able to, made it easier to drive to Munich and go to Ispo….
The avalanche danger at the moment is very high and skiing in the back-country needs a lot of experience… Even then nobody can guarantee that nothing will happen. Mike Wigele once said: “An avalanche doesn’t know that your an expert…”
Be careful out there and watch for you and your buddies!!!!
The latest case at the Innsbrucker Nordkette where a 24year old French skier died has shown how fast it can happen and how massive an avalanche can be! That’s horrific!
Think snow but take care!
Also the last couple of days I had time to think about what awesome life I’m living and yes sometimes I just have to think about it and appreciate it much, much more!!!! Skiing is such a big part of my life, for some days the spirit was gone but it’s back again and I’m soooo looking forward for the next ski sessions 🙂
Hopefully my shins will heal soon and I will be able to ski ASAP!!!!!
…for the online magazine www.downdays.eu , Europe’s biggest online freeski community and platform, our cameraman Matthias spent some time to cut and edit a short video to show first impressions from our pow days in Verbier… He did a great job, watch the trailer here…
…right now I’m here in Lech filming with the Girls Ski Movie Team 🙂 We had a great day 2day – fresh snow, 30 cm, perfect conditions… The avalanche situation is very sketchy at the moment that’s why we were filming in the trees today… Got some good footage and will be out with the crew and a photographer 2morrow, filming more lines… The weather forecast says sunshine for the morning, so hopefully it’s gonna be good….:-)
Oh, I’m sooooo tired, will write a bit more detailed when we are done with filming on the Arlberg, leaving probably 2morrow afternoon back to Ibk or I will stay another day here… Will see…
…back from the Arlberg 🙂 Had a wonderful time there – I just love it there!!! The Arlberg, cradle of skiing gives you soooo many possibilities to go off-piste and enjoy nature 🙂 And there is just a special vibe there, most people with pow skis, not usual yet for Austria but we are getting there…
Back a few days… We had a short stop for 2 days in Bad Gastein, filming some lifestyle segments for our Girls Ski Movie. Awesome how the Gastein valley supports us girls :-)!!!! Thanks a lot!!!!
…a story that tells that sometimes sh… happens… Well, we had to be in Bad Gastein by Sunday evening, Sandy was already at the Kurhotel Villa Excelsior, http://www.villa-excelsior.at/ … Wow, what a hotel, felt like being in a different world;-) Check the website and see some impressions from the hotel…
home sweet home;-)...Pia 🙂la bandita 🙂
…back to the story I wanted to tell… We arrived at the hotel, had dinner together when we got a call from Laura… Her car broke down 160 km’s before Munich, so she hitchhiked to Munich to stay there with some friends for the night… She had to take the train the next morning to make it in time for filming in the spa… She is just awesome, such a calm and joyful girl!!! …what she did, so I picked her up at the train station the next morning… Filming in the Alpentherme, http://www.alpentherme.com/, for the morning was on the programm… Had a lot of fun there!!!!
Giu, Pia, Laura...😉
Well, after the filming day, Laura decided to drive back to her car with one of our cars. We decided that she should take Pia’s car, as I wasn’t sure about mine, had to check oil at the gas station… Laura left with Pia’s car – two hours later we got a call from her, crying on the phone… Pia’s car broke down at the highway, there was a snow storm, the police already got called, no warn vest in the car… Picking her up at 10 p.m., driving 2 hours one way would have been to far for us… Plan B… Sandy’s boyfriend picked her up and so she could stay at Sandy’s home for the night… All good but sometimes just stupid things happen… Two broke down cars within 2 days – not bad…
After having had good times in Bad Gastein we went to our next stop. Lech/Arlberg. Started early in the morning to get there but it’s quite a looooong way… Checked-in to the beautiful appartement house “Schneekristall”, a four-star appartement house and went for the next filming session. Lech known for it’s posh and wealthy guests offers everything. We went where every tourist stops by during his/her stay – at STROLZ, http://www.strolz.at/; Had a dressing on and off session there with the most expensive clothes and blocked the wardrobe for hours… Of course we caught attention and some people just stared at us;-)… I would never ever buy such fancy clothes, or would you wear or buy a dress that costs 1400 €???? No way!!!! Therefor I could have a nice holiday somewhere abroad;-)… Nevertheless it was a cool time there, some of the girls are awesome actors and enjoyed posing in front of the huge mirror… not for me, I prefer the ski-action;-)
After the shopping marathon at Strolz we were invited to one of the most expensive restaurants on the Arlberg. http://www.fux-mi.net/fuxmi.net/ueber.html, watch it out!!! What a evening!!!! Had a awesome dinner with the girls there!!!! Thanks to Peter, the owner of the restaurant and to the tourism office in Lech!!! Awesome!!!! As a starter we had sushi, for the main course fish/pork with various creations, great wine and also some dessert… Don’t ask how high the bill was – I DON’T KNOW;-) but I’m sure it was one of the most expensive dinners I’ve ever had so far…
Wednesday and Thursday we had some good filming days… 30 cm fresh powder, awesome:-) Face shots included… The first day we played around in the woods of St. Anton, had some great pillow lines – just great skiing… The day after we went filming in Zürs. First we thought the weather wouldn’t stay good that long but we were lucky again:-) Did some good film lines and enjoyed being out there…
Madloch, our playground for the morning...Lori...Pia, Sandy, photographer Alex Kaiser...sunset atmosphere on the mountain...
Lori and Sandy...beautiful!!!! 🙂
That was a very long, long day! Started out at 9 a.m. and got back to the car at 17.30 p.m. Filming can be quite challenging and it’s definetely hard work but it’s fun and a awesome experience for me… The last run we filmed was down a very, very steep chute. Alex Kaiser, our photographer for the day told me that it would be quite rocky at some part of the chute and very steep but I went for it… Good pow turns at the beginning until I came to the 1m cliff in the chute, I skied over it but at the next turn I got stuck and fell. Lucky me nothing happened but I was stuck in the pow and had no chance to get to my ski which I lost about 7 m above me… I tried to crawl up the chute but no chance, I was stuck with my body and always sank 1m in the snow… Alex skied slowly down to me to bring me my ski, when he did that he stopped right above me and released quite some sluff but no worries… All good 🙂
(That’s just a third what we experienced these days;-) – adventure, fun, snow, mountains – great to live!!!!
Life never gets boring;-)… I enjoy being out in the mountains, skiing and the free time… In a few weeks I will be back at school, studying – so I’m soaking up everything right now because then it’s gonna be quite challenging… Studying, filming, shooting, training… Well, as I said – Life never gets boring;-)
…checked the snow depths yesterday evening, in the “Tiroler Unterland” it had up to 15 cm fresh powder:-) Well, that’s A LOT, especially when you are used to 1 or 2 cm’s new snow;-) Called Pia and we decided to go skiing at our “homespot” in Hochfügen. It’s a Winterwonderland, you have SOOOOO many opportunities for skiing!!
We were quite surprised that the conditions were soooo good:-) The weather forecast didn’t say snow for Zillertal… Skied in pow today:-) Hiked quite a bit and had some fantastic runs… The base is still, well let’s say at some parts rocky, but good… Of course I caught some rocks;-) but my skis are used to that…
After a great day with Pia, Fabi and Ü I drove back to Innsbruck – I had one hour to change, eat, shower, check some things before I had to be at physiotherapy… We were working on Mobilisation, bending my knee as I’m handicaped on my operated knee – not able to flex it 100%… I’m at around 80%, so jumping off big cliffs is a NO-Go, I don’t need another knee surgery – FIVE are enough!!! Quite a painful session today but it should be fine tomorrow again 🙂
…back from Serfaus – having had a great ski day with Dani and Anja, made a short stop in Ibk and drove home-home to Osttirol…
Monday morning, the weather wasn’t looking that good but I still wanted to go skiing. Luckily the weather turned out to be much better than expected – called Lupo and met him and his snowboard-buddy at the bottom station of the cable-car in St. Jakob…
We went off-piste and I was really surprised how good the snow still was. It hasn’t snowed for quite a long time, actually the last snowfall was on the 23rd December!!! And therefor the snow is still awesome!!!! Especially if you hike a little you can still ski powder!!! That’s the cool thing about Osttirol, not sooooo fast tracked out as everywhere else…
Wow, those guys rock 🙂 Lupo and Bernie the two locals, former professional snowboarders – they are CRAZY 😉 The work in the local Sportshop and have 3 hours lunchbreak everyday… In that time they alway go out snowboarding… Had a lot of fun with them in the snow… Vollgas all the time… They showed me around in the area and pointed out some really cool faces to ski…
Bernie and Lupo...
Back in Innsbruck since yesterday evening, climbing session today, skiing tomorrow again;-) Life is good 🙂
…Thursday & Friday were training, chilling and organizing days – not on snow for those days… I feel that I’m not twenty any more;-) after some tough off-piste skiing days with jumping, bumps, etc., my knee sometimes needs a day off and therefore I sit on the bike or go climbing for a change…
…went climbing on thursday with Toni, had a lot of fun – oh man, first climbing session since September, my feet were feeling good but I could definetely feel my arms;-) Good workout:-) and always a lot of fun to do sports with friends:-)
It was soooooo cool because the best climbers had training in the Tivoli climbing hall and it’s really impressive to watch Kili, Anna, Angie, Johanna and Co climbing!!! AWESOME!!!! Those guys rock!!!
Friday afternoon I met Dani for a short skitour… She had school until 1.30 p.m., I was supposed to pick her up at 3 p.m. but I got a call from Kerstin to pick up Oli’s favourite toy: his I-phone;-)… So it was 3.30 p.m. till I got to Dani, we went up to the Hungerburg-cable-car, unloaded, I put on my skiboots, it was right before 4 p.m. and then suddenly Dani said… Well, we can get up on the mountain but there is not enough snow to ski down;-) Instead of asking if the cable-car would run longer on this day we decided to drive to Oberperfuss and hike up there… Until we reached the snow it was 5 p.m.;-) Sooooo funny;-) 1h hike up the mountain, skied down, had to go to Völs to meet Romy… Drove to St. Anton for the Warren Miller Premiere “Dynasty”… Met my skibuddy/teammate Lori and a lot of other cool people… So cooool to be back in St. Anton!!! Love it there:-) The people, the flair, the mountains – EVERYTHING:-)
After the skifilm which was really cool (loved the part with Alexis Roland, 9 year old snowboard-pro sponsored by Burton…) we drove back to Ibk… Actually it was planned to go to Osttirol for the weekend but Arlberg was greeting, so I was looking forward to ski on the Arlberg with my skibuddies Lori, Björn and Katl:-)
What a beautiful day!!!! 🙂 Got up in the morning on Saturday, while driving to the Arlberg from Ibk, I just thought – it’s sooooo great to be alive and being able to enjoy the mountains… Blue sky, skiing, being out with friends – what do u want more?
wowoooooowwwww 🙂 AWESOMMMEEEE 🙂Katl and Lori, great skigirls 🙂
It was a great day out on the playground Arlberg, sooo much fun with the girls, Björn left us after the second run because he had new ski boots that didn’t fit him perfectly, so he had to fix that… Lori know’s the terrain very, very well, so we found still some good pow-turns, challenging runs, coloirs, jumps, everthing 🙂 Was a awesome day!!!!
Today, Sunday skiing with my snowboard buddy and friend Dani, who is now becomig a skipro;-) and another friend of her – Anja… We went to Serfaus… I was amazed of that great terrain, the awesome infrastructure for the people skiing there… Wow, just amazing!!! The lifts, just everything – perfect!!! The ideal ski-area for everyone – perfect for kids… They just need more snow…
We had a fun day, enjoying skiing, some pow-turns, photo-session, chilling and jumping some kickers in the park:-)
...jumping off the Schupfe;-)...Dani jumping off this little hut about 10times - I wasn't able to handle the camera... good one:-) AND she actually is a great snowboarder......Dani's "Zipfelmütze" is awesome!!!!...watch out for the new Ski-pro!!! 🙂 Dani rocks!!!
More pix to come as soon as Dani forwards them to me….
What a day!!! Skiing with Fredi and Tini in Kühtai today. Another day of blue sky and sunshine 🙂
🙂Fredi, Tini...ATTENTION PLEASE: Skibunnies on the way;-)...
I took my “toothpic-skis” with me today because I didn’t expect that we would go off-piste today, or at least doing something big… The first few runs we enjoyed skiing at the freshly-groomed slopes, some good warm up turns, having fun on the slope… But after a while we went off-piste and this is where I said to myself: ALWAYS take your pow-skis with u;-) It’s much more fun to ski on them!!!! My all-mountain ski is 178 cm, the pow-ski is 193 cm, a bit of a difference;-) I just love my Girish-Ski!!! It’s just AWESOME!!!! You can go MUCH faster on the freeride-skis and being a Freeride it’s your mission to ski everything with the fat skis;-)
Fredi had his camera with him, we took some shots and it’s just amazing how the pix turned out because the snow was not the best;-) But a good skier is able to ski on everything with everything;-)
can u find me;-)......it doesn't look like it BUT skiing in Bruchharsch is not that easy;-)
Sandy invited me to join the photographer of Planet Snow and another photographer – Lars Schneider from Outdoor Vision… Of course I didn’t say no;-) http://www.outdoor-visions.com/
Started out at 8.30 a.m., met the crew, Michi and Lars the two photographers, Sandy and Jobst the skiers…
When I was driving into the Chillatal I already knew that the weather wouldn’t change that we would have sunshine and blue sky… Well, you can’t change the weather, it’s just about how you look at it;-) But for a fotoshooting it’s definetely best if you have a good light, powder and blue sky…
We were quite unlucky, hiking for about 40 minutes up the mountain, windy, cold, not the best visibility… Started out to shoot in a couloir – waiting for the sun, waiting and waiting and waiting… But the sun didn’t come out anymore… So we still shooted, one powder-turn with let’s say some pow but not that much… I had to hike up for another one… In the meantime Jobst did his turn in another couloir, icy, hard conditions, so not the best shot… Sandy – jumping off a cliff… Just when we were finished with the first shots, the sun came out for a couple of minutes… That was it – the sunshine for the day;-)…
Standing around a lot for some pow-turns, waiting and waiting, without a good light you can forget it… Well, bad luck… Did some more shots going down one face, am curious if at least some of them turned out okay…
Photoshooting on the mountain = hard work for both – athlete and photographer… Especially when it’s cold and windy outside… But other people sit in the office in front of the computer – I’m a lucky girl who is able to ski and be outside – jippiiii 🙂
Standing around a lot, having a cold knee, not good… Had to less warming up in the morning, hiking didn’t really help and now I can really feel that skiing is a very tough sport for the knees…
All in all it was another great day in the mountains 🙂 It was not the most productive day with pix but it was fun 🙂
I was toooo lazy and also tooo cold to take pix by myself;-) But some pix should be coming soon;-) Waiting until Lars and Michi send the pix to me…
…here they are – some of them – you can find the skipix in the skigallery, I will post the hiking pix here:-)…
Jobst and Mel...Jobst jumping off a small cliff...brrrr cold 😉Mel:-),,Sandy...
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