Battle ROJal 2017 – Sharpen Your Blades! Exclusive in Europe: Freeridecamps.at – Safetycamps for kids Knights and Queens Unite for the Suzuki Nine Royals!

Since its inception, the Suzuki Nine Knights & Queens events have served as a platform enabling the best freeskiers—and eventually snowboarders—to develop and capture their most creative and technical riding. In the spring of 2017 the Knights and Queens will unite for the very first time in picturesque Watles, South Tyrol in Italy, to form the Suzuki Nine Royals. The invited female and male professional athletes will progress themselves and their sports on a huge snow castle for a week of photo and film shoots, beginning on the 27^th of March and culminating with the Public Contest day on April 1st, 2017.

The Suzuki Nine Knights began in 2008 as a progressive men’s freeski event; in 2011 the Suzuki Nine Queens was conceived to provide women their own progression platform. Three years later snowboarding was added to the ever-evolving concept.

We are always trying to find new ways to push the envelope and keep it fresh for the athletes”, explains event founder Nico Zacek. “Now we want to bring the Knights and Queens together for the first time, inspiring each other with technical tricks, style, and positive vibes.

Longtime Queen Kjersti Østgaard Buaas reiterates the success of the unique concept,

The vibes are so good; the riders’ safety, wishes and needs are always prioritized. You truly feel like a royal! I’m stoked to be able to feed off the new energy and creativity while riding the same feature as the guys.

David Wise, who broke the Highest Hip Air World Record at the last edition of Suzuki Nine Knights, agrees, 

I have experienced first hand the unique vibes that the men and women contributed to an event like this. The ladies tend to be a little more creative and the guys tend to be a little more reckless so this year’s going to be really fun and interesting.

The new Royals Castle is specifically designed for the occasion and includes two massive big air kickers, two hips, countless transition options, redirects and jib options. Stay tuned for more information on the Suzuki Nine Royals, the event that will produce jaw-dropping imagery while propelling the limits of skiers and snowboarders of both genders to the next level.

Win a “One-of-a-kind freeride trip with O’Neill” QParks Freeski Tour 2016/17 – Riders Welcome STUBAI FREESKIING OPEN 2016

From November 24th to 27th the infamous Snow Park Stubai Zoo  will host the new STUBAI FREESKI OPEN for the first time.

The STUBAI FREESKI OPEN is rated as FIS Slopestyle European Cup and AFP (Association of Freeskiing Professionals) bronze-level event. The STUBAI FREESKI OPEN will take place on the perfectly shaped pro-line of the Stubai Zoo. The competition will be held directly after the Stubai Prime Park Sessions. The crème de la crème of the European Freeski scene will be competing against each other at the STUBAI FREESKI OPEN, including no other than slopestyle world champion, Lisa Zimmerman (GER), who has already shown an impressive kick start with her FIS-Season Beginning/Big-Air victory last weekend in Milan. 

PROGRAM:

Thursday, 24,11. Training 

Friday, 25.11. Qualification Ladies & Men 

Saturday, 26.11. Final Ladies & Men || Price giving ceremony || Riders Party @ Dorfpub

Sunday, 27.11. Weather Day

See you there,

WIN A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME SKITRIP AND MAKE YOUR OWN EDIT TOGETHER WITH PROS Alp-Con Cinema Tour 2016: All the info you need

With separate Bike, Mountain and Snow film blocks, the Alp-Con Cinema Tour is your chance to catch the year’s most exciting outdoor-sports films at tour stops across the German-speaking region. Here’s a brief recap of what the 2016 tour has on offer.

SNOW: The fluffy white film block

“Ruin and Rose” from MSP Films is an epic creative vision brought to life by the world’s best freeriders including Markus Eder, Bene Mayr and Fabio Studer. The most beautiful winter landscapes on Earth are stitched seamlessly together with incredible scenes from Africa’s Skeleton Coast, one of the planet’s oldest landscapes. Unlike anything you’ve seen before, the setting of this film brings fantasy to life, and not just for sports enthusiasts.
With their creative short films “Charakters on Skis” and “Daheem,” Midiafilm and Hanno Mackowitz bring us local riders’ passion for freeride. You don’t have to travel far to find it.

The tour stops guarantee brilliant image quality in full HD, breathtaking 5.1 sound and comfortable seating in selected cinemas in Austria, Germany and Italy. Headliners include top productions like Anthill Films, Bergkult Productions, Timeline Missions and MSP Films, while local productions like the IF3 Am Award winner Midiafilm, Alpsolut Moving Pictures and Hanno Mackowitz show the passion for sport, nature, travel and adventure. In addition, this year’s tour program also includes the best online clips that’ve earned more than just a click.

 

BIKE: The film block on two wheels

“Not2Bad” from Anthill Films shows what happens when some of the world’s best riders spend 30 days trying to discover everything that’s possible on two wheels.

“Cedarwood Trails” in an investigative sport documentary. Axel Kreuter and Sylvia Leimbruger travel deep into Africa to a trail-riding paradise with a disquieting side.

The short films “DreamRide,” “Ultra Romance” and “Pedal to Peaks” each bring their own special something to the screen.

 

MOUNTAIN: The film block in the heights

“Heimschnee” from Bergkult Productions follows a five-person group on their pursuit of a lifestyle beyond the bounds of society’s conventions. A ski, snowboard and alpine film of a different kind, filmed exclusively in Tyrol.

In “La Liste,” Swiss freeride great Jérémie Heitz chases a list of his greatest challenges: ski descents on the Alps’ most spectacular 4,000-meter peaks that show these mountains’ histories in a new light.

“The Art of Climbing” from Red Bull Athletes Special Projects combines Kilian Fischhuber’s spectacular climbing project in the Rätikon region with watercolor painting, showing why climbing is continually viewed as an art form.

 

Tickets are available on location in the participating theaters as well as online. Tour dates and more information are available at www.alp-con.net/cinematour. “Like” the Alp-Con Facebook page to keep informed!

STUBAI PRIME PARK SESSIONS 2016 KICKS OFF DEW Tour reveals new course and competition concept!

Dew Tour returns to Breckenridge, Colorado for its ninth year from December 8 – 11, but this time everything has been reimagined.

The first major contest of the winter features a game-changing course for both the individual Pro Competition and the new Team Challenge. Built by Snow Park Technologies, the course is split into three sections including a modified-Superpipe with a hip entrance and waterfall exit, a slopestyle jump zone made up of three consecutive kickers, and jib zone with five islands packed full or features to end it all off.

Sochi Olympic slopestyle gold medalist, Joss Christensen, breaks it all down for you in the video above.

Individual Pro Competition

The world’s best ski athletes including Joss Christensen and Gus Kenworthy have been invited to compete on the new course consisting of Individual Pipe and Individual Slopestyle made up of a separate jump and jib zone. The women’s individual competitions will take place on Friday, December 9, while the men’s competition goes down on Saturday December 10.

Team Challenge

Dew Tour will also bring its new Team Challenge to the winter event, which was first introduced at this past summer’s skate competition in Long Beach, California. The Team Challenge invites six of the biggest ski brands to Breckenridge to compete in a team format that embraces the ski community. The board brands will select three of their team riders to compete in one of the three sections, allowing wildcards who are not in the Pro Competition an opportunity to compete at Dew Tour. As a result, some of the best jib/rail skiers and will be seen competing for the first time at Dew Tour.

Streetstyle

Dew Tour’s signature Streetstyle event will be returning this year with a ski jam session held in downtown Breckenridge at the Blue River Plaza on Friday, December 9 at 6 p.m. MDT.

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