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The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

Showcasing their skills in technical freeriding and jumps in the deepsnow, the young athletes at the Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) in Kappl, Austria, delivered an impressive performance as they competed for the junior world titles on Wednesday, January 24th. The Freeride Junior World Championships 2024 hosted by Open Faces once again provided a great stage for the next generation of freeriding.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Wednesday, 24th January. With junior world titles on the line, competitors held nothing back, and the talented field delivered a top-class display of technical freeriding.

The FWT Junior World Championship (FWT JWC) is the highlight of the freeride juniors on ski and snowboard. On January 20th to 26th 2023, the annual highlight of the season takes place in Kappl-Paznaun, Austria. In challenging runs, the junior athletes show spectacular jumps and drops in the terrain as well as challenging lines through the deep snow. The future of Freeriding looks to be in safe hands with a continually impressive level of riding from Junior athletes. Despite the challengi...

The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the Ski Women category. Hannah Gruber (ITA), ski instructor and model from Italy, is able to prevail here with 2 safe jumps and a quick pace. Only three tenths separate second and third place. Emma Ledet (DEN) narrowly has to admit defeat to the Austrian Amelie Rosa Deniffel, who starts the race with a great choice of lines and a good dose of self-confidence. It is also close for the Ski Men - only 5 points separate places 1-5. At the...

The first Open Faces qualifier competition of the season started with prime conditions and a triple victory for Austria in the men’s ski category. The freeride hotspot Kappl / Paznaun served as the venue for an OPEN FACES stop for the 11th time. The freeriders met at the “Stoamandl” for the 2* FWT Qualifier and “Kapplaska” has once again lived up to its name. The rider field with 71 international starters promised to be a show. The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the Ski...

With the 2* FWT Qualifier Stop Kappl/Paznaun, the season of the Austrian OPEN FACES Freeride Series 2024 is starting! From the “secret spot” to one of the most popular freeride destinations in the scene – “Kapplaska” with its countless freeride opportunities once again provides the stage for the first stop of the OPEN FACES Freeride Series. The first points of the Austrian Qualifier Series will be awarded at the 2* Freeride World Tour Qualifier Contest.

The SnowFest in Innsbruck (AUT) was held from 24th to 26th November inviting some of the best freeskiers and snowboarders to Innsbruck. In the heart of the city in front of the Tiroler Landestheater, snowboarders competed in the Rock A Rail contest, while freeskiers got creative in the DownTown StreetSki competition. The centrepiece of it all, the snow ramp, is a 37m long, 17m wide and over 10m high structure with a unique urban setup.

The SnowFest in Innsbruck (AUT) was held from 24th to 26th November inviting some of the best freeskiers and snowboarders to Innsbruck. Held right in the heart of the city in front of the Tiroler Landestheater, snowboarders competed in the Rock A Rail contest, while freeskiers got creative in the DownTown StreetSki competition. The centrepiece of it all, the snow ramp, is a 37m long, 17m wide and over 10m high structure with a unique urban setup. Finally, it was time for the freeskiers: Amon...

The SnowFest in Innsbruck (AUT) was held from 24th to 26th November inviting some of the best freeskiers and snowboarders to Innsbruck. In the heart of the city in front of the Tiroler Landestheater, snowboarders competed in the Rock A Rail contest, while freeskiers got creative in the DownTown StreetSki competition. The centrepiece of it all, the snow ramp, is a 37m long, 17m wide and over 10m high structure with a unique urban setup. The snowboarders kicked things off in Innsbruck with the...

The snow & winter season is about to start, so it's the perfect time for the second edition of the SnowFest in Innsbruck (AUT), inviting some of the best freeskiers and snowboarders to Innsbruck, from November 24th to 26th. Held right in the heart of the city in front of the Tiroler Landestheater, snowboarders will compete in the Rock A Rail contest, while freeskiers will get creative in the DownTown StreetSki competition. The centrepiece of it all, the snow ramp, is a 37m long, 17m wide and...

Aujourd'hui avec la team @Arsn_unit on découvre notre premier Bike Park en Autriche . Entre Jumps et racines il y a eu pas mal de tricks ! Riders : Maxime : @maximechalabi Robin : @Robin.inworld Florian : @Floriandupont87 Blandine : @blan_bo ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ma chaine gaming : https://www.youtube.com/@meyermtbgaming492/featured Discord : https://discord.gg/m7ghX9W5xJ In...

After 6:49:18,3 hours, the Italian Manuel Senni reached the finish line in first place to the thunderous applause of more than 5,000 spectators. On the last climb, up to the Timmelsjoch, he was able to break away from the leading group and brought the lead of about 2:40min to the finish. Second place went to Austrian Alban Lakata, who managed to beat his compatriot Johnny Hoogerland (3rd place) with a better final sprint on the last climb. In the women's race, the German Janine Meyer triumphe...

100 young snowboarders fought for the titles of World Rookie Halfpipe and Slopestyle Champions 2023 at the World Rookie Snowboard Finals in the Kitzsteinhorn – Kaprun/Zell am See, Austria. Exceptional talents between the ages of 7 and 18 have represented a total of 24 Nations: from New Zealand to Europe, from Japan to Australia. All had secured a starting place for the finals at the Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark at the World Rookie qualifying events around the world. The contest is considered the mo...

100 young snowboarders fought for the titles of World Rookie Halfpipe and Slopestyle Champions 2023 at the World Rookie Snowboard Finals in the Kitzsteinhorn – Kaprun/Zell am See, Austria. Exceptional talents between the ages of 7 and 18 have represented a total of 24 Nations: from New Zealand to Europe, from Japan to Australia. All had secured a starting place for the finals at the Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark at the World Rookie qualifying events around the world. The contest is considered the mo...

The kids and teenagers showcased their best tricks at Nordkette Skyline Park and mastered the Slopestyle course with bravery and lots of motivation and fun. The future of the sport is definitely in good hands. In the Rookie category Italian Thomas Auer and Sarah Schonach (AUT) stood out most, in the Groms category Benjamin Lengger (AUT) took home the title. Sarah Schonach and David Bauer (AUT) are also the 2023 Austrian Junior Slopestyle Champions 2023.

The Freeride Contest in Montafon (AUT) offers even more of the world's best freeriders who will be at the start of the 4* contest. The first 4* qualifier of the series offers riders 2500 point and a rich prize money for a victory. This is the last event before the "qualification cut" for the "Big FWT Qualifier Finals 2023". The Open Faces Series 2023 demands real skill of the professional freeriders from all over the world who compete in a 1* and a challenging 4* qualifier to thrill their...

The important 1* FWT Qualifier and 2* FWT Junior Event took place last Saturday for the seventh time in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau and was a high-quality qualifier event, both in terms of the quality of the rider field and the on-site implementation.

Three premieres went down in the Open Faces books: Olivia Riedl caused cheers in the snowboard women’s category with two backflips in her competition run and both a double frontflip and a double backflip in men’s categories showed the insane level at this 1* qualifier contest. Snowboard Men Sebastian Kepplinger and Philipp Lanjus ensured an Austrian double victory in the category of snowboard men. Kepplinger showed a self-confident run from start to finish and delivered many jumps. Des...

After a successful restart of the Open Faces series in end-January, it is now time for the important 1* Freeride World Qualifier and 2* Freeride Junior Stop in the wonderful Alpbachtal. The journey for a later Freeride World Tour career starts with valuable points in the 1 and 2 star contests. The Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau is not only world-famous as a family destination, but also offers numerous freeride variants for freeride-enthusiastic winter sports enthusiasts. The Wiedersberger H...

The 3-Star Qualifier on the legendary Quellspitze attracts every year numerous top-class riders to use the challenging face for the first important points for the qualifier ranking. This year the Quellspitze was especially challenging. Only a few days before the Junior World Championships took place on the face and the cold nights and therefore rather hard conditions really demanded the last reserves of energy from every single rider to reach the finish. With a good choice of lines, however,...

Here are the impressive winning runs of amazing freeriding! After 2 times postponement due to weather conditions, the time had come last weekend. The most important World Tour Qualifier Series in Europe celebrated the start of the 10th season with the 3* FWT Qualifier & 2* FWT Junior competition. In difficult conditions and weather-related delays, the riders showed their absolute class and offered top-class performances with many "3s" and backflips on the Quellspitze in Kappl/Paznaun.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Thursday, 24th January. The Quellspitze offering its intimidating beauty in pristine condition to the world’s best young freeriders.

Open Faces Kick Off 3* FWT Qualifier / 2* FWT Junior Kappl / Paznaun planned for 14.01.2023 After the postponement of last week, the Open Faces Kick Off in Kappl / Paznaun for the 10th anniversary should take place next weekend 14 January 2023. With the coming fresh snow would be prepared for the 10th anniversary of an international freeride contest in Kappl.

The Open Faces Freeride Series is back with 4 important World Qualifier stops and own Open Faces Academy Camps for everyone. The grand finale of the World Tour Challenger Contests at the end of the 2023 season will be a Freeride Week with an extensive program and the stars of the freeride scene.

For the third time we have been named the World Rookie Skateboard Champion 2022, none other than the future stars of world skateboarding! The three days in Innsbruck offered a real life experience, not just a competition among the best young skaters in the world. Vitus Silas Sondrup and Antonie Bakosova are the new World Rookie Skateboard Champions!

Although it rained heavily at times yesterday, the biggest European AM Skate Contest Tour culminated with the Grande Finale in Innsbruck yesterday (2nd Oct). More than 40 skaters competed for the title, prize money (Men & Women: 1st place 1,100 €, 2nd place 800 € & 3rd place 600 €) and the chance to participate in the qualifications at TampaAm in November 2022. We expected a high level of skateboarding, but what the boys and girls delivered exceeded even our expectations! The hall was on f...

Next Saturday (October 1st) the grand finals of the "Best Foot Forward Tour" will take place in the skate hall Innsbruck. After the legendary contest series has made spectacular stops in numerous European cities during the summer, more than 40 skaters from 13 nations will compete this weekend for the possible jump from amateur to professional sport.

In perfect weather conditions, 4,122 starters ensured a grandiose cycling festival on Sunday at the 41st Ötztal Cycling Marathon. Six and a half hours after the first Canadian winner Jack Burke (winning time: 7:10:13,1 hours), the last finisher reached the finish line to thunderous applause from the more than 5,000 spectators. Dominik Salcher from Tyrol (AUT) overtakes his fellow countrymen Alban Lakata and Daniel Federspiel shortly before the top of the final alpine pass to finish by a razor...

The European Freestyle Pro Tour 2022 kicks off in April in its new season in Neusiedl am See, Austria – as usual with the best windsurfer all over the globe! With 9 events on the calendar across Europe and South America, this year is gearing up to be one like we’ve never seen before… The season teaser is getting us excited for Europe’s and America’s best freestyle windsurfing action!

Riders from all over the world met in Austria, in a perfectly adapted Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark, for a unique sports and lifestyle event, in a great international scenario. The program of 2022 World Rookie Finals included Slopestyle and Halfpipe contest and many lifestyle activities: social dinners, workshops with Viva con Aqua, Yoga, MonEpic workshop, and more.

Riders from all over the world met in Austria, in a perfectly adapted Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark, for a unique sports and lifestyle event, in a great international scenario. The program of 2022 World Rookie Finals included Slopestyle and Halfpipe contest and many lifestyle activities: social dinners, workshops with Viva con Aqua, Yoga, MonEpic workshop, and more.

For the fourth time, the Nordkette hosted the Freeski World Rookie Fest Innsbruck. The young freeskiers from all over Europe expressed the future of the sport in the Nordkette Skyline Park and showed their skills in the high quality slopestyle course. This is the chance to get tickets for the World Rookie Freeski Final that take place in Madonna di Campiglio (ITA). Two perfectly groomed jumps ensured technically demanding tricks and a great atmosphere. For the Freeski World Rookie Fest rating...

The Best Foot Forward Europe Tour 2021 came to its grande finale: The Finals in Innsbruck on the 2nd of October! All winners of the 10 stops through 5 countries came together to battle it out for the big prize purse. Rewatch the highlights of the weekend, including a day of streetskating and a huge miniramp session on Innsbruck's famous Marktplatz. Results Women - Best Foot Forward Europe Tour Finals 2021 1. Liv Broder (Zürich/SUI) 2. Julia Placek (Mödling/AUT) 3. Jeromine Louvet (Casta...

On Saturday, the biggest European AM Skate Contest Tour culminated with the Grand Finale in Innsbruck. 42 skaters (including 11 girls) competed for the title, prize money (Men & Women: up to 1.000€) and a once in a lifetime chance to win the STS Skate sponsored winner trip to California. A high level of skateboarding was expected, but what the boys and girls delivered exceeded all expectations! The hall was on fire, and outside in the Brand Village, the vibes were great. Martin Atanasov (Sofi...

The first day of the Final Weekend is over and it was a true skate festival. The more than 40 skaters proved why they deserve to be here in the finals in Innsbruck. Technical tricks were combined with a lot of style. On Friday morning, a photo and video session on the legendary Landhaus Plaza was on the schedule. In the afternoon it was time to go to the Markt Plaza. There, a mini ramp was set up especially for the riders to provide them with unique footage and memories of Innsbruck. In the e...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...

FWT21 STOP #3 FIEBERBRUNN - RECORDS SMASHED IN THE AUSTRIAN TYROL WITH MARION HAERTY TAKING A FOURTH WORLD TITLE A timely series of storms leading up to the event allowed the world’s best freeriders to throw down in stop #3 – Crunch Time – of FWT21. Athletes held nothing back in Fieberbrunn in what was their last chance to secure their names on the roster for the Xtreme Verbier and next year’s FWT22. However, this didn’t seem to distract the riders, who showed nerves of steel negotiating t...