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This is how an anniversary has to go down! Even the most amazing events have to end sometime - and so did the 30th edition of the Snowpark Kaunertal Opening. The anniversary party was one of it´s kind. Three blue bird days and phenomenal snow conditions framed the KTO in an outstanding manner. Thousands of happy and stoked Freeskiers and Snowboarders enjoyed a surreal weekend at the Kaunertal Glacier inclusively a perfect shaped Snowpark spread on 4 different locations and setups. Vibes fr...

Day two of the Opening was formed by the athletic highlight of the weekend. 6000,- Euro overall prize money where put out there to be won at KTO Pro Contest. It has been an incredible performance by all riders, how were towed up the Snowpark by Yamaha sleds, if the lift line was packed. Another program highlight has been the KTO Music Festival. On Saturday, Beginner Soundsystem – Denyo & Mad, Wax Wreckaz and the Bavarian Hip Hop combo Mundwerk Crew followed put the crowed and the stage on fi...

Friday started in a smooth and chilled way with lots of happy faces. A fun mix of Sessions and Side Events, like the Splitboard Workshop, the avalanche transceiver training field, DJ sound at the Red Bull Volvo and a spontaneous stand up concert at the Testival area were fantastic editions to the program. After a long day on the glacier, the snowstoked crowed met up at the daily After Ride Sessions powered by Blue Tomato, with a great atmosphere by Free BBQ and drinks. A teaser of what´s abo...

Next to the jung guns, legends from 30 years of KTO Pro Contest history have been invited for the GoPro Legends Invitational Riders Session and brought style and vibes from back in the day at the Snowpark Kaunertal parquet. Air & Style Winner Marco Grilc, Steve Gruber, Sani Alibabic, Tadej Valentan, Chris Kröll and Tom Eberharter put themselves out there again and showed everyone what made them what they are today – Legends. The Miniramp has been brought back to the glacier again for the fi...

Gerd Serrasolses (ESP) and Mariann Saether (NOR) are the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champions 2015. Now in its eighth year, the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship saw the largest number of competitors ever. Over 175 of the world’s finest whitewater, slalom and freestyle paddlers from no less than 30 different countries met up in the picturesque town of Oetz to compete for world championship honours on the legendary Wellerbrücke rapids, a section of the glacier-fed...

After a weekend of intense racing on the legendary Wellerbrücke rapids in Austria’s Ötztal valley, 27-year old Gerd Serrasolses from Sort in Spain outpaddled a field of the world’s finest kayakers in every single round of the competition, claiming his first and well deserved adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champion title, ahead of David Bain from Great Britain and triple World Champion Sam Sutton from New Zealand.

8th World Championship in Extreme Kayaking For the eighth time in a row, 150 of the world’s best whitewater kayakers from 27 different countries meet in Austria’s Ötztal between the 1st and 3rd of October to determine the adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Champion on the legendary “Wellerbrücke“ rapids. A “sick line” is the perfect, smoothest and fastest line downriver. That’s what the competitors have to find when racing the so-called “Wellerbrücke” rapids, a famous section of the glacie...

A ground-breaking season, which started with the first ever competition in Colombia, home of the sport’s grand seigneur, Orlando Duque, and has broken point records more than once and seen the highest diving complexity in seven years of the World Series, will reach fever pitch in the season’s final showdown next Saturday. Bilbao’s La Salve Bridge will not only be the take-off strip for the year’s last aesthetic free falls and the place for the handing over of the 2015 champion’s trophy, but i...

Rv Rauxel wins the women’s final and Dukla Prague wins the men’s final for the ROWING Champions League 2015 which took place on the Spree right in front of the Mercedes-Benz-Arena. The women’s eight from RV Rauxel, which is the champion of the german league, had to battle Crefeld RC, the winner of last year’s ROWING Champions League. The RV Rauxel was able to show thrir strength and won the race in a time of 1:02.40 minutes. The Crefelder RC won silver in a time of 1:04.72 minutes. Bronze wen...

The 6th FAI Sailplane Grand Prix World Final 2015 was hosted by the Aeroclub Adele Orsi (ACAO) on the airfield of Calcinate near Varese in northern Italy, ACAO is the foremost Club in Italy, known for its excellence and International activities. The race area was amongst the beautiful lakes and mountains of this Alpine region within easy reach of Milan, a perfect catchment area for local visitors. The weather during the competition was good and allowed five good racing days with speeds up...

Snow, water, trampoline and a lot of fun many of fun for Simon Ciompi in his 2014 - 2015 season's edit ! A nice first season with the Team Freestyle Romand in Leysin, Saas-Fee, Corvatsch, les Diablerets,... Had great time !!!

The second edition of Europe’s first Snow Bike Festival will take place in GSTAAD from January 22 – 24, 2016 and will feature a 3 Day Stage Race, Eliminator Night Race, Fun Ride, Snow Bike Party & Fat Bike EXPO. GSTAAD – Switzerland is becoming the destination of choice for Fat Biking in Europe. The picture perfect landscape, mountain peaks, deep valleys and abundance of snow all contribute to the excitement and fun synonymous with Snow Biking. “Mountain biking is an all year sport and...

5 Peaks in a day Alpinist Andreas Steindl crosses five 4000m peaks from Zermatt to Saas Fee in a time of 07h45:44 Zermatt, Switzerland (sgh) – Swiss alpinist Andreas Steindl (26) has accomplished what most people deem impossible: he ran 30.66 kilometres from Zermatt to Saas Fee crossing five 4000m peaks, including the Dom, the highest mountain lying entirely in Switzerland, in a time that awes even the most experienced mountain guides. For the 4,014 metres vertical ascent across pathless...

Mammut opens up new windows to the mountains of the world. #project360 opens the third dimension of digital alpine cartography and makes it possible for users to experience the legend of the most famous mountains up close on the screen. Viewers can use computers or smartphones to follow the alpinists on the world’s mountains, selecting their viewing angles independently. By the end of the year about 30 tours will be online. With #project360, Mammut, the Swiss mountain sports specialist, is...

- unique jump across the open road (with full traffic). It is a snowboard and freeski session for invited riders, who reach the right speed for the jump by holding onto a rope pulled by a snowmobile (the needed speed is approximately 70-80 km/h). Road Gap Session is a season-closing 1 or 2 days event with photoshooting, situated in Giant Mountains (CZ), near Erlebach’s hut 1150 MASL, where we usually find an excellent background for our needs. It is a wonderful place which looks like especial...