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By The Blogging Tomato, 10.01.2013 10:08

With its 1.800 meters, the Blue Tomato Kings Park in Mühlbach am Hochkönig is most likely the longest snowpark of its kind. The British park designer Karl Sanderson and his shape crew have done an outstanding job in the last few weeks in decorating the majority of the 1.800 meter long playground with new obstacles.
So it was time for our snowboarders and freeskiers to check out the park at the Hochkönig! And they did a good job!

On December 29th 2012, a team of filmmakers and photographers and some of our teamriders went to the Hochkönig to put the park’s rails, kickers and boxes to the test. The results of the session at the Blue Tomato Kings Park were tons of fun, freestyle action and fresh shots, which were compiled to a Snowboard Clip and a Freeski Clip.

Have a look at the pics and the clips and check out our teamrider Flo Galler, Diz Pichler, Dominik Wagner, Miriam Hoffmann und Sebastian Huber in action!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 09.08.2012 16:46

Shiny day, motivated riders, great sessions! It was time again for a big Blue Tomato team shooting!

The weather is beautiful, the sun is burning down, but the lovely Dachstein always keeps everybody cool for beeing active for some spring freeskiing!
So the choice was made to go for a huge one and invited the great Blue Tomato family of team riders.

Of the Blue Tomato freeski team Luca Tribondeau, Martin Hauck, Daniel Walchhofer, Stefanie De Menech, and Josh Absenger were in on it.

Have a look at some vibrant freeski action (shot by Severin Wegener):

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A nice little team edit was made for you, too – enjoy it:

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By The Blogging Tomato, 14.05.2012 13:07

On the past weekend, the QParks Tour Finals went down on the Dachstein Glacier! Both Freeskiers and Snowboarders had to fight not only each other, but also the bad weather conditions. Because of wind, rain and fog, the planned slopestyle contest on the Pro Kickerline couldn’t be held, so the guys from QParks decided to move it to the Pro Railline instead. Our Teamriders brought home FOUR places on the podium! Congratulations to Roli Scharmer‘s first place and Flo Galler‘s second place in the Snowboard Men category! For the skiers, Martin Hauck and Daniel Walchhofer were successful in the Men and Rookie category and claimed a third place each!

And because the Horsefeathers Rock the Top was the Final of the QParks Tour, the Overall winners were crowned, too! Huge congratulations go out to Flo Galler for winning the Overall title Snowboard Men! Martin Hauck just missed the top spot and got second in the Freeski Men, just like Daniel Walchhofer did in the Rookie Overall Ranking, big congratulations to both of you, anyway!

Roli Scharmer (4th), Viktor Szigeti (5th), Georgi Mihaylov (9th) and Dominik Wagner (18th) also placed well in the Snowboard Men Overall ranking, so did Max (8th) and Tobi (15th) Grünwald in the Rookie and Lisa Veith (5th) in the Girls Overall ranking. Alex Moser secured a 7th place in the Freeski Men and Stefanie De Menech the 11th place in the Freeski Girls Overall ranking.

Congratulations again to all our Teamriders and we are already looking forward to next years QParks Snowboard and Freeski Tour!

For further informations and the whole results, check the QParks Tour Homepage!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 20.02.2012 14:46

Im Rahmen der „Powder and Bass“ Eventserie veranstaltete Blue Tomato am 18. Februar einen sicken Freeski & Snowboard Railcontest im Innenhof der Arena Wien mit einem extra vom Blue Tomato Shop Wien und Snowpark Stuhleck aufgebauten Rail Setup und einer großen Menge an Schnee. Ein fettes Preisgeld und Goodies im Wert von insgesamt € 2000.- garantierten Action pur!

Knapp 50 Rider lieferten in der Arena Wien beim spektakulären Railcontest, dem „Battle in the Arena“ eine super Show. Selbst Pros wie Marc Swoboda gaben sich hier die Ehre.

Auch die Preise waren sicherlich ein Ansporn für jeden Teilnehmer, denn zu gewinnen gab es einiges: 1000€ in Cash, Freeskis und ein Snowboard von Völkl, eine Bindung sponsored by Marker Völkl, für den Best Trick Men und Best Trick Women gab es je ein Surfbrett sponsored von Moskova, eine kostenlose Teilnahme am Völkl Young Blood Camp, Snowpark Stuhleck Tageskarten, für den Best Rookie des Tages einen Red Bull Mobile Friendsvertrag, eine Wildcard für den TTR Event Jibbendales und ausserdem fette Goodie Bags gesponsert von Moskova, Völkl, Blue Tomato und Snowpark Stuhleck.

Jetzt aber zu den Gewinnern in jeder Kategorie:

Snowboard Men: 1. Flo Galler (BT Team), 2. Marvin Salmina, 3. Marc Swoboda (BT Team)

Freeski Men: 1. Luca Tribandeau (BT Team), 2. Martin Kocher, 3. Martin Hauck (BT Team)

Blue Tomato Teamriderin Steffi De Menech belegte den 1. Platz bei den Freeski Girls. Maja Lövenmark überzeugte mit ihrem Style und ihren Tricks, belegte Platz 1 bei den Snowboard Girls und gewann auch den BEST TRICK. Den BEST TRICK Freeski holte sich Yannick Back mit dem One Ski 360° off übers Rail.

Old School next Generation! Auch bei den Snowboard Rookies gab es einiges zu sehen. Little Helgason alias Matthias Dornaus gewann das Finale. Dicht auf den Fersen war ihm Rookie Pauli Steiner.

Und wie es sich zu jedem Contest gehört, gab es auch hier wieder eine geschmeidige Aftershowparty, bei dem Rider und Zuschauer ihre Tanz moves auspacken konnten. Im Rahmen von Powder & Bass begann die Commercial Suicie Night mit KLUTE, S.P.Y, NYMFO, BODY& SOUL sowie MC LOWQUI.

Blue Tomato bedankt sich auch nochmals bei den Sponsoren: Moskova, Marker und Völkl sowie Snowpark Stuhleck und der Arena Wien sowie bei Mainframe!

Der Event Clip is coming soon….

Pics by Simon Vanhal

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By The Blogging Tomato, 16.01.2012 17:25

Incredible!! Our Blue Tomato team rider and freeski rookie Lisi Gram (15) got 1st in halfepipe at the first Winter Youth Olympic Games in Innsbruck!

Our rider and tyrolean native Elisabeth Gram has won Austria’s first Gold Medal of the Innsbruck 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games in the Women’s Ski Halfpipe Final on Sunday.

After a suprising 1st place in the qualification where she has already dominated her competititors, she amassed 84.75 points to win the Gold in front of a delighted crowd.

All the time Lisi  looked natural and smooth on her way to the Gold as she linked a straight-edge safety with a 540, then finished with her signature hand-plant.

“It’s my special trick,” Lisi said of her hand-plant. “That’s my trick and if I do it everyone knows, ‘Yeah that’s Lizzy’.”

As she had hip pain beacause of a bail she had to pull herself together. ” I was a bit nervous, but relaxed, “she admitted at the finish and could not realize their succes after the run, “but it’s mega cool.”

Many fans from her homestown, including parents and friends, have seen Lisi in a unknown role, as she had to answer so many interview questions, “quite unusual,” admitted the winner.
After this, she celebrated her triumph in a small group. Besides, it was another premiere too: the first time freestyle skiing in the halfpipe as an Olympic sport!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 21.11.2011 09:42

Kurzer Video-Edit von Blue Tomato Team Rider Luca Tribondeau:

“Ich war diese Saison schon oft im Schnee! Unter anderem auch mit Jon Olsson und seinem Photographen Oskar Bakke, der auch schon viele gigantische Portrait Fotos von mir gemacht hat!

Hab auch schon wieder neue Tricks gelernt wie den Kangaroo Flip oder den Double Cork mit Double Grabs. Ich fühle mich eigentlich schon wieder richtig wohl im Schnee und meine Contest Planung ist auch schon fast fertig!”

LG

Luca

Check the video: Luca Tribondeau’s Kangaroo Flip

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By The Blogging Tomato, 08.11.2011 14:46

Zitat von Blue Tomato Team Riderin Lisi Gram:

Ich wollte nur mal ein kleines News Update bringen!

Bei dem EuroCup in Saas Fee bin ich ins Finale gekommen und schlussendlich bin ich 6. geworden. Ich bin ganz zufrieden, weil es mein 2. Tag in der Pipe war und auch mein erster
Internationaler Contest. Das Beste ist, dass ich jetzt die Fis-Punkte habe, welche ich für die Youth Olympics brauche.

Liebe Grüße

Lisi

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By The Blogging Tomato, 12.10.2011 16:03

Blue Tomato Team Rider Luca Tribondeau is jibbing in Hintertux! Watch awesome tricks in his short edit!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 26.09.2011 12:09

Last but not least: Daniel Walchhofer! He completes the Blue Tomato Freeski Team and he is the third new member! Like the others he had to bear up against our interview questions! But move on and look what he told us!

How did you get into skiing?
By my brother.

How long have you been standing on the ski?
At the age of 2 I learned skiing, and with 12 years I got my first freeski!

What is your favorite spot and why?
Absolut Park because the park is shaped well every day and you can shred kickers and rails in just one run.

What are you doing when you’re not on your skis?
I meet up with friends and have hobbies such as trampoline jumping, skating or slacklining

Your first pair of skis?
Stuff

What have you been the last trick?
Cork 900

Before the trick you had the utmost respect?
Switch 1080

Who is your idol?
Mike Hornbeck

Against whom would you like to compete?
Mike Hornbeck

With or without music down the slope? And if music, what?

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