Blue Tomato Teamrider Mathias Weißenbacher talks about the Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam last weekend and his amazing 3rd place!
“Three days ago the Horsefeathers “Pleasure Jam” went down. It was just insane! I got an invitation for the Semifinals and made it into the Finals – top 12 riders .
The level of riding was actually the sickest I´ve ever seen at the Pleasure Jam .. check out the riderslist!
And yeah, at the end I managed to get 3rd !! I’m really really happy about this because the level was just amazing with all the good riders so yeah, I’m stoked!”
Here is a little clip about the prizegiving:
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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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Blue Tomato Team Rider Mathias Weißenbacher about his season start and his win at the 4 Star TTR Nissan Stomp It!
It was a pretty good weekend for me ! After I missed the finals of the Worldcup in London , because I ended in 9th place in the Qualis and just 6 went through, I packed all my stuff and went on the same day to Italy-Modena for the 4 Star TTR Nissan Stomp it !
The Jump in Italy was pretty scatchy so I tried to do my best. It was a Corner-jump but everyone just went over it so it was kind of like a normal Jump with a really soft and scatchy 5 meter landing 
In the Qualification I did a BS 720 mute – ended in 10th place and 16th went through !
In the finals we had 3 runs – best counts ! I was thinking about to do a BS 1080 mute grab as my first trick in the finals – The takeoff and In-run got soft really fast, so I thought it would be better to do it in the first run cause that was the only way to get enough speed for this trick!
So I did it and I pretty much overshoot the whole landing– BUT I landed my BS 1080 mute and I got really good points for it !! At the end I won the 4 Star TTR NISSAN STOMP IT in
Italy and I’m really stoked about it !! Wooop!
I think for me it was the best thing to start my season and I’m really looking forward to it Hopefully a video and some pictures are coming soon
see ya soon
cheers matt
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Erfolgreicher Saisonabschluss für Blue Tomato Downhiller Boris Tetzlaff!
Das Austria Extreme Cup Downhill-Finale fand vergangenes Wochenende am 15.-16. Oktober 2011 in Zusammenarbeit mit dem
österreichischen Radsportverband im Bikepark Mautern, Steiermark, statt. Die 2 km lange Strecke, gespickt mit zahlreichen Hindernissen, Tables, Sprüngen und Brücken verlangte von den knapp 100 Startern einiges ab.
Das Durchschnittsgefälle betrug ungefähr 26 %, wobei die Fahrzeit knapp unter 4 Minuten lag.
Der Mödlinger Boris Tetzlaff schaffte mit einer Zeit von 3:33 Minuten die Tagesbestzeit und holte sich nicht nur souverän den Sieg im Bewerb, sondern holte sich damit auch die Gesamtcupwertung!
Mit Zuversicht geht es ins nächste Jahr, wo 2012 die WM in Leogang stattfinden wird.
Fresh snow, clear blue sky and three days of sunshine accompanied the visitors through an unforgettable opening – perfect conditions to start the season in the Snowpark Kaunertal with lots of action. The open park and the contest line were perfectly shaped, which was great for the riders to show their best tricks and jumps. The pros and amateurs battled in the contests on the kicker line, equipped with a canon box and a pipe, which guaranteed also jib-fun.
But not only the snow park was full of action. The testival area with 50 brands held out against the big run and people tested their gear three days long. We guess that there was no visitor who didn’t take home some nice goodies from the blue Tomato tent! The people had a lot of fun trying the wheel of fortune and winning some nice Blue Tomato stuff.
The freeski pro Roy Kittler scored with a „right side cork 9 blunt“ at the first kicker and with a „switch left side 900 mute“ at the second kicker and was the winner of the freeski contest. American snowboarder Eric Beauchemin convinced the
judges with a „cab 9 und BS rodeo 7 nose grab“ and won the prize money for the best snowboarder.
Freeski:
1st men – Roy Kittler (D)
1st woman – Lisa Zimmermann (D)
Snowboard:
1st men – Eric Beauchemin (USA)
1st woman – Julia Baumgartner (A)
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Check the highlights of the Frontline Railjam 2011 including our two Blue Tomato team riders Dominik Wagner and Marc Swoboda who won the best trick awards! 6 minutes full of sick rail action in Stockholm!
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The Blue Tomato Team and Co. are looking forward to the legendary Kaunertal Opening and a fulminant kick-off into the season 11/12!
Goodbye summer… welcome winter! Get out of your flip flops and into your boots! Once more the Kaunertal glacier will open its snowpark with a superlative kick-off for the coming winter season. The legendary Kaunertal Opening will take place for the 26th time and thousands of snowboarders and freeskiers will celebrate the beginning of the shred-season 2011/2012 with an awesome program on the mountain as well as in the valley.
Snowboard and Freeski Action:
The big names show how to do it… again numerous pros will flock to the Kaunertal, compete at the BIG PARK mini shred Pro Contest and show their most spectacular jumps. The pro contest will be one of the highlights of the weekend and will promise sensational kicker- and jib action. Besides receiving plenty of fame the best riders will have the chance to win US $ 7,000 in total. Also the mini shred Contest for amateurs will take place on Sunday in which all snowboarders and freeskiers, who seek more challenge and the thrill of a competition, will have the chance to show theirs skills.
Get yourself into the mood and check out the teaser of the 26th. Kaunertal Opening!
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Last weekend the Landiwiese in Zürich was the spot where all freestyle fans gathered when Teamrider Halldor Helgason won the snowboard competition!
On Friday night the weekend got started with the Riders Welcome Night at Sihl City! A great
party; people were relaxed, the riders were motivated and Mambo Kurt and Drifter&Mortenson brought some sweet beats! But theres no rest for the wicked, the next morning we got up early because at 11am freestyle.ch 2011 kicked off with a bang!
Till 1pm the labelarea was the main interest of the crowd. There was a lot of action at the Blue Tomato tent! We entertained with great goodies and the fwheel of fortune was spinning all day long!
Around 1pm the qualis started and it was time for the riders show if they had what it takes to win the freestyle.ch 2011! The Blue Tomato Teamriders Tobi Grünwald and Max Grünwald were on site shredding up the various skateramps!
As the sun started setting you could hear the sweet sound of Lil Jon busting out a wicked live performing! Thanks to open-air Frauenfeld, because he knew how to motivate the crowd for the big Crossoversession!
At 10pm the real party got started at Härterei, the biggest party of the weekend and it was definately worth a visit! On two floors the DJs were heating up the air and the crowd was dancing all night long till the morning came!
On Sunday afternoon the finals started:
From the snowboarders it was Blue Tomato Teamrider Halldor Helgason who dominated! He inspired the crowd and the judges with a Frontside Double Cork 1080! This trick you land almost blind which is why it´s so difficult, but Halldor carried it out with near perfect execution and had enough style to become the freestyle.ch winner of 2011!! On second place was Seppe Smits and third Ståle Sandbech.
In Freeski the swiss ruled the ramp! Elias Ambühl won the Freeski contest after placing second for two consecutive years, and directly behind him in second place this year was the 16 year old Kai Mahler!
In the FMX and the Skate disciplines the role models quickly took the lead! FMX legend, spanish Dany Torres won! Tom Pagès placed second and Petr Pilat third!
In skateboarding it was Canadian Pierre-Luc Gagnon who won, as expected! Rony Gomes took second place and Adam Taylor third!
Honestly, it was an amazing weekend with a lot of action and a lot of partying! However the planning for the freestyle.ch goes on and the date for 2012 is already set to 23. and 24. September! And Blue Tomato will be there for sure!
So see you there!
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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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The tyrolean Kaunertal rests in silent peace at the moment, but at the 14th of October you will no longer hear the birds, instead you will listen to great beats and watch the riders! Yes, no longer waiting for the winter, because it´s starting at the Kaunertal glacier! This will be the 26st time the opening will take place. Blue Tomato will for sure, also be there and when you have a look at the time table of this year opening, you can feel it already: Oh yeah, this is going to be a great weekend!!
The Kaunertal opening is lasting for three days, beginning at Friday ending at Sunday. The pro contests are planned on the first two days Friday and Saturday, on Sunday there will be the amateur contest!
Last year it was a little riders heaven up at the glacier. What that means: sitting in a lounge chair in the sun, listening to the beats of the DJ and watching the pros at their show. But this year there will be another great action during the day, going in the park and not just watching the pros instead riding with the pros!! This will be the first time the fun park has opened for everybody pros and amateurs at the same time, the whole day!
But there is not only a great day program, you can be sure there will be parties you´ll never forget! In the evening the opening is going on in the valley, in Feichten. On Friday and Saturday there are live acts also!
Like every year the amateur contest is a big highlight of the weekend. Everybody can join this contest, doesn´t matter if you are a freeskier, snowboarder, a boy or a girl! What you need to do to join the contest? You just have to register at the riders office at Friday, Saturday or Sunday morning and then rock the Kaunertal glacier!!
See you there!
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“Three days ago the Horsefeathers “Pleasure Jam” went down. It was just insane! I got an invitation for the Semifinals and made it into the Finals – top 12 riders .
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