On January the 15th 2012 the Blue Tomato Kings Park has been flooded by flashlights! The reason for it has been the 1st Blue Tomato Shooting Time “Rock the Kingdom”! No freestyle addict didn’t let this opportunity let go and showed their best tricks at beautiful bluebird! Professional photographers were there and shot amazing pics!
Here you’ll find a small overview of the great pictures made at the “Rock the Kingdom” on January the 15th 2012:
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!
To keep your snowboard in good shape, so that it always provides you with what you need and want, with perfect grip and lots of speed, you need to do a little workout from time to time! Grinding the edges and waxing the base of your board, that’s what you need to do! Therefor you need some special equipment, equipment which can make your time in the park and the powder so much better! So this is not something to be stingy with, you would regret it!
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!”
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.
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.
The Blue Tomato Team and Co. are looking forward to the legendary Kaunertal Openingand 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!
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!
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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