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By The Blogging Tomato, 02.08.2012 17:03

A few weeks ago, the last days of the season in the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein were already in sight. But we knew: it was time again for a big Blue Tomato team shooting!

Beautiful weather, the sun is burning down but our lovely Dachstein always keeps us cool for beeing active for some beloved spring snowboard sessions!

So we decided to go for a huge one and invited our great Blue Tomato Snowboard family of team riders.

The following team members arrived: Ville Uotila, Dominik Wagner, Flo Galler, Rudi Janda,  Georgi Mihaylov, Clemens Schattschneider, Mathias Weißenbacher, Anna Gasser, Paz Gruber, Clemens Millauer, Roli Scharmer, Franki Wörndl and Vanessa Waldenhofer.

We of course invited a photographer, Severin Wegener, to join us on the mountain and capture some of the shown action:

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But we didn’t stop here, we also brought our guy for moving pictures, Thomas Kesselbacher, with us and chained him in front of his computer afterwards to provide you with a sweet little edit:

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By The Blogging Tomato, 11.05.2012 16:30

Spring is everywhere! In late april, most lifts had already closed down. But a small group of snowboard-enthusiasts couldn’t resist to use the snow that still covered most of the mountains. Supported by Blue Tomato, they hosted a spring session right below the parking lot of the Dachstein glacier at “Eagle Mountain” with a Live DJ, BBQ, Beer and of course lots of shredding! They built a kicker, a corner and two raillines and there were filmers and photographers to capture the madness that was going on.
A lot of Blue Tomato Teamriders were involved, Flo Galler, Paz Gruber, Roli Scharmer, Franki Wörndl, Vanessa Waldenhofer and lots of friends shredded every obstacle in sight! Continue reading 'Eagle Mountain spring session'»

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By The Blogging Tomato, 07.02.2012 17:30

Girls are sometimes facing a tough job in the snowboarding scene, but nevertheless they keep on going and love what they do: shredding the mountain and just having a good time with friends. We have exclusively interviewed our five female Blue Tomato team riders. Find out what they think about girls riding!

photo by carlos blanchard

Sponsors: Blue Tomato, Billabong, Swatch, Oakley, Neff, 32, Etnies, Dakine, Les Ettes

How did you spend your last season?

I had planned to be filming all winter, but I hurt my ankle on the first shooting day of the season and I got stuck in Europe with no snow. That’s when I got a wildcard for the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix and won. After that event I ended up competing on the whole tour. I wanted to film in between the contests but I got hurt again. So at the end it’s been a full on competing winter. Quite different for me as I hadn’t competed for a very long time, but hey, a World Champ’s Title looks always good on a CV!

What do you think about the progression of girls snowboarding in the last few years?

The level has improved big time! When I started most of the girls you had seen in the ads just look nice and turn a 360. Nowadays girls are ripping with all 720, 900 and double corks…hell yeah ! But I wish it was growing faster and better! Especially in Europe with still very unequal prize money on the freeride competitions and still no girls in all the main city events, like Air and Style and Freestyle CH etc..

Have you ever had a part in a snowboard video?

Yes, I had some in the Psykopit movies at the time and in the Burton videos too. My favorite part was the one in Roshambo. It was the opening part of the movie and really the only year I’ve had a real film crew all winter with me and no injuries. Before and after that I had a couple of shots at trips with Thermos, Anomaly TGR, The Community Project, the Uniquely movie etc..

Do you think girl movies can inspire other girls to put together a crew to show off their riding and start filming?

Of course and that’s what we need! That’s also how all the main “guys film crews” started filming their friends. I think that’s the best way to find motivation, push each other and find sponsors. Projects like Lipstick Production are essential and they will motivate the younger girls to go out and shred!

Check also Anne-Flore Marxer‘s teamrider styles:

Urska Pribosic

Sponsors: Blue Tomato, Rip Curl, Elan, Amplifi

What are the reasons that girls snowboarding hasn’t received as much attention as guys snowboarding?

Why do girls need women’s-specific snowboard gear?

What’s your favorite girls brand and why?

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By The Blogging Tomato, 03.05.2011 11:21

Hier das Video zum Kids Scouting im Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein!

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Check out the movie of the Kids Scouting at the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 29.04.2011 17:01

Am 21.04.2011 luden Blue Tomato und QPark zum Rookie Scouting im Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein. Dabei konnten junge Snowboard- und Freeskiitalente im Alter von 8 bis 14 Jahren ihr Können zeigen und wertvolle Tipps von Profis, wie Vanessa Waldenhofer, Paz Gruber und Flo Wieser , sammeln. Auch mit von der Patie waren die jungen Blue Tomato Teamrider Max Grünwald und Tobi Grünwald!

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On the 21st of April 2011 the Rookie Scouting at the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein took place. Young snowboarders and freeskiiers showed their ability to ride and got professional advice from BT teamrides Vanessa Waldenhofer, Paz Gruber and Flo Wieser! Furthermore, Max Grünwald and Tobi Grünwald showed their best tricks! All in all it was a sunny and funny day!

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By The Blogging Tomato, 14.02.2011 11:53

Am 30. Jänner 2011 fand im Horsefeathers Superpark Planai ein offizielles Sponsorshooting, unter anderem mit den Blue Tomato Teamridern Vanessa Waldenhofer und Viktor Szigeti, statt. An diesem Tag wurden nicht nur Pics von den Ridern geschossen, es wurde auch ein Movie über den Horsefeathers Superpark selbst gedreht, welcher euch von Headshaper Andreas Roech vorgestellt wird. Hier kannst du dir das Video ansehen.

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On January 30, 2011 the official sponsor shooting at the Horsefeathers Superpark Planai with Blue Tomato teamriders Vanessa Waldenhofer, Viktor Szigeti and many others took place. Moreover, a movie about the Horsefeathers Superpark Planai with headshaper Andreas Roech was shooted. You can watch the movie below.

Horsefeathers Superpark Planai – Parkorama Snowboard 310111 from QParks on Vimeo.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 16.11.2010 11:47

Mädls stehen den Jungs in Sachen Tricks und Style schon lange in Nichts mehr nach – keine Frage! Den besten Beweis dafür liefert Vanessa Waldenhofer!

Trotz oder vielleicht auch gerade wegen ihrer zierlichen Größe ist Vanessa ein wahres Energiebündel in Person: Egal ob es um neue, kreative Tricks im Park geht oder um smoothe Powder-Runs im Backcountry – Vanessa versteht es ihre Energie gezielt einzusetzen und sorgt somit immer wieder für bewundernde Blicke.

Ihr Snowboardtalent ist jedoch nicht alles was sie mit Blue Tomato verbindet, denn neben dem Team Management sorgt sie auch im Online-Marketing dafür, dass hinter den Kulissen alles richtig abläuft. So ist Vanessa nicht nur aus dem Team sondern auch aus der Blue Tomato Crew nicht mehr wegzudenken!

Egal ob es um das Leben, die Arbeit oder das Snowboarden geht – Vanessa stellt sich jeder Herausforderung.

Man kann also gespannt sein, was man als nächstes von ihr zu sehen bekommt!

Vanessa wird gepsonsert von:

Blue Tomato, NIKITA, Ride, Electric, Laxavala, Les Ettes

Style dich jetzt mit dem Pro Rider Set Up von Vanessa Waldenhofer und gib damit genauso Gas wie sie!

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Girls are not standing behind the boys concerning tricks and style anymore- no question! Best proof for that shows us Vanessa Waldenhofer!

Even if or maybe because she is such a graceful person Vanessa is a real bundle of energy: no matter if she does creative tricks in the park or makes some smooth powder-runs in the backcountry- Vanessa just knows how to use her energy and so she always catches admiring looks.

Her snowboard talent is although not everything that connects her with Blue Tomato, because besides the Team Management she also takes care of the E-Mark department, that everything runs smoothly behind the courtain. It is impossible to imagine the Blue Tomato Team and crew without her!

No matter if in live, at work or when snowboarding- Vanessa just faces every challenge!

We can look forward to what we can see next from her!

Vanessa is sponsored by:

Blue Tomato, NIKITA, Ride, Electric, Laxavala, Les Ettes

Get th pro rider set up of Vanessa now and rip like hell as she does!

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By vanessa, 07.07.2010 09:17

One day on Dachstein with KIT & JUST!

JUST one day at Dachstein! from JUSTyrol on Vimeo.

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By The Blogging Tomato, 15.06.2010 09:32

Yes, there are pro-girls too!
She learned to freestyle on the Dachstein glacier and moved to Schladming to be right at the foot of the mountains. Now, the Austrian freestyle icon Vanessa Waldenhofer spends most of her free time with shredding. The pro-girl has already won several contests, works for the international snowboard shop Blue Tomato and has founded the “Kit-Girls”, the first real female snowboard crew of Austria. Due to her connection with the Dachstein we wanted to know what she likes especially about the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein, what’s the difficulty of girls’ riding and how she came to snowboarding. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Vanessa Waldenhofer…

Hey Vanessa, how are you?
Great, thanks! After the rainy weather in May I really enjoyed the first summer days and now I can’t wait till the summer season at the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein starts!

How did you get started in snowboarding?
I’m riding since 9 years now. My friend Lisa (Filzmoser) brought me to freestyle snowboarding as she already was in the middle of the snowboard happening and one day she dragged me on the Dachstein glacier. There „it“ all started and I couldn’t even do controlled swings, but was totally motivated to drop in switch at the small kicker. Back then there was only a small provisory park at the glacier, but nothing in comparison to the paradise that you now can find on the Dachstein! So the Dachstein is to blame for my passion, so to speak…

What’s your drive behind snowboarding?
The moves are so diverse, which allows your creativity run wild and to let slip in your personality into your motion-sequences. Snowboarding is as individual as the humans are: you see 10 people doing the same trick and they’ll always look different. That’s amazing!

Where do you see the differences between male and female riding?
Girls often act with more caution… I think it’s a pity that the female gender is not taken seriously by many people when they go for a snowboard career. Sure men and women differ in style and tricks at snowboarding, but wouldn’t it be strange if it wasn’t so?

Nevertheless, has the level of girls riding changed in the last years?
Definitely! Nowadays you find girls of all levels in the parks. Girl-crews shred the parks together rather than just hanging around in the chill-area like it was the picture some years ago. This really makes me happy! Also that some friends of mine who haven’t rode for very long are coming along in the park and we are having fun together there! I think that’s because of the various obstacles in the parks that allow to practice from the beginning on and try new tricks. The beginner park at the Dachstein and the small obstacles there are just perfect for doing the first steps! I can only admire the beginner girls of today because I can’t remember that there hardly were boxes when I started snowboarding!

What are you doing in summer when the snow has melted away?
Well, if it’s possible I go surfing, but as I’m also working in the online marketing for Blue Tomato temporarily it’s not always that easy. But this summer I’m off for 4 weeks to Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur and Bali – that’s the way life should be! 

Are you going to visit the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein regularly in summer?
Sure! It’s a must for me and to be honest, I’m waiting longingly for the summer-shred-time! It’s just great: sun, slush and good mood! It’s the perfect time for trying out new tricks as the landings of the kickers are soft! And after the sessions I go right to the lake!

How did you decide to move here?
The „Dachstein“ is unique, the park is always perfectly shaped and every season we find new obstacle highlights! The relaxed atmosphere in the park is another reason why people keep coming back to the Dachstein! As I’ve already mentioned, my snowboard beginnings are strongly connected to the Dachstein and so am I by now! So I finally moved to the small town Schladming at the foot of the Dachstein and it’s damn fine here!

Thinking back to the last season, what comes to your mind?
Perfect kicker- and rail lines and a very cozy chill-lounge to relax after riding. Only the weather wasn’t so over-the-top! But luckily this year it all rained out already in May and so this won’t happen again.

What are your further plans?
I try to stay healthy and not getting injured.

Your last words…
Girls, head to the Dachstein and see how much fun we will have!!

The Interviews are published on: http://www.qparks.com/news/1/14225/3474/ & http://www.dachstein.horsefeatherssuperparks.com/news/1/12685/3474/

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By The Blogging Tomato, 30.03.2010 14:17

Here are some pictures from the Blue Tomato Team shooting in the Horsefeathers Superpark Planai.

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