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News aus Whistler/B.C. Unsere Jungs waren mal wieder in ihrem Element!

Tune: Thin Lizzy – Emerald

Riders: Phil Moesinger, Flo Goeller, Chris Graf, Dani Gassner

Shot by: Jwolt Media (jwolt.co) & all the riders
Edited by: Flo Goeller

Freeski-Crew.com in Britsh Columbia

After the bad winter in the Alps last year we decided in summer 2011 to not only shoot in Europe for our next movie. We wanted to take the chance and visit our „Good Bye Germany“ friends Dani Gassner, Flo Göller and Chris Graf in their new hometown of Whistler, B.C.

So Basti Färber, Dominik Hartmann, Marinus Höflinger, Georg Stückler, Tobias Huber, Katha Schröer, Flo Breitenberger and I started planing our 5 week trip to the unknown. As we‘re all students we figured the best date would be during the 2012 winter semester break. After a really good european early season and unusual amounts of snow, which also delayed our flight, we finally arrived in springlike +17 °C Vancouver after uncountable hours of traveling.

Vancouver downtown

The Home of our boys in Canada

But still there was nothing to question the decision to travel to Canada this winter. Because during our five weeks stay we still got what you image to find in the Canadian winter: untouched deep powder.
In Whistler we finally got to meet our friends Flo, Dani and Chris. And as we figured out right away all three of them already are real Canadians with the typical lifestyle and attitude. As you can see by  their stunning fleet of trucks, jeeps and sleds in front of their house, a shared flat of nine people. Although our trip started promising, the spring like temperatures and the poor snow conditions were not fun at all. But due to the knowledge of Flo and Chris and aided by touring skins we had the chance to ski terrain which the usual Whistler visitor won‘t be able to find. Thanks again boys!

The sleds of Flo Göller and Chris Graf

Dani Gassner going huge at Blackpark Whistler

After spending 10 days in Whistler we went to Revelstoke, where it finally started snowing. And we were lucky enough that it pretty much kept on snowing for the next three weeks.

On the way to Revelstoke

But it was really interesting to see, that absolutely ever skier in the resort is skiing powder and there‘s hardly anybody skiing on the slopes and you can‘t find untracked snow at all.  So we had to rethink and figure out an alternative to get shots for our movie. The Rogers Pass in the Glacier National Park is less than a one hour drive from Revelstoke and offers pretty much the best terrain you can imagine. But there are no lifts and no sleds allowed so you have to put on the skins and literally earn you turns. For the zones we skied we first had to skin up at least 600 meter of altitude difference.

Tobi Huber and Basti Färber skinning up the mountain

But for us it was a real fair trade because in exchange of the climb we got a phenomenal playground embedded by real Canadian champagne powder. More than just happy we fell asleep between 8pm and 9pm for the next ten days, to get up early in the morning to start into the next perfect but exhausting powder day.

Basti Färber, Georg Stückler, Dominik Hartmann and Bene Höflinger on top of Mount Mackenzie (Revelstoke Mountain Resort)

Our next stop was Rossland, a touristy little town with typical north american flair, where we lived in a hostel without warm water and heat insolation, but with a really nice atmosphere, so we started to enjoy the time there real fast. Just out of town and up the hill the Red Mountain Resort treated us with good conditions and nice and easy accessible terrain. We found some good kicker spots so we spent our time building kickers for a day and then jumping on the other back and forth.

Basti Färber filming Georg Stückler at Red Mountain Resort

Mr. Stückler enjoing the pow at Red Mountain Resort

All in all a perfect conclusion to a brilliant trip. But there was still one factor missing, a little one, but still an important one: Party. But thank god there is the colorful and flashy Vancouver which provided us with all what it takes to make a good trip to a perfect trip.

For further information on our trip and other projects check out www.Freeski-Crew.com, or just wait for the release of our upcoming movie in Fall 2012.

Text by: Bene Höflinger & Basti Färber
Pictures by: Flo Breitenberger (for more Pictures please check gallery below)

Am vergangenen Samstag war es endlich soweit, die Innsbrucker Trachten High Society versammelte sich auf der Nordkette.
Standesgemäß wurde zünftig auf die noch junge Trachtensaison angestoßen und bei anfänglich traumhaftem Sonnenschein die letzten Schwünge der Saison gezogen. Natürlich durfte auch der gemütliche Teil nicht fehlen und so wurde auch recht bald auf gelungene Sprünge, Befahrungen und die Sonne an sich angestoßen.
Leider beendete aufkommender Schneefall die Freuden in knapper Klamotte ein wenig zu früh, was aber einen gelungenen Lederhosentag nicht mehr abwerten konnte.
Wir hoffen euch nächstes Jahr wieder mit einem lauten “Griaß eich” zum Lederhosndog begrüßen zu können! In diesem Sinne, “machts as guad!”

Es ist an der Zeit ein Kleidungsstück zu feiern, das uns manchmal besser kennt, als wir uns selbst, die Tracht! Ob Dirndl oder Lederhose, in den dunkelsten Momenten unseres Lebens (meistens im September) hat uns diese Mode stets gewärmt und sicher nach Hause begleitet.
Wir treten die Zeit mit Füßen, in der die Tracht nur stickige Bierzeltluft atmet, brechen in eine neue Epoche auf und lassen die Lederne in der frischen Bergluft oben auf der Innsbrucker Nordkette ventilieren!

Was wollen wir damit sagen? Schmeiß dich in dein Dirndl / deine Lederhose, schnall der Ski oder Snowbaord an, mach dir deine Haare schön und triff Gleichgesinnte am Samstag den 24. März 2012 (ab Mittag) auf der Innsbrucker Nordkette (kurz Gruam). (Ausweichtermin bei Schlechtwetter: 31.03.2012)

(Noch ein kleiner Tipp am Rande: Tracht zu tragen heißt nicht nur die bequemste Art der Kleidung am Körper zu genießen. Tracht zu tragen heißt vielmehr einen Lebensstiel zu repräsentieren, der sich durch eine offene Art, Weißwurst, Brezn und einer kühlen Halben definiert.)

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