3 Comps in 3 weeks
Hey Guys,
it has been a busy 3 weeks for me, going to switzerland twice and austria for the Red Bull 401, Austrian Freeski Open and European Freeski Open!
The Red Bull 401 took place 3 weeks ago in Hoch Ybrig switzerland!
It is a whole different comp then all others, u have a dartboard with all four 1080´s as the bullzeye and then all four 9´s all four 7´s and so on!
U also have 2straight airs and 2switch straight airs!Every trick is worth a different amount of points and u have to get down from 401 to 0 in as less runs as possible, by performing certain tricks, mixed with double grabs, combo graps, inverts and double corks bonuses!
It really is hard to understand but the Red Bull guys did it perfect = )
I ended up in 3rd place behind Jonas Hunziker and Elias Ambuehl!
The comp was a lot of fun, the weather was perfect and the concept legendary.
taking off switch
cork 9 blunt
stoked about 3rd place
After switzerland it was about time to go back home and take part in the Austrian Freeski Open!
This year all the athletes gathered in Kaprun!
The location was new and the thoughts were high!
After a good first traing day up on Kitzsteinhorn everybody was ready for the big Finals!
Due to the weather situation the organisators had to do qualifications and finals in one day!
The Strong wind made it hard to get the speed right, and we were only able to hit 2out of 5obstacles! I decided to to something different and nose butterd the kicker besides the canon box, with a nose butter cork 9 and a sw cork 9 on the jump! Unfortunately this was not enough but I ended up sessioning the smaller jup a little more and tried a nose butter cork 12 = )
sw cork 9
Nimbus Point & Shoot: Garrett Russell’s HOME
Point & Shoot by Nimbus Independent is a series of quick edits from Nimbus Athletes (in this case LINE MC Garrett Russell) so tune into their site for new videos!
Epic skiing in the San Juans of Colorado. My brother, roommate, and myself skiing some classic back country. Thanks goes out to Will Wesson for filming me in the park and BC booters, Brad Foley for taking photos of me, and my brother for showing me the way! Other than that, this is what I have been up to on my free time. I won’t lie, I really miss Mammoth sometimes and riding with the crew, who ever it may be. But a man has got to do what a man has got to do.
For me… this is saving the Russell legacy; our sacred cabin.
Hattrick at Polish Open
The road trip to Zakopane actually starts on Wednesday, including the consequences of a Wednesday night in Innsbruck. A part of the crew was displaced to some of Innsbruck finest localities by the Legs of Steel. This is why the departure time was changed without further ado from 8h to 10h at 5 o‘clock in the morning.
Polish Streets
On Thursday morning the downdays and Line traveling crew consisting of the Photographer Thomas Charry, Jussi Mononen and Jonee Puelz under the guidance of Line‘s „Mista Cash“ Korbi left to Poland. At the Chiemsee Roy Kittler joined us. The fact that it finally snowed after a dry period lasting for weeks implied a big disadvantage for us. The traveling time was extended about more than 4 hours, so in total we spent 14,5 hours on the road. Our 2 navigation systems both didn‘t know Zakopane, which didn‘t speed up our duration spent in the car, as well.
Jussi and Jonee
To read the whole trip story from downdays.eu , please click here
The Powder Mag Video Award Nominees are…
Will Wesson, Eric Pollard and the Meathead Films! Proving once again that Line athletes, editors and film makers are among the best in the world. Check out the videos, go to PowderAwards.com for the latest and check the live webcast on January 30th.
Winning the Pevy last year Will Wesson was nominated again for “Best Jib”
Winning the Pevy last year, Eric Pollard’s Nimbus Independent Film Company was nominated again for “Best Editing”
Meathead Films nominated for “Movie of the the Year”. In the past they won with Will Wesson’s “Best Jib” and were nominated for “Best Powder”
Good luck everyone! See you on the web!
Slayin Rails
Some riders of the Aestivation Project ( www.aesitvation.eu ) including Roy Kittler and Jussi Mononen flew up to the north of europe to slide some rails in Helsinki, Finland. Here some pictures of photographer Max Prechtel who joined them for the week. Mo, the head of the project told me that they got some really nice shots so be sure to check their next years movie!!!
sometimes there´s even sunlight in finland!!!
Wallpaper
Time to change your desktop wallpaper!!!
www.transition.se/news.aspx?id=5050
Cheers,
Jesper Guldbrand
Rider of the year!
Our FT & LINE rider Jaime Puigdengoles is rider of the year in Spain!!!
“It was a great night, the first FAN Awards ceremony put toghether some of the main faces of the Spanish freestyle scene, and I was lucky enough to get rewarded as Skier of the Year and shared that moment with some freestyle legends in the country like Aritz Aramburu (surfer), Andreu Lacondeguy (FMB), Dany Torres (FMX), Queralt Castellet (SnowBoard), among others.”
Congrats Jaime and keep holding it down!!!
Jaime at the awards
all winners
Dart Pointy Stick Review
Here’s a great review/test on the 4 finger grab-a-bility of our pointy stick, the Dart!
Originally from BroBomb.com
Eric Pollard all over Freeskier Magazine
Eric Pollard is not only on the cover of Freeskier Magazine’s December Issue, he painted it! The mag is filled with sweet pictures of Eric on his EP Pro skis and has an awesome article about Eric’s film company, Nimbus Independent.
Max Hill on the cover of Skier
Shout out to our boy Max Hill aka “Axe Kill” for landing the cover of skier. You know, one time Max ordered a big mac at Burger King and got one, that how epic he is.
WHAT UP!
- Will Wesson Extra Footage Edit
- 3 Comps in 3 weeks
- LINE / Voleurz Exclusive Edit
- Go Pro in France
- Nimbus Point & Shoot: Garrett Russell’s HOME
- Powder Mag Week Begins
- Meathead Accolades
- Hattrick at Polish Open
- SIA Snowshow Booth 3656
- Eric Pollard’s Self-Edit(s)
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