Tine Huber- News

Many thanks to NORRONA for the past years !!!

2011-11-28T21:02:00.003+01:00

Thank You for the great support within the last 4 years. I had a great time being part of the „Norrona family“ and working with an awesome and inspiring company.

Within the last years Norrona expanded it’s product lines and positioned itself as one of the great companies on the European Outdoor Market.

It’s time for me to go into a new direction and change my clothing sponsor, so I am not going to ride for Norrona this season anymore!

My new partner will be announced soon...

Watch out for me on the mountains ;-) !!!

Tine

New Riggler Grownupstuff beanies!

2011-07-06T19:25:00.001+02:00

28.02.2011

Yesterday I picked up some brand new and great looking beanies and headbands from Riggler Grownupstuff which are made in the Alps. Have a look at their products, they really keep your head warm and especially stylish!

So what to do on a bad weather day as today...yeah- taking the new beanies out and play a bit with the camera...

At least we got some snow left here in Innsbruck...perfect to shoot some fun stuff! Check out some of the results ;-).

GET OUT AND PLAY!!!

2011-07-06T19:08:00.000+02:00

26.02.2011

What a great morning...it has been snowing all night and I saw a bluebird sky when I was looking out of the window. Here in St.Anton everyone was in a hurry today...trying to figure out where to catch the first pow lines.

Helli and me decided to head over to Zürs in the morning and it was absolutely the right choice!

Further we skied over to Stuben and had almost the whole mountain for ourselves. Trackin the hikes was definitely worth it!

Catch ya’ in the mountains!

Skitouring Arlberg: Erlijoch

2011-05-15T17:24:00.000+02:00

10.02.2011

After exploring the area the last few days…today we gonna take it easy and go for good pow turns…yes, you still find them even in these kind of snow conditions…probably staying on north faces might be a good choice…

The great thing about this tour is to be able to enjoy good skiing even before you start hiking…from the Valluga-lift down towards where you start skinning we had great powder conditions.

No matter how great the skiing probably looks on the skiers left side, make sure to stay on the skiers right side, especially in these kind of snow conditions. At the moment it’s almost not possible to pass the cliff band on the skiers left unless you jump or straight line one of the couloirs.

on the way up with the first ride down in my back...

After you have an enjoyable, easy and quick walk up on skins all the way to the Joch and some great riding first towards the Stuttgarter hut and further on into Paziel valley where you get back into the ski area of Zürs.

We chose one of the super nice and a bit steeper couloirs on the left, and found some good firn conditions there.

What another great day!

Skitouring Arlberg: Augstenberg

2011-05-11T22:27:00.000+02:00

08.02.2011

Another perfect day for skitouring in the Arlberg region is ahead...how cool is it to look out of the window early morning ... get hit by bluebird and the rising sun and get ready be outside...

Todays goal: Augstenberg starting from Rendl ski area into the Moos-valley.

Although there was a bit lack of snow, and the steep part right after the dam was super icy, it was great fun to finally reach the sun. After this first part you find an enjoyable walk all the way to the top.

cold and ice early morning...

...slushy and sunny after...

stunning views from the top...

From there we decided to take the risk and ride down towards the ice fall…cruising down the first slope was definitely worth to take what came after.

While sliding down the ice fall I would have loved to have my ice axe, which was still lying back home.

sharp edges needed!!!...thx to Toko for providing me with great stuff!!!

A few turns later in variable snow conditions we ended up hiking down an ice avalanche, holding on to trees, following the paths of the mountain goats, all the way to the verwall bus station.

Oh yes, I guess a great tour if there would have been enough snow to ride all the way down ;-)…and yes, we have definitely earned a beer after at Rendl beach...watching the area of our todays tour!

catch ya',

Tine

Skitouring Arlberg: Hochkarspitz

2011-05-08T23:22:00.002+02:00

07.02.2011

Still searching for great skiing we hike up to Hochkarspitz with a great run at the back all the way down to St.Jakob in mind.

Again our starting point leads us early morning to the top of Riffl II chair lift at Rendl. Riding into the back of Rendl towards is already a great fun warm up run untill we start skinning to the top.

In perfect weather conditions we find many options to choose from for our ride down. Finally we chose a steep option, which is usually tricky to ride at this time of the year due to danger of avalanches.

Yes, it definitely was the right decision to take that route. A bit of windpacked powder in the top part, a nice little cliff drop and just fine conditions in the middle section. The lower part all the way down to St.Jakob was a bit hard to ride due to old frozen avalanches underneath but absolutely worth to go!

Here are some impressions:

Skitouring Arlberg: Kreuzjochspitz

2011-05-08T22:22:00.000+02:00

05.02.2011

Although it’s still February it already feels like spring time here in St.Anton. Skinning up in t-shirt and open pants in the sun is great fun. The good thing is, that it’s possible to ski some really cool steep stuff...

Today we decided to hike up to the top of Kreuzjoch and ski a great run down to Pettneu passing by the Malfon-valley.

Starting from the top station of Riffl II in the Rendl ski area early morning followed by an easy and enjoyable hike we reach the top in quite good conditions.

Especially the view from up there is extremely stunning.

For our ride down we chose a steep and pretty narrow couloir which ends in a big snowfield right underneath the first rocky part. We were super lucky with the conditions and had a great run...especially the run out all the way to Pettneu.

ISPO 2011- Biggest European Wintersport Trade Show

2011-02-27T11:18:00.000+01:00

7.2.2011

This years ISPO trade show was crazy as usually. The weather on the mountains was great so I just went there on Sunday, the opening day in Munich. It was a lot to meet all my sponsors on one day and to have a look at plenty of innovations in sports industry.

Right in the morning I had a look to the booth of Zanier Gloves to say hello to Markus, Andrea and the rest of the motivated Zanier guys. They showed some absolutely great gloves they’re gonna produce for 2012.

Next for sure I had to see the Adidas Eyewear booth and meet the people there.

The new Goggles are great as usual. I especially like the great new colors and the collection of the Adidas Eyewear Originals sunglasses...so nice ;-).

The Fischer Ski booth was packed with people interested in their new technologies. Especially people were attracted by the new Vacuum Fit technology. The Watea line 2012 appears with a new design and a big new brother with a width of 120mm in the middle and a little new brother which will be nice for ski touring and allround riding.

Next I explored the new booth of Norrona clothing. They did a really good work in showing their 2012 collection. My favorite is definitely the Norrona-Gore Tex Active Shell Jacket. It so light, you almost can’t feel it while wearing it.

Passing by the EFX booth I met some great people as Alex Hasch, Florian Lachauer and the SOFAMOVIELAB-Crew J.

My next stop was the booth from the great brand Riggler Grownupstuff- made in the Alps. Chet out their webpage at www.riggler.eu and find your favorite headwear! It was great to see that they still have so many great ideas for new stylish beanies and headbands.

Well yeah I did not mention one of the most interesting innovations yet…the new avalanche tranceiver Pieps Vector. This is an innovative product including a bunch of amazing new features. The Pieps booth had som many great products to explore at ISPO 2011…check out the shops next winter for their new innovative products.

All in all it was a perfect day meeting so many people I haven’t met for a while and exploring new products.

Thanks to my sponsors and partners for the great support!

Stimorol Engadin Snow 2011

2011-02-13T20:04:00.000+01:00

The weatherforecast looked great and the snow conditions were not really bad either. So I was looking forward to drive to St.Moritz/ Engadin to ride the Engadin Snow Big Mountain competition.

I managed to get up the mountain and have a look at the face the day before the comp...it was great to have a picture in mind before going to bed ;-).

The weather of the competition day coudn’t have been any better...bluebird, sun and cold as ice. I was pretty sure about my the line I have chosen and started an easy hike to the top.

pic by Marc Weiler

And again, as usually, I was super nervous at the start. Finally I enjoyed riding my line...stomped a small drop right after the start, took the right traverse through some cliffs and skied fluent the line I have chosen, including another drop in the middle of the face, all the way to my final jump.

There I hasitated and lost a lot of speed. Still I decided to take the drop and landed a bit to much forward, I guess. I lost my ski and with it all the points of my run ;-(.

my line...

Finally I was happy to ski the line I have chosen in a fluent way, although I ended up as „did not finish“ in the ranking ;-). Next time I am going to keep my skis on!

Tine

Great early season powder!

2010-12-12T00:11:00.000+01:00

7.12.2010

Planning to be out filming with Sofamovielab everything came different…

Wheaterforecast: 90% sunshine

Snow conditions: 30cm fresh powder

…sounds great…let’s get the team together and meet early in Stubai Valley!

However time passed by and the sun did not wanna show up…far from it! It started heavy snowing and fog came in…

So we packed in the cameras and enjoyed some tree runs in fresh pow… soo much fun!

All pics by sofamovielab!

Winter season is fully on!

Tine

What a perfect Day!

2010-12-11T23:43:00.000+01:00

6.11.2010

What a perfect day at Wildspitz!

Ready for exploring the possibilities at this time of the year Ruth, Flo, Helli and me hiked up high to reach the beautiful white snow on the glacier.

Starting early in the morning we met many race teams queuing at the train to get up to the well-groomed slopes. Passing this mass of skiers and traversing out toward the glacier we were suddenly all on our own and enjoyed the quiet morning on the glacier.

On the hike up we soon realized, that the crevasses are not well covered with snow yet and we had to be careful to choose a proper line.

The higher we got the more we came out of the shade and enjoyed beautiful sunrays and an amazing view throughout the Austrian alps. On our way up we realized already that it’s going to be a great ride down due to nice powder conditions.

Even hiking up the last part along the ridge to reach the summit of Wildspitz was in perfect snow conditions and an enjoyable to climb wearing crampons.

We enjoyed the view from the summit all by ourselves and found a windless and sunny place to relax for a while.

On our ride down we still had to take care about the crevasses but skied some turns in perfect powder conditions…

oh yeah… an amazing day in the mountains with good friends.

Am ready for winter now!

Catch' ya on the mountains,

Tine

Summertime 2010

2010-11-07T18:54:00.004+01:00

Yes, summer 2010 was definitely great! I had a lot of time to discover the beauty of Austria. I spent many days climbing, hiking and biking around Innsbruck and some more places in the tyrolean mountains, swimming in beautiful lake Wörthersee in Carinthia and kitesurfing or windsurfing at cold mountain lake Achensee.

In July we enjoyed the great hike to the peak of Serles, one of the mountains we look at from the terrace of our appartment in Innsbruck.

Then in August it started snowing again and I was really surprised how great the conditions at the glacier in Hintertux were. So in the middle of the summer Eva Walkner and me skied some powder in the morning and enjoyed to ride in beatiful weather. It was a great feeling to be back on skies.

Meanwhile I travelled a lot to lake Garda in Italy. Just about two hours drive from Innsbruck and you get the feeling of being far away somewhere in the south. The small villages Torbole and Malcesine are well known for windsurfing, kitesurfing and for sure for climbing and mountainbiking.

After three days at Lago di Garda I almost needed a week off ;-)...I loved the time we spent there usually with good friends...kitesurfing from 6:30 to 9:30 in the morning, afterwards a great cappucino and italian breakfast, then biking or climbing and in the afternoon windsurfing... oh yes, after a day like that we earned a pizza and some italian red wine from our favourite pizzeria Al Porto!

And for sure after a great dinner we had to have an italian ice cream from the best place in Torbole and a drink at Winds Bar ;-)...life's great!

In June we met Robbie Naish in Torbole... he is absolutely a legend!

See ya next year at Lago di Garda!

Adidas Eyewear factory visit

2010-11-07T18:02:00.001+01:00

15.06.2010

In June skiers Jochen Reiser, Marja Persson, Alois Bickel, Tobi Trischer and me were invited to the headquarters of Adidas Eyewear in Austria. There we met as well pro mountainbiker from New Zealand Kelly MacGarry.

It was amazing to get a tour through the various production sites of sunglasses, optical glasses and for sure goggles. I was really impressed by the way glasses are cut, and the various materials are handled and put together.

Many thanks to the Adidas Eyewear crew and for the impressive tour!

Further we got the possibility to order a pair of optical glasses. There are way too many different styles to choose from and all of them look great.

And yes, I found the right ones...check out my new optical Adidas Eyewear glasses...I love them!

Riggler Grownupstuff- stylish headwear

2010-05-16T14:32:00.001+02:00

05.05.2010

The Austrian brand Riggler Grownupstuff is supporting me with really cool headwear. These are products made in the Alps for people who don't wanna leave the house without great headwear.

So watch out for stylish headwear in the shops all over Europe!

this pic has been taken in may up at Stubaier Gletscher- spring skiing is on ;-)

Season End in St.Anton

2010-05-16T13:54:00.002+02:00

25.04.2010

Looking back to another great season, this time with less snow than the year before, we finished the season with a big party night after the race of "Der Weiße Rausch" and a delicious brunch for sure in Top 11 the next day.

Although the boys were not completely happy with their results in the race, everybody was happy that it was over...Congrats to Marina and Paul for winning the race!!!

Paul Schwarzacher skiing down first all by himself

Paul and Marina- winners of "Der Weiße Rausch 2010"

After my accident in Russia my whole body hurt and I really had no mood for skiing (and that really means something!)...so we chilled in the sun and went for a nice walk withthe labby Jean Paul. It really feels like spring time in town now...

Back from Russia!

2010-05-16T13:06:00.006+02:00

25.04.2010

Two weeks ago Jochen Reiser, Axel Hörmann, Photographer Jens Klatt and me went to the Elbrus region in Russia to experience Russian lifestyle and culture, to ride amazing high mountains within the Kaukasus area and to bring home an interesting and great story...what a trip!

Compared to what we have here, Russia is a completely different world. We met friendly people, saw really crazy people in Moscow and although it became really warm had some great riding in Cheget and the Elbrus ski area.

Situated in the city of Terskol near the boarder to Georgia we either took the two chairlifts up to the top of the ski area of Cheget or went to the Elbrus cable car. If you start hiking from the top of Cheget for about 30min to one hour you get an amazing off pist run ending up in one of the culoirs you can look at from the valley. All in all you get about 1500m vertical drop riding on great terrain in one run. I really liked Cheget due to a big variety of options to play with the mountain formations. Yo can choose to jump some of the small or bigger cliffs, straight line one of the narrow culoirs or just enjoy riding one of the big faces.

me looking down from Cheget ski area...Elbrus with it's two peaks in the background

Axel, Jochen and me at the top of Cheget ski area- ready for a great run down

Taking the pretty new cable car up to the ski area right at the foot of Mt.Elbrus leads into completely different terrain. The cable ends at a height of about 3800m. From there you can take the ratrack up to around 4100m. Riding on the terrain there you really have to be aware of crevasses. There is plenty of wholes even if the top parts are not very steep. On the glacier you can choose of either going down skiers left all the way down into Terskol canyon, ending up back in the village of Terskol, or skiers right far out on the glacier, ending up back to the mid station of the cable car. Both directions are really interesting to ride. If you keep your eyes open, you really find great, challenging spots, where noone else has gone before.

Jochen, me and Axel traversing out on the skiers right side of the glacier

me riding on the Mt.Elbrus glacier

me jumping over some kind of crevas formation

Our Russian Camerawoman Dasha took some great shots, so I we are going to show a small movie about our trip to Russia beginning of next season.

Unfortunately on the last day of riding I turned the wrong way and got caught by the sluff of the wet snow. Instead of jumping the cliff I was looking at, I fell over it and thereby lost my helmet camera and my digicam. Finally I have learned again a lot about riding when sluff is following and I am happy that I got off lightly with just some small injuries.

So watch out for the full story and more great pictures in the magazines upcoming winter season!!!

Delayed Easter Fire @ Inn

2010-05-16T12:47:00.000+02:00

09.04.2010

After saving the wood for a week in the trunk, waiting for the rain to stop, we finally had a great fire nearby the Inn in Innsbruck. Starting with a few people more and more friends joined and sat around the fire with us.

All of us had some winter-powder-stories to tell so it was great meeting back in Innsbruck and having some bbq sausages!

Easter Powder- St.Anton

2010-05-16T12:31:00.000+02:00

05.04.2010

Unbelievable but true...winter is back!!!
Face shots and fluffy fresh powder in April!!!

Today we were riding at Rendl in St.Anton and were the only people who went off pist. So run after run we had big faces of untracked powder in front of us.
As soon as the sun came out it got warmer and for sure the snow a bit heavier...but still no peopla and great riding!!!

What a day! ;-)

Lausanne

2010-05-16T12:25:00.000+02:00

27.03.2010

On our way to Chamonix we had time for a day and a night in the pretty city Lausanne to visit Helli's brother. I really like the view from the lakeside towards the mountains. People tell that on a clear day you even are able to see the Mont Blanc from there. Unfortunately every time I have been there it was cloudy and rainy...but I guess it's a beatiful place with many possibilities in Summer.

Have a look at some impressions...

Chamonix powder skiing- STEEP & DEEP

2010-05-16T11:26:00.000+02:00

04.04.2010

Chamonix had a really great winter season this year. Especially during Easter we had perfect blue sky and sunshine and the next day it was dumping a meter of fresh pow again followed by a nother sunny day.

Chamonix at Easter time is a crazy place. There are just too many people who wanna ride the good snow. You better be early to line up for the lifts or you have a good sense for planning your reservation.

I had so many days of perfect riding together with Helli, Wolfgang and Eva. Read more about Easter riding in Chamonix at Mountain Spirit Guide's Blog.

The mountains in chamonix are way bigger, steeper and more extreme than in the rest of the Alps. For sure you can find steep runs in St.Anton too, but usually these runs are not that long and enormous. Futher I am always impressed by the high altitude and the glacier in Chamonix. My brother once said: "be careful- what looks like a whole is a whole!" Still the more often I ride in Chamonix the more experience I get in ski mountaineering and riding steep glacier faces.

Ride on!!!

Frontflip Training

2010-05-16T10:17:00.000+02:00

27.02.2010

We found this little kicker with a perfect soft landing to try some flips! Helli did really good on the front flips. However we are motivated to train on the waterramp this summer. So next winter it's time to do bigger front-, back- and sideflips!

See ya' on the waterramp in Föderlach!!!

Shooting with Immanuel Meier

2010-05-15T21:56:00.000+02:00

25.03.2010

Behind me are two great days of freeride and lifestyle shooting with German photographer Immanuel Meier. Unfortunately on the first day the bad weather came in pretty early and we had almost no contrasts left to shoot some good shots.
Therefore we had time to check out some cool locations for the upcoming day.

In the evening we found a pretty romantic spot to shoot some lifestyle pics. Immanuel set up his big flash units and we worked till the sun went down. Check out some of his pics in the gallery!

Riding Arlberg powder

2010-05-15T21:40:00.000+02:00

25.03.2010

The Arlberg region is definitely my home spot. I know so many great places to go with a great variety of options. Even after a week without fresh snow you can find places like the one on the pic.

You just need to hike a bit and find yourself straight within the white paradise ;-)...
catch ya' on the mountains!!!

Shooting in Hintertux with Jens Klatt and the gang

2010-05-15T21:05:00.000+02:00

14.02.2010

Blue sky and some fresh pow...definitely a day to meet in Hintertux for some fun riding. Jens took his camera with him and got some great shots of us riding some pow and jumping off cliffs. Especially the boys went big although the take offs and landings were rocky and tricky. We had a perfect day of' playin' in the snow and working for the camera.

For lunch we had a quick stop at the mountain restaurant in Hintertux where Jens found a Soljanka on the menue and started to revel about his childhood...not knowing that he will be going to Russia later this winter ;-)...

FM4 Wintermärchen- Winterwonderland Falkert

2010-05-15T20:11:00.000+02:00

12.02.2010

Mari Lang from FM4-radio asked me to present the mountains in Austria where my roots are and where I grew up...that's definitely the Falkert ski area in Kärnten within. So I called Flo Köfer, local freeskier from the Falkert, who then organised a great day with us.
That day it was dumping and dumping and we had amazing powder conditions. My red Audi just made it all the way up drifting around the corners of the snow covered and really slippery road.

Altough we couldn't ride much due to foggy weather and wind and although we couldn't enjoy the view from the mountains all over Kärnten, we had an absolutely great day! Especially the hot chocolate at Flo's Zirbenstub'n was amazing. Finally we enjoyed the evening partying with some of the local guys and I met good friends of mine which I haven't seen for a while.

The file was on radio in march and is still stored on the fm4.orf.at webpage...so check the full story here!!!

Shooting for Hervis Sports with Ulrich Grill

2010-05-09T23:11:00.000+02:00

13.03.2010

After prosponing the date due to bad weather conditions we finally went to St.Jakob im Defereggental to shoot some great Action and Lifestyle Pics for Hervis Sports. Around half past five in the morning Heidi, Alois and me left Innsbruck in cloudy, bad weather. Imagine how suprised we were seing perfect blue sky right after the tunnel. We found perfect groomed slopes with almost no people and nice cold powder for some freeride action!
We had a lot of fun playin' in the snow like little kids and working with Ulrich Grill and his asistant.

If you wanna see more...check out the next years ads at Hervis Sports Company!

See ya' back in the mountains,
Tine

Shooting for Zanier Gloves with Ulrich Grill

2010-05-09T22:42:00.002+02:00

04.01.2010

Early in the morning Alois Bickel, Mara Novak and me met Ulrich Grill and Markus, his assistant, in Obertauern to shoot some great pics for next years Zanier Catalogue. Altough the snow was very wind blown and it hasn't been snowing for quite a few days we managed to find some nice spots.

We were working all day long and even did not find any time for a quick lunch break. It was one of the coldest days of the season, but we were happy to wear nice and warm Zanier Gloves.

Finally we finished the day with a great dinner at the Seekarhaus in Obertauern.

Thanks Ulrich for the great and productive day!

more details about Zanier check: http://www.zanier.com

more details about Photographer Ulrich Grill and his company check: http://www.zooom.at

Playin' in Zürs am Arlberg

2010-05-02T13:53:00.002+02:00

21.2.2010

What a perfect day to ride some great, untracked powder in Zürs am Arlberg. Helli and me had so much fun playin' in perfect powder conditions and for sure really enjoyed the sun and the blue sky.
It was definitely one of my best days of the season...

Surrounded by a great panorama of white covered mountain tops I always feel home here at the Arlberg. For me the whole Arlberg region is one of the best freeriding areas in the world. I have seen so many great places all over the world but am always impressed when I come back home to the Arlberg. It's the variety of routes, the challenge of different terrain and the beautiness of the mountains that keeps me smiling when I ski here at the Arlberg.

Catch ya' at the Arlberg!!!

Tine

Skitouring at the Arlberg, Mehlsack (2652m)

2010-04-04T23:32:00.000+02:00

25.02.2010

The last snowfall has been quite a while ago and most of the skiable faces at the Arlberg are tracked now. Skitouring at the Arlberg is always a great choice. The best about freeriding is to have the possibility to hike every mountain you like, and ski the face you have been looking at.

We decided to hike the Mehlsack, a mountain, that is used for heliskiing here at the Arlberg. For the ride down we chose a steep and rocky line on the north face of the mountain ending far back in the valley behind Zug. After a very windy hike up we had a great powder run all the way from the top ;-). What a prefect day!

Home sweet home, Riding at Seegrube, Innsbruck

2010-04-04T22:22:00.002+02:00

24.02.2010

It’s great to spend a bit of time here at home in Innsbruck. Spring feeling is still in town and the snow is pretty slushy and wet. Perfect conditions to cruise a bit in the soft bumps in the shoots of the Hafelekar in Innsbruck and to ride the Nordpark.

Especially in soft conditions like these I like to ride the park. It’s great when the landings get soft and smooth although it’s sometimes a bit tricky to take the right speed. It was a great day to try out some new tricks and to chill on the mountain.

Helli having some fun!

The Red One!!!

2010-04-04T21:10:00.001+02:00

20.02.2010

It’s unbelievable but after 391.190 km my red Audi is still driving without big troubles. Finally it’s time to make a change, especially before my great car breaks down ;-). From the earth to the moon it’s 384401 km ... so my car and me are on the way back from the moon already.

This car has been at many great places all over Europe (France, Switzerland, Slovakia, Germany, Italy,...) and really did a great job carrying lots of stuff in summer and winter. I always had enough space to bring my skis, climbing gear, wind- and kitesurf stuff, bikes,...

Still I am pretty happy about my new black Audi now...I am sure this one is gonna experience at least as much as the red one!

Skitouring in Kühtai valley (Pirchenkogel 2828m)

2010-04-04T20:18:00.001+02:00

19.02.2010

Bad weather and really warm conditions...so what to do today? Right...SKITOURING...after leaving a bit late Helli and me decided to go for a small ski tour in Kühtai valley. It feels like spring time already although ist supposed to be deepest winter still...hmm.

Hiking up wearing T-shirt feels really strange at this time of the year. After starting on the normal cat track we decided to try a short cut through the trees. Instead of being faster we ended up doing hard work getting to the top due to rough spring conditions.

When we arrived up at the top really bad weather and strong wind came in, so it got super cold again and snow started to freece...oh yes, we had some great skiing all the nice untracked slopes down in breakable crust...what a cool training day ;-)!!!

Bad luck at Stimorol Engadin Snow

2010-04-04T18:51:00.001+02:00

10.02.2010

Straight after ISPO I headed to Engadin/Silvaplana to ride the Engadin Snow 2010. I managed to arrive just in time for taking the last cable car to the top to check out the face. The Corvatsch north face is definitely one of my most favourite competition faces. Exactly like a real Big Mountain face should be-challenging and with a big variety of options.

After struggling a bit I chose a solid line with three nice cliff drops and thought to be happy with my choice. On my way down I met one of the judges who told me that the snow conditions are a lot better on the skiers left side of the face and super wind blown and rocky on the other side.

After struggling almost the whole evening I decided to believe in the judges opinion and changed my line completely for a line on the skiers left side of the face. Finally it all came different. After a technical entry to my line I wanted to drop a pretty high cliff right after the start and then enjoy my ride. Ueli Kestenholz, one of the snowboarders who started in front of me took the same drop I wanted to jump, and I could hear his landing on packed ice all the way up towards the start. After this I decided not to hurt myself on a hard landing and skier around this jump. Finally during my whole line the conditions were super hard, rocky and wind blown and I had on of my worst runs ever. It did not really have a lot of fun riding the face this time.

I am definitely looking forward to the Stimorol Engadin Snow 2011! This time I have learned not to believe in anybody else and to trust in my own line choice. All in all the competition is one of the best organised ones in the whole series. Many thanks to Christian Müller and his team!

Aline Bock in the cable car ;-)

Hanna Fischer, Maria Kuzma and me at the start ;-)

Nice shooting with Manuel Angstl

2010-02-06T10:14:00.000+01:00

16.01.2010

Blue sky and perfect powder conditions...what a great day for taking some freeskiing shots. Young photographer Manuel Angstl from Munich came over to St.Anton am Arlberg, took his camera with him and played with us in the Arlberg mountains. We started with some great runs in St.Anton...

...and continued in Zürs am Arlberg...I definitely had a lot of fun riding through perfect untouched powder and jumping some cliffs.

Watch more of the shots he took with his camera:

finally we enjoyed the last sun rays and took a last shot in the warm light...

That's on of the days you won't miss in the mountains ;-)...
Cheers,
Tine

Happy New Year!!!

2010-01-10T00:09:00.002+01:00

My start into the year 2010 in St.Anton was one of the best ever!

Surrounded by Helli and my best friends I finished a great year and started the new one with a lot of dancing. After having a nice fondue-evening and some fun in Top 11, we managed to arrive just in time at the Krazy Kanguruh to watch the fireworks. From then on Helli, Eva, Andi, Fossi, Tina, Mario, Carina and me kept celebrating the start of the year 2010. We were definitely on a dancing mission that night and ended up in Bobo's after a crazy slide down to St.Anton on hard packed and icy snow. Luckily we met Manuel, just on the way home from his photo-job, driving us back to Top 11.

For sure we made a few New Year Resolutions (especially Eva and me)- but they gonna stay secret ;-)...

Lots of fresh snow in St.Anton

2010-01-09T23:17:00.001+01:00

Two days after Christmas Wolfgang, Eva, Helli and me went to St.Anton to search for the fresh snow the weather-forecast promised. And there it was- lots of cold, fresh, white powder and not a lot of people around. Right in time, when they opened the Schindler chair lift around 12 o'clock, we were there and found some nice lines to ski. The terrain is great to play with my Watea Skis.

For the next run we skied a really nice line in one of the secret spots leading into Mattun. Wolfgang skied an untracked ridge and visibly enjoyed himself cruising through the fresh snow. Even though it was a super cold day, my toes and fingers stayed warm and we kept on riding till they closed the lifts.

What a perfect day!

Merry X-Mas to all of you!!!

2010-01-09T22:42:00.001+01:00

On the 24th of December my parents and my brother Wolfgang together with girl Eva arrived in Innsbruck to spend Christmas-Eve together with Helli and me. We thought about going for some skiing up to Seegrube but finally ended up shopping and enjoying the Christmas atmosphere in Innsbruck City.

So Eva, Helli and me went for at least a bit of training to Happy Fitness, which was amazingly well attended even on the 24th, while Wolfgang and my parents had some Glühwein in town.

Thanks to the Happy Fitness team for working on the 24th of December and for the nice Christmas present we got!

After finishing some preparations we all had a really great Christmas evening with great people, good food and for sure some great presents from the Christkind ;-).

I really enjoyed spending some time together with my family!

Season Opening- St.Anton

2009-12-12T22:39:00.000+01:00

Finally the snow has arrived and one after the other lift in St.Anton is opening for the first time this season. I had a great day skiing the first pow turns in Zürs. It's great to cruise through the fluffy white pow and train to get ready for the season.

The next day Helli and me skinned up to Galzig and had some great training runs on piste. Am looking forward to a great season around the Arlberg!

Catch' ya somewhere up there!

Tine

First Snow has arrived in Innsbruck

2009-12-12T22:27:00.000+01:00

Waking up on the 4th of December and looking out of the window was just great...everything was covered in white and big snowflakes were falling off the sky.
I grabbed myself a beanie some gloves, my new Narvik mid layer and some shoes and built the first snowman of the season right in our garden!

What a great thing to start a day! After a nice breakfast I had to go up to the mountains and see how the conditions are...finally I had a great day skiing a little powder ;-)).

Till now it has snowed even more and we got a little base underneath the fressh snow...so skiing is fun!!!

Norrona Team gathering- Oslo

2009-12-12T22:23:00.001+01:00

16.11.2009
Oslo- what a great city!

Kjersti, a good friend of mine introduced me to many secret spots of the city and was my local tourist guide for a few days. I especially remember standing at the beach in the dark and in pooring rain ;-).
Thanks Kjersti for letting me stay at your place and for your time, altough you are working a lot!

Further we had some interesting product talks and meetings at the Norrona factory. For me it was the first time visiting the factory itself and it was great to see that all the products are produced in Norway and how the production team works together. It was nice to meet the whole crew personally.
The next year's products are as usual going to be even better including more features and optimized functionality and style. I especially like the improvement of the Narvik line, I get to try out at the moment.

Finally we were invited to a great X-Mas party- Norwegian style- hip hop theme! I absolutely enjoyed food, drinks and dancing with the Norrona crew.

Many thanks to Norrona!
I definitely will be back skiing in Norway soon ;-).

Back on Fischer Skis

2009-12-12T19:34:00.003+01:00

Since October 2009 I am very proud about the great news of riding Fischer skis again.
For me Fischer is definitely the best ski brand to ski on.

As an Austrian company Fischer prduces high end racing, freeride and all mountain skis. Especially with the new Watea 114 they managed to develop a ski that floats through powder.

The new powder hull shovel construction, developped direct from speedboat engineering gives the ski a maximum of movability, a better float and stability for faster turns. Further the core is made of an Carbon fibre I-Beam embedded in a milled wood core- made for the thoughest situations. Perfect edge grip and extremely smooth running is provided by the wood core with double Titanal shell, reinforced with Air Carbon.
The Watea ski in combination with one of the Fischer freeride bindings is definitely the right choice for great days in powder!

See ya' on the mountin!
Tine

NEW Blog online!!!

2009-12-11T19:51:00.001+01:00

Finally I managed to start writing my own blog! So from now on, all news will be presented within my brand new blog...my new website will be online soon too ;-))...

Catch ya' on the mountains,
Tine