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sometimes shit happens.. i tore my acl again - now you can count me out for the olympics 2010. but watch out maybe we`ll be back 2022 with a curling team.
it was a great time with great friends all over the world - thanks for sharing lots of magical moments! i`ll miss the time with you guys!
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last week mr. triathlon and skigolf world champion walter fischer and me spent a few days down in italy for biking - had some incredible tours in the dolomites.
highlight of this trip was without a doubt meeting the huber brothers and talking about extreme sports with them - while they were trying out new routes on the tre cime!   huber buam |
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a few days off - and we d been pretty lucky with the weather. so walter fischer and me went to visit our friends in thun!
if you ve the chance - just hook up with the guys, they ll guide you through sports and parties perfect!!
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the this years goal was to defend our team world champion title! never change a winning team..- so again ossi hochfilzer, stefan egger, walter fischer, bode miller and me did this competition togehter.
our golf was pretty bad this time but our skiing was just unbelievable! so in the end it was pretty close but we did it again -
and the party afterwards was kind of a progression session!   link |
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after the world champs in korea we had a tight travel schedule. from seoul we flew over to aspen and dropped right into the X Games.
after that we'd been to vancouver to join the preolympic venue - i ended up 14th at both events - so after that we flew over to the eastcoast and had a competition in stoneham/quebec. i qulified 13th but decided not start in the final heats so i ended up 19th.
this seasons last oversea stop took place in sunday river/vermont. i qualified another time for the finals.
after that we flew back over to europe and enjoyed the temperature in la molina/spain. the race was fun but the intended semifinal was not reached - i ended up 12th in spain.
at the grand final in valmalenco/italy - i crossed the finish line with extended arms and i was happy with another top 16th place in the world cup.
expecting such a season after my impairment to health in fall would have been megalomaniacal - i`m happy!!   snowboard |
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pretty close, but no cigar this time... ahead of the world champs me and my friend stefan gimpl were joking about bringing home 2 medals to our hometown leogang from the world champs. he kept the promise bringing home a bronze medal!
i ended up 7th - pretty good result considering the problems i faced in fall. but straight, that day i didn't care about going into too much and felt like acting in whole nother world.
i dominated the quater final racing against mario fuchs and later world champion markus schairer. in the semis i was in first position again and crashed by taking the corner with too much speed.
so i take this 7th with mixed feelings...   results |
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bad gastein was the only competition in austria 2009 for me. qualifikation was during the day and i made it into the finals. there was a nightfinal showdown with fluid light - but i was out first round.
lots of my fans who came over to bad gastein were disappointed - me too. next stop will be the world champs in korea. so stay tuned for more action! austrian team world champs |
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after alomost four months absence due to illness from serious sports i headed over to arosa/switzerland doing the internal austrian team qualification to receive a spot for the snowboardcross worldcup & i used the chance.
in the main competition i qualified 21st for the final runs. pretty good achievement in consideration of the long break. i made the first round and quaters had been final destination this time - so i ended up 14th. honestly it was an emotional victory and kind of payback for the awkward last few months. thanx again to all who accompanied me in this tough time.
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1. coach gerald & new incredible wax tech king roy
2. silent impression / arosa
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in argentina i was infected with an unknown virus which immobilized me for the last couple of months. at first i thought it wouldn't be that serious but i ended up in the hospiatl and had a surgery. after two month i was able to discontinue medications but i kinda hit the bottom of physical fitness.
finally the streak of bad luck should come to an end! by now i'm miles away from my best performance but i never give up dreaming..
on tuesday i'll join the austrian team for the worldcup in arosa / switzerland. probably i don't get a spot to compete but first of all i'm gald to be and feel back on track!
special thanks to doc. peter laszloffy & energetic guru klaus bauer who helped me a lot in this uncommon situation.   what we did in the meantime.. |
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my end of summer was moreless winter. i travelled over to argentina and was motivated for the south american ballantines open as well as for the this years first world cup.
we had an awesome training in san martino de los andes / chapelco and were well prepared for the competitions. at the ballantines open i was out in the quaters and ended up 15th.
i had to leave out the world cup due to health problems - so i`m already looking forward for the next chance to climb the podium.
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Last weekend we tried to defend our Austrian Champion title in golf. The matches took place in Styria / GC Almenland. We won the quaters & semis with really awesome performances - however in the final fortuna was not on our side this time.
Anyway - we did a good job and got vize champion - better silver in golf and gold in snowboarding ;-)
On friday i'm already heading to south america - world cup kick off is on 11th of september - so keep your fingers crossed! i'll keep you updated!
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go in and win - german speaking rappers and the best austrian and bavarian gstanzler from all over participated @ the incredible head to head red bull gstanzlbattle.
me and my band - the 'original bergisel sextett' - were there for playing music together with international DJ's. so we mixed these total different styles of music and the outcome was infammatory.
the battles were mind-boggling close - but my devise was: GO IN AND WIN. so i went ALL IN in the big final and threw my opponent 'mortal enemy' with some hilarious gstanzl down. however, big compliments to him cause in the final he tried to kick my ass with doing some gstanzl and left out his rapping! i think when he's in lederhosen and i'm in his rapper outfit next time we gonna have a sick revenge.
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perfect conditions on the kitzsteinhorn glacier / kaprun & golfcourse zell am see - where the ski&golf world championchips took place. for the first time there was a teamcompetition.
we had a strong team with single world champion Ossi Hochfilzer, Stefan Egger, Walter Fischer, Bode Miller and me.
lots of our fans came over to support us on the way to the victory - thanx! i think the party after was according to the team worldchamp title!!
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after the long winter season we tried our best to get our new songs rocking. i personally think we re on a good way and the fanresponse on our european tour was great. we played a few gigs in munich, rotterdam, amsterdam, hamburg and berlin...
now we re looking forward to upcoming events like the red bull gstanzlbattle in salzburg and don't forget about the breathtaking 'SCHANTEI OPEN AIR' on 4th of july.   Original Bergisel Sextett |
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first time for me in quebec city and i was pretty stoked about this amazing town! really nice even when the skiareas around are more like hills and no mountains.
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nice course and good show in lake placid / ny state. it was fun to compete on this course. in my first heat i was in the gates with stian sivertsen, david speiser and shaun palmer - stian was in front and david and i had a tough battle for the second place in this heat.
after a good fight fortuna was on his side...   results |
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go big in japan! the course was one of the best ever, the weather was lik in deep spring - so perfect conditions. in qualification my board was running hot but i was so suprised that i overshoot all the jumps. in the first round i was third till the last corner and made a sick move on the last corner making sure to advance to the quaters.
there i started right beside icon shaun palmer - out of the gate i was in front, but was overtaken by the u.s. boys cheever and palmer. i had more speed than cheever but was not patient enough to wait for the perfect chance to reovertake.
i tried everywhere but cheever kept the way through closed pretty smart. doing our infight blindly the young australian alex pullin overtook us both.
so now 3 days off in san francisco before we re heading to new york state / lake placid. i won`t miss the prizegiving ceremony this time - go big or go home!   results |
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strange country but nice! last days we had a fis snowboardcross worldcup in the next years world championchip resort. in the competition i did pretty good but was unlucky taken out in the last bank. trying hard to keep up my motivation cause right now nothing seems to be easy...
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another jeep king of the mountain event but first time for me in lake tahoe area. we had massiv snow there and i was pretty stoked about this extraordinary landscape around lake tahoe.
snowboardcross granpa - shaun palmer - kicked our ass again - amazing! i ended up 17th which means pretty good qualification time but out in first round. now its time to get out of averrage - and i think i`m ready & hungry enough. right now i`m already in korea and waiting for the next competition - so watch out!   jeeptour |
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back to the roots. same hill an almost same course than six years ago when we competed one of the last ISF snowbordcross events. i got a real flashback cause for training we got the original ISF bib numbers... after a hazard qualifikation and a crash i had to save my second run in and i just made it into the finals. this brought me an additional chance to win this competition cause i had nothing to loose.
i made the first round and advanced to the quater finals. there i made a mistake in leading position. well, again one step back to the top. results |
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i`m pretty sure that sometimes my body hates my spirit always taking the risk an pushing the limits. but one fact that remains is that i love snowboarding. last ten days i made a trip covered with all facets this sport can offer.
first lukas grüner, manuel uhlmann & me travelled to puy saint vincent/france to do some snowboardcross competitions. i finished 5th at europacup which was quite good. on the second day i chose not to compete cause there was fresh powder and perfect conditions for freeriding. that day i felt like i m in a rush of adrenaline. on the third day when i already signed the mountain everywhere i dropped back into the boardercross and finished third - was kind of a perfect weekend. finished two times top five and had a perfect powderday...
after that we went back to thun/switzerland. every day we were checking the weather and snow forecasts. and wednesday was the day - i think our soulmates the surfers would call this a big day!
mänu took us to schilthorn, one of the best freeride spots i ve ever seen in my life so far. the snow was just perfect - not too much so that we could already drop into the most thrilling lines.
that day reminded me why i m always on the hunt to get some firstlines. and i m pretty sure - on that day, even my body loved my spirit!!
pic: hju making some powderturns - plenty of room to keep it simple...
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lots of friends and fans came to Bad Gastein and supported me - thanks! - it was a high speed snowboardcross & i had to settle an account cause last time i finished 33rd in Gastein. this time i showed already up with 4th place in qualification.
in my first heat against tom velisek, former Gastein winner - i was in front but not smart enough to win it - i crashed.
all or nothing - so i took the bitter "nothing" this time. my teammate Mario Fuchs was able to defend his worldcup victory!
after my injury i`m back among the best snowboardcross riders now i just have to be patient - i`m sure it will work out in one of the next competitions!
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over the last few years snowboardcross was kind of drifting away from its original ideas - but events like the Jeep King Of The Mountain or X Games make sure snowboardcross keeps a core, cool sport that fascinates everybody who`s taking time to watch one of those breathtaking showdowns!
got 12th in qualification which was again one step further back to top level. in my first heat i catched up with the worldcup leader stian sivertsen (nor) & the olympic champ seth wescott (usa). after the start i was in front - made a small mistake in the roler section and missed out to get into the first bank as at least second. rest of the course i was on the hunt of the two top stars. over the finish line it was pretty close but seth was too good that day!
now we look forward to the next competition - worldcup in bad gastein 12. & 13. january!! see you there!!
on the pics below you see shaun palmer who won the sbx and will start now in gastein too & daron rahlves who did the skicross brilliant and finished second in telluride!   Jeep King Of The Mountain |
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550 long days without a single snowboard competition and a lot of changes are over now. yesterday i had my comeback in the snowboardcross worldcup here in valle nevado/chile - with new motivation after my injury and with new material - SG Snowboards!
i enjoyed every single minute to be back on track even when i was pretty on the edge in the startgate. i qulified myself for the final day and ended up 28th.
for the next competitions the sky is the limit. stay tuned for news
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this is my last week before the winter kick off in chile takes place. i joined some extra training the last few days...
on the first picture you`ll see my new trainers (fitness, technique & massage) / on the second you`ll find my mental coach - pics were made by tom pircher   |
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Last weekend we were defending our Austrian Champion title in golf. The matches took place in Styria / GC Murstätten. I personally think our teamspirit was father of the this years victory. The matches we had were on top level and Fortuna was on our side again!
For me it`s a funny situation, cause now i won as many Austrian Champion titles in summer as in winter... time to think about!   Results |
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die entscheidung für die olympischen spiele 2014 geht in die endphase. am 4 juli wird in guatemala enschieden, ob salzburg 2014 gastgeber der olympic wintergames sein wird.
dafür wurde diese woche noch ein letzter trailer gedreht. die snowboarder, beim dreh im hangar 7, vertraten lukas grüner & ich. die eishockeyspieler wurden durch unseren österr. teamkapitän dieter kalt vertreten.
ein wirklich starkes filmteam rund um director markus blunder war am set. die drehs wurden genial von der jugend unterstützt - dieser nachmittag machte spass.   salzburg 2014 |
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In diesem Jahr werden wir mit unserer Mannschaft, Kitzbühel Kaps, alles daran setzen, unseren österreichischen Meistertitel, zu verteidigen.
In ungewohnter Frühform konnte ich bereits das zweite Turnier dieses Jahres mit einer 70er Runde beednen.
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Maximaler Trainingseinsatz, Konsequenz, die nötige Vorfreude und ein fantastisches Team von Ärtzen, Therapeuten und Energetikern, sind die Wegbereiter für ein bevorstehendes Comeback im Weltcup.
Ich war am Morgen der erste auf dem Kitzsteinhorn Parkplatz & anschließend in der Gondel. Voll motiviert, natürlich nicht ganz ohne Probleme, aber zumindest wieder in meinem Element.
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In München gelandet, vom Surfvirus infiziert, gings gleich weiter nach Scheveningen / Holland. Ein Kurzausflug mit mäßigen bis schlechten Wellen.
Der wahre Grund für diesen Ausflug war jedoch:
Mein Ehemaliger Teamkollege, Josef Lederer, der die letzten zwei Jahre in Rotterdam arbeitete, kündigte, und wir halfen beim übersiedeln zurück in die Heimat.   |
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Ein paar Tage Erholung nach dem ersten intensiven Training kann nur motivieren für bevorstehende Aufgaben.
Da ich noch ein Versprechen, meinen Freund Nick Heidrich zu besuchen, einlösen musste oder besser geschrieben durfte, gings für ein paar Tage nach California & Baja.
surfing, sense of well-being, culinary delights, good music, feel like coming home!!
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Zurück zur alten Form mit großen Schritten. Wir hatten eine überragende Trainingsgruppe: Mario Gomez (VFB Stuttgart), Frank Baumann (Werder Bremen), Nicolas Kiefer & meine Wenigkeit. Wir wurden rund um die Uhr betreut von den besten Physiotherapeuten & Trainern vom Eden Reha in Donaustauf.
Mario Gomez & Frank Baumann sind mittlerweile wieder im Einsatz bei den alles entscheidenden Meisterschaftsspielen. Nicolas "Kiwi 69" Kiefer ist bereits zurück auf dem Court und wird sein Comeback in Halle geben & ich hatte bereits meine ersten Schneetage am Kitzsteinhorn.
Nochmals ein großes Dankeschön an Bernd Bohmann, Andi Schlumberger & unserer Pizzakönigin Urs Eder!   kiwi |
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Die letzten Wochen war das Haupaugenmerk, neben der Versöhnung mit meinem Kreuzband, auf die Oympiabewerbung 2014 / Salzburg gerichtet. Ich war als Botaschfter für den Snowboardsport im Einsatz.
Ein Danke gilt der Schladminger Schule, die unter der Leitung von unserem Referenten Christian Galler und dem ehemaligen Weltklasseboarder Werner Ebenbauer das Actionprogramm übernahm.
2014 - we are ready
Nach der Snowboardpräsentation war die Pflicht getan und die Kür stand auf dem Programm. Bei dieser wurde die Kommission auf ihrem Weg begeitet (Station Salzburg, Flauchwinkel, Zauchensee, Mozartsgeburtshaus uvm.) und nicht zuletzt musikalisch von mir mit der Ziehharmonika unterhalten.
Alles in allem war das Medieninteresse groß und auch der Zusammenhalt der österreichischen Sportler & Politik war bemerkenswert. So waren neben den Sportlern (Franz Klammer, Georg Hackl, Anni Friesinger, Felix Gottwald, Dieter Kalt, Thomas Geierspichler & mir) auch der Bundespräsident Heinz Fischer, Landeshauptfrau Gabi Burgstaller und Sbg.Bgm. Heinz Schaden mit von der Partie.   |
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Der Snowboardcross wurde zum ersten Mal ins olympische Programm aufgenommen. Der prophezeite Showdown ist eingetreten und der Bewerb hat gehalten, was er versprochen hat. Während in den zwei Qualifikationsläufen, bei denen nur die besten 32 für die Endrunde übrig blieben, noch starker Schneefall herrschte, kam im Finale, perfekt zum Zeitplan passend, die Sonne heraus.
Das Stadion war voll, die Zuschauer waren begeistert vom Spektakel, das die Rider boten. Meine zahlreich mitgereisten Fans brachten die Stimmung im Stadion zum Kochen, als ich das 1/8 Finale überstand. Im ¼ musste ich nach einem Fahrfehler, den Spanier Jordie Font, passieren lassen. Da der dritte Platz jedoch für einen Aufstieg in das Halbfinale nicht reichte, attackierte ich beim technisch schwierigsten Sprung voll. Leider sprang ich viel zu weit und konnte deshalb den Sprung nicht stehen.
Am Ende schaute für mich der 15. Platz bei meinen ersten olympischen Spielen heraus. Meine zahlreich mitgereisten Fans, die den langen Anreiseweg auf sich nahmen, feierten mich trotzdem wie einen Champion!
Mein Resümee:
Die Leistung war gut. Das Ergebnis leider nur mittelmäßig, aber die Fans weltklasse!
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bisschen neuschnee über die nacht, klirrende kälte und blauer himmel: das waren die vorzeichen eines snowboardevents der extraklasse!
in den 6er heats gings dann richtig zur sache, so viele überholmanöver wie an diesem renntag habe ich noch nie gesehen. atemberaubende action und im finale ein österreicher mit von der partie, nämlich mario fuchs. für mich war im viertelfinale, nach einem crash, endstation.
vom start weg in front schlossen die us boys im windschatten zu mir auf und wir hatten einen engen fight bei dem fünf von uns zu sturz kamen. leider konnte ich bis ins ziel die verlorenen meter nicht ganz wett machen und musste mich mit dem vierten rang, der mir den aufstieg in das halbfinale - es steigen nämlich nur die besten drei auf - verwehrte, begnügen.
von diesem moment an hieß es daumen halten für mario, denn nach seinem einzug ins finale war alles möglich. schießlich musste er sich mit dem sechsten platz begnügen, jedoch wieder einmal hat er bewiesen, dass eine rechnung ohne ihn im sbx keine gültigkeit hat.
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qualifikations modus war wie folgt: ein run, die besten 18 fix fuer die quaterfinals qualifiziert. der rest hatte noch einen zweiten run und dort ging es um weitere 6 plaetze. mario war 9. und ich 12. also sparten wir uns den zeiten run. morgen dann die finals / sechserheats / bin mal gespannt was mich da erwartet. bis dann
27.01.2006
wie es dazu kam: mario fuchs hat mir in italien gesagt, dass er invited ist, aber er keine lust haette allein diesen trip in angriff zu nehmen. ich entschloss mich kurzerhand einen short tv report ueber ihn "fux goes xgames" zu machen.
natuerlich war ich so frech und nahm meinen helm mit, nur falls irgendjemand ausfallen sollte. naja vor ort organisierte don bostik & seth, der amtierende sbx weltmeister, den rest fuer mich und so bekam ich den letzten spot dieses mega events.
morgen haben wir qualifikation / so stay tuned & all the best from the buttermilk mountain in aspen.
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i`m pretty sure that sometimes my body hates my spirit always taking the risk an pushing the limits. but one fact that remains is that i love snowboarding. last ten days i made a trip covered with all facets this sport can offer.
first lukas grüner, manuel uhlmann & me travelled to puy saint vincent/france to do some snowboardcross competitions. i finished 5th at europacup which was quite good. on the second day i chose not to compete cause there was fresh powder and perfect conditions for freeriding. that day i felt like i m in a rush of adrenaline. on the third day when i already signed the mountain everywhere i dropped back into the boardercross and finished third - was kind of a perfect weekend. finished two times top five and had a perfect powderday...
after that we went back to thun/switzerland. every day we were checking the weather and snow forecasts. and wednesday was the day - i think our soulmates the surfers would call this a big day!
mänu took us to schilthorn, one of the best freeride spots i ve ever seen in my life so far. the snow was just perfect - not too much so that we could already drop into the most thrilling lines.
that day reminded me why i m always on the hunt to get some firstlines. and i m pretty sure - on that day, even my body loved my spirit!!
pic: hju making some powderturns - plenty of room to keep it simple...
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550 long days without a single snowboard competition and a lot of changes are over now. yesterday i had my comeback in the snowboardcross worldcup here in valle nevado/chile - with new motivation after my injury and with new material - SG Snowboards!
i enjoyed every single minute to be back on track even when i was pretty on the edge in the startgate. i qulified myself for the final day and ended up 28th.
for the next competitions the sky is the limit. stay tuned for news
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this is my last week before the winter kick off in chile takes place. i joined some extra training the last few days...
on the first picture you`ll see my new trainers (fitness, technique & massage) / on the second you`ll find my mental coach - pics were made by tom pircher |
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Last weekend we were defending our Austrian Champion title in golf. The matches took place in Styria / GC Murstätten. I personally think our teamspirit was father of the this years victory. The matches we had were on top level and Fortuna was on our side again!
For me it`s a funny situation, cause now i won as many Austrian Champion titles in summer as in winter... time to think about! Results |
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