2008
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Stefan GIMPL scores 2nd spot at FIS Big Air stop in Grenoble (FRA) and secures his current lead on FIS BA ranking “It was a French dream come true: The competition couldn’t have went better for the hosting home country …
Read more … Second In WC Grenoble
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
I won the freestyle.ch 2008! read the official press release below. freestyle.ch set to reach ever greater heights this year with its 8 meter higher Big Air – and absolutely delivered at freestyle.ch 2008! …
Read more … Freestyle.champ
Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Just after I got home from Greenland Red Bull asked me to jump over the road on the famous Grossglockner pass. They told me that the distance to clear would only be around 27 meters but when we got up there we realized …
Read more … Roadgap on the Grossglockner
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Beginning of April, after I had great days of riding powder at home in Leogang, I took part at an adventurous snowboarding trip to Greenland. Humbi from MMP films asked Gian Simmen, Eric Themel and me to come along …
Read more … Snowboarding in Greenland
Sunday, 27 April 2008
Braaten, Hansen, Gimpl The last stop of the big air tour was in Valmalenco, Italy. The only jump in a skiresort on the tour this year was the stage for young Norwegian riders. End of March they were obviously in good …
Read more … World Cup Finals in Valmalenco
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
Friday afternoon, just when the qualification was over and a lot of people left the park already, one of the best sessions in a snowboardpark started. The sun came out and softened up a perfectly shaped kickerline. It …
Read more … Ästhetiker Jam
Monday, 3 March 2008
Last week I participated in the Big Mountain Pro. A mobile freeride contest. We travelled with a bus through the Alps and rode step faces. The snow conditions were not great but on the first day we found some great snow …
Read more … Freeride - Big Mountain Pro 08
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Here are some photos from the big air world cup in Moscow. We had a huge ramp and perfect conditions for riding. Soft snow and a jump with very good airtime and loads of speed. Even though I was a little nervous …
Read more … Big in Moscow
Friday, 25 January 2008
In a small village way up in the mountains of north eastern Turkey we found probably the oldest snowboarder who is still alive. That man, his name was Selim, is 70 years old and he snowboards since 1946. And he learned …
Read more … The Origin of Snowboarding
Wednesday, 9 January 2008
Thanks for all the support in Graz. Snowboarding was a lot of fun there. I am happy that I finally also did a 1080° in Austria. next week I will be competing at the European Open in Laax, Switzerland and after that …
Read more … Win at the Big Air in Graz
