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Nejc Puco, Max Weickl, Clemens Schattschneider, Matevz Pristavec, Dominik Wagner, Robert Wallner, Patrick Pitter, Anja Stefan, Jan Necas, Erik Harc, iga Rakovec, Andrej Marincic, Herby Thaler, and Marko Grilc.

A special obstacle is always unusual but our shapers conjured up something that won’t be toped in near future. A phat kicker called Moby Dick causes a sensation. But not only the size is similar to that of a whale but the amazing similarity is the reason where it got its name from.  We talked to park designer and new Captain Ahab, Rene “Renilla” Margreiter about Moby Dick and the great season finale in the Snowpark Alta Badia.

Hi Rene! It’s surprising what we discover in Alta Badia again and again. Recently, Moby Dick has run aground there!

Yes, we are proud that Moby Dick has chosen our park for a short break on his long journey. On closer examination, you can see  that the purportedly whale is a phat kicker on which high-altitude flights are guaranteed.

Can you describe this kicker for us?

Moby Dick has a 23m sweetspot and with a 5m dropping height a rush of adrenalin is inevitable. The landing area is laid out steeply, 25m wide and 50m long. Between jump and landing is a 18m gap.

This sounds like pure action and nothing for an unpracticed rider.

Exactly! We have built Moby Dick for media teams and pros that they can organize a sensational special obstacle shooting in Alta Badia. Last year, we already had numerous pros here in the park for special obstacle shootings and I’m sure that they produce great clips this year, too.

We’ll give you a foretaste on the awesome clips with our teaser. The riders Daniel Tschurtschenthaler, Patrick Pitter, Max Weickl and Sebi Geiger come together and showed some massive moves on Moby Dick. Besides our stout fish, there will be another highlight before the season ends, Renilla: “Yes, unfortunately the finale is close but we still sweeten this time for our riders with a sensational event. On March 31^st  the QParks Tour stops in the Snowpark Alta Badia with the event “La Freestyla”. This is one of the highlights of the season and it is more than okay, if the shred finale is opened like this.

Rene has just mentioned it: the QParks Tour stop “La Freestyla”. The QParks Tour will stop in the Snowpark Alta Badia again this year and give the go-ahead for the season finale. Over the whole day snowboarders and freeskiers will battle for, a total of, EUR 3.000.- prize money and cool goodies. After this action packed day, a phat party is going on! A nice DJ set will get you pumped up for celebrating together. We offer special Sleep&Ride packages to facilitate the stay in Alta Badia for you.

You’re interested in one of the Sleep&Ride Packages? Please send us an E-Mail with your inquiry to info@qparkstour.com.

Now it’s time to get excited because we’ve about to reveal the contest line to you, so that you’ll be optimally prepared for your runs:

1)      8m Flat/Down Rail or 8m Down Rail

2)      Kicker with medium + pro jump

3)      Kicker with medium + pro jump

4)      Kicker with medium + pro jump

5)      Multi-Obstacle: Wallride/Corner/Box

6)      Pyramide XL

Enjoy the nice tricks on Moby Dick in our snowboard teaser and mark the 31^st of March for the QParks Tourstop “La Freestyla” bold in your calendar. No matter which information you need, on the QParks Tour website, the Snowpark Alta Badia homepage and the Facebook fanpage you will definitely find what you’re looking for.

ABSOLUTPARK /// March/7/2012

Riders:
Christoph Klaushofer
Paz Schönleitner
Alex Brucker
Max Weickl
Patrick Pitter
Joschi Eichstill

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including daniel limmer, marius carp, marvin salmina, roli scharmer, stefan langgartner, simon masoner, robert wallner, alois lindmoser, flo altenberger, thomas minichberger, max weickl, flo pötzl, david struber and florian galler

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As an early Christmas-gift for all snowboard-fans, the Horsefeatheres Superpark Planai opens its gates on the 19th of December 2009. Its “big brother”, the Atomic Superpark Dachstein, will be open at least until the 13th December. This will be a seamless transition to the upcoming winter season and once again, the Schladming-Dachstein region provides 10 months of freestyle!

In the course of the summer 09, QParks has heavily worked on the earth-terrain-forms and now the Horsefeathers Superpark Planai lights up in a completely new shine: The complete park-area was extended, a new 3 laned medium and pro kicker-line has been installed and the whole beginner and intermediate section has been expanded with new rails and boxes. Bernd Mandlberger and his crew will prepare as many obstacles as possible for the big opening on Dec 19th. Because of the warm temperature there is unfortunately too less snow at the moment for building up a decent set-up. Against the forecast Bernd and his team have decided to set up at least the beginners line. Needless to say, they are waiting impatiently for the first “real” snow.

At the opening there will be free coaching with snowboard pro-riders such as Max Weickl who placed 3rd at the Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam, be sure he can give you some helpful tips and tricks. Another highlight will be the public Photo – and Film-shooting at which all riders get the opportunity for having professional pictures taken of oneself at various obstacles. The final material can be downloaded on www.horsefeatherssuperpark.com And to be sure you won’t get bored if taking some timeout between your runs, our speaker and the tuning beats of LIVE DJ tdk will keep you entertained. To regain energy, at 2 pm the riders-special can be collected at the Weitmoosalm. There will also be some Goodies-for-Trix sessions at various obstacles at which everyone can win awesome prizes from our partners and sponsors.

Around the park-area the 2nd Blue Tomato Kids Snowboard Day will take place, where the younger audience will become the focus. Juniors will be taught the basics of snowboarding by professionals. Thereby, freestyle coachings, beginner courses and rental equipment will be provided totally for free! Further information can be obtained HERE

The Horsefeathers Superpark Opening Party at the Friends Bar in Schladming will start rocking at 9 pm: DJ tdk will heat the atmosphere with his diverse tunes, and we will turn the night into day!

Be on the spot and get all the information on www.horsefeatherssuperpark.com or on www.qparks.com

After a terrific kick-off day loaded with action on the Dachstein glacier, the audience witnessed a fulminant spectacle on a dreamlike and sunny day. In the end, however, only one could win the contest: Splendid winner of the men’s judging was Elias Elhardt (GER) and Enni Rukajaervi (FIN) could come out on top of the ladies. But there’s also a victory to celebrate from the Austrian perspective, as Max Weickl was able to defend his brilliant third place from the qualification in the SuperFinals!

In the morning of the finals, you could already feel the tension in the air on the Dachstein Glacier. The riders who qualified on Friday competed with the invited pros at a perfectly shaped Atomic Superpark.

Sad to say that the Austrian favourite Stefan Gimpl had to cancel his run shorthanded due to a bad sore throat. So the Austrian fans feared for a local placement. But Max Weickl showed the audience how to shred and made a great 3rd place with a terrific run. He commented in his own words:
“I’m extremely happy with my placement. At first I even had to fight for the starting-place and now I’m the third! Maybe my strategy of taking it easy and not trying too complicated stuff paid in the end!”

After a rather unfortunate run in the semi-finale, the German Elias Elhardt stood on top of the victory podium. Elias could not only impress in the main-category but also in the Best-Trick-Contest with a Backside 1080 Doublecork. This trick won him a trip to the surfers paradise Balicamp! Certainly he was really stoked about the results:
“This was my first TTR World Tour Contest and I would never had counted with taking the first place! Of course, I’m the more happy about it and literally in heaven now!“

The second place at the men’s judgement was taken by Torgeir Bergrem (NOR).

The ladies-contest was ruled by Enni Rukajaervi (FIN) who really showed courage and finally convinced the judges with a strong run. Cab 540, backside 360 and frontside 360. She commented:
“The contest was awesome and the Set-up was just perfect. My style could have been better in my opinion, otherwise I’m satisfied with my performance and the result!”

The second and third places were taken by Cheryl Maas (NED) and Cilka Sadar (SLO).

The international significance of the Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam was underlined by the Czech Sarka Pancochova who was taking the lead of the TTR World-Ranking with a great 4th place on the Dachstein glacier.

All participants came together at the official riders party on Friday night at the Hohenhaus Tenne. The party was going on the whole night until Saturday morning. However the real party kickoff was on Saturday. From 16.00 o’clock there was the “Rock the Shop” Event powered by Electric at the Blue Tomato Shop Schladming. Everybody who stopped by got free glühwein and snacks and some riders dropped in directly from the mountaintop.

In the evening the legendary Pickings Fam Party took place at the Hofbauer Stollen. There were a lot of people celebrating and concluding a splendid and successful event! Hopefully you were in!

More information and the official video can be found on the Pleasure Jam Website.