Jamie Nicholls Wins Ride And Seek At Snowbombing

Intern McIntern — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:55:40 +0000

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Snowbombing’s not just about raving like a loon all aprés long and deep into the night too and then flying home a week later. Some people actually go riding too, Jamie Nicholls included.

Mayrhofen, April 2nd – 5th 2013 Vans Penken Park

The World’s funniest snowboard competition held at the Vans Penken Park in Mayrhofen and now in it ́s fifth year. Pro riders mixed up with Snowbombers battled for honour, goodies and a total prize money of 2000 Euros. Four days of shredding, beats and insane parties, here is what happend day by day:

Tuesday:

saw the Hotzone.tv pro snowboard shop, assemble some of Europe’s finest pro snowboarders and visiting snow bombers for their now legendary banked slalom run. With Germany’s Discodogs and Innsbruck’s Wax Wreckaz sending the sunbathing crowd into a schnapps induced frenzy. Local hero Rudi Kröll blew the competition away and after 5 immense laps, demolished the course more than anyone else to take home the gold.

Wednesday:

The weather was not as bleak as predicted or could it be the classic funk being blasted through the park by Mistajam, Skream, Artwork and Scarlett Etienne that blew the clouds away? The gap in the clouds allowed the assembled Hotzone.tv international pros and visiting snowbombers to throw down hammers on the specially designed kicker. With multiple backflips, frontflips and the occasional slam all being witnessed by the amassed rabble of spectators. With the Grillhofalm providing the fluids and their now infamous homemade pizzas fuelling the fire to ensure everyone sent it into the late afternoon.

Thursday:
What a scorcher! With record temperatures, Norman Jay and the Notting Hill Carnival bus parked in the Grillhofalm you would be hard pressed to find a better combo for an afternoon. But wait theres more as the Hotzone.tv brought over some of the World’s best riders who were out to prove why they get paid to chill in the snow instead of a getting a proper job. The cream of England, Jamie Nicholls was on fire with a switch frontside 1080 which earnt him best trick of the day and the overall Snowbombing Ride and Seek crown right in front of Peter König and Florian Heim. The Queen sends her respects. The beats continued long into the afternoon sending you all down with happy but redder faces than they arrived with.

Friday:

That’s it and that’s all with another unforgettable Ride and Seek contest coming to a close. The perils of the Hotzone slip and slide water gap were in fall force as superheroes, Gameboy megastars and some schnaps filled Snowbombers, crossed the sub zero temperatures, with some going home having had tasted the drink. With the snow dumping and the mist rolling in, it was up to the Dj’s Ra and Smash Hifi to turn up the heat on the assembled rabble of spectators climaxing an epic week of snowboarding craziness, see you all next year!

For more information visit www.hotzonemag.com, www.hotzone.tv or check out the facebook page: http://facebook.com/ridenseek

Results:

Pro Comp:
1. JamieNicholls(UK) 2. PeterKönig(AT)
3. FlorianHeim(AT)

Boardercross winner: Rudi Kröll (AT)
Best girl: Nina Schleifer (AT)
Best bomber: Ed Castlerock
Craziest dude on the mountain: Chris Parker

Ride and Seek Contest

Uli Köhler — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:10:59 +0000

When: 7.-9.4.2010

Where: Mayerhofen, Penken Park

Every day, we receive tons of emails promoting odd events all over the place. In our more sober moments we go through all of them and try to keep you in the loop regarding everything snowboarding. As far as we can remember nobody has ever claimed hosting “the world’s funniest snowboard contest”. Until we received the press release about the Ride and Seek event from our friends at Hotzone.tv. And judging from the guys behind the event (apart from hot-zone.tv also The Seeker Snowboard Shop), the superb location in Mayrhofen’s Vans Penken Park and especially the timing during the Snowbombing 2010 madness, they could be onto something! So better get ready as from April 7 to 9 you will have the opportunity to team up with some of the world’s best pro riders in snowboarding and have a good time on the mountain.

Werni Stock. Photo: Simon Lemmerer

You want to know what Snowbombing is at all? You’re kidding, right? Snowbombing is universally acknowledged as the world’s greatest „show on snow.“ A unique festival with snowflakes and sunshine, snowboarding and great music, that goes down in Mayrhofen, Austria for the sixth time. In 2010, the Snowboard Online Proshop HOTZONE.TV and the Snowboard Proshop the SEEKER will organize a snowboard contest for all snowbombers, providing them with the opportunity to ride together with and learn from pro riders like Rudi Kroell, Joni Malmi and the snowboard legend Tom „Beckna” Eberharter. 15 snowboard pros will be on hand to team up with motivated snowbombers. Showing a great performance at the boardercross will be as important as seeking „hidden“ drinks on the course, and wearing fancy dress. What more could you ask for? You can be as camp as you want and get plastered! At the „cash give away sessions“ the best tricks will be rewarded with some moolah. Apart from the “sports” action in the Vans Penken Park, a massive party with the „Wax Wreckaz“ will take place at the Grillhofalm right next to the snowpark. I don’t think it can get any better!

Every motivated snowbomber can join in the game and sign-in at www.theseeker.at. There is no entry fee and the best perfomances will get a fair chunk of the 2,000 EURO prize money as well as goodies from Hotzone.tv and The Seeker.

This should give you a good impression what the event is all about...

HARD FACTS

Event Ride and Seek snowboard contest at Snowbombing 2010
Date 7-9 April 2010
Location Vans Penken Park Mayrhofen (AUT)
Format team contest for snowbombers and pro riders
Funny boardercross, fancy dress and “cash give away sessions”
Start money Eh? It’s for free!
Prize Money 2.000 EURO in total
Prizes goodies from HOTZONE.TV and THE SEEKER
Info & sign-in www.theseeker.at

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Jamie Nicholls Wins Ride And Seek At Snowbombing

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