The shapers up at the Stubai glacier are hard at work mixing their setup around ready for the everyone’s favourite slushy month of the season. They’ve even got DC throwing in €1500 for a session on 20-21 April, and a few sausages on the barbecue too. Check out exactly what they’ve got planned below.

Spring Session 2013 – its getting spring at the MOREBOARDS Stubai Zoo

From 08 April to 20 May 2013 it’s time again– the Spring Sessions at the MOREBOARDS Stubai Zoo stand
for a highclass spring season. The snowpark on Stubai Glacier has got a complete revision in order to
make the setup even more fun and diversified. The event highlight with the promising name „DC Happy
Hitster Hangout“ demands a lot creativity of the participants on 20 and 21 April 2013.
Spring Sessions from 08 April to 20 May 2013 on the Stubai Glacier – for a period of six weeks all snow lovers
are able to stretch their shred season in a top park in Austria’s biggest glacier ski resort.

The large and versatile MOREBOARDS Stubai Zoo setup has changed a lot. The biggest innovation is the shift of the whole medium line to the other side of the Gaisskarferner t-bar where the easy line was already situated in the last years. With two kickers in line, diverse challenging rails and boxes the pro features stay at the same place. Furthermore there are some surprising obstacles one can find at the Stubai Zoo. All lines are daily shaped by a three-headed team. Thanks to the south facing of the whole park area smooth landings are guaranteed all day long. 

DC Happy Hitster Hangout On 20 and 21 April 2013 a new spring event highlight in cooperation with DC Shoes takes place. On Saturday all participants face a funny contest format – the park is extended with a range of different takeoffs which allow all hitsters to shred creative runs. The snowboarder who finds the best hits in the park and convinces the other riders wins the biggest part of the € 1,500 prize money. Drinks and barbecue are for free. Those who don´t participate at the session are able to check out beforehand next season’s snowboard hardware of selected brands, learn new tricks at girls coaching camp, simply hang loose at the park base or show off their dance skills at the Dorfpub after party in Neustift. What a weekend!

Further information about the snow park and the event are published on www.stubai-zoo.com or on
www.facebook.com/stubaizoo.

100 riders from six countries joined the Stubai Jam as the third stop of the Quiksilver Wir Schanzen on March 13th to ring in the Spring Sessions at the Moreboards Stubai Zoo. A mixture of sun, wind, perfect setup, relaxed atmosphere and not to forget the snowboard and ski action made a brilliant day on the Stubai Glacier.

Already at the accreditation in the morning there was a big run on the starting tickets. Because of the many people willing to join the contest the starting field of 80 riders was extended to 100. As the riders had arrived at the Moreboards Stubai Zoo, a perfectly shaped setup waited for them with three kickers in line, rails, boxes and other jib obstacles.

In the beginning strong wind made it impossible to open the kickerline. The safety of the riders goes first and so the girls´ and kids´ contest took place on the jib-line. Nevertheless the boys and girls really stepped on it and showed a high level. Especially the ski kids´ category was highly competitive. In the end it was Lucas Mangold (GER) to stand on top of the podium. In the category of snowboard kids Andre Höflich (GER) had a smile all over his face. The freeski girl Sabrina Cakmakli (GER) and the snowboard girl Diana Sadlowski (POL) triumphed.

Just in time for the Men´s contest the wind died away and the kickerline was ready for top class ski and snowboard tricks. The spectators could watch an extremely high riding level and the judges had the most difficult jobs of all on this day. In the end Yannic Lerjen (CH) could convince the judges and could celebrate his victory in the ski category. Patrick Wörle (AUT) showed the best style and the coolest tricks in the snowboard category and could win the contest.

But the riders were nowhere near tired and showed challenging tricks on the Transfer Kicker at the Red Bull Best Trick Session. With his Switch 720 Japan Mike Hauser (AUT) could take home the Red Bull IPod Touch. The snowboarder Christoph Weberhofer (AUT) is becoming a specialist in Red Bull Trick Sessions and after his victories at the first two tour stops he could also win this session on the Stubai Glacier.

The riders and spectators enjoyed a fantastic day in relaxed atmosphere, with cool sound and tasty hamburgers. In the afternoon the glacier parking area counted 100 smiling faces minimum who met again in the evening to celebrate the legendary Stubai Jam Afterparty at the Blue Chip in Innsbruck. The beats of DJ Em and the Swiss Clast Sound made the people madly enthusiastic and so they danced, drank and partied all the night long. A decent icing on the cake of the Stubai Jam!