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.

The winter season is initiated and the Wir Schanzen also got the ball rolling. A lot has been going
on – there are new events, a good deal of price money and most diverse contest formats. On 24
November 2012 the starting shot is given at the Stubai Jam in the MOREBOARDS Stubai Zoo /
Stubai Glacier.

Call it a relaunch! The Wir Schanzen offers snowboarders an attractive platform to compete with like-
minded shred heads and showcase their skills to the public. In its ninth season the contest tour arrays
itself in a new outfit and emphasizes the features in the case of fresh ideas.

Stubai Jam means Slopestyle Jam Session
First innovation – with the Stubai Jam on Stubai Glacier the tour starts earlier than ever before into the
season on 24 November 2012. The TTR 2 star slopestyle contest is held in the most-loved jam session
format. On diverse jibs it gets right to the point but the main focus concentrates on the kicker line of the
Moreboards Stubai Zoo. Riders who snatch a podium finish can be glad about a lot of price money – there
is a total of 1.000 euros as well as further prices of Ride Snowboards to win.

Sajas Park Games, The 5ive Barbecue & Co.
For the slopestyle contest „Sajas Park Games“ the tour moves to the Nike Snowpark Montafon on 12
January 2013. In new terrain you find a versatile snowpark with long lines and diverse obstacles which
make hearts leap for joy. On 16 February 2013 „The 5ive Barbecue“ presents itself in a completely new
light – shred on a sick rail setup till all hours! One more surprise event with an individual format will be
announced in the next time.

Official junior tour
This year, the Wir Schanzen contests are held in the category snowboard as well as freeski for men,
women, rookies U15 (year 1998, 1999, 2000) and kids U12 (year 2001 and younger). A particular kids line
is shaped for the quite young riders at all events. With its goal to promote talent the Wir Schanzen is
supported by the Snowboard Federation Germany. In close cooperation a special kids day with coaching,
photo shooting and more is held each Sunday after an event. We care for the kids!

In the context of the tour there are 5.000 euros to win –not to forget quality material prices from the sponsors and
requested World Snowboard Tour ranking points – because after an one year break all tour stops are registered
as TTR 2 star events once again. Of course, in the well-known manner of Wir Schanzen contests the relaxed
atmosphere always comes first. The participation fee amounts to 10 euros and for another 10 euros you can buy
a lift ticket for a greatly reduced price. Registrations can only be made on the ground.

Overview tour dates 2012/2013:

November 24, 2012 „Stubai Jam“ (Stubaier glacier / Austria)
January 12, 2013
„Sajas Park Games“ (Silvretta Montafon/ Austria)
February 16, 2013
„The 5ive Barbecue“ (Nesselwang / Germany)
+++one more surprise event

Further information concerning the tour and the single contests (timetable, modus etc.) are published on
www.wirschanzen.de or www.facebook.com/wirschanzen. Keep updated!

Yesterday Stubai glaicer entertained a real madness. Stubai Zoo presented the replica of the Billabong Air & Style kicker. The almost similar takeoff, table and landing. We are talking about perfect conditions to warm-up runs and check the last tricks before Billabong Air & Style at the Bergisel Stadium on 05.12.09.

German parkdesigners Schneestern made a great opportunity for riders to familiarize with the conditions. Almost the same kicker and perfect weather conditions gave riders opportunity to start with even more self-confidence into the contest on Saturday.

Everything went great! But a day before on Teusday Schneestern confronted with major impediment. 70 cm of fresh snow. While some of us were having fun in pow pow, Schneestern shapers were sweating and trying to rebuild the kicker. And they made it! Big up to bros from Schneestern!

Riders like Seppe Smiths, Marko Grilc, Sani Alibabic, Gigi Ruf, Marc Swoboda, Eero Ettala, Peter Konig and Co. showed that no matter how big is the kicker they can throw any trick the crowd wants to see it. Going switch, making double flip, doble rodeos or corks, even big spins with double grabs, all that and even more was just a piece of cake for the present riders. The whole Stubai glaicer was holding breathe while riders were having fun.

We were also delivering LIVE streaming over these two days, but don’t worry, if you missed any it is still possible to rewatch our videos. Check what was going on and join our SnowBroader community. And don’t forget to come back, because a short movie is also coming in few days. First you will be able to see it on Saturday at The Soundclash Party in Innsbruck after the legendary Air & Style. So be there!

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