This sick shot from Paul Zeiner is the winning image.

Remember? Wängl Tängl? 2010? Mayrhofen/Austria? At its ‘Gang Jam’ snowboard contest the ‘young guns’ and ‘old dogs’ delivered a show that is hard to match in Tyrol! And the ‚Game of Skate’ contest in the areaway between the staircases of the ‘Penkenbahn’ in Mayrhofen was the perfect location to get a real arena feeling and the turntable show of the ‘Waxolutionists’ was rad in true Ästhetiker style. Motivated photographers have recorded the whole action for the Wängl Tängl Photo Contest 2010 and uploaded their work onto Mayrhofen’s #1 shred shop’s website www.theseeker.at. It has been a hard time for the jury, but now the winners have been determined!

Stefan Voitl shot "I don't know rider" and scored second place.

All photo freaks and artsy photogs had the opportunity to register on The Seeker’s website and upload their photos for the Waengl Taengl Photo Contest 2010. A jury of the experienced photographer Christian Boehm, the snowboard legend and Vans European team manager Tom “Beckna” Eberharter and graphic designer, artist and snowboard photographer Simon Lemmerer have judged the different rounds and categories.

Jochen Bauer's monochrome awesomeness came in third.

WINNERS

SNOWBOARD ACTION Shot 2010

1st place: Paul Zeiner wins a complete snowboard set:
Ästhetiker snowboard with Salomon bindungs, Vans snowboard boots and Vans outerwear

2nd place: Stefan Voitl wins a HOTZONE.TV Dude limited edition backpack
3rd place: Jochen Bauer wins a Red Bull Action Cam
4th place: Stefan Voitl wins a one year abbo of the Pleasure Magazine

PARTY Pics 2010 – each party pic wins a tray of Red Bull

Christoph Abfalter
Dominik Lyssek
Lukas Lerperger

SKATEBOARD ACTION Shot 2010

1st place: Stefan Voitl – will be booked as Red Bull photographer at a Red Bull Event

Check the winner pics here!

And since we like a bit of a grind ourselves this is the winning skate shot (photo: Stefan Voitl).

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

Check the latest webisode from the Zillertal crew documenting the old dogs and the young guns of the Ästhetiker clan mixing it up.

For 2010 the Ästhetikers have planned a new format for their well-known boardsport-shows. In the new productions the ‘old dogs’ and the ‘young guns’ come together to create a new era in the Ästhetiker Tell Ä Vision history.

The crew. Photo: Tom Eberharter.

The ‘old dogs’, Steve Gruber, Chris and Rudi Kröll, Tom “Beckna” Eberharter, Friedl Kolar, Jocki Köffler, Gogo Gossner and many more shred together with the ‘young guns’ like 15 year old Georg Huber, Alex Walch, Werni Stock, Marc Swoboda, Herby Thaler, Phips Gruber, Flo Heim and Simon Schweiger. Also new in the project will be the first girl on Tell Ä Vision ever, namely Anne-Flore Marxer!

By snowboarding together they will support each other. The ‘young guns’ profit from the experience oft the ‘old dogs’ and the ‘old dogs’ can pick up the ‘young guns’ motivation.

Young gun Georg Huber. Photo: Christian Eberl.

The Ästhetikers are not only going to present a huge variety of snowboarding shots, they are going to show the emotions of all the riders, the discussions about powderlines, how to build a kicker or how to improve their riding! What the Ästhetikers want to show as well is an impression of how snowboard shots get produced!

Old dog Rudi Kröll. Photo: Toom Eberharter.

Every two weeks during this season the Ä-Crew will produce a newsblog webisode to introduce the new riders and advertise some of the footage, which will be broadcasted in their shows in Fall 2010!

In Fall 2010 the Ästhetikers will present eight podcasts with the best footage of the season!

You better not miss it!