FEATURED STORIESBLOGA GEORGIA PEACH09.04.2012|BY SVEN BRUNSO0Last fall I sat on my deck with a world map searching for a new mountain range to ski that I had never been in my 20 year career. After a close look at some global topographical maps, I settled on the Caucus Mountains in The Republic of Georgia... FREERIDE IN INDIA06.04.2012|BY MELISSA PRESSLABER0FREERIDE IN INDIA It was February of this winter when Fischer Teamrider Mel Presslaber set sails, said good-bye to the Alps and flew to India… for Freeriding… JEFF ANNETTS: TRIP TO SILVERTON, CO29.03.2012|BY JEFF ANNETTS0Tyler Horne and I just got back from a Fischer team trip to Silverton Colorado. The drive from Jackson to Silverton is a ten and a half hour drive through the middle of nowhere, where it was normal to go without seeing a car or house for 30 minutes or more. The only thing we almost ran into was a flock of sheep... TYLER HORNE: SKI TRIP TO EUROPE28.03.2012|BY TYLER HORNE0This fall I was on a golfing trip in South Florida with a good friend Casey Wesley and the idea of a ski trip to Europe came up one day out on the links. As the winter was getting rolling in the US, looking at snow reports from France and Switzerland it was looking bleak it was early December and some resorts literally had no snow. BACKCOUNTRY IN CANADA27.03.2012|BY SVEN KUEENLE0Together with the Legs Of Steel boys Bene Mayr and Paddy Graham i left Europe to go shoot some backcountry in Canada. After a few deep days in Pemberton we went to Eagle Pass to get some heli time in. The skiing has been incredible. Watch out for the new movie coming out in fall 2012. SEBASTIAN BLASY IN BC, WHISTLER21.03.2012|BY SEBASTIAN BLASY0Um sich auf den perfekten Winter in den Alpen einzustimmen machte sich Freerider Sebastian Blasy zu Beginn dieses Winters auf den Weg nach Canada, British Columbia, Whistler.... und hat uns einen kleinen Reisebericht mitgebracht: kurz angemerkt: der Powder in Ö war dann aber auch schuld dass wir euch diesen Reisebericht so lange vorenthalten haben.... Viel Spaß damit! FREESKI TEAM DAYS EUROPE29.02.2012|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER & BASTI HUBER0 FISCHER FREESKI TEAM DAYS EUROPE 2012 Thorough success: Powder, Cliffs & a real Secret Spot What could possibly go wrong during a Team Meeting in a winter like this year's, in a resort like that? Powder, cliffs and fun-times during the photo- and video-shootings in one of the last "secret-spots" in the Austrian alps - the Fischer Freeski Team Days exceeded all expectations. Mid January, the Team Managers called their riders to Salzburger Land, Austria. The gathering of the European Fischer Teams was set for Weisssee Gletscherwelt near Uttendorf and the mountain hotel Rudolfshütte served as base during that time. The Rudolfshütte allowed the riders to sleep at 2300m, surrounded by the snowfields of the great resort. As Fischer has been focused heavily on freeriding over the past few seasons, but since the start of this season they have developed a team of young and auspicious freestylers! This diverse mix of European riders were even joined by a friendly kiwi, as Freeride World Tour rider Neil Williman from New Zealand dropped in to join the crew. FREERIDE WORLD TOUR UPDATE BY NEIL WILLIMAN09.02.2012|BY NEIL WILLIMAN (SL)0New Zealand pro skier Neil Williman qualified with top results in the Freeride World Qualifier Series 2011/12 for the Freeride World Tour 2012. Unfortunately Neil couldn't really show up in the first stops of the FWT and is dissappointed of his performance so far. Competing in Chamonix - Mont Blanc (France) and Courmayeur (Italy) he had on top to deal with a back injury... VIDEOS SEASON REVIEWS 2010/1108.02.2012|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER02011/12 is just a perfect winter for the Fischer Freeski athletes. Especially January was just amazing, every day was a powder day in the Alps, Austria got hit with tons of snow - thanks storm "Andrea", we just love you! Anyway even the last season wasn't that bad as you can proof by watching several season reviews of 2010/11 of our Fischer team athletes. Lean back and enjoy! FISCHER FREERIDE ROOKIE MAX FOIDL07.02.2012|BY MAX FOIDL & SL0Max Foidl, the young ambitious freeride gun from Fieberbrunn is the rookie in the Fischer Freeride Team. Together with his younger brother Felix he is running "schranking productions". Both are members of the "Snowgirls", a group of super motivated good skiers from the Pillerseetal who just like to be out for skiing and filming. We got a quick update of his season so far... LADIES FREERIDE CAMP 2012 WITH SANDRA LAHNSTEINER27.01.2012|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER0LADIES FREERIDE CAMP 2012 with Sandra Lahnsteiner For the second time Fischer freeskier and certified coach/skiinstructor Sandra Lahnsteiner coached a freeride camp just for ladies. "I just love to inspire and motivate other girls for freeskiing, to enjoy nature and pow, to push their limits and have their best time of their life. A girls only freeride camp seems to be just the perfect way to get close to that goal." UPDATE VON SVEN KUEENLE26.01.2012|BY SVEN KUEENLE (SL)0The german freeskier Sven Kueenle is with Fischer since fall 2011. In this season he focus on filming for his part in Legs of Steel. Here a short update of his season so far: REVELSTOKE, CANADA - FIRST STOP AT THE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2012 FOR NEIL WILLIMAN22.01.2012|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER0January 2012, Revelstoke, Canda, was the first stop of the Freeride World Tour 2012 for our New Zealand Pro Team Rider Neil Williman. FIRST SHOOTING DAYS FOR "FREERIDE DELUXE" 20.01.2012|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER0First shooting days for "Freeride Deluxe" "Freeride Deluxe" is a new freeski film project featuring top european skiers and snowboarders presenting the freeride spots Kitzsteinhorn, Fieberbrunn, Arlberg and Damüls. VIDEO UPDATE & GET WELL SOON, JULIAN!01.01.1970|BY BASTI HUBER0Video-Updates from park & powder and unfortunately an injured rookie. NEW YEAR - FRESH SNOW - FRESH VIDEOS & PICS01.01.1970|BY BASTI HUBER0It seems as if it's not going to stop snowing in Europe - and our riders show their skills! ECO FREERIDE TEAM BIO SKIEUR RIDES FISCHER SKIS30.12.2011|BY WILLIAM COCHET & SANDRA LAHNSTEINER0 Eco Freeride Team BIO SKIEURTEAM UPDATE - STRAIGHT FROM THE POW01.01.1970|BY BASTI HUBER0It's snowing in Austria and our team riders head towards the powder... THE FISCHER FREERIDE LADIES AT LINE CAMP01.01.1970|BY MEL PRESSLABER0 Mel Presslaber & Sandy Lahnsteiner at the Line Camp in Hochfügen. SUNDAYS OVER INNSBRUCK - DECEMBER 18, 201101.01.1970|BY BASTI HUBER0 Finally - the snow arrived around Innsbruck! SVEN KUEENLE INTERVIEW ON DOWNDAYS NEWS01.01.1970|BY BASTI HUBER0downdays NEWS invited Sven for an interview... NO-SNOWEMBER 201114.12.2011|BY BASTI HUBER0A November in Austria has never been that dry before... we were rocking nonetheless! MEL'S SKITRIP TO NORWAY...01.06.20110 Four girls who love being outdoors, experiencing the beautiful West Coast of Norway with the skis – that’s was the mission for two weeks in April... And it has been a blast! Beautiful, awesome, great times! DIE SCHÖNEN SEITEN JAPANS 19.04.20110JÄPÄN Who of you has ever been to Japan for powder skiing??? We have been there this year and it was the best thing we could do during the Christmas holidays. From 25th December until 9th January we ended up in Jäpän as in Europe all the snow was tracked and no more dump was on sight. London, Northern Germany or Luxembourg got dumped and for all the jibbers out there it was a perfect playground. Rails and standing in line is not our favorite thing to do so we set sail to the “Land of the rising sun”. We won’t bore you now with freaky details but would love to give you some important information you could need to enjoy the coolest powder runs ever in your life. VIDEO CLIP GIRLS FREERIDE CAMP IN GASTEIN 07.04.2011|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER0 Hier ein Video vom Girls Ski Camp 2011 in Gastein: www.vimeo.com/21996397DIE FISCHER TRANSALP - AUF SKI DURCH DIE ALPEN28.03.20112 Es war August und heiß, da stand Fischer Marketing Head Honcho Christian vor uns und frug an. "Könnt ihr euch vorstellen, 8 Leute und ein Kamerateam durch die Alpen zu führen? Im Winter?" FILMING AT THE ARLBERG23.03.2011|BY MELISSA PRESSLABER0 Finally, after a long period of no snow, it snowed again… Sandy, Mel & the two Bastis went further West to the Arlberg region to ski the best powder of the whole season! The Arlberg is and will stay the cradle of skiing! Just a very beautiful area to be! SANDY'S ROADTRIP REPORT CHAMONIX - VERBIER - ARLBERG16.03.2011|BY SANDRA LAHNSTEINER1 End of February I was off to Chamonix! I was pretty excited to go there as it was even my first Chamonix trip! The trip from Austria via Italy to France took me 9 hours, luckily there are several possibilities to get a good espresso on the road! ;-) FISCHER AVALANCHE TRAINING AND YOUTH WORKSHOP TOUR14.02.2011|BY MELISSA PRESSLABER0 Avalanche Awareness – so important! Especially the young kids should get a training on the mountain… SANDRA EXPLORED THE JAPANESE POWDER IN HANAZONO18.01.20110 Lack of snow in Austria, lack of snow in the European Alps. Totally different in Hanazono Niseko Japan...Sandra can tell you more about it... |