FREESTYLE. In the last three days thousands of snow park addicts came to the Kaunertal and celebrated the start into the new park season the start into the new park season. The theme of this weekend was „shred, test and party till dawn“.

KTO2k11: Freeski Pro Contest winner Roy Kittler, photo by Rudi Wyhlidal

Fresh snow, clear blue sky and three days of sunshine accompanied the visitors through an unforgettable opening – perfect conditions to start the season in the Snowpark Kaunertal with lots of action. The open park and the contest line were perfectly shaped, which was great for the riders to show their best tricks and jumps. The pros and amateurs battled in the contests on the kicker line, equipped with a canon box and a pipe, which guaranteed also jib-fun.

„There could not have been any better snow and weather conditions than at this year´s 26th Kaunertal Opening. For the first time at a Kaunertal Opening the mini shred snow park was open for everyone. That is one reason why we could see lots of happy faces, which had jib-fun in the sun. The perfectly shaped snow park is now officially open and welcomes the park shredders”, says the marketing manager of the Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen, Stefan Richter.

CONTESTS 2011

On Saturday numerous well-known freeski and snowboard pros entertained the crowd and the organizers guaranteed a perfect setting and also a smooth running order. This gave the pros the best conditions to show their best performances, which gave the judges a hard time for their decision-making. The freeski pro Roy Kittler scored with a „right side cork 9 blunt“ at the first kicker and with a „switch left side 900 mute“ at the second kicker and was the winner of the freeski contest. American snowboarder Eric Beauchemin convinced the judges with a „cab 9 und BS rodeo 7 nosegrab“ and won the prize money.

KTO2k11: Snowboard Pro Contest girls winner Julia Baumgartner, photo by Rudi Wyhlidal

Also the amateurs battled hard for their ranks and showed their tricks in the same set-up. The winners were rewarded with cool product prizes from the testival partners and the Kaunertaler Gletscherbahnen.

Ranking Pro Contest Freeski

MEN
Rang BIB # Name Surname Nationality
1 35 Kittler Roy D
2 37 Schweiger Raphael A
3 32 Geiger Sebi D

GIRLS
Rang BIB # Name Surname Nationality
1 54 Zimmenmann Lisa A
2 48 Cakmakli Sabrina A
3 49 Gram Lisi A

BEST ROOKIE
6 44 Noppeney Maximilian A

Ranking Pro Contest Snowboard

MEN
Rang BIB # Name Surname Nationality
1 85 Beauchemin Eric USA
2 65 Mösl Daniel A
3 68 Schaidreiter Chris A

GIRLS
Rang BIB # Name Surname Nationality
1 95 Baumgartner Julia A
2 79 Rofner Birgit A
3 26 Baumschlager Lea A

BEST ROOKIE
10 64 Kundratitz Philipp A

Ranking Amateur Contest Freeski

MEN
Rang BIB # Name Surname
1 21 Lukas Eisl
2 62 Fabian Braitsch
3 38 Luca Exenberger

GIRLS
Rang BIB # Name Surname
1 33 Anna Karina Paul

BEST ROOKIE
1 21 Lukas Eisl

Ranking Amateur Contest Snowboard

MEN
Rang BIB # Name Surname
1 8 David Loibl
2 3 Roman Dlauhy
3 24 Stefan Karl

GIRLS
Rang BIB # Name Surname
1 13 Melina Merkhoffer
2 21 Stephie Pirron
3 12 Stefanie Rofner

BEST ROOKIE
5 5 Dominik Metzler

PARTIES 2011

After grandiose days on the mountain numerous party addicts celebrated in the party tent in Feichten. On Friday IBK Tribe, Bilderbuch and Chrisfader & Testa kept the crowd dancing all night long. In addition M.O.G.

Production and Aestivation Entertainment showed their latest movies. On Saturday evening the Pirate Movie Production and Legs Of Steel presented their newest flicks before Nosliw and Afrob, D-Flame & DJ Dynamite and the Wax Wreckaz rocked the tent and continued the party marathon.

TESTIVAL & SIDEVENTS 2011

The testival area with 50 brands held out against the big run and people tested their gear three days long. For sure everyone found his or her shred-gear for this winter season in the end. The rail at the glacier restaurant was a magnet for all jibbers who showed their best tricks in relaxed sessions and also the K2 snowboard „pop this!“-tour stopped on the youngest glacier of Tyrol. At this highest-ollie-contest the riders demonstrated their jumping skills.

Already on Friday the program started with the legendary BUFF RAIL SESSION presented by downdays.eu & ONBOARD at the glacier restaurant Weisssee. In middle of a huge crowd, Sebi Geiger (A) won the category „best trick“ with his „butter 270 on pretzl 270 out“. Steve Grumser was awarded with the „best overall“ in the snowboarders field.

PREVIEW 2012

After this awesome opening weekend we are already looking forward to next year’s 27th Kaunertal Opening from 10th to 12th October 2012.

We are looking forward to seeing you again in 2012!
In the meantime we wish you lots of fun in the Snowpark Kaunertal.

Snowpark Kaunertal - Snowboarden am Gletscher in Tirol
www.snowpark-kaunertal.com