Alliance celebrates season start in Sölden..Officially kicks off the "Traveling Skis" World Tour
On the weekend from the 17 until the 18 October 2009 the K2 Women’s Alliance met for their season kick off in Soelden / Austria. The girls from Germany, Austria and Switzerland gathered for a weekend filled with skiing, clinics and party. After skiing on saturday morning with heavy snow falls and storms, the girls spent the afternoon at the K2 test center where Thomas Wilhelm filled them in with the latest information on the K2 product line.
During the weekend the K2 Women’s Alliance also got equipped with the newest stuff from K2. This was kind of an early Christmas...
Official kick off for 'Traveling Skis' world tour
The team meeting was also the official kick off for the K2 Traveling Skis world tour. A dedicated pair of "Traveling Skis" will be sent around the globe in the next months. Wherever it shows up at clinics and tests women can ski and sign it and also take part in a global raffle.
More information about the Traveling Skis on www.k2women.com
former ski racer and world-cup winner Michaela Gerg-Leitner signs the Traveling Skis
don't you think the "traveling skis" perfectly match our team outfit?
11.4.09 Annual Fundraiser for Diamond Peaks Ski Patrol
Fort Collins, Colorado--Diamond Peaks Ski Patrol with Powderwhore Productions will be putting on their annual fundraiser at New Belgium Brewery on November 4, 2009. Powderwhore Productions will premier their newest film, Flakes, and a silent auction will follow in the tasting room. The auction will feature gear and equipment donated by leading outdoor manufacturers and local retail shops. Doors open at 6:30pm and the show starts at 7:00pm. Admission is $10 with two free beers per guest complements of New Belgium Brewery.
Greenroom.at got the HOT new K2 skis!!!
The Austrian mountains got 1 meter of fresh pow last days! just amazing up there, it looks like deep winter!
At the right moment the K2 teamriders Roman Rohrmoser and Mike Hauser got their new guns; they already tried them offpiste and in the park at Hintertux - they were super stoked, especially about the Backside series!!!
Yeah guys, hopefully we will have such an amazing winter start like last year!!! I´ll keep you updated
cheers
check out the online shop from www.greenroom.at - for the new collection!!!
K2 Rider Chopo Diaz gana el FWT en Macconkey's en La Parva, Chile.
Entre el 3 y el 5 de Septiembre del 2009 se realizó la primera fecha del FWT en La Parva, Chile.
El lugar del evento correspondía a Macconkey's , la pista de esquí freeride en el centro de esquí La Parva nombrada en honor a nuestro siempre recordado Shane. Todo estuvo cargado de esta gran emotividad y recuerdo.
Chopo Diaz, competidor de K2, y el mayor representante de Chile se adjudicó el titulo de la primera fecha del FWT, en La Parva, Chile.
Ganándole a los mayores representantes internacionales como Julien Lopez, 2do Lugar (Campeon del ultimo circuito), JT Holmes, entre otros, Chopo Diaz (K2 Rider en sus Obsethed 179), desplegó un nivel que dejó posicionado a este competidor Local entre los mejores del mundo, ganándose el apoyo y admiración de la comunidad internacional.
Ver videos en:
http://www.freeskiingworldtour.com/video.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh0yTK2AC-8
24. Kaunertal Opening
Last weekend the 24. edition of the Kaunertal Opening (Austria) took place. As some of you might know, we got some snow, so the weather wasn't the best, but good enough to have a rail competition! Ruth Hagspiel, young german rider won the girls comp and K2 Snowboarder Julia Baumgartner won the girls Snowboard Comp, congratulations!
Down in the valley Charlie was waiting for the thirsty and hungry skiers and snowboarders to welcome them with some food and drinks, which were more than welcome...
K2 Charlie is back from the dead!!!
After the long drive from Charlie's near death bed and a few quick stops in Maryland and Delaware, Charlie was off to Pennsylvania for some serious pre-season sales. Buckman's Ski and Snowboard was the first venue and for their customers, these sales are the equivalent to a pow day for skiers in regions blessed with such a thing. We visited three of their locations all with massive tents and deals to good to pass up. Better yet, Charlie was there with his painted on grin greeting people and reminding them the snow is on its way.
A little off roading to reserved parking for K2 Charlie to do his job catching potential customers attention.
Costumers raking the tents for that gem of deal to good to miss.
All good things must come to an end. After four days of rainy, miserable weather things started looking a little better in time for the massive clean up. While Charlie was warming up on the side lines getting ready to hit the road, I assisted to take down.
With a little persuasion we managed to get the entire Buckmans staff together for a group photo with Charlie, probably our best of the trip...
Now its off to my home state of New York for a few days to investigate the rumors of snow fall and annual pre-season parties. Thanks again to Buckmans for a great couple days and good food!
Testcenter in Sölden ist ready to take off
Der erste Schnee in Sölden ist gefallen. Pünktlich dazu ist auch das K2 Testcenter in Sölden startklar für die neue Saison. Die K2 Skis stehen im Testcenter oben am Gletscher in Sölden parat. Thomas Wilhelm ist der Leiter des K2 Testcenters. Tom, der selbst in Sölden wohnt, ist einer von 2 Europäern, die als internationale Testern für K2 Skis arbeiten. Egal ob die 16 Frauen der K2 Women’s Alliance oder fremdsprachige Händler aus Europa, Thomas Wilhelm hat für jeden den perfekten Testski parat und unterhält sie alle.
Season started!
I don´t remember when we had snow that early. Well, I actually do. At least seeing some white spots high up in the mountains, or getting snowed in during some fall climbing trips. But when was the last time ski resorts opened mid-October, or one could still go up because the "summer season" is still on BUT ski down?
A lot of resorts in Europe took advantage of the snowfalls last week and opened up this weekend.
Check the Schladming website to see what snow in October looks like. Not anything different than snow in February.
Early Season Money
Mammoth Mountain OPENED!!! I HAD to road trip from Tahoe to Mammoth to get some early turns!
Fran at Mammoth Mountain - October 17-18, 2009
Did I mention EARLY? ROCK SKI EARLY!!
Meet MONEY - my first pair of Money Green Lotta Luvs that STILL rock - the perfect early season ski. Money and I were all over Mammoth, finding everything from spring-like corn to overly frozen slush - it was ALL good and an awesome weekend makin' turns!
Sadly - Mammoth just announced it will be closing until more snow arrives.
--Regional Alliance Member Fran
Mammoth Mountain California - Opens Oct 16th
Mammoth is opening for the season with a FREE lift ticket Friday Oct 16th!
http://www.mammothmountain.com
GOTTA PLAY!
