badenova Masters 2018 – Sick Jibs in the Depths of the Black Forest

Logo badenova Masters 2018 – Sick Jibs in the Depths of the Black Forest
23/02/2018, 10:30
Logo badenova Masters 2018 – Sick Jibs in the Depths of the Black Forest

The fifth stop of the QParks Tour took place in the beautiful Black Forest-region. Sick contest action and smooth tunes from the speakers made the badenova Masters a real freestyle spectacle.

Freeskiers as well as snowboarders were happy to be part of the badenova Masters at the Feldberg, where they competed for the freestyle crown of the Feldberg. Due to freezing snow showers, the contest line was reduced from five to two hits. On the first hit you had to choose between a Down Rail (6m) and a Flat Down Box (6m). The second hit in the contest line was a super creative Multijib Feature. No kickers, no problem. The riders went nuts on the contest setup and since the chill area was super close to the line as well, the crowd pushed the riders even more.

The snowboarders kicked it into high gear right away. The fact that the riders saw each other’s runs from the start area motivated them to the max! Caroline Höckel (CH) sticked a 50/50 to Frontside Boardslide on the Down Rail and made the first place, followed by Anna Cordes (GER) and Romy van Vreden (NL) in the ladies’ category. In the men’s category, Fynn Koenen (GER) received the highest score with a Cab 180 50/50 Backside 360 out and had the crowd cheer like crazy. And this victory was a very special one too because he just recovered from a bad injury. Shaper Benjamin Bartmann (GER) and Casper Holtzapfel (NL) made the second and third place.

Two ladies competed in the category Freeski Women. Greta Staudacher (AUT) won the first place, and Victoria Ressel (AUT) won the second place. Clemens Grill (GER) won in the category Freeski Men with a Swap Blind 270 out, followed by David Ressler (AUT) and Leon Ernhofer (AUT). After the contest, Clemens revealed his recipe to success: „ I’m a local rider and my strong fan base gave me wings!“

Also the little ones showed big freestyle action. In the women’s groms category of snowboarders, Romy van Vreden (NL) convinced the judges most with style and progression. Demy Janssen (NL) won the second and Benthe Duijzings (NL) won the third place. In the men’s category, Kyro Zonneveld (NL) won the first place, followed by his shred buddies Jarno Duijzings (NL) and Lars Laeven (NL) as the second-placed and third-placed riders. Noah Ressel (AUT) won the groms’ category of freeskiers with a sick Switch on Blindside 270 out, followed by Noel Walser (AUT) and Florian Pale (AUT).

In general, it was remarkable that the dutch team was the strongest one with nine riders on the podium in total. „We’re spending most of the year in the snow domes, so we can practice the whole year!“, their coach Andrea Bednas explained. Hence it wasn’t surprising that the snowboard best trick award was given to a Dutchman. Kyro Zonneveld (NL) showed a Frontside Boardslide Pretzel 270 out and won 100 € cash. The best trick award in the category Freeski was given to David Ressler (AUT) who showed a sweet Front Swap Blindside 270 out which was just awesome!

Not only the contest action was pretty impressive. Every single rider, spectator and shaper made this event unique! Also the main sponsor badenova didn’t want to miss this sweet contest. Roland Weis represented badenova and even took care of the prize giving. At the chill area the atmosphere was great from the training to the finals! Surely the sausages and drinks for free also contributed to the chill vibes. At the end of the contest it was cake-time because the guys from QParks are celebrating their 15th anniversary this season

The badenova Masters are over but the QParks Tour is still running. Thanks a lot to every rider, spectator and helper for making this contest possible. Stay up to date and check out the website for further information on the upcoming tour dates.

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