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It was a very foggy day at hoch ybrig and we were riding powder the whole early season, so it was Time to get some work done despite the bad light conditions. Stephan “Mu” Maurer came by and we went for some warm-up powder runs taking it really mellow and looking for spots on the way down. We found this nice tree that kind of looked like a big genital or a hand giving you the middle finger. The trees in the back were all beautifully covered with fresh snow disappearing in the background mist. We all imagined how with a little howzee magic it would be a great picture. The session didn’t take long but the snow was horribly dry and we had to shape a nice transition to lead us over the tree and not into the tree. It was a little hassle but not a real problem for us three shape-experts. After getting our shots earlier than expected we almost seemed a little bit under-tired and thought we could might as well do a night shooting at a fence spot in a nearby village. So we went home for lunch and later on headed off to oberiberg’s soccer field. We built a little transition towards a 4-5 meter high fence, after some fighting with the snow that kept crumbling we were set to go. My first attempt was with about twice the amount of speed that would have been required, I got pressed towards the fence while on the way up and next thing I know I was floating over the top of the fence with my ass down. Considering that I just smashed out my tooth a week earlier made me think I was already pushing it to far again (haha). So after that I took it mellow steady going a little bit higher until my fs 720 looked good. Mu was trying all sorts of funny flips and hand plants which didn’t always turn out good, due to the fact he was regular we where all trying to think of a good idea which trick he should go for… in the end he was doing backside laybacks and got his shot too so we all had our smile going on and where looking forward to our sofa and a cup of tee.

Now it turned out that both of my shots are used in a gallery (whiteout and snowboarder mbm), that makes two double spreads in one day, stoked.