It was the end of February and the weather gods granted some awesome blue bird conditions. Great weather for a shooting. Well, almost – If there wouldn’t have been this freezing cold and the wind. “It was the coldest shooting I have ever had. Because of the cold, our batteries shut down all the time”, photographer Chris Riefenberg recalls. No wonder, with the arctic temperatures prevailing in Austria at the end of February. “Yet it was really nice and very sunny”, Chris adds.
“It really was bloody cold. In the morning, -22°C were expected!”, snowboarder Lisa Veith confirms. She adds that due to the wind, the team tackled the rails first of all. As soon as the wind had calmed down a little bit, they started shooting at the kicker line. “I really like this park, especially because there are kickers en masse. Unfortunately, because of the cold, the landings were a bit harder than usual. But I will definitely come back to test them under better weather conditions!”, Lisa is excited.
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Chris is also stoked about the kicker line: “I think the kicker line is the highlight of the park! Generally speaking, I think this park is awesome. Perfect for riders at intermediate level.” “This year, the park looks better than ever. It is well shaped and nicely arranged!”, Lisa praises the shapecrew of the Kings Park. The snowboarding sports physician was the only woman at the shooting. But it didn’t bother her at all. She thought it was great fun shredding with the guys!
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For snowboarder Nico Winkler it was the first time at a shooting with the BLUE TOMATO team riders. “It was incredibly cold, but I liked it anyway. It was my first time shooting with the other riders and we really hit it off with each other.” For him, the corners are the highlight of the park. “The park also impresses with its size – You can make really long runs!”, he says. Nico visited the Kings Park for the first time and he points out that it definitely wasn’t his last time.
’Nuff said! Here are the snowboard and freeski edits of the shooting. For more information and updates about the BLUE TOMATO Kings Park visit www.kingspark.at, the park’s Facebook page or Instagram account.