RFC the 2nd

... so it's snowing really hardcore since 25 hours and there is about 1m of fresh pow pow up there on the mountain and an avalanche danger of 5. So we just got told that the competition is cancelled and our first run count at all, that means I'm 21nd in the Ski ranking! This was really a strange experience with the volcano eruption, all flights are still cancelled and we will not be able to fly home on Monday needer. But it's pretty cool here, so it will be nice to get some more impressions of Norway :-)

I started my run not that good as wanted to do it, because the face was extremely rolling in and difficult to orientate and all the frozen muggles,tracks and mini spines didn't make it easy to ski fast and so I didn't get my cliffs at the upper part... but at least I stomped the exit cliff which was about 10m into a really hard landing... but that's Norway :-)

So here are a few impressions and big congratulations to Alex who get 2nd in the Snbrd ranking!

my line

it was cold and windy in the morning

the view from the start and Röldals lake in the backgroound

burger time :-)

Schmalex was so stoked and partying with Lalex

freaking out party crowd

the video of my run is just uploading on vimeo... should be available in half an hour at:

DCR Röldal Freeride Challenge 2010 from Daniel Regensburger on Vimeo.

Röldal Norway the 1st

on Tuesday Alex and me cought the plain to Vienna and then to Oslo to get to the 10th edition of the Röldal Freeride Competition... but to get there we had to travel the whole day long... we left Innsbruck at 6.30 am and arrived in Röldal at 9.00 pm after a nearly endless drive from Oslo to Röldal along really nasty roads... today should have been the first competition day, but we had some snowfall in the morning and caused by the volcano eruption in Iceland the rescue heli didn`t get a flying permit, so we just had a small expression session and we are all qualified for tomorrow, final day one, NICE!!! The conditions are changing during the day, from frozen hard snow in the morning to nice spring snow in the afternoon... Now we`re chilling in the garden in front of the OLDEST cabin of Röldal and are grilling some chicken with some beer :-) getting prepared and strong for tomorrow...

Alex, aka the nöööööörd :-) waiting on the vienna airport

somewhere on the way to Oslo

me carring our ski and snbrd stuff

on the road...

... with this nasty bastard ...

we were so lucky with our sleeping opportunity ... we got the oldest and really original cabin of the whole village

Hicking and exploring new lines

Sorry that I didn't found the time to give you some updates :-)
but here we go...
what did I do the last few weeks? Aside from learning for another exam and some other mandatory responsibilities I had some nice film days including some treeruns and a really interesting nightsession too... And what's better than hicking up some venues, getting more and more away from the smoggy, noisy & stressy city, diving into absolute silence, taking deep breaths of the clean mountain air, feeling the sun shining on your face and the pleasant anticipation for the rewarding ski run down after reaching the top :-) sounds a little bathetic, but that's the way it is!

So enough words now, just watch through the pix, they are self-explanatory...



Oh I nearly forgot to say taht the guy with the yellow jacket is Joi, a really good ski buddy..

...3, 2, 1, straightline :-)

good hicking skins are indispensable, I can really recommend those from Kohla...

...climbing up some steep tight couloir, in really solid and stable snow...

...then we had to install our rope to catch the good old pow pow on the north sided slope...

so what should I say more, than every step was worth it !!

to be continued :-)