3rd stage at Zillertal Arena/Gerlos with bluebird and perfect conditions

In a relaxed atmosphere, the Coaching Day was all about testing the latest gear from Ride Snowboards, coaching sessions with the Ästhetiker and team coaches and the RIDE highest Ollie contest. Sunday was the big Contest Day. More than a hundred riders were not only battling it out for fame, glory and prize money, but also for the Välley Rälley crown! Snowboarders from all different nations threw down their best style tricks to grab for one of the popular Ästhetiker medals and rake in some prize money and valuable points in the overall ranking. 

Better conditions? Almost impossible! The third Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride Snowboards Europe tourstop went down with bluebird and sunshine at Snowpark Gerlos, Zillertal Arena on January 21st and 22nd, 2017. In a relaxed atmosphere, riders and teams from all over Europe joined the practice with the Äshtetiker on the Coaching Day. For the perfect ending of the day, snowboarders of all age groups took it with grace and style, jumping over the rising bar of the Ride highest Ollie contest. Not the top spot, but fun and creativity were the main topics on Saturday and everyone took home a great bunch of prizes from Ride Snowboards. MonEpic captured the action of the Coaching Day in a onetake followcam edit, check out the 2nd video further below.   

 

The Contest Day was finally all about the crown! The penultimate tourstop brought up an indicatory change in the Overall Välley Rälley tour rankings. As for all tourstops, points in the World Snowboard Tour Ranking were up for grabs in Gerlos, and the contest counts as a part of the N.ASA Austria Cups.  

After an exciting competition the well-deserved stage winners were celebrated amid the applause of the crowd. In the super groms category, Karolina Stroh from Germany and Lewis Hopkinson from GBR took the top spot of the podium. Previous year´s winner Evy Poppe from Belgium won the contest in the grom girls class and Baldur Vilhelmsson from Iceland took home the grom boys gold medal. Czech Adela Kreisingerova and Austrian high flyer Moritz Kaufmann both won the rookie competition. No one was able to beat the Belgians in the women´s or men´s contest and so the top spots went to Djoelie Ectors and Ben Theunissen. Their friend and countryman, Kevin Trammer, did not only earn the silver medal in the men´s category, but also scored the Billabong best Trick Award and a complete outerwear outfit with his stylish 360 in, 360 out on the first rail. As the youngest ripper of the day, 7-year old Matti Bockhorni got rewarded “Most impressive Grom of the Day” by the Äshtetiker.  

 

Heike Schoof, from the Marketing department of Zillertal Arena is delighted about the positive outcome of the event: “Looking back at an amazing weekend with perfect weather and a well organized contest, we are delighted, to be the host of the Välley Rälley for the third time in a row. All participants were showing off and obviously having a lot of fun in the Zillertal Arena/Gerlos.” 

The snowpark in Gerlos will be open and daily maintained until April. All Info and updates available here and here.  

Partners of the 3rd stage: Zillertal.at, Ride Snowboards, Billabong, Zillertal Arena, tourism association Zillertal Arena / Gerlos, N.ASA, Greenroom Mayrhofen, Black Eye, Dana Beanies, Uniqueparks.com  

 

MonEpic aka Andreas Monsberger has put the recap in moving pictures together including all the results - just click on the video below and enjoy!  The full results and final rankings are available here.