<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Audi Nines presented by Falken in Sölden & Gurgl</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From the <strong>13th to the 18th of April, 2020</strong>, the <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Events/the-audi-nines-2020" target="_blank">Audi Nines presented by Falken</a></strong> returns to <strong>Sölden and Gurgl</strong>, Austria for its twelfth year. Building on the success of earlier events at this location, this year’s plans include ever-more spectacular snow features intended to challenge athletes and entertain onlookers alike, while maintaining the Audi Nines’ high standards of progressive snowpark design. Meanwhile, open-to-the-public events like the <strong>Night Shoot on Wednesday, the 15th of April in Gurgl</strong>, and the <strong>Contest Day on Saturday, the 18th of April in Sölden</strong>, continue to provide the chance for all to witness this snow sports marvel first-hand and free of charge.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Athletes Take the Lead in Course Design</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For 2020 the Audi Nines riders have spearheaded the process of drafting the event’s otherworldly snow features. At a creative workshop held in Innsbruck, Austria, as documented in the “Behind the Nines” video series, the athletes came up with course designs for both the Sölden and Gurgl venues that will challenge their peers in exciting new ways, while keeping audiences reaching for the rewind button.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“<em>The venues in Sölden and Gurgl will explore new realms of design in snow,</em>” promises <strong>Audi Nines founder Nico Zacek</strong>. <em>“You can expect to see even more incredible action in Big Air and Slopestyle-influenced settings, as well as some pioneering new features, like ‘The Wormhole</em>,’<em> that will challenge your understanding of physics.”</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “<em>It’s rad to be able to turn some ideas you daydream about into reality</em>,” says <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/Riders/clemens-millauer" target="_blank">Clemens Millauer</a></strong><strong> (AUT)</strong>. “The Audi Nines team can turn doodles into your riding playground for a week.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “<em>For me Audi Nines is the only place where I can really say what I’d like to ride,” </em>says <strong>Mathilde Gremaud</strong> <strong>(SUI)</strong>. “ It’s amazing to see our ideas come to life.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> “<em>There’s much production going into it,”</em> says <strong>James Woods (GBR)</strong> of the design process. <em>“It’s just in another league. But the basis of it is exactly why we all got into skiing and snowboarding. There is so much opportunity to get banging content for the rest of the season.”</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Become A Nine: Join the Nines Family!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Don’t want to be stuck sitting at home while the action goes down in Sölden and Gurgl? As always, the <strong>Become A Nine video contest</strong> gives passionate athletes worldwide—male and female, skier and snowboarder—the awesome chance to earn a spot at the session and become a member of the Audi Nines crew. <strong><a href="https://ring-pr.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46a6b3a4dc6b2368cfeca86a5&id=a9d8781d51&e=946a62d1e1" target="_blank">Click here</a></strong> to find out how to enter your video submission! The <strong>deadline to submit is the 1st of April, 2020</strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em> <strong>As always, </strong><strong>more information about the Audi Nines can be found at </strong><strong><a href="https://ring-pr.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=46a6b3a4dc6b2368cfeca86a5&id=a39ee80809&e=946a62d1e1" target="_blank">audinines.com</a>. Stay tuned and get ready for lift off!</strong></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div>