Popular Post slapos Posted March 27, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Hi all, Just wanted to share with you something that I find a little unbelievable still. Me and my crew planned a trip to one of the Austrian glaciers - molltaller- few weeks back. Molltaller is maybe 30 minutes away from Lienz, which is home to at least two snowboard legends. Having that in mind, I dropped an Instagram message to the current Olympic champ in PGS, whether he would have time shred with our little carving crew. Benny was in town and we managed to meet and ride together. Not only Benny coached us for little while, we also had a great chat about life and snowboarding. If this is not enough for you - we ride on a chair with Benny and I see a familiar silhouette carving down the slope. Ponytail and redbull helmet. We ride down and Sigi Grabner is waiting for us in the chairlift line... https://www.instagram.com/p/CbbBHxasqAV/?utm_medium=copy_link Reel from the meet up: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CbdpGgvA2_E/?utm_medium=copy_link On Thursday on Molltaller Gletscher we had tests of sinline plates and sense snowboards We met Andrej Cerne who is Sense snowboard maker and Gasper who stands behind sinline plates. My favourite board of the day was RaceCarve 174 with 14m radial radius. Paired with medium flex sinline plate - absolute beast when it comes to grip - fun factor out of scale. Reel https://www.instagram.com/reel/CbgJLTpAl3H/?utm_medium=copy_link And lastly : Our fav reel from this trip : https://www.instagram.com/reel/CblPxzegnkr/?utm_medium=copy_link Enjoy the footage! Edited March 27, 2022 by slapos 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeoffV Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 That is awesome, very cool you got to ride with Benny and Sigi, both are legends! We are ALL VERY JEALOUS! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonbordin Posted March 27, 2022 Report Share Posted March 27, 2022 1 hour ago, GeoffV said: That is awesome, very cool you got to ride with Benny and Sigi, both are legends! We are ALL VERY JEALOUS! amen... super cool @slapos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd Job Posted March 28, 2022 Report Share Posted March 28, 2022 I am so jealous. I would have loved to see how they ride in person. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted March 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) During chat with Benny he had a funny message to our local snowboarding community. Not sure how it is in US, but in Poland everybody that starts snowboarding with instructor is set to duck stance by default - so we asked Benny about this and here is the recording of his message : https://m.facebook.com/groups/334588920011091/permalink/2444217799048182/ i know Ryan would disagree (kudos to him) but imho duck killed carving effectively for majority of the snowboarding community. Edited March 29, 2022 by slapos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted April 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2022 YouTube edit for those that do not like watching on mobile https://youtu.be/6kbFTTLC2yo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 3/27/2022 at 2:38 PM, slapos said: Benny was in town and we managed to meet and ride together. Not only Benny coached us for little while, we also had a great chat about life and snowboarding. Nice! i saw the video before it was posted here due to Google/youTube Algorithm. Anything on life that can be shared? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted April 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 (edited) @pow4ever 1. Benny says there is no carving possible with duck stance (see recording in the post above) 2. Virus world cup boards do not contain titanal - only new carbon weave 3. you should ride out of your hips rather then from your knees. On heelside this is natural, on toe not so much, but if you engage the hips the knees shall work automatically. 4. Keep moving during the carve - it doesnt have to be big movements, but be on the move all the time and keep pressure on the board. Last point most important imho: 5. Everybody has got their own carving style. I.e. Benny cannot ride like i.e. Edwin Coratti, who is not so tall and often rides with both his hands on the ground. For taller guys like Benny (Fisch etc) straighter legs work little better : https://www.instagram.com/p/CbDyOiEM6GG/ - overall message was dont envy some else style - be yourself. Citing Snoop Dogg - if you are you, who can be you but you ? https://youtu.be/g0OdmRtuQew Meeting Benny for our little crew was very inspirational. He is an absolute snowboarding rockstar with a ton of passion for the sport. He FOUND time to meet with us - who are we to meet and ride with olympic champ. Definitely one for the memories and picture on the wall. Edited April 6, 2022 by slapos 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pow4ever Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 4 hours ago, slapos said: Last point most important imho: 5. Everybody has got their own carving style. I.e. Benny cannot ride like i.e. Edwin Coratti, who is not so tall and often rides with both his hands on the ground. For taller guys like Benny (Fisch etc) straighter legs work little better : https://www.instagram.com/p/CbDyOiEM6GG/ - overall message was dont envy some else style - be yourself. Awesome! Thank you for sharing! so much this "personalize style" That's like something Fin told me. It's amazing there is a convergence path where people at the top of their field can see a universal truth which transcend discipline (be it ski/snowboard/cooking/religion/science). One thing i learned this season: Be kind to you self. Love the saying on "being oneself". remind me of scene in Kungfu Panda That's all we can be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishsurfer Posted April 6, 2022 Report Share Posted April 6, 2022 7 hours ago, slapos said: 1. Benny says there is no carving possible with duck stance (see recording in the post above Looks at board set up mild duck then looks at instagram to double check he didnt dream having benny as follower and then feels confused . Looks like you had a trip i could only ever dream of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapos Posted April 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2022 (edited) 11 hours ago, scottishsurfer said: Looks like you had a trip i could only ever dream of One off the bucket list. For sure. Disclaimer: no shrooms been harmed in this story Edited April 7, 2022 by slapos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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