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It’s hard to say if snowboarding happened to Michi, or if Michi happened to snowboarding – either way – what is for sure is little planning went into what ever happened! Growing up in Pontrasina in the Engadine, Switzerland, one of Europe’s snowboarding Mecca’s, his early influences and riding partners included the likes of Swiss legends Michi Frü, Reto Lamm, Dani Sappa, Franco Furger and regular visitors like Terje Haakonsen, Max Perotti and David Vincent to the snow inundated region. Born with a silver snowboard in his mouth and bindings on his feet, his stylish, carefree, cheeky and creative riding style reflected his personality, equally at home in the icy pipes of Stratton or with big mountain freestyle. While Michi became a world recognized rider, the fame and focus rolled off his back like a duck and water, maintaining an innocent enthusiasm that underscored his ability not to ride a snowboard, simply feel at one with it. From topping the podiums of the World’s most prestigious contests, to heli drops on the World’s biggest mountains, or completely lost in the World’s biggest cities, his carefree nature always . Road trips with Michi were a guarantee of adventure, his response one time after driving off from a contest leaving $3,000 in prize money on the roof of his car, he said, “Oh well....”. One of the truest legends of the sport.
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Another internationally recognized rider that emanated out of the Swiss Engadine scene, Dani Sappa quietly turned heads through out his snowboarding career. Not surprising you might say, considering his riding partners including, Michi Albin, rode more for the love of snowboarding, friends and being in the mountains, than the hype surrounding a maturing snowboarding industry. Happy is a man who can make his hobby his job, and it had to be said Dani was one of the happiest people you would ever meet. Dani’s riding style is reflected in his personality. Solid, no fuss, individual and understated. He had the ability to make the difficult look seemingly effortless. At the height of his career, overnight, Dani suffered what could have been a life threatening blood clot on his knee. Emergency surgery saved both his life and his leg, in effect also changing his personal focus. Following rehabilatation, Dani finished his professional snowboarding career, finishing a degree in computer animation and is now a state of the art motion graphic designer.
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Hailing from a small village just outside of Vienna, the flatlands off Austria, Steve owes a great deal of his rise to fame to the Austria Cups, a their National Circuit in the mid 90’s. The Austria Cup’s didn’t launch him into international notoriety, but the crew of friends who soon became the Ästhetikers and an incredible incubator of riders spawning names like Gogo Gossner, Tommy ‘Beckna’ Eberharter, Friedl Kolar, Wolle Nyvelt to name a few. By ‘97, at the height of the SPC Summer Camp days, Steve moved to Austria’s emerging snowboarding hub, the Zillertal, a 45km valley boasting 12 resorts ending at the Hintertux Glacier. In 1998, shortly before the Nagano Olympics, Steve had reached the height of his competitive halfpipe career, coming 2nd to Daniel Franck in the European Championships. The next weekend, Steve was seen hammered a 6am on the outside of his hotel climbing the three stories to get back into his room only hours before coming second to Daniel again in the ISF World Championships. It was almost the last halfpipe contest he ever did. Like Terje Haakonsen, Steve boycotted the Olympics in disgust, watching the finals at Shin Campos’s place in Whistler, which in hindsight, was the start of his filming career. Steve’s riding style can be summed up in one word – STOMP! An uncanny ability to spot a take off and landing from miles away, his power, precision and pedal to the metal style are reminiscent of Kale Stephens or Travis Rice, when Steve stomps a trick it registers as if it was a 7.3 Richter earthquake halfway around the other side of the globe. If not snowboarding, guarenteed you will find Steve on a skateboard, surfboard or on his MX bike. To this day he is still killing it....
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Hailing from Mayrhofen in the Zillertal Valley, Austria, Wolle almost grew up with one foot on a board and the other on the mountain. Originally, he was the grommet of the now famous Ästhetiker Crew who deftly honed his skills from the first second he stepped on a board. His father oversees the huge Hydroelectric program in the valley which saw his mountain skills develop from the second he could walk. Early riding partners included the likes of Tom “Beckna” Eberharter, Friedl Kolar, Dieter “Tex” Steinhardt, Gogo Gossner and long time riding partner, Steve Gruber. The early years, partly due to mainly identical sponsors, Steve and Wolle were almost inseparable, both physically and in terms of style. Not un-similar to the Nic Müller/Fredi Kalbermatten combination, this partnership grew stronger again when Steve moved out to the Valley in the late ‘90’s moving in with Wolle. Shared passions for snowboarding, skating, surfing, and Playstation, the quietly unspoken constructive competition resulted in the pair of them becoming World renown as some of the best snowboarders ever to come out of Austria. Laid back, yet horribly hyperactive, Wolle continues to turn heads where ever he straps on a board. Weather it be pillows in Japanese backcountry, first descents in Alaska, spring kicker sessions in Mammoth, or secrete tree runs in his native Austria – Wolle does it all with unassuming ease. In 2008 he was awarded one of snowboarding’s highest honours, the Transworld Snowboarding Magazine’s ‘Rider of the Year’ and was voted Europe’s “Readers Rider of the Year”. Today Wolle is a proud father of his first child, a founding member of the Ästhetiker company, an eco activist, and has launched his own company constructing “Aesmo Powder Boards” made famous in several of the Absinthe Films. He is still hyperactive and still rocking !
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Growing up outside Geneva in Southern Switzerland, from humble beginnings, Romain de Marchi has gone on to become arguably one of the most influential contemperary riders ever to hit the World stage – epitomizing aggression riding and pioneering big mountain power freestyle along with Travis Rice. There is no backwards in coming forwards with Romain, both on and off the hill – it’s pedal to the metal, no hold’s barred, speed is your friend! Growing up under the tutorlage of Jim from ‘Pulp’ in Geneva, the riding crew of David Pitschi, Darius Heristchien and Jonas Emery pushed the envelope and developed their skills almost from when they could walk – all of them going onto successful Pro carree\rs. Joining the then on fire Airwalk Team, including the likes of Frederik Sarvell, Terro Ainonen, Rojer Helmstadstuen – Romain riding started to explode. Having been a cycling champion in his youth (he still has a crammed trophey cabinet at his parents place), it is little wonder that many people considered him to have ‘legs of steel’ - something necessarry considering he often went half as big again as everyone else on any given kicker. Go big or go home – he generally stayed out late, very late indeed. As his riding style, every time he gets on a board big things happen, but laterally clearing the US Open Halfpipe and several of the Hemsedal and Snowboarder sessions come to mind. But it was while filming for Absinthe’s “POP” in Utah with Travis Rice on Chad’s Gap that his most famous shot came from. After two days of building the in run and kicker, he nailed the gap and earning more covers than any other single shot since Ingemar Backman’s b/s air in Riksgransen in 1996 (7 covers world wide). In fact, it is hard to prove and harder to imagine a single snowboard publication in the world that Romain has not graced the cover at least once over the last 10 years. Play hard, party hard – and there has been plenty of that in it’s time. Romain is one of the enigma’s of the sport, true to his passion and true to his word. He is one of a kind...
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Breaking his professional teeth in the SoCal surf/snow/skate menagerie, Scotty Sullivan has become an institution where ever snow dumps or waves barrel – always with tools in hand. A World traveller, Scott’s beaming grin and cheeky persona have been a regular companion to Absinthe shoots from Heli drops in Alaska to the mountainous back waters of inland BC, from the Swiss Alps to the Austrian Tirol and almost everything in between. Equally as adept when rolling a 16mm, hitting the go button on a HD, firing his EOS-1, or romancing his guitar, harmonica and microphone – Scott brings a whole new meaning to the concept of “the one man band”. He likes to get up close and personal, he is a motivator, mentor and a mate to all of the riders in his crew. Fusing the art of photography with the rhythm of a musician and the depth of field of a filmer, Scott has perfected a unique style of his own rarely imitated and totally original. Some say he has been known to use them all at once. The perfect shoot occurs with a subtle balance of trust and team work. Scott’s good humour, laid back attitude melded with his professionalism, experience and eye for the shot makes has made him an indispensable member of the Absinthe family. If the saying, “happy is a man who can make his hobby his profession” is true, then Scott is one of the happiest people out there and rarely gives you any reason for thinking otherwise. www.scottsullivanmusic.com
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