Almabtrieb was the first of the IDF European races held during 16-19 July in Germany. As usual riders from all over the world came to race and I was excited as hell to meet so many of my friends from around the globe.
Almost 20 girls were registered to race or freeride and they came from all over Europe and beyond. Maga Mc Whinnie came from Australia, Elena Corrigall from Canada and Emma Daigle -originally from Canada but lately living in Hawaii- came but couldn’t race due to a massive road rash, so both of us lurked (very) hard the entire four days.
Glori Kupsch shot by Kristýna Těšínská
Elena Corrigall shot by Kristýna Těšínská
Dana Schitter by Kristýna Těšínská
Maga by Kristýna Těšínská
Tina shot by Kristýna Těšínská
Anna Pixner shot by Richard Gibello
Corinne Weigl by Richard Gibello
Becks Rebecca Gemperle shot by Yorck Dertinger
Spoky shot by Yorck Dertinger
Tamara Prader doing a run with Patrick. Richard Gibello shot.
Glori & Dana shot by Newton’s Shred
Searching for shadows in between heats. Richard Gibello shot.
The base camp was hot and sunny but a little creek with frozen water some meters away was our life savior. It served us as a shower, beer cooler and general meeting point.
The camp. Newton’s Shred photo.
The creek <3 Richard Gibello shot
And this is what Germans do for entertaining before/after the races. Race-crawl in a rocky creek till (almost) death. Nico Nuehrig took home the gold, the wounds & of course the glory.
Believe it or nor they have rules. Kristýna Těšínská photo.
Ass grabbing is always a hit. Kristýna Těšínská photo.
Elena & I. All smiles.
Family dinner. Richard Gibello shot.
Watching the finals. With beer. Newton’s Shred photo.
I was crazy stoked to see my friends skate. All the ladies killed it the whole event and the podium looked like this:
1. Elena Corrigall
2. Tamara Prader
3. Spoky Woky
4. Tina Zibeline
5. Glori Kuspch
Almabtrieb 2014 Women’s Podium
These ladies!!!!!! <3 Too much stoke
Almabtrieb 2014 Open Podium. Kevin Reimer, Jimmy Riha, Patrick Switzer & Matt K
The last night party was had and despite that awful electronic? music they were DJing we had a great time. Next time we demand DJ Buff Bill. Danke für alles Germany!
This is before everyone went crazy drunk. Richard Gibello photo.
The week after in Kozakov the podium was exactly the same:
1. Elena Corrigall
2. Tamara Prader
3. Spoky Woky
Check out these killer shots of the ladies:
Lyde Begue leading the heat. Jirka Livora photo
Spoky’s steez. Cgsa Downhill photo.
Tamara Prader the squirrel. Jirka Livora Photo.
The girls <3 Andrei Gorokhov snap.
Lyde Begue being boss. Cgsa Downhill photo
Cristina Verdú. Jirka Livora photo.
Spoky & Lyde shot by Miller Division
Elena owning the season! Cgsa Downhill photo.
Peryagudes starts tomorrow so stay tuned!
Valeria Kechichian