With bluebird and perfect conditons the Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride Snowboards startet into the season on December 19th and 20th 2015 at Hochzillertal Kaltenbach.

More than a hundred riders, parents, trainers and friends gathered at the Betterpark Hochzillertal that weekend to celebrate the season start of the popular snowboard tour together with the Ästhetiker crew. Spectators looked into a lot of happy faces, riders delivered a snowboard show on highest level, winners went home with tons of medails and prizes, while there were tears of joy all over the place!

The recap video by Andreas Mone Monsberger just says it all!

It could not have been any better! The shaping crew and cat drivers of Hochzillertal did not spare any efforts to get the Betterpark Hochzillertal in perfect shape just in time for the first Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride Snowboards tourstop, while the weatherman delivered bluebird and perfect snow conditions for a perfect season start. The Zillertal Välley Rälley just started off with a bang and visitors witnessed two days of finest snowboard action and great vibes at the Betterpark Hochzillertal.

The Ästhetiker Coaches Steve Gruber, Chris Kroell, Friedl Kolar and Klaus Hofmeister were having a lot of fun, riding around the various obstacles at the park with their coaching participants. training new tricks on Saturday. At the same time, men were already pushing the limits in the training session on the big jumps.

On Sunday the show went off as it was to be expected. In the open Snowboard Slopestyle Contest, rider´s were just delivering amazing freestyle snowboarding! No wonder, since a lot of fame and honour, prizes and points for the Zillertal Välley Rälley Overall ranking and the World Snowboard Tour were on the line. Further, the Välley Rälley contest counts for the Austria Cups.

The prize-giving at the Kristallhuette brought tears of joy to some happy medalist´s shining eyes and the crowd was cheering for all the lucky winners: Niklas Huber from Germany won in the Super Grom class. Marie Kreisingerova from Czech Republic and Samuel Jaros from Slovakia were the day winners of the Grom category. Samuel also earned the title of the “Most impressive Grom of the Day.” Belgian ripper Jens Rummens and Adela Kreisingerova from Czech Republic took the top spots on the Rookie´s podium. Nadja Flemming from Germany took victory in the Women´s category, while Swiss high-flyer Nicolas Huber won the gold medal in the men´s competition! Michal Biša from Czech Republic finally brought home the Vans Best Trick Award with a 180 – 450 out jib trick earning a complete Vans streetwear outfit.

The full results and rankings are now available at www.valleyralley.at.

Martha Schultz from the Schultz Group and Marketing Director of Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach is delighted about another sucessfull outcome of the event: „Big Thanks to the Ästhetiker team, they are professionals at work! We are delighted that the event could take place as planned and with
sunshine and perfect conditions! The atmosphere was already magnificent at the registration in the office! Austria needs more events of this style, it is all about sharing the passion for a great sport!“

The Betterpark Hochzillertal will from now on be open and maintained daily until late April. All info and updates can be found on www.betterparks.at and www.hochzillertal.com.

Special thanks goes out to the team of the Kristallhuette Zillertal for supporting the Ästhetiker crew in all possible ways, Kristallhuette rocks! Three more Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride tour stops will follow in 2016.

The next event takes place in January in Gerlos – Zillertal Arena. In February the Välley Rälley returns to the Vans Penken Park in Mayrhofen and the great Finals will go down in early April at Hintertux Glacier. At the forth and final event, the overall winners will be crowned prince, princess, duke, dutchess, king and queen of the valley 2016!

The remaining Zillertal Välley Rälley events overview:

2. Tourstop 23.-24.01.2016 Snowpark Gerlos, Zillertal Arena
3. Tourstop 20.-21.02.2016 Vans Penken Park, Mayrhofen
4. Tourstop 02.-03.04.2016 Betterpark Hintertux, Hintertux Glacier
Check out www.valleyralley.at for more info and registration!

Partner of the 1st tour stop: Zillertal.at, Ride Snowboards, Vans, Red Bull, Hochzillertal Kaltenbach, Erste Ferienregion im Zillertal Fügen – Kaltenbach, N.ASA, Greenroom Mayrhofen, Dana Beanies, Kristallhuette Zillertal

ALL PHOTOS FROM EVENT HERE – CREDITS: MATT MCHATTIE