From 14th to 20th of March the European mecca of snowboarding Mayrhofen will be onfire! Back once again for the 7th year running, this unprecedented combination of boardsports,art and music, the Ästhetiker Wängl Tängl is on

The format of this years contest in the Vans Penken Park is a “Gäng Jam” – a crew contest where teams ofthree riders compete against each other. The best team will take home the majority of the prize moneyand, as if this wasn’t enough, to the individual rider of the comp, Suzuki gives a stylish Suzuki DR125SMmotorbike.For the first time ever the qualification will be open for everyone provided they enter in a team of three.Three weeks before the event, the Vans Penken Park will be modified accordingly with countless manhours and all kinds of heavy duty machinery. Once again the piece de resistance will be the Red Bull endsection and as per usual will require some pretty tech bowl riding skills from all entrants!

The Ästhetiker Skateboard Jäms are always focal points for the Austrian scene and demonstrate theaffinity between the two boardsports. This year numerous Austrian skate stars will be joined by variousinternational Pro Skaters from the Carhartt and Vans Teams. Once again the bombastic atmosphere of theevent combined with the caliber of the massive Mega-Miniramp will set Mayrhofen alight.Contemporary youth culture has always been relevant for the Ästhetiker and so they are going to set upspecial sessions for the various invited artists which are going to be very similar to the format of the boardcontests. For the final party the Ästhetiker invited two true heavyweights of New York Hip Hop to throwdown with Austrias own Waxolutionists-Live-Band. Its gonna go off!

The contributing artists have a national and international background and are eager to work together. Thisyear the Pow-Surfers of Wolle Nyvelt will be the canvas for the artworks. Pow-Surfers are speciallyshaped boards designed to be ridden in the deep snow without bindings.The various concerts and parties will be the icing on the cake for this year’s event. Last year the PoetrySlam was exceptionally good, and so the guys are cooking up a special one of a kind evening which noguest should miss out on!!

For all of you out there who want to be part of the event we have cooked up a special deal which reads asfollows: Price from 399,- Euro per person per week. Included are 7 nights accommodation withbreakfast, liftpass and free party entry the whole week, Open Pro Park Snow and Skate (except duringcontest hours) and obviously a decently filled goodie bag. Whoever is interested in being part of this weekbut doesn’t feel like stepping up to the contest, can book online on www.aesthetiker.com

Video from edition 2008!

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