For the second time POW WOW Railbattle took place in
Augsburg last weekend. Top-class riders coming from all over the world
participated in the competition, performance levels were therefore extremely
high. In total more than 100 snowboarders and Freeskiers took part in the
event. On two consecutive days men and women delivered exciting duels competing
to finish first.
The event found a vivid response from
the public. Thousands came to watch and were thrilled by the tricks presented
by the riders. Overall on both days the number of spectators at the 12m high
ramp outreached by far last year’s numbers.
Daniel Schießl dominated the Freeskiing contest from
qualifying to the finals. With his ever so well presented tricks he made himself
an early birthday present and gained the victory ahead of Harald Richter and
Severin Guggemos. ‘Hooray’ to the ladies, Caja Schöpf, Christina Huber und
Daniela Beier who came only to be part of it and gave a stunning show as a
bonus on Saturday night’s finals to the audience.
More German success was to be seen with Silvia
Mittermüllers victory in the ladies’ snowboard contest. The 23 years old from
Munich came first in the superfinal jam ahead of Swiss Sina Candrian and Kati
Lukaschek from Germany. Local contester Anja Failer injured herself in an early
round and could not participate in the finals.
Bad luck also for Mike Casanova who was supposed to be
head and shoulders above the rest. The US boy misjudged performing a difficult
trick in the quarterfinals and hit the audience’s barrier at high speed. He
hurt himself at the shoulder, unable to continue but not severely. Thus, finals turned out to be a tight fight. Finally
Erik-Johan Botner from Norway had the right touch and came in first. The 18
years old convinced the jurors with
versatility and a lot of style and meritedly took 300 EURO price money and the
winner’s cup in the end. He was closely followed by Austrian Marc Swoboda and
Dutch Gerben Verweij.
Freeski
Men
1. Daniel Schießl (GER)
2. Harald Richter (GER)
3. Severin Guggemos (GER)
Snowboard Women
1. Silvia Mittermüller (GER)
2. Sina Candrian (SUI)
3. Kati Lukaschek (AUT)
Snowboard Men
1. Erik-Johan Botner (NOR)
2. Marc Swoboda (AUT)
3. Gerben Verweij (HOL)
After the award ceremony professionals and the
spectators partied together at the Afterparty in Augsburg’s Cinemaxx. More than
1.500 guests mingled on all three floor of the cinema complex. DJ Heidi from
Windsor (Canada), DJ 5. Ton from Stuttgart and many more turn-table acrobats
fascinated the crowd as did the video premieres of ‘Prediculous’ and ‘Welcome
Back’ .
Find more pictures, videos and informations on the
second POWWOW Railbattle in Augsburg on powwowrailbattle.com.
One thing is for sure: months of preparation, all endless
efforts of the Lautloscrew, the Stadtjugendring Augsburg, the AgenturCMS and
all helpers and sponsors created once again a magnificent youth event in
Augsburg.
See you again next year: It’s where it’s at – in the
city - in the snow.
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Published by chaos23: 7:16 AM
Updated On: 11/7/2006 at 7:21 AM
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