Elias Ambuehl conquers BudapestSwiss freestyle hero Elias Ambuehl won Eastern Europe's first ever inner-city freeski big air, The Fridge Festival.
Photos: Sean Balmer and Áron Süveg/Red Bull
Autumn has been the season for inner-city big air events for almost a decade, but this year saw a
true premiere. Budapest hosted the first ever major freeski event in Eastern Europe with the Fridge
Festival last weekend. 16 international top riders gathered in the Hungarian capitol to battle it out on
a 34 m high artificial ramp.
THE FRIDGE BRAVES WARM WEATHER
The unusually mild weather was welcomed by the tens of thousands of spectators but presented a
tough challenge for the event organisers. It took many hours of preparation before the final could start
on Saturday with a simple best-of-two-runs format. However, the conditions didn’t stop the riders
throwing yet another double cork fest. An enthusiastic crowd witnessed great performances by all of
the athletes, who were from eleven different countries, proving once more that freeskiing is a truly
international sport. Elias Ambuehl set the pace early in the qualification with a massive double corked
1080 mute-nose. Norway’s PK Hunder and JF Houle from Canada followed suit to complete the
super final of the top three.
ELIAS AMBÜHL GOES HUGE
In the super final JF Houle raised the standards with a big double cork 1260° japan. PK Hunder
answered with a poked double cork 1080° nose-mute to take the lead, but no one could touch Elias
Ambuehl on Saturday. The young Swiss tweaked his double cork 1080° nose-mute beyond the limits
and landed perfectly at the bottom of the huge ramp. There was no doubt about the winner. Of
course, Elias was stoked:
“The weekend couldn’t have been any better. Now I am looking forward to the King Of Style in Stockholm and the Sweet Rumble in Trysil.”
With his first victory at an inner-city big air under his belt Elias Ambühl is more than ready for the upcoming contest season on proper snow.
Check Atomic's Facebook page for a cool interview with Elias following the Freeze in London last month.
Posted by Online Editor - Wed, 17/11/2010 - 2:26pm
Swiss freestyle hero Elias Ambuehl won Eastern Europe's first ever inner-city freeski big air, The Fridge Festival.
Photos: Sean Balmer and Áron Süveg/Red Bull
Autumn has been the season for inner-city big air events for almost a decade, but this year saw a
true premiere. Budapest hosted the first ever major freeski event in Eastern Europe with the Fridge
Festival last weekend. 16 international top riders gathered in the Hungarian capitol to battle it out on
a 34 m high artificial ramp.
THE FRIDGE BRAVES WARM WEATHER
The unusually mild weather was welcomed by the tens of thousands of spectators but presented a
tough challenge for the event organisers. It took many hours of preparation before the final could start
on Saturday with a simple best-of-two-runs format. However, the conditions didn’t stop the riders
throwing yet another double cork fest. An enthusiastic crowd witnessed great performances by all of
the athletes, who were from eleven different countries, proving once more that freeskiing is a truly
international sport. Elias Ambuehl set the pace early in the qualification with a massive double corked
1080 mute-nose. Norway’s PK Hunder and JF Houle from Canada followed suit to complete the
super final of the top three.
ELIAS AMBÜHL GOES HUGE
In the super final JF Houle raised the standards with a big double cork 1260° japan. PK Hunder
answered with a poked double cork 1080° nose-mute to take the lead, but no one could touch Elias
Ambuehl on Saturday. The young Swiss tweaked his double cork 1080° nose-mute beyond the limits
and landed perfectly at the bottom of the huge ramp. There was no doubt about the winner. Of
course, Elias was stoked:
“The weekend couldn’t have been any better. Now I am looking forward to the King Of Style in Stockholm and the Sweet Rumble in Trysil.”
With his first victory at an inner-city big air under his belt Elias Ambühl is more than ready for the upcoming contest season on proper snow.
Check Atomic's Facebook page for a cool interview with Elias following the Freeze in London last month.