Kitzsteinhorn Superpipe Welcomes Olympic Celebrities!

Logotipo Kitzsteinhorn Superpipe Welcomes Olympic Celebrities!
16/11/18, 09:25
Logotipo Kitzsteinhorn Superpipe Welcomes Olympic Celebrities!

Numerous ski and snowboard top stars at the Superpipe Training Weeks

The Glacier Park is already open – and with the kick-off to the Superpipe Training Weeks, the halfpipe action on the Kitzsteinhorn has also already begun several days ago! Numerous international top stars including three Olympic champions are preparing for the competition season on the snow-sure glacier in Zell am See Kaprun, Austria, until December 3.

The Glacier Park on the glacier plateau currently offers a varied set-up with numerous rails, boxes, tubes and kickers, which will be constantly extended in the coming weeks depending on the snow conditions. Freeskiers and snowboarders can show creative tricks and enjoy themselves on a versatile playground.

The superpipe will not be open to the public until December, but pro riders have already entered it to work on their tricks for the upcoming competition season. The halfpipe, which is 150 metres long and 6.5 metres high, is again shaped by Alli Zehetner, who is regarded as one of the world’s best pipe specialists and who built the halfpipe for the 2018 Winter Olympics. “The Snowpark and the superpipe have special priority at Kitzsteinhorn,” says the Pinzgauer. “Thanks to my experience at the Olympics, I can now apply additional know-how to the construction of the pipe. Our early offer attracts the international elite to the Kitzsteinhorn already in autumn as they can prepare for the season in time.” The early construction of the superpipe was made possible by a large snow depot built in May and covered with fleece over the summer.

Among the nearly 100 ski and snowboard pros from all over the world who are taking part in the Superpipe Training Weeks are 2-time Olympic freeski halfpipe champion David Wise (USA), reigning Olympic freeski champion Cassie Sharpe (CAN) and 2014 Olympic snowboard champion Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI).

David Wise, who had already prepared for his Olympic victory at Kitzsteinhorn last winter, praised the construction: “The half-pipe is on point. For me it’s the time of the year to become tuned-up, getting ready to practice the big tricks, so it’s really nice for me to come out here in November. Couldn’t be more stoked to be back here!“

Participating snowboarders include double world champion and 2018 Olympic bronze medallist Scotty James (AUS), the fifth of the 2018 Olympics, Pat Burgener (SUI), 2017 world champion Xuetong Cai (CHN), and 2018 X-Games bronze medallist Maddie Mastro (USA). In addition to Wise, the freeskiers are represented by Nico Porteous (NZL), Beau-James Wells (NZL) and Noah Bowman (CAN), the third, fourth and fifth of the 2018 Olympic halfpipe competition.

Further extension during the season
In the coming weeks and months, the snow parks at Kitzsteinhorn will be successively extended. Easy Park will open in December, Central Park in January 2019 and the new South Central Park in February.

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