For the third year in a row the Oakley Jib-Vid crew are in Mayrhofen awaiting the arrival of the 18 teams who will compete for the coveted top prize of 5,000 euros for their 2-minute film. In just a couple of hours the teams' arrival will be greeted by beautiful blue skies in the picturesque Zilleratal valley.
The shaping crew are in the Penken Park ensuring the features are ready for some of the sickest riding that will be seen all year; with locals and holidaymakers alike eager to crowd into the Arena Nightclub on Friday night to witness the premier of the 2-minute masterpieces.
For the last 5 years it has snowed for the two days before the Jib-Vid and then cleared up for perfect blue skies for the two days of the event. So far, according to the forecasts, and the sunny clear skies currently hanging over the valley, the same thing is to happen again this year so fingers crossed there will be powder for all the teams to ride and sunny days for the infamous Oakley Jib-Vid flip & grip best trick session.
The Jib-Vid feature for the competition is nearing completion and looking sick; this will be open to all from Thursday morning and will host the Oakley Jib-Vid FlipandGrip best trick session on Friday afternoon.
Anyone can come and join in and ride for free and there is 750€ up for grabs in on the spot prizes for styling moves or even if it is the first time you have ever done a rail – its not to be missed. With tunes, sun and good times it is a great afternoon and with the Banterbox duo of Jon Weaver and Henry Jackson on the microphone it is sure to be amusing – see you in the Vans Penken Park at 1300 on Friday.
The annual raffle will take place after the best trick session, with a snowboard kindly supplied by www.hot-zone.tv, Oakley goggles and sunglasses and a whole bunch of other goodies up for grabs; it's worth a flutter at just 1euro per ticket.
We have secured our first 4 riders for the first railjam photoshoot at the White Lounge Igloo during the Thursday night party:
Mike Hauser
James Woods
Dominic Wagner
Wojtek Pawlusiak
The remaining 6 spots will be offered to the first of the Jib-Vid competitors if they want to film up there.
Tickets for the party are still available via the Mayrhofen ticket offices or online via http://www.white-lounge.at/en/homepage.html - tickets are now selling fast so make sure you don't miss out.
Once again injuries, acts of God and other unforeseen circumstances have caused some changes to team members. 2 members of last year's winning O'Neill / Isenseven team are now competing against each other as Freddie Evenson joins the Onboard team and Andre Kuhlman hooks up with To Be Continued.
With just hours to go until registration, the full and final list currently stands at...
Animal; Johno Verity, Paddy Graham, James Webb
GoPro / Forum; Mario Kaeppeli, Richard Prendergast, Johannes Oestergard
Headbud.com; Markus Studer, Tobias Tritscher, Luggi Brucic
HZUmoviecrew.com; Michael Stannat, Thadde Joas, Simon Huber
Like A Sandwich; Thomas Feurstein, Pirmin Juffinger, Gian-Luca Cavigelli
The Magic; Hauser Mike, Toni Hoellwart, Reini Gruber
Oakley Ski; Joe Murrell, Pat Sharples, Andy Matthews
Oakley Snowboard; Adam Gendle, Tyler Chorlton, Scott McMorris
Onboard; Tom Elliott, Fredrik Evenson, Ethan Morgan
Protest Team; Flo Corzelius, Simon Pircher, Sean Balmer
Roistola; Joonas Mustonen, Antti-Juhani Piirainen, Mikko Lahikainen
S-Cut Production; Marc Swoboda, Dominik Wagner, Tobias Reisenhofer
Seeker replaced by Team Poland
To Be Continued; Matthias Vogt, Andre Kuhlman, Niclas Loeffler
The Undetermined; Florian Heim, Julian Pintarelli, Alex Walch
Unity Productions; Rob Embling, James Woods, Joe Tomlinson
Vans; Matteo Zappaterra, Lorenzo Barbieri, Christoph Leib
Westbeach/Whitelines; Andy Nudds, Billy Morgan, Will Nangle
For more information on the Oakley Jib-Vid 2010, and all of the films from last year, check out the Jib-Vid website (www.jib-vid.com)
Check out all the action from last year's event...
