5 Things: Steve Grumser

Steve Grumser is a laid-back guy with an undivided dedication to steeze while maintaining a mellow approach to snowboarding. With back up from the Sane! mafia basically Steve runs Innsbruck. If you happen to find yourself in the IBK area you should head up to Rinn Jibpark or Snowpark Patscherkofel where you very well might run into him riding in his red hoodie promoting style and helping fight the fight against phantom presses. For now enjoy a ‘5 Things’ interview with this good fellow.

5 reasons for living in IBK instead of NYC:
- I got all I need here
- Family
- Friends
- Nature
- Good Food & clean water

 5 reasons for choosing school over snowboarding:
- Life doesn’t end at 30
- Injuries. Your body will be a wreck if you take it too far
- No brain, no game
- You always need a plan B- It's all about combing the two plans

 5 ways to do a steezed out nosepress:
- Just press itNothing is better to break the ice than a sublime nosepress. Photo by Patrick Steiner 5 pick-up lines that won’t work:
- If this bar is a meat market, you must be the prime rib

- Do you have a sunburn or are you always this hot?
- You know how they say skin is the largest organ on the human body? Not in my case.
- Did you sit in a pile of sugar? Cause you have a pretty sweet ass.
- Afterparty?

 5 things to be aware of when playing ice hockey against you:
- Keep your head up
- Get away from the boards
- “It’s like running into a wall” -The New York Times
- You can run but you can’t hide
- Fly like a bumblebee, sting like a scorpion

 5 reasons the Olympics are not for you:
- You’re an ‘athlete’
- Everyone does the same tricks
- Style doesn’t matter
- It's organized by people who just want to make profit out of it and don’t give a fuck about sports
-FIS 

5 all-time favorite snowboarders:
- JP Walker
- Jeremy Jones
- Lauri Heiskari
- Torstein Horgmo
- The Wildcats
- Way too many to mention here 

5 things to do when winter leaves Austria:
- Skateboarding
- Country Clubbin’ (hangin' in our garden)
- Working
- Learn to surf
- Spend time with my friends
Noseslide 270 out at Street vs. Snow like a boss the day before his face was eaten off by ice in the FInals. Photo by Andreas Mohaupt5 most influential people:
- Mom and Dad

- Hermann Mayer
- Ninja Turtles
- Wayne Gretzky 

5 things no one knows about you:
- You
- Will
- Never
- Know
- I love cute puppies 

5 emotions in your daily routine:
- Fatigue
- Hunger
- Happiness
- ANGER
- LoveYou could apply your triangle ruler from school on this backlip - the definition of right angle. Photo by Florian Trattner5 nicknames for Sane! Members:
- Treasureman = Michi Schatz
- K-LO
= K-Lo
- Slasher
= Simon Pircher
- Jake B.
= Dominik Brunner
- The Extra Mile
= Thomas Hörhager

5 things snowboarding should never become:

- Just another predictable sport where style and creativity don’t exist
- Fun with your friends and exploring nature isn’t reason number one for doing it
- Somewhere baggy pants are not fashionable
- Hip
- A sport run by companies and not riders

A little line of 2 rails, as can be seen in Sane!'s latest movie "Country Grammar". Photo: Florian Trattner5 reasons why it is important to have all-round approach to snowboarding:
- It will help your board control

- You will be able to get through every terrain
- You get a good eye for spots and are able to have a different approach how you ride a spot
- Exploring every aspect makes you open minded for new things
- It puts snowboarding in a different light and raises the respect for “other” snowboarders

 5 reasons to go street snowboarding even though it can be pain in the ass sometimes:
-Creating your own approach at a spot
- The feeling you willl have when you land the trick you had in mind
- Meeting people who have no clue what you are doing
- Managing to solve the problems that are a pain in the ass
- Every spot is different
Steve is more G than G-force itself. Photo by Florian Trattner

5 wisdoms to teach the kids:
- Listen to you parents
- Respect older people
- Eat your veggies
- Go outside and explore the world
- Respect nature 

5 reasons you never take off that red Horsefeathers hood:
- I like red
- It's a XL
- I like simple logos
- I'm lazy
- You gotta keep your sponsors happy! 

5 things u can buy at the Sane! store:
- Tees
- Beanies
- Hoods
- Snowboards
- Good times

Check out the latest effort of Steve and the Sane!-Gang: RUMors Tape#1 is online:

Cover shot by Florian Trattner

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