Once again the Freestyle Community of the Bregenzerwald and beyond was responding to the call of the Snowballwar 09 in the Sajas Diedamspark. As one of the biggest Snowparksession in Vorarlberg around 450 motivated Freeskiers and Snowboarders gathered at the Diedamskopf to have a Freestyle session, open to everyone and with bluebird skies and superb riding conditions.

On the day the early birds after their first look out of the window, realized that the delay in the date of the contest from the 7th to the 15th of February paid off and that the conditions would be perfect for the Snowballwar 09: blue bird, a wonderful 120 centimeters of fresh powder and highly motivated riders.

We arrived up the Diedamskopf resort in the Sajas Diedamspark, when the park bullies and the shapers had finished the set-up in the QPark: Due to the enormous snowfalls of the last days the shape crew could offer the medium kickerline with two different sized jumps for beginners and intermediate riders and the whole jib set-up with different boxes and rails for beginners and intermediates.

The Session buildup was realized pretty quick, the deck-chairs in position and around 10 o'clock the turntables of DJ Mr. Ichibon started turning with the rhymes of speaker and MC, MC Dandyman (of the band Notstandshilfe).

While some riders left their lines in the perfect and untracked backcountry at the Diedamskopf, around 250 riders gathered at around 11: 30 at the kicker and rails to impress the filmers and photographers with various tricks.

Beside the hundreds of motivated riders the local heroes and Sajas teamriders like Sebi and Christian Geiger, Joris Doorn, Nicole Scheichl, Kevin Sagmeister, Stefanie Gabriel and Timo Fröhlich took advantage of the great weather and riding conditions to show some action.

The DJ sound and the freestyle raps motivated the riders while everyone else chilled out in the sun or got some grilled burgers and cool drinks at the BBQ Station.

At 1:30 p.m. the Cash-for-Trix Session went down where every rider got the chance to impress the judges Steve Pressler (Snowboard) and Sajas Teammanager Lorenz Egeder (Freeski) with technical tricks and style and were rewarded with 5 € fixed on lanyards directly after their run. After 30 minutes of battling, followed by the hoot-outs of their friends and onlookers, the session moved from the main kicker to the rail line, where the judges gave props to the riders that showed the best railine at the down box in combination with the kinked box.

The freestyle day ended with a draw at 3 p.m. where some goodies from our partners meant that the winners left the session with a smile on their face.

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