Chill and Destroy!!!!!! Heubach

Chill and Destroy . That is what they do at the Flow Youth Team Benelux. 

Joey van de Noort (10 years old) represented the team this week at the tour stop Heubach (Germany) a  1 star TTR contest.  After a trip of 8 hours he and his parrents arrived  early in the morning. Joey unpacked his gear and started warming up.  After a few rounds Joey and his coach discussed the park and set out the runs for the qualifications. On the kink-box Joey did a backside nose,  on the up-box to butter-box also a back nose and on the first kicker a stylish and high backside 360 on the second kicker a front side 180. Which was more than enough to put him in the Finals.

In the finals he could repeat the same run smoothly, good for the first place till 12 years.
Joey was competing in two classes:  one, kids till 12 and the other, kids till 15. In the first class Joey became first and the second class he became fifth.
After a fulfilling day Joey packed up for a week training at Kaprun Austria.

Well done Youngster!!!!!!!

Chill and Destroy Axamer Lizum......

As a part of the Chill and Destroy tour, today we have had the competition day in Axamer Lizum. The setup was not really big but nice in shape. Unfortunately Erik his knuckle landing from yesterday was not without concequences. He still had a really sore heel and after a few practice runs he had to decide that it would not be possible to compete. The two other riders , Jazzley and Ziggey, were rocking it! During the qualifiers they landed every trick on the kicker and rails.

They qualified for the finals where they showed their skills during the two final runs. In the former events Jazzley and Erik already won a ticket to the finals in Fellhorn by ending up in the first or second place. So it would be awsome if Ziggey could also join them there.

In his last run he really put in all his effort and confidence, and stomped all his tricks like a boss!

This run got him into the second place and won his ticket to the finals!!! Jazzley also managed really well and ended up in the 7th place.

We celebrated the great results of today in the sauna and Jacuzzi in the hotel. And tomorrow we are not going home, no, we have two more days coming. Hopefully with al lot of powder, bluebird, fun and new tricks.

                                        Ziggey 2nd place (He brought his board) 

                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                      

                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                   

Kids Killing it at Chill and Destroy

We have been riding two Chill and Destroy contests the last couple of weeks first in Ehrwald (Austria) and last weekend in Postwiese (Gemany). For the first contest in Ehrwald 3 of the team competed unfortunately Jeremy and Joey could not make it. When we arrived we had some fun building kickers in the area first. And jumping a little Chalet, fun fun fun. Next day the contest started we had some clean runs and the results where great Ziggey ended up in 5^th place Erik was 3^rd and Jazzley took the first win of 2012 for the Flow Micron Team. Great results combined with a great weekend in the snow: STOKED!!!

3^rd Erik (on the right)

1^st Jazzley (in the middle)

Last weekend we went too postwiese (Ger) for another Chill and Destroy contest. We arrived there with our entire team so Joey, Erik, Jazzley, Ziggey and Jeremy where all competing in this contest. First we had the chance to ride 2 runs and try qualifying for the final. We all went for it and took some risks, resulting in some mixed results and some crashes. But still 2 of us made it into the final, Erik and Jazzley, they both had 2 solid runs in the final. Both of them finished in the top 3 again only they switched places this time. So Jazzley came in 3^rd and Erik took another win for Flow. As you can see in the picture below Jazzley forgot to bring his board to the podium. Luckily Erik came in for first place to represent Flow on the Podium.

3^rd Jazzley (in the middle)

1^st Erik (on the right)      

Greetings Flow Micron Team Benelux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bas Elhorst splitting his WX!!!!

After riding 3 years on a lame noodle, I decided to cut one myself. I choose the Flow WX 163 2009/2010, because it is an aggressive board that loves speed and big drops. I first measured the exact halve of the board, cutted the edges on the nose and tail, then I clamped a wooden guide on it for my Jigsaw.

After cutting the board I sealed the wooden core with 5 layers of a boat varnish. Then I measured my stance, 58cm width and +3° on the back foot and +21° on the front foot, I then drilled all the insert for the voile kit and screwed it together. After that I filled up the holes of the board with a 2 component base repair stuff which I got from the local ski shop and then I put circles of base material over it. I am pretty stoked with the result, the connection is mega tight and the flex still feels great.






I will keep you up to date about this.....

Interview Rocco van Straten

Black or Red Licorice?

black

What is your idea of a good time? 

friends, vacation, drinks and sick storries 

If you were a superhero what would your special power be?

Hulk because he is indestructible 

What music sucks?

 
rock, jazz, classic  

What would you do if I gave you $20 grand cash right now? 

Party hard and book a weekend vacation for me end my friends 

Top 5 Favorite Flow Products:

In random order:

1. Infinite snowboard :

2. nxt -at binding :

3. board shuttle bag :

4. business class bag :

5. hyalite zip fit  boots 

Top 5 Favorite Snow Features:

In random order:

1. powder :

2. good shaped park :

3. real snow :

4. fast lift :blue burth  

5. friend to ride with 

Top 5 Favorite Mountains:

In random order:

1. Laax

2. Davos 

3. Breckenridge

4. Whistler

5. NZ 

Favorite 5 People to Ride With:
In random order:

1. Dimi de Jong
2. Dolf van der Wall
3. Steve Krijbolder

and dutch selection 

All Time 5 Favorite Things:

In Random order:

1. laptop

2. car

3. friends

4. snowboard

5. wakeboard 

Short clip of Rocco having fun in a draglift!!! Because we like it so much!!!

Rocco van Straten injured.......

Unfortunatly we have to mention that Rocco got injured this weekend. In practise he got injured due to landing on his back. This resulted in a Compression Fracture whatever that may be???

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_fracture

His coach Milan Verhoop: "It is a annoying injurie, but not a really bat one, per se"

After he got injured he decided, never the less, that he had to compete in the Semi finals of the O'neill Evolution. He even managed to place himself in the best 16 after his first jump.What would have been good enough to make it into the finals. Unfortunately he crashed on his second jump, what resulted in him finishing in 20th place. So he missed the final.

Tomorrow he will be transported by ambulance from Davos back to Holland. Hopefully he will be able to recover fast and only skip the World Cup in Slovakia. And be back in competition in 6 weeks.

Rocco good luck with your recovery!!!!!

 

 Picture: http://www.firsttracksonline.com

Introducing Yorick!!!

Yorick is a fresh addition to our Benelux team, he is a great talented rider, (and a nice guy) we are curious to see how he is going to develop as a snowboarder. We will post some moves the coming months so keep up with Yorick. Yorick welcome to FLOW we are happy to have you.

Special thanks to the help of Intersport Megastore Uden, we collaberated on Yorick's sponsor deal.

Here is the interview Yorick filled in:

Name: Yorick Esper Zegarra Moreno

Date of Birth: 04-07-1994

Home town: Uden

Black or Red Licorice?
Chocolate.

What is your idea of a good time?
Chilling and snowboarding with friends.

If you were a superhero what would your special power be?
The ability to have all special powers.

What music sucks?
I’m not a hater.

What would you do if I gave you €20 grand cash right now?
I would go to Big Bear Mountain, get my driving licenses and buy a car.

Top Favorite Flow Products:
1 Quantum.
2 M9-SE.
3 Rift Quickfit.

Top Favorite Features:
Jumps, boxes, rails, powder: anything!

Top Favorite Mountains/Indoorslope:
De Schans Uden, Montana Snowcenter and I guess Big Bear Mountain would be great!

Favorite People to Ride With:
Friends.

All Time Favorite Things:
Snowboarding, chilling with friends and family.