2012-03-08 11:30 von Admin
SUPER SIZING OF THE VANS PENKEN PARK STARTS TODAY
Deadline for Tängl Qualification Teams – Friday, 9th March.
The annual Super Sizing of the already impeccable VANS Penken Park started today to create the all new design for the 10th Anniversary VANS Wängl Tängl presented by G-Shock contest course for this years head-to-head, 3-man Team Battle. With the usual immense support from the Mayrhofner Bergbahnen, in conjunction with the impeccable shaping skills of Sven Toller and the Q-Parks crew, the Steve Gruber & Wolle Nyvelt designed course guarentees the perfect infrastructure for the Team Battle format ready for the Tängl Quali’s kicking off on Saturday, 17th of March at this years VANS Wängl Tängl.
The 10th Anniversary of the VANS Wängl Tängl is promising to be bigger than Ben Hur with the world’s elite hitting town to throw down in all new design Super Sized VANS Penken Park. The new Tängl Quali element, set to go down over the weekend of the 17th – 18th of March will see three teams make it into the Tängl Team head-to-head, knockout Battle starting on Tuesday the 20th of March, culminating in Quarters through to Super Finals on Wednesday the 21st of March.
The Qualified teams will have their work cut out for them going up against riders of the ilk of defending champion, Steve Gruber and his Team 99, three time consecutive TTR Tour Champions, Peetu Piironenen and his Team Triple Cock, current TTR Halfpipe World, BEO and high possibility of 2012 TTR Halfpipe Champion, Iouri Podladtchikov, who is joined by TTR Big Air Vice Champion, Erik Willet in team Off the Wall, Chris Kröll, who is Captaining the every dangerous The Djudes team, Herbie Thaler lookin for revenge in Team Absolut, Fillippo Kratter in Team The Italian Connection, Tyler Chorlton back from Japan to head up Team Since 1966, and the local rippers Team X-Double headed by Wolle Beer.
The all-new design this year has concentrated on creating a challenging, ultimate riding infrastructure designed to accommodate the 3-man team format and the introduction for the first time of the Tängl Qualification element. The multi-line and multi-option course guarantees options for all levels of riding, providing the line hunters everything from transfers to kickers, rails to stair sets, bonks to rhythm sections… It simply has it all.
Speed will be the competing team’s friend as they drop in towards the G-Shock first feature, which offers a cannon rail transfer and bin bonk on top of the main kicker, designed to set the team up for the next elements and separate the teams in terms of style and skills. Upon landing, teams will have only seconds to group up before choosing to attach the VANS element, or immediately opt to bring the Fiat Feature into play. With a cannon rail and transfer option brought into play, riders have further options in front of them – hitting the Mayrhofen Bergbahen stair set, or immediately turning their attention towards the motocross kicker or rhythm section on the VANS feature.
Those who are looking for the Hail Mary pass and bomb the main line direct from start to finish will be facing the main booter of the VANS feature with the motocross and rhythm sections as options before targeting their line in the always impressive Red Bull End Sections. With hips, inside and outside trannie sections, flat rail inside out side drop, transfer options, wall ride and bonk bin – the main issue Teams will face is which of the plethora of options in front of them they will take.
Tängl Quali Team applications close this Friday, the 9th of March with the Quali element going down over the weekend of the 17th - 18th of March where three teams will move on to face the Tängl Team Main Event head-to-head knock out battle starting on Tuesday the 20th of March, whit 16 teams cut to 8 in the Quarterfinals and Super Finals scheduled to wrap up the Snow Element at this years 10th Anniversary of the VANS Wängl Tängl by 13:00 on Wednesday the 21st of March.
2012-03-06 17:32 von Admin
SKATEBOARD TÄNGL TEAM #5 – TEAM JINETES – OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
Ibon Marino and Alain Goikoetxea are long time friends, and Vans team mates.
Be prepared for a show, full of creativity and original tricks…
“Going to Wängl Tängl means a lot.
We’ve been skating together many years and finally getting the chance to be part of this unique contest is great.
Both of us are veteran skaters, very motivated to pair up for such a fun event.”
2012-03-06 17:24 von Admin
SNOWBOARD TÄNGL TEAM #7 – OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION – TRIPLE COCK
Janne Korpi, Peetu Piiroinen & Ville Uotila
Profile “Triple Cock” – Janne Korpi (C) (FIN), Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) & Ville Uotila (FIN)
Hold on to your hats, lock up your women (especially with a team name like Triple Cock), and get prepared for a three man ‘bang-a-thon’… Bring on the Finnish big guns, boasting three time consecutive TTR World Snowboard Tour and two time Air&Style Champion, Peetu Piironen, former Wängl Tängl Champion, Ville Uotila, and the man with the plan, Team Captain, Janne Korpi. If you wanted an all round, complete snowboard team that ticks all the boxes and is proven for kicking goals, then you need to look no further than Team Triple Cock – roughly snowboarding’s version of Barcelona in the Champions League – al conquering, all powerful… and damn hard to beat!
Rider: Janne Korpi Pic: Lorenz Holder
The power of the Triple Cocks (so named for a ‘cocked gun trigger’) starts in the midfield with Captain Janne Korpi, who rips anything put in front of him with a smooth, stylish flow that often is missed as he puts everything on the ground while setting up everyone around him with consummate ease, skills that are so slick they are often missed and always underestimated, similar to Barcelona’s Inestia and Xavi dominating central midfield. A power forward, if there ever was one, Ville Uotila would frighten most people if he could actually get the smile off his face. It is said that weather systems change directions as Ville sets and starts to wind up to launch his next trick – which often leaves the local weather dazed and confused, as he loves to wind up spins in all four directions.
Rider: Ville Uotila
And then there is Peetu, the Lionel Messi of Team Triple Cock. How does he do it? We don’t know. But he has the pop, agility, slight of foot, and stomps the un-stompable more often than a Chuckbuddy on steroids. Taking the Lionel Messi analogy, Peetu Piironen is simply a freak of nature, there is no other way to explain him in the realm of snowboarding. Expect the unexpected – you may as well, as it just happened right in front of your eyes!
Rider: Peetu Piiroinen
The triple pronged attack, defensive cohesion and midfield dominance of Team Triple Cock will definitely test all of the other teams making it to the Tängl Team main event, guaranteed to send a chilly Finish winter blast down the spine of every team that draws the short straw and is match against them in the Team Battle knockout format…
2012-03-06 11:57 von Admin
SKATEBOARD TÄNGL TEAM #4 – TEAM INADAPTADOS – OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
Manuel and David have an explosive skating style. Watching them skate together will be a treat, for sure.
Manuel’s high flying moves will make a great combination with David’s speed and technique. These two outlaws are punk to the core and together everything can happen.
“Both of us are great friends and think alike in many ways. We share the same taste in music and both of us like aggressive skating.
We definitely make a good team of two, and we look forward to proving it this year at Wängl Tängl !!!”
2012-03-05 19:24 von Admin
SKATEBOARD TÄNGL TEAM #3 – TEAM HOBNOBS – OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION
After winning the skate event the previous 3 years, Team Hobnobs is going to have fun and hopefully take home the win again.
Hey ho, lets go!
” After attending 4 years at Wangl Tangl, it still never ceases to produce good times and laughs with old friends.
This year won’t be any exception, more snowboarding, skating and partying for 2012. We look forward to it, see you all there every body!”