Monday Mix - April 27, 2020

Apr 27, 2020·Alpine Snowboard

FIS Snowboard World Cup - Cortina d'Ampezzo ITA - PGS - Overview © Miha Matavz

Even as we enter what is, for some places, the seventh week of lockdown in this ongoing pandemic, the work goes on here at FIS, with preparations for the 2020/21 season and beyond continuing even as we keep an eye on the coronavirus situation as it develops around the world. While it's still far too early to predict what the effects of all of this might be on next season's FIS Snowboard World Cup calendar - or even for the 2020 South American Cup, scheduled to begin in August - plans are being put in place for any potential outcome.

Over the past week online meetings with both the Zhangjiakou 2021 FIS Snowboard, Freestyle and Freeski World Championships and the Bakuriani 2023 world champs organizers went down, and on both fronts an impressive amount of work has been done in preparation for the biennial event. And, as the Zhangjiakou event will be a warm up for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, we're all hoping hard that things have stabilized by February and that we can look forward to the most important event of the season.

With all that out of the way, what we're really here for today is a little taste of the week that was on the social media channels. So, without further ado, welcome to this week's Mix, where we start things off with Matty McCormick of GBR providing exactly the kind of content we need to pass away another long day of lockdown - 11 minutes of raw follow cam clips through the Laax's epic P60 terrain park.

Somewhat surprisingly, the most epic video that came down the pipeline last week was from the sand dunes of Peru, where 4x sandboarding world champion and Beijing 2022 Olympic hopeful Dito Victor Chavez revealed the majesty of the Huacachina sand slopes. If it weren't for the colour of the piste it would be hard to tell that this wasn't a snowy, alpine resort. This looks insanely fun...

We are very lucky to live around theses greats sand dunes in Huacachina, The paradise of Sandboarding. Our sport which is an alternative of snowboard training on Sand, an adventure touring modality in Perú, and the best way to enjoy the peruvian nature. We are gonna come back to the sand dunes soon! Support; @cop_peru ,@ipd.peru , @snowboardxsportclub #Passion #Huacachina #ica #peru🇵🇪 #landOfInkas, #nature #world #dunes #sanddunes #Desert #Sand #SandboardCross #training #OlympicDream #Fromthesandtothesnow #SnowboardPerú #istayathome

Staying south of the equator for a second, please enjoy this perfect cab dub 12 from Chilean ripper Inaqui Lopez...

Cab12 de @inaquiilopez en el Big Air de @elcoloradofare 🎥@allinproducciones @fedeski_chile @el_colorado_soldiers @teamchile_coch #snowboarding

Switching gears to snowboard cross, the US SBX squad were celebrating their biggest weekend of the 2019/20 season, revisiting the Big White World Cup back in January where they scored three podiums over back-to-back races - including the first career top-3 for Senna Leith...

Our 3️⃣ SBX #OneTeamBestMoments come from the Big White, Canada @fissnowboard World Cup! @adeibold kicked off a three-podium weekend by earning his sixth World Cup podium of his career. On day 2, @fayegulini battled through the fog and mist to earn her best result of the season with a third-place photo finish and @sennaleith closed out the weekend by earning his first World Cup top-three finish!

PyeongChang 2018 Olympic SBX silver medallist Jarryd Hughes took a little walk down memory lane himself last week, revisiting his epic, last-second, come-from-behind victory at the X Games from back in 2016. What a finish...

@konsti_schad @alessandro_haemmerle @alexchumpypullin @nikolay_olyunin @trevorjacob

Sticking with snowboard cross for another minute, our friends over at SBX Life continue their excellent interview series this week with the woman who reigns supreme as the best in the world right now, as PyeongChang 2018 Olympic champion and reigning crystal globe winner Michela Moioli is set to sit down for a digital chat this Wednesday...

April 29th, Wednesday at 9 am MST (USA), 5 pm CEST (Europe), and 1 am (AEDT) Stralia. SBXLife interviews World Cup Overall Champion Michela Moioli! She’ll be sharing her thoughts on all things SBX. 🇮🇹👩‍🦰🏂🏎🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣💯 . . #sbxlife #sbxathlete #interview #sbxracing #snowboardcross #snowboardcrossworldcup #sbx #knowledge #italy🇮🇹 #italy #fis #fissnowboard #winner #athlete #worldcup #worldcupathlete #globewinner

And hopefully you were able to catch Alexander Payer's talk with another one of the raddest and baddest women in snowboarding, as reigning PGS and alpine overall globe winner Ramona Theresia Hofmeister joined him for an interview yesterday on Instagram Live...

Snowboarderstalk live at 19.30 Cest on Instagram LiveTv with @ramona_hofmeister. . She is 24 Years old, won a Olympic Bronze medal, stood on the Podium of the Worldchamps and won the this year overall Worldcup with 4 straight wins in a row. . The numbers are impressive for sure, but how did she manage all of this in a bit more then three winters. How did she rise from a successful Worldcup Athlet to the most dominating athlet of our sport? . The Girl born in Bertechsgaden will give us short view behind the scenes and tell us what are her next plans..... . #sundayisforsnowboarding #sundayfunday #sundaytalk #livemorenow #timetolive #friends #interview #wearecarving #weekend #newstory's #snowboard #racing #motivation

Speaking of Ms. Hofmeister, she showcased what is a pretty incredible contribution to the efforts to fight COVID-19 in her home of Germany last week, as she has been spending some of her free time sewing masks for the use by care facility workers. Bravo for being proactive and making a difference, Ramona...

#herzensangelegenheit ♥️ Du musst keine Ärztin, Pflegekraft oder Verkäuferin sein..Auch im Hintergrund kannst du etwas bewegen. 🙏🏻 Warum also nicht die Zeit zuhause nutzen und selbst Masken nähen? ♥️ _______________________________ In Krankenhäusern und Pflegeeinrichtungen etc. sind die Atemschutzmasken sehr knapp und oft zu wenig! Daher sind die selbstgenähten Masken eine Alternative. Deswegen nähen schon viele fleißig mit und unterstützen mit großem Einsatz.🥰🧵 _______________________________ Wenn auch ihr Lust habt ein paar Masken zu nähen, dann könnt ihr (beispielsweise im Landkreis Berchtesgadener Land) euch ganz einfach anmelden. (natürlich kostenlos) ⬇️ Sendet eine Email mit eurem Namen und Adresse an folgende Email: _______________________________ mundschutz@kvbgl.brk.de _______________________________ & ihr bekommt das Nähpaket direkt vor die Haustür geliefert. Sobald ihr fertig seid, sendet ihr wieder eine Email. 👉🏽Die fertigen Masken werden dann auch wieder bei euch Zuhause abgeholt. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 . Danke an alle, die mitmachen♥️♥️♥️ . #maskenähen #zeitnutzen #corona #stayhome #maske #nähen #atemschutzmaske ⠀⠀

Of course, entertaining the locked-down masses is also a contribution in its own right, and Pat Burgener continues to do just that, week in and week out - although we are getting a little concerned that he's maybe getting a little too weird with the direction his content is going.

On second though, nahhh...this is exactly the right amount of weird.

Kids never grow old🤓 #coronatime #lausannecity #lacampagne #tiktokdance #outofcontrol

Ooooh, Liam Brearly is going to be talking to Lyon Farrell TODAY, beginning at 4:00EST/22:00CET. A good chance to get a peak into the minds of two of the best young rippers on the planet, here...

Tomorrow at 4 pm EST live on insta, episode 7 with @lyonfarrell !! Check my story to ask Lyon questions!! - Thanks @omelia.ca for the graphic

Last Wednesday was Earth Day, and snowboarders around the world marked the occassion with some beautiful tributes to the planet that allows us to shred. We've collected a few faves here...

Happy Earth Day!! 🌍 I cannot waaaait til I can be Snowboarding with backdrops like this again!! 😍 But until then, stay safe and healthy everybody! 💛 #EarthDay 📸: @vernondeck

Earth Day 🌲🧡🌱 . . Photo:@ramihanafi

This planet we call home is one impressive and beautiful place. . While we might not be able to get out and enjoy it as much as we’d like these days, we can always be in an Outdoor State of Mind. . My favorite non-profit @protectourwinters is hosting live discussions every Tuesday & Thursday with badass panelists like @jeremyjones, @tommycaldwell, @carolinegleich and @sashadigiulian to talk about lessons learned in the outdoors and ways to help protect the only home we have. Link in bio. #EarthDay #Madrecita #ProtectOurWinters

And we'll end things off this week with a little #stayhome entertainment inspo, first from halfpipe legend Queralt Castellet (ESP), who's been working on her board control from the comfort of her living room...

If the @switch.boards fits i fit 😉 bit of fun in that quarantine scenario 🏡 #homegym #yoentrenoencasa #training #snowboarding #stayhealthy

And finally from Sebastien Toutant (CAN), who got in on the Rube Goldberg machine action with this impressive success...

Same same but Different! 😜 #rubegoldberg #sebtootschallenge @sportsnet @redbull

Yeewwww...that's all, folks.

Stay safe, stay sane, and see ya next Monday!

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