Flachauwinkl, AUT (March 14, 2021)
Traditionally Absolut Park in Flachauwinkl (AUT) hosts the Spring Battle every March, this year in collaboration with the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) as umbrella organization. Due to the current Covid-19 restrictions, the Spring Battle 2021 was run as Online Instagram Contest for invited riders with US$ 60.000 prize-money up for grabs.
Invited riders had sent in their best tricks captured on video for the following categories: Spin to Win Award, Best 540 Award, Best Rail Award as well as Best Turbo Knuckle Award. Entries got judged by experts and presented in daily online shows live. Olympic Champion Anna Gasser is the big winner of this year’s Spring Battle, as she was able to claim 3 of the 4 categories.
Anna Gasser winning three titles at Absolut Park Spring Battle 2021
Winners:
Spin to Win Award: Anna Gasser (AUT) & Nicolas Huber (SUI)
Best 540 Award: Anna Gasser (AUT) & Fridtjof Tischendorf (NOR)
Best Rail: Anna Gasser (AUT) & Jacob Legault (CAN)
Turbo Knuckle Award: Annika Morgan (GER) & Patrick Hofmann (SUI)
If you missed the live shows, you can watch them here:
Spring Battle 21 ESBN Award Show – Best Rail
Spring Battle 21 ESBN Award Show – Spin to Win & Best Turbo Knuckle
Spring Battle 21 ESBN Award Show – Best 540
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the only international non-profit organization exclusively dedicated to developing the sport of snowboarding on all levels and represents a network of national snowboard associations, event organizers, and athletes. Read more about the organization here.
Credit: Markus Fischer
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