The Völkl Snowpark Rally is an online photo competition for all European amateur skiers and snowboarders. Announced are several photo missions – like shoot your best old-school picture or pimp your Funpark – throughout the winter season.

The last ten days were anything but what I would call a proper winter. More then 15 degrees in the valleys and a shiny blue sky all over the Alps.

The Dolomites, heart of the Italian Alps, are definitely some of the most beautiful mountains I have ever seen. And I have seen a lot.

This season, a new camera gadget has infected professional actions sports. Nearly every athlete got himself one of those small and innovative digital HD cameras called GoPro.

It is March 1st and it should be the middle of winter right now, but the temperature outside of my Innsbruck apartment feels more like the middle of summer.

The last 30 years of alpine ski racing were stamped by a constantly recurring theme: Austria versus the rest of the world. And though the whole world seems to unite against “The ski racing nation No.1“, the Austrians often manage to be ahead of the world

Most of you know those totally breathtaking film shots one can see in any kind of extreme sports movies. Like in music videos. they mostly consist of a lot of fast edited scenes, and the shown moves seem to be from another world.

It’s only a couple of weeks left until the Olympic Games’ opening ceremony in Vancover. Then, a new chapter in history of sports is about to be written. So are all those little stories that will have a big impact on us.