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CILKA SADAR

Date of birth: 18 September 1991

Birthplace: Ljubljana

Date of birth: 16 December 1991

Birthplace: Škofja Loka

Average number of days on the snow: 100

Snowboarding achievements: 1st place in FIS BIG

AIR in Sarajevu, 4th place in Burton AM tour Madonna di

Campiglio

Why do you snowboard: Because I enjoy this very

much, and it’s my vital adrenaline dosage

Favourite Slovenian ski centre: Vogel

Favourite trick: FS 720 mellon

Injuries: dislocations, broken bones, concusion

Favourite indulgence: candy

LUKa Krajnik

Average number of days on the snow: 120

Snowboarding achievements:

2nd place - European Cup – half pipe (07/08) (1st and 2nd place

- Innsbruck, 1st place - Klinovec); 5th place - Snowboard Junior

World Championship Valmalenco Big Air (08), 10th place - Junior

World Championship Valmalenco – half pipe (08); 1st place

- National Championship (08) - half pipe, slope style, big air

Why do you snowboard: Because I like the lifestyle, I can

travel a lot, meet new people and do what I enjoy most - snowboarding

Favourite Slovenian ski centre: Vogel and Rogla

Favourite trick: Back side air in pipe

Injuries: Fortunately, I haven’t had any severe injuries, but I’ve had some back problems

Favourite indulgence: Bananas with Nutella

Date of birth: 11 April 1979

Birthplace: Jesenice

Average number of days on the snow: 150 - 200

Achievements: 1st place in the Urban Freestyle Barcelona contest, video “part” in the latest two projects by Fat Gipsy Productions and in the Slovenian snowboard film entitled Ehhh! - outofnowhere productions

Why you snowboard: Because it’s my favourite activity

Favourite Slovenian ski centre: Vogel

Favourite trick: backside 720

Injuries: broken ribs, tailbone and a fresh knee injury

MAtevz pETEK

Date of birth: 11. December 1983

Birthplace: Celje

Average number of days on the snow: 150

Achievements: World Big Air Vice-Champion in 2005, 4 wins in the World Cup...

Why you snowboard: Because of the adrenaline and lifestyle it provides

Favourite Slovenian ski centre: Rogla

Favourite trick: Bs rodeo 7

Injuries: Broken collar bone, broken elbow, damaged cartilage in the right knee

Favourite indulgence: the Internet

Matevz PristavEc

» Development of ski centres and snow parks in Slovenia (luckily, an increasing number of Slovenian ski centres have started constructing snow parks, which significantly influence the development of snowboarding in Slovenia. Unfortunately, we are still lacking suitable facilities for halfpipe and snowboard cross training.)

» Development in snowboarding coaching (the quality of snowboarding instructor trainings is constantly improving, lately, more and more emphasis has been put on freestyle, which is the most appealing style to young people).

» Development of and more numerous club programmes (young people taking up snowboarding more seriously along with the snowboarding life style and creation of the possibility to compete in Slovenia and abroad).

» Diverse competitive development of snowboarding within the snowboarding community (extremely successful alpine snowboarders, snowboarders competing in acrobatic jumps and, recently, individuals taking part in halfpipe and snowboarding cross events).Important international contests (Alpine World Cup at Mariborsko Pohorje in 2005, Winter Universiade in 2013, organisation of European cup competitions, FIS contests and other races).

» Youth is drawn especially to freestyle owing to its attraction and life style (dress code,

Slovenia has a number of successful snowboarders, both on the national and international scale. However, since skiing has a longer and above all more deeply rooted tradition, snowboarders are sometimes pushed aside. When preparing the Winter Guide we had the opportunity to inquire about Luka Gartner, snowboarding coach to the Slovenian junior freestyle team.

LUKA GARTNERsnowboarding coach

Interview

music, related sports, etc.). Unfortunately, snowboarding is becoming an increasingly costly sport, which often prevents youth from engaging in it to the extent that they desire. Nevertheless, I feel that this is a very popular sport in Slovenia and I must say that Slovenians are good snowboarders.

America (according to competition results); Canada has been gaining much strength as well (it will definitely be highly motivated to ensure that Canadian competitors perform successfully at the Olympics on home turf). In Europe, the sport is particularly developed in Finland, Norway, Switzerland and France. Asians are appearing as well: Japan, China and South Korea. It is interesting that, most likely, the Bahamas will also have a contestant competing in the Olympics (admittedly, the contestant lives in Canada).

Beginners should be familiar with the basics of riding in both styles, normal and switch, before attempting any freestyle elements. These are the essentials that a beginner should know to start safely practising basic freestyle elements. Of course, some elements are, to a certain degree, already taught during basic elements training. Naturally, it all depends on motivation and the desire to learn.

Which country is most successful in freestyle?

How should novices start with freestyle elements?

What factors are important for the development of snowboarding in Slovenia?

Every snowboarder should wear at least a protective snowboard helmet before entering the snow park. We also highly recommend crash pants and a snowboard spine-guard.

Of course rules apply in the snow park and should be read by each snowboarder before entering; each participant should observe the rules for his/her own safety and the safety of others. It is extremely important that, when entering the park, the snowboarders assess the features and choose the ones that suit their knowledge and abilities.

The features selected by a snowboarder need to be scoped first (the landing area of jumps, the type of snow on the jump, the condition of sliding facilities, the sequence of the features, other users, etc.).

Snowboarders seriously engaged in snowboarding are in training all year round. Usually there is a break (in on-snow training) after 1 May, but then off-season conditioning and school take their turn (it is of utmost importance that in spite of much absence they all regularly and successfully perform at school)!

The first round of training is usually carried out in mid June, followed by around one-month of break time for older training participants (who

Example of one-day on-snow training (season preparation):

6:50 a.m. getting up and breakfast7:40 a.m. departure from the apartments8:10 a.m. - 8:40 a.m. warm-up8:40 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. HP training (15 rides)11:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. break12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. HP training (5 rides)3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. lunch4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. rest6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. dry land training7:30 p.m. dinner8:00 p.m. video analysis9:00 p.m. studying10:00 p.m. silence and sleep

then leave for New Zealand) and a somewhat longer break for the younger team members (they undergo up to 14 days of on-snow training, whereas the rest of the activities focus on conditioning and other sports important for diverse sport development at their age).

Find a snowboarding club in your hometown or nearby to learn freestyle elements under the supervision of a professional coach. In this way, the readers of this article may realise their wishes and expectations and, who knows, perhaps in a few years we will come across them at a more professional level of freestyle snowboarding …

What is included as mandatory snowboarding equipment?

Are there any snowboarding rules?

Can you describe a professional freestyle snowboarder’s training?

In the end, some advice for youth interested in taking up this sport …

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Goraroller 10 m

rollercoaster box 15 m

butter box combo 2x3 m

softbow box 6 m

kinked box 7 m

flat rail double pipe 9 m

kids flat box 3 m

kids rainbow box 3 m

kids up&down box 3 m

ROGLAhalf-pipe

downrail

c-box

butterbox combo

double wave line

kids line (3x3 m box)

beginner line (rainbow box 6 m,

flatbox 6 m, a-frame box 6 m)

expert line (a-frame box 7 m, up&down rail 7 m,

double kink rail 12 m, elephant rail 10 m,

kink rail 7 m)

tree jib

big table kicker, 3x takeoff

roller, 2x takeoff + corner jump

vogelexpert line

(big kicker-15 m, medium kicker-10 m,

roller -2x takeoff)

jib line (double kink

11 m, flatbox 6 m, doublewave 9 m, 2x

picnic table, downrail 5 m, kink rail 7 m)

beginner line (flatbox 3 m, rainbow 3 m, small kicker 4 m,

rainbow 6 m)

downrail 9 m

street combo (double kink, kink,

down box)

SORISKA PLANINAdownrail 10m

beginner line (rainbow rail 6 m, flatbox 6 m, 2x kicker 4 m)

expert line (double kink rail 12 m, rainbow rail 10 m, kink rail 6 m)

jib line (2x picnic table, treejib avto, 3 pipes 6 m)

kicker (15m, 9m, 8m)