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Introducing Kids Alpine Team Members – Tobi & Max

Icebreaker is thrilled to welcome Tobi and Max to our Kids Alpine Team. Based in Germany these guys are uber-talented snowboarders, skaters and surfers.

Their “big goal” is to participate at the X-Games in both skateboarding and snowboarding. And with some great results this year it is already looking highly achievable. Just recently, Tobi, aged 12, and Max, aged 10, both achieved first places at the THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING in Kaprun. What is so remarkable is that because they are so young there is often no category for their ages and they are frequently competing against kids many years older than themselves.

At 12 years of age Tobi is the youngest member of the German National Snowboarding Team.

Both Tobi and Max love Icebreaker because, “We can go skateboarding for 6 hours and still won’t have smelly feet in our skateboard shoes!” plus “We are the only young snowboarders who are warm and look cool. The others look cool but they are not so warm!”

And to top it off, Tobi and Max think, “Icebreaker is the only brand which makes great fitting and looking snowboard clothing.” Thanks guys!

We think these kids are absolutely awesome and can’t wait to hear more updates on their progress in the world of snowboarding and skateboarding. Check out some of their great pics…

Unsere neuen Mitglieder im Kids Alpine Team – Tobi & Max

Icebreaker freut sich riesig, Tobi und Max als neue Mitglieder in unserem Kids Alpine Team willkommen zu heißen.  Aus Deutschland kommend sind diese zwei Jungs über-talentierte Snowboarder, Skater und Surfer.

Ihr “großes Ziel” ist es, an den X-Games teilzunehmen – sowohl beim Skateboarden als auch beim Snowboarden. Und mit einigen wirklichen guten Ergebnissen dieses Jahr sieht es schon jetzt sehr realistisch aus. Erst vor kurzem haben die beiden – Tobi, 12 Jahre, und Max, 10 Jahre alt – erste Plätze bei THE ART OF SKATEBOARDING in Kaprun erzielt. Das bemerkenswerte ist, dass beide so jung sind, dass es oftmals keine eigene Kategorie für ihr Alter gibt und sie somit regelmäßig gegen Kids antreten, die viel älter sind als sie selbst.

Mit 12 Jahren ist Tobi das jüngste Mitglied des Nationalen Deutschen Snowboarding Teams und wir sind uns sicher, dass Max schon bald dazukommen wird.

Tobi und Max lieben beide Icebreaker, weil sie “für 6 Stunden skateboarden gehen können und immernoch keine stinkenden Füße in unseren Skateboardschuhen haben!”. Plus: “Wir sind die einzigen jungen Snowboarder, denen warm ist und die cool aussehen. Die anderen sehen zwar cool aus, aber ihnen ist einfach nicht so warm.“

Und, um noch einen draufzusetzen: Tobi und Max denken, dass “Icebreaker die einzige Marke ist, bei denen die Passform und der Look von Snowboardklamotten stimmt.“

Wir denken, dass diese Jungs absolut großartig sind und können es kaum erwarten, neue Updates von ihren Fortschritten in der Welt von Snowboarden und Skateboarden zu hören.

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Introducing 11 year old freeskier – Finn Bilous

Finn is one of the members of Icebreaker’s Kids Alpine Team in New Zealand. At only 11 years old he’s on a quest to become an internationally competitive freeskier. He’s the youngest skier to have gained a place on the New Zealand Junior Freeski Development Team, which he joined in 2009.

Finn is a great supporter of Icebreaker. “I have been kept warm by Icebreaker since I began skiing. I love the way it feels.”

He’s also been doing really well overseas during the Northern Hemisphere winter season. “I was really pleased to win at the Brighton, Utah stop of the Gatorade Free Flow Tour, as I knew the competition in the USA would be bigger and harder than here. I was nervous before the comp and was stoked to come away with 1st in the half pipe and second in the rail comp.”

Finn’s a great little filmmaker as well as an awesome freeskier – check out his 2010 season video.

Way to go Finn – we can’t wait to hear about all your new achievements.

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Extreme Icebreaker

Langely McNeal is an Icebreaker sponsored athlete and has just been on an extreme skiing trip to Alaska.  Below are some pictures and a video she has shared with us from her trip.  Langely is the last girl in the video segment.

“I sported my Icebreaker everyday and it kept me warm on those long days when we were standing around for production, and it kept me the perfect temperature while ripping it up.  I love being a part of the Icebreaker team, it is such an honor.”

- Langely McNeal, US Ski Cross World Cup Team/Freeskier