This only happens at the Longboard Classic...
Everyone sits together comfortably and shovels cheese spaetzle into their stomachs. The room in the restaurant at the Mondschein hotel is filled to capacity and the beer tastes better with every sip. But what looks like a normal dinner is the prelude to one of the most legendary snowboarding events there is: the 10th Longboardclassic in Stuben am Arlberg. True legends never die! And indeed, there is hardly any other event where the really big names in the sport crowd together as much as here and where the term "legendary" is so justified:
From the European "all-stars" and pioneers Petra Müssig, Isa Ellenrieder, Jose Fernandez, Andi Tanner, Micky Früh, Jogi März, Harry Gunz, Martin Freinademetz, Reto Lamm, Stefan Fiedler, Xandi Kreuzeder, Peter Fässler, Thommy Klähn, Titus Dittmann, Günther Gröbl, Christian Meeze Mießner, Tom Ratzek, Serge Dupraz, Bertl Kletzmair, Johnny Eisenhut, and and and... from southern hemisphere legends such as Ishi Ishihara (JPN) and Dani "Kiwi" Meier (NZ) to US founding godfathers Terry Kidwell, Shawn Farmer, Bob Klein, Mike Chantry and Mike Basich.
The stories and anecdotes from almost 30 years of snowboarding get wilder and wilder with every drink consumed and when the old magazines and posters are unpacked, the enthusiasm knows no bounds. A class reunion of snowboarders from the very beginning, celebrating in a way that could not have been better imagined even in the heyday of this sport. Even the old warhorses defy the jet lag and the hardships of the journey and rock until the early hours of the morning.
