Matthias Garber
- Name:
Matthias Garber
- Age:
20
- Nationality:
AUT
- Hometown:
Reutte in Tirol
- Profession:
Student
- Years Riding:
5
- Favourite Trick:
Trick: 360 drop
- Sponsors:
adidas eyewear, bagjump™, sport nagele
- Career highlights:
fototrip to hawaii
- Favourite riding spot:
les deux alpes, for freeriding, homespot for dirtjuming
- Your most memorable day on the Bike, and why?
One day in august was a slopestyle comp. In trainig I started throwing 360 drops off a huge drop with a small landing, after the 3rd try I missed the landing and landed straight with my face in the flat. Then I was wondering why everybody was starring at me until i've noticed that my face was covered with blood...
- What/Who influenced you the most in biking?
The speed, the airtime, the nature
- Whats on your Ipod?
All sorts of music, I need diversity!
- Last memorable Party?
Two months in schladming
- How do you avoid to hurt yourself?
i try to visualize my tricks in my head, always wear my helmet, try to jump into the BAGJUMP™ as often as I can!
- How and where do you train on new tricks?
If there is a bagjump™ session coming up, I write down all the tricks that I want to learn, and then I just try them. Otherwise I have to take the hard way on dirt, but then I know it will hurt it I do down.
- Waterramp, foampit or BAGJUMP™? And why?
Waterumps are fun, foampits suck and BAGJUMP™ is the best, because you can go so fast and so high, that you have all the time in the world to work on your trick, and you land as soft as heaven
- New tricks learned on BJ? Any contest-winning tricks?
Flatspin, 3whip, 3 no hand, 720, superman flip
- How much more progression is possible, will double backflips be standard next season?
I think double flips are just stupid, they don't even look good, because they're just out of control. It's a crazy trick of course, but I won't try it.
I see progression in combo- tricks and in the terrain of course. More like snowboard sized jumps and more creative obstacles
- Any last words?
Thanks to bagjump™ for making me feel flying, and thanks to my beautiful girlfriend
