"RISE&FALL is THE team contest! The challenges presented to the team make this event my annual highlight! For me as a paraglider, it is also important to be able to run quickly and never lose sight of the safety aspects during the start, flight and landing…"
RISE&FALL 2024
the winning Red Bull team showed no mercy
International & local top athletes showed top performances and provided breathtaking excitement at the RISE&FALL 2024. All disciplines were completed on schedule in glorious sunshine.
RISE&FALL TEAM RACE
The unique TEAM RACE competition with the four disciplines of touring skiing,paragliding, mountain biking and skiing demanded everything from the athletes. The 64 teams of four with a total of 256 athletes from all over Europe fought mercilessly for victory and delivered a top-class sporting competition to the spectators at the festival site - up close or live on the video wall.
Winner 2024
Victory ultimately went to Team Red Bull with Paul Verbnjak (ski mountaineering), Aaron Durogatti (paragliding), Andy Seewald (mountain biking) and Albert-Maximilian Meier (skiing) with a total time of 0:39:53.7, followed in second and third place by the Virgo X-Team (0:40:40.6) and Martins Bikeshop Unken (0:45:45.2).
The "Sport Auer 4 Angels" team (0:52:12.2) took victory in the women's classification ahead of the "Mountainshop Hörhager Ladies" team (0:54:55.4) and the "Pandastischen Vier" team (0:59:47.7)
RISE&FALL SINGLE-RACE
Once again this year, there was a SINGLE RACE, in which one athlete mastered all four RISE&FALL disciplines alone. A total of eight athletes were able to take on this challenge.
Winner 2024.
The winner of the SINGLE RACE classification was Christof Hochenwarter, who was also a team member of the Virgo X-Team, in a time of 0:50:32.7 ahead of Markus Preiss (0:54:16.6) and Lukas Mangger (0:54:57.9).
RISE&FALL KIDS-RACE
This year the KIDS-RACE took place for the first time. The children's relay for teams of two aged 8 to 10 and 11 to 13 had to master the disciplines of obstacle course and skiing.
Winner 2024
Of course, the KIDS-RACE was all about having fun. But the children also performed excellently.
The 1st KIDS RACE was won by TEAM "G FORCE" (Noah Gschösser & Alexander Geisler) in the male 8-10 age group, ahead of TEAM "Alpinschule Kopp Kids" (Kilian Kopp & Ben Rieder) and TEAM "Jumping Twins" (Theodor Hotter & Anton Hotter).
In the male 11-13 age group, TEAM "Max & Moritz" (Max Troppmair & Moritz Pirker) won ahead of TEAM "Die Wilden Buam" (Nick Schiestl & Lukas Eberharter) and TEAM "LL Cool" (Levi Ebenbichler & Luis Pecar).
In the 8-10 female/mixed age group, TEAM "The Sonic Team" (Flora & Adam Eberharter) won, ahead of TEAM "Ski+Sprung SCM" (Ida Müller & Alina Egitz), ahead of TEAM "The Snowy Hot Shots" (Ella Pramstaller & Alexander Eberharter)
In the 11-13 female/mixed age group, TEAM "Team Kalbl" (Katharina Geisler & Clara Neumann) won ahead of TEAM "Sister Twister" (Emma & Emilia Spieß) and TEAM "Racing Chicks" (Naya Ebebnichler & Jola Pecar).
Congratulations to all winners and participants.
Until the next RISE&FALL