6 x World Cup Winner (Slalom)
20 World Cup Podiums
5 x National Slalom Champion
3 x Olympian (1998, 2002, 2006)
6 x World Championship Team member
Date of Birth
14 April 1968
Nationality
German
Profession
Nationally certified ski instructor in the DSLV, passionate skier and mountain biking pro, mum to daughter Leni (3 years)
Sponsors
Völkl Ski, Marker bindings, helmets & goggles, Scott bikes
Favourite ski
Attiva Aurora and the Kiku freeride model
Skiing on Völkl since
the very beginning
Sport
In the summer, I am on my mountain bike. I rode as a pro in MTB stage races until 2004 and won some of them too – the Transalp Challenge three times (1999, 2001, 2003) and the Transrockies Challenge (2004) once. Today I manage my own mountain bike school, the “Lawnmowers”, and have been organizing mountain bike camps aimed especially at women for ten years now.
As a former ski racer in the DSV youth training program, the love for the mountains caught me early – regardless of whether in the summer or winter. The fact that mountain biking became my career and skiing my favourite hobby was more a coincidence than anything else.
In the winter I spend every free minute in the mountains and on the snow – whenever possible off the slopes with my Kiku. To lay some fresh tracks I’m more than ready to hike a few metres uphill. My favourite ski locations are La Grave, Dolomites (Pordoi) and Lech/Zürs.
What are your favourite aspects of the Attiva ski models from Völkl?
Natural is the only really logical way to go. The Attiva women’s line with the Bio-Logic concept is brimming with this naturalness. And I don’t just mean the design. Anyone who skis the Attiva immediately feels how normal and harmonious everything feels: a ski concept that I feel most at home with. Attiva and Bio-Logic have made unnatural stances – in the truest sense of the word – “old snow”. And best of all, the fun factor is present in full effect, because the feel is right from the start and gives you extra safety too.
