On arrival night there was a party that I (un)fortunately missed, judging by the carnage and horror in the eyes of the usual suspects the following day. Then the next night there was a welcome dinner for all at the Silvretta centre, which was a personal highlight for yours truly –  seeing so many heroes of the past from across the world gathered in one room, talking story

As for the event itself, I could wax on forever about who did what, hilarious remarks dropped and whatnot, but that would be unfair to all the ones left out.

Luckily though, there’s plenty of video material for you to dive into, including the above best-of-the-best

A huge thanks to Ischgl for the hospitality, Klaus Marko for the course and concept, and last but not least Birgit Gruber for tying all the loose threads together aka unique reverse curling skills.

Hats off to all the riders, course builders and fans on site, as well as local buck Roli Tschoder for showing us the goods, and the Trofana Royal Spa.

Shame on you Scandinavians for not showing up in force, leaving it up to Terje and Jonas Hagström as the only Scandos on site, thus having to team up with the Finns to form a team.

No thank you to the grumpy head waiter at Trofana Royal Hotel for the bullying and unfriendliness and Jason Horton for leaving early.

Hope to see you all again next year, make sure you feed your baby properly Klaus.