henry bessell in europe, part one...

Earlier this year I spent a weekend in Ischgl with a young Australian snowboarder by the name of Henry Bessell. In town representing Oz for the finals of the Rookiefest series, we spent a few productive days cruising all over the resort, shredding and shooting photos. With the late season snow, conditions weren't incredible, but there was plenty of fun to be had in the sun. 

So over the next week or so, I'll be posting up a blog or two with some photos from our Austrian adventure and a little more info about this young Australian ripper... Hope you enjoy... 

Name: Henry Bessel

D.O.B: 5/6/96

Sponsors: Oakley, Rome SDS, Sandbox, I Ride Sideways

Stance: Regular

Home Mountain: Perisher, Australia

 

Scoping spots on day one...

LTAS: Give us a few highlights and lowlights of your Austrian adventure Henry...

HB: Well I will start with the ups. The ups where that I had my first photo shoot experience, first time in Europe, got some new tricks and had a great time getting to meet great riders from all over the world at the World Rookie Fest Finals. But the one downer, was that I stuffed up World Rookie Fest Finals. It was shame but so many things went well in Europe, I don't want to complain. But overall Europe was pretty good and I experienced a lot of new and different things.  

 

Making the most of some softer late season snow with a layed out backflip...

 

BS1 off a rocky outcrop...

LTAS: How did you find Europe as compared to Australia and the States?

HB: Well for starters there are real mountains there. Like the Gondola took 20min to get 3/4 of the way up the mountain and it wasn't going slow. But Europe is so different compared to the US and Australia. The parks might be a little sketchier than in the US and the Australian season is so much fun... it's a little hard to compare but it is definitely an experience that I would like to have again.

 

Carving up the crust...