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Breckenridge World Cup 89

Here is the podium of the World Cup Snowboard Super-G - Breckenridge 88-89.

Here's the story of André Maszewski, member of the Hot Pro Team:

"Starting with bib number 69 and knowing that the first 3 riders finished within 3/100s of a second, I didn't have much hope for this race.
As it had snowed in the morning, the route was particularly deep and irregular. My Hot Snowboards prototype and its carving skills allowed me to draw a line higher than all the others. At the crossing of the finish line, while Craig Kelly was being interviewed as the winner on TV, my whole team screamed: I was in the lead, almost 2 seconds ahead of the others! I could not believe it. My run, all in fluidity but fast, brought me a first unexpected victory in this World Cup. It's a blessing to have these memories. Thanks to Serge Dupraz for putting together the very first Pro Team snowboarding team with a full-time paid coach and the best alpine carving boards ever. Thanks to Luc Faye, our coach, for his intensive physical training and technical training that was both fun and challenging.
As far as memories go, it was the best race ever for me!

Archive photos

André Maszewski, lighter but heavier thanks to his motocross helmet :) Picture taken by Jean-Marc Favre, during this victorious race for André. This part of the course was the one where speed had to be stored, to be restored later on the long and not very hilly final part leading to the finish line. Being able to carve on the backside in the steep part of the course really made the difference on the final time!
André Maszewski, lighter in stature but heavier thanks to his motocross helmet? Photo taken by Jean-Marc Favre, during this victorious race for André. This part of the course was the one where speed had to be stored, to be restored later on the long and not very hilly final part leading to the finish line. Being able to carve on the backside in the steep part of the course really made the difference on the final time!
André Maszewski's super-G proto specially designed to his size and riding style with a touch of snow and finesse. A rather flexible proto with not very deep sidelines. The board is symmetrical, but André cut the heel himself with a jigsaw to aesthetically announce the arrival in March 1989 of the asymmetrical 100% model: the Logical. André says: "I remember riding this board 4 years later in Sölden, Austria and making the most beautiful curves on hard snow that I had made in a long time with it. And I really regret that I then developed much stiffer boards with very radical sidecut lines. This board here on hard snow was a real rail."
André Maszewski's super-G proto specially designed to his size and riding style with a touch of snow and finesse. A rather flexible proto with not very deep sidelines. The board is symmetrical, but André cut the heel himself with a jigsaw to aesthetically announce the arrival in March 1989 of the asymmetrical 100% model: the Logical.
André says: "I remember getting back on this board 4 years later in Sölden, Austria and making the most beautiful turns on hard snow that I had made in a long time with it. And really regretted having developed much stiffer boards with very radical sidecuts. This board, on hard snow, was a real rail!
A nice bunch of legends in this ranking. And as often spelling mistakes, especially in the name of DD Maszewski :)
A nice bunch of legends in this ranking. And as often happens, spelling mistakes, especially in the name of DD Maszewski?
The super-g podium, where André finished first in front of the legends Craig Kelly and Jean Nerva. To their right, Nicolas Mathey and Ian Guiauchain. The Model Revolution is the mythical board on which Serge Vitelli made his first Vitelli-turns.
The super-g podium, where André finished first in front of the legends Craig Kelly and Jean Nerva. To their right, Nicolas Mathey and Ian Guiauchain. The Model Revolution is the mythical board on which Serge Vitelli made his first Vitelli-turns.

 

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