Until the beginning of his training, Matteo Rüger successfully competed in many European races of the TTR World Snowboard Tour. “Sloplestyle” was his discipline, where halfpipes and ramps are the most spectacular tricks. “With the first prize money I was able to improve the pocket money and of course I have experienced a lot,” he says today. The passion for winter sports has not diminished with him, yet he decided against the way into professional sports. “As a media designer, I’m currently looking for ways to integrate sports into my work,” he says. Nevertheless, many of his sponsors have remained loyal to him and continue to support Rüger with material and in preparation for the competition. On the film portal vimeo.com he puts on his account self-produced clips. They show him and his friends in search of new places to enjoy snowboarding. They find what they are looking for in quite surprising places. In the middle of the Saxon capital, between steel containers – and of course always in the Erzgebirge. “If we have enough snow, we can really find everything here in winter: untouched powder snow slopes and plenty of opportunities,” he says enthusiastically. The forest becomes an adventure for him and his friends, tree trunks to be overcome obstacles, the stream bank to the ski jump. “I do not need a huge ski resort for that.”
