Matthias Mayr

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Matthias Mayr in action
Matthias Mayr (2016)

Matthias Mayr (born May 16, 1981 in Vienna ) is an Austrian freeride professional and sports scientist .

Life

Matthias Mayr spent the first 18 years of his life mainly in Lower Austria and Vienna . After Salzburg friend Sandra scrapers and his passion led him to freeskiing . In 2006 Matthias Mayr started a scientific study of freeriders. As part of his dissertation, he determined the adrenaline levels in the blood of freeride professionals, including himself. The results showed measurements with such high values ​​as in no other high-risk sport. In the winter of 2008, based on these findings, the documentary film Feel Adrenaline was made in Davos , produced by Samuel Gyger.

In February 2008, Matthias Mayr and Styrian top freerider Andreas Kocher made the second ascent (first ascent by Dylan Crossman) of the Greimuth channel on the Loser with alpine skis. In the summer, he and his friends Matthias Haunholder and Lothar Hofer rode one of the most active volcanoes in the world, the Villarrica in Chile . Together with the team from Ydreamproduction.com, he managed to adequately film a descent on skis. The original film Fire and Ice-skiing a vulcano has been shown at mountain film festivals since 2009.

In winter 2009 he shot the film Made in Austria together with Ydreamproduction.com and numerous other top Austrian freeriders , which will be released in autumn 2009. Matthias Mayr is the official testimonial of the online platform onebigpark.at. In 2008, his ski sponsor Elan promoted him to the eight-person TeamGreen , the brand's international freeride team.

In the winter of 2010 he shot the film Up and Down together with freeski professionals Matthias Haunholder , Sascha Schmid, Sara Orrensjö and ski base jumper Matthias Giraud . In winter 2011 he produced A History of Snow together with Matthias Haunholder . Other athletes included are Pia Widmesser, Sandra Lahnsteiner, Roman Kuss and Ueli Kestenholz

The films Another Day in Paradise, Far Away, The List were made between 2011 and 2014.

In 2015, Matthias Mayr and Matthias Haunholder decided to do more than just freeskiing. This resulted in the adventure documentary Onekotan The Lost Island .

The White Maze was created in 2016 and has won 11 international film awards so far. They were the first people to ski Gora Pobeda .

In 2017 Matthias Mayr and Matthias Haunholder went back to their home country in On the trail of the first .

In November 2017, Matthias Mayr and Matthias Haunholder, together with filmmaker Johannes Aitzetmüller, went to the inland of the Antarctic to be the first freeriders to try skiing at the highest level. In order to be able to cover the enormous distances, they learned to kite surf beforehand

In October 2018 the film No Man's Land - Expedition Antarctica will be released.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Pulse values ​​of sometimes more than 230 beats per minute. The adrenaline in the blood rose, caused by the extraordinary psychophysical stress, up to 30 times the resting values  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.toptimes.at  
  2. ↑ Pure adrenaline (PDF)
  3. ↑ Red Bull: steep wall gutters. Retrieved February 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ First visit: Video on Vimeo
  5. ↑ First ride: TV report on Puls4 Youtube
  6. ↑ Chile: Nike Video ( Memento of the original from October 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nike.com
  7. ↑ Chile: Vimeo Video
  8. ↑ UP and DOWN - the Movie - coming fall 2010
  9. ↑ Trailer Up and Down 5
  10. ↑ Official trailer 6
  11. ↑ Trailer 7
  12. ↑ Ski adventure on a lonely volcanic island. In: noe.ORF.at. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  13. ↑ The White Maze: On a Mission in Eastern Siberia . In: Red Bull . ( redbull.com [accessed March 27, 2018]).
  14. ^ Red Bull Content Pool . In: Red Bull Content Pool . ( redbullcontentpool.com [accessed March 27, 2018]).
  15. ^ Johanna Stöckl: Pioneer ski run in Siberia: "An enormous feat of strength" . In: Spiegel Online . July 1, 2016 ( spiegel.de [accessed March 27, 2018]).
  16. ↑ Mountain Film Graz. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  17. ↑ The most pristine ski slope in the world - No Man's Land. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  18. ↑ NO MAN'S LAND: EXPEDITION ANTARCTICA . In: TheKiteMag . ( thekitemag.com [accessed March 27, 2018]).
  19. ↑ Adventure expedition to the Antarctic | BMW.com. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mayr, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian freeride athlete and sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH May 16, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna