Nicolas Müller (snowboarder)
Nicolas Müller (born April 25, 1982 in Zurich ) is a Swiss snowboarder and skateboarder from Aarau . He lives in Laax .
life and career
Nicolas Müller has been snowboarding since 1992, has been a professional since 2000 and is now among the world's best; he has been skateboarding since 1990.
His stance is regular, 0 ° at the back and 18 ° at the front. He played a key role in the development of the Gnu Müllair.
Moves he often shows in the halfpipe are Alley Oops and BS Misty 720 ° Japan via kicker. According to his own statements, he prefers to board in Japan or Laax . The best trick in the halfpipe is a Haakon flip , or a switch BS 720 ° with a kicker .
In 2006, 2008 and 2013 he was voted Rider of the Year in Snowboarder Magazine by fellow riders like Shaun White , Travis Rice , Travis Parker and Danny Kass , and in 2013 by Transworld Snowboarding Rider of the Year
Since 2012 he has been co-owner of Absinthe films, which makes films about snowboarding.
In 2020, Müller spread various conspiracy theories to his more than 200,000 followers on social media , including Bill Gates , who is said to be behind the global corona pandemic , or Freemasons who want to infiltrate governments and thus create a new world order. Other contributions revolved around the 5G mobile communications standard , which is supposed to destroy humanity, or that US multi-billionaire George Soros is sponsoring a "race war". In the same year, his clothing supplier “Thirty Two” and his long-time snowboard sponsor “Gnu” parted ways with him without giving any reasons. The sunglasses manufacturer Oakley also ended the collaboration with Müller.
Nicolas Müller is co-founder of AlpenPionier AG, which wants to reintroduce hemp as a useful plant in the Alps in order to produce food from it.
Filmography
- 2000: Moments Notice
- 2000: Tribal, Absinthe films
- 2001: Desired Effect
- 2002: Primevil
- 2002: Transcendence, Absinthe films
- 2002: Vivid, Absinthe films
- 2003: Saturation, Absinthe films
- 2003: Kingsize
- 2004: POP, Absinthe films
- 2005: Futureproof, Absinthe films
- 2005/2006: 91 Words for snow, Blank Paper productions
- 2006: More, Absinthe films
- 2006: For Right or Wrong, Burton Snowboards
- 2007: Flipside, Absinthe films
- 2007: Optimistic, Absinthe films
- 2007: Flipside Part 2, Absinthe films
- 2007: Lines
- 2008: Ready, Absinthe films
- 2008: Thats it, thats all, Brainfarm
- 2008: Its always snowing somewhere, Burton Snowboards
- 2009: Neverland
- 2009: The B, Burton Snowboards
- 2010: Now Here, Burton Snowboards
- 2011: The Art of Flight , Brainfarm
- 2011: Twel2ve, Absinthe films
- 2012: Resonance, Absinthe films
- 2013: Never Not, Nike
- 2014: Snowboarding For Me, Oakley
- 2015: Eversince, Absinthe films
- 2015: In Motion
- 2016: FRUITION - The Life and Dreams of Nicolas Müller
successes
- 2001: Freestyle.ch 1st place, Zurich
- 2002: Air & Style 4th place
- 2003: Air & Style 3rd place
- 2004: Air & Style 2nd place
- 2005: Air & Style 4th place
- 2005: Burton European Open in Laax 3rd place
- 2005: Toyota Big Air in Japan, 3rd place
- 2005: Nissan X-Trail Jam in Tokyo , 1st place
- 2006: Toyota Big Air in Japan, 1st place
- 2006: Burton Abominable Snow Jam Quaterpipe , 1st place
- 2007: O'Neill Evolution in Davos , 1st place QP
- 2007: Snickers Classic in Saas Fee, 1st place SS
- 2007: King of Popcorn 2007 in Saas Fee
- 2008: Hit the Chees in St. Moritz
- 2012: X Games Real Snow Backcountry, Gold 1st place
- 2012: Red Bull Super Natural in Canada, 3rd place
- 2013: Red Bull Ultra Natural in Canada, 2nd place
- 2015: Sudden Rush Laax in Laax, 3rd place
- 2016: Sudden Rush Laax in Laax, 4th place
Web links
- Nicolas Müller in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Matthias Daum: "It has to look like you're still sleeping." Interview in: Die Zeit 42/2013 on October 10, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christof Gertsch: Snowboarding: The Taming of the Young Wild , NZZ, January 22, 2016.
- ↑ Stefan Meier: Swiss snowboard hero believes in a new world order. In: Blick.ch , July 17, 2020.
- ↑ Sarah Serafini: The Swiss Conspiracy Influencer. In: Watson.ch , July 26, 2020.
- ↑ a b Renato Beck: Conspiracies. Miller in the rabbit hole. In: The weekly newspaper No. 32/2020 of August 6, 2020.
- ↑ Esther Kern: "We give grass" In: Observer , March 14, 2018.
- ↑ site of the Alpine pioneer AG
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Müller, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss snowboarders and skateboarders |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |