1-Your age ? and where do you live?
age is: young gun at 41, born november 1972 in Graz,
I live south of Graz near slovenian border in Austria .
2-What are your best achivment in this sport?
best achievment in SUP
1st place 11 city tour 2013,
first place EUROSUPA long distance 2013 , could win 3 eurosupa races in 2013, Mallorca, Namur and Austria, Neusiedlersee
first place german sup trophy / Seen Trophy 2012 and 2013,
4 times austrian champion in long distance and short distance
3-How and when did you get interested to aquatic sports? How long have you been practising standuppaddling?
got to watersport with about 15 after my non successfull soccer carreer,..
former windsurfing, then surfing, especially riversurfing, kajaking and then SUP,
started SUP about 6 years ago .
4-Do you use a specific Alimentation?
i started to minimize meat and milk products,..
i dont use milk isolats and chemical proteins,
i use only the best oils, not heated, seeds like quinoa, amaranth, chia and hemp,
which has much protein..less white sugar as possible..
not easy when you are on the road..
5-Wich are your sponsors?
JP- Australia, Killerfish (german energy drink), Munich-SUP.com, Quickblade paddles, NP-wetsuits,SUPSKIN .
6-What tipe of training you to be competitive?
i combine different possibilities of training, for example coordination and endurance training on SUP Board,
interval training and coordination, bike training, ergometertraining in winter, slacklining,
paddling in different conditions, in rivers upstream and downstream,
mentaltraining and meditation