The New School Pick Nick is without a doubt one of Europe’s most important Freeski Contests and therefore a benchmark for the international Newschool – Elite every winter. Many more of the world’s best freeskiers have confirmed their attendance over the past few days. This Big Air contest will not only be a first class show for the audience, but also a serious competition for the riders. After all, the winner goes home with a brand new Suzuki Jimny!

„The past few days and weeks brought some interesting news. We are proud to announce that the top three place-getters of the Red Bull Playstreets, Oscar Scherlin from Sweden, Russ Henshaw from Australia, and Oskari Raitanen from Finland will be competing. Furthermore Kalle Leinonen, the winner of the Austrian Open and Nippon Open, and AJ Kemppainen, who won the Us Open 2008 and placed second at the Nippon Open – both from Finland – are confirmed.“ – says Alex Zika from the organizing agency “Malua Sport Events” based in Vienna.

Indeed, the Suzuki New School Picknick is one of the most relevant European ski freestyle contests. Compared to most other Austrian events it attracts an impressive number of top international athletes. All participants are invited to the contest by the organizers and there is no qualification on site, which makes the entire event even more interesting for the crowd.

The best 15 freeskiers from the german speaking countries battle against 15 of the world’s best New Schoolers! Austrias freestyle - pride will be defended by Patrick Hollaus who placed second in the Suzuki New School Picknick 2007, Schladming’s exceptional talent Florian Wieser and the most successful Austrian Freeskier Martin Misof from Innsbruck – just to name a few.

But Freeskiing does not only mean competing, it also stands for a more relaxed lifestyle in skiing. So a good lineup of interesting side events is almost as important as the competition itself. This time the socializing already starts on the evening of the 21.03.2008 when all the riders, team managers and media representatives will come together for the Welcome Dinner. After the contest on 22.03.2008 Salzburgs Pongau will get to experience another great event. The FM4 – Club presents DJ Phekt (Shakewell Sound/Radio FM4) and DJ Chris Fader (Austrian ITF Champion) in the Laudersbachstadl in Altenmarkt.

Dancing and good music will be on the program till the early morning hours! So it looks like the Suzuki New School Picknick will be worth a journey for everyone who is interested in spectacular freestyle action and a first class party. All informations can be found on: www.newschoolpicknick.com