Innsbruck: The Heart of the Alps and Home for Pro Snowboarder Elias Elhardt | Insight

Elias Elhardt rides the backcountry with the acuity of the best of his predecessors. From pillow lines and spines to natural booters and mogul patches, he’s one of the most versatile snowboarders today. If you’ve watched his video parts, you know. His style builds upon itself. Powder-heavy cornice drops segue into handplants on rotting trees, back sevens, and lofty methods. Plain and simple, Elias kills it. That’s why he gets paid to snowboard.
But when snowboarding is your job, keeping a positive outlook on it becomes more difficult. It’s all too easy to view it as the everyday grind. Constant traveling and performing is exhausting in any context. That’s why Elias makes a point of balancing work and play: “I definitely need that balance of performing and enjoying snowboarding without any spectators, just doing it for myself and appreciating the joy of movement.”
That’s why Elias resides in Innsbruck, Austria, in the heart of the Alps. To him, it provides normalcy within a hectic life. He can come home and be around friends whose lives don't revolve around snowboarding. He can relax and recharge for his next trip to the mountains, be it around the world or 20 minutes from his front door.
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[@TheLaluShowTLS]

Probably one of the greatest closing quotes in regards to snowboarding, in regards to sport, and possibly in regards to life.

[@roryhughes23]

true

[@ELCNUmorFnaMehT]

Real talk.

[@allstarracer5621]

One of the best snowboarding videos about Austria I've ever seen, love it ;)

[@helloitsme543]

Nice to know that Elias has a Korua Shape in his Garage!

[@robertrydlewski9538]

I decided to move to Innsbruck 😄🤣. Very cool video 👍

[@Mr122Eli]

It's great to the city, I will move to in a week, from the view of a prosnowboarder! And this in such an epic edit.

[@budweiser4]

I miss Innsbruck so much! Great video :)

[@syhi7971]

What a dope edit. I like his point about Style & Philosophy.
Ill spend a few month in the Arlberg Region this Season.

[@bravoswede]

One of my top 5 riders for boarding inspiration . Awesome.

[@wagnerm25]

Me and my wife were in Innsbruck last april and we love every moment.

[@tyetygonTyeTygon]

looks like a lot of fun!!

[@gytismeidus1853]

Nice inspiring video. Well done. :)

[@koukoufrikos]

Awesome!!!

[@joaserfreekickerz6321]

It's cool to life here near Innsbruck

[@harleywoolford5247]

Innsbruck looks like such a cool place to live

[@felix3420]

Wait wait wait ... how did you make the shot at 3:20? That's incredible!

[@the_ancient_library]

Song at the end?

[@footyCS]

What's the first track in the video?

[@israelgonzalezabrego3551]

Looks that will be the best part for Inside movie... Well for me
Some one know in wich movies will appear Nicolas Muller and Gigi Ruff, I no see a pírate productions for this season

[@PaulJohnBalderston]

Israel Gonzalez Abrego Nicolas is making his own movie fruition and union bindings is making a movie with the pirate crew called strong in which gigi will appear

[@israelgonzalezabrego3551]

Insight movie*

[@etiennemaier4426]

First

[@SBecktacular]

More and more I think these videos should be without music

[@gytismeidus1853]

Nice inspiring video. Well done. :)