20 YEARS ERZBERGRODEO
MYTHS, EMOTIONS, LEGENDS
20 FOR 20
WEBISODE 11: FULL MOTO VILLAGE
To describe the importance of the Erzbergrodeo to the Eisenerz,
I want to cite a quote of an Eisenerzer.
A couple years back, he was asked
what the Erzbergrodeo meant for him
as a local, and he replied:
"You know, we live four days a year, and 361 we live off them."
We have to imagine, that it is a week in the year,
where the hosts run out of Coca Cola, out of Fanta, out of Sprite.
It's a sleepy community.
TOURISM MAGNET NUMBER 1 IN THE REGION ERZBERG
When we arrive with our event,
then there is life, and that's good for the village.
When the Attack on Eisenerz began,
people initially closed their shutters.
You can see things have changed; they are now on the streets,
waiting for us, waving and happy.
That's nice and it does us good.
Yeah, I think, that we all are lucky to be able to stay connected
with each other somehow;
because the economic situation of Eisenerz
of course is not the best.
I think, that it's really important, that we support each other.
The Erzbergrodeo is very good for Eisenerz and for the whole environment around it,
as you can see by the numbers.
The economic factor of Erzbergrodeo is important for the whole region,
and it's good that way.
There are statistics which show, that there are people from England,
who come for vacations, even after the event.
That means, maybe it will manage
to wake the town up again,
and to make it known as a vacation destination.
When you multiply your population by ten once a year,
then, I think, that leaves a mark;
I think it has an influence on people.
So I think that in the course of many years,
many people, many Eisenzerzers
realized that the Erzbergrodeo
can function as a business there, if they really work hard.
All of that was confirmed in the last few years.
The advertising effectiveness they achieved could be exploited even more.
I hope for Eisenerz and for the whole region,
that we may be able to develop something together,
because the mountain is able to do a lot and the people are too.
When nothing else works, then Andi Lettenbichler will come; he works.
WEBISODE 12: LETTENBICHLER'S ERZBERGRODEO CURSE
I can remember the first appearance of Andi Lettebichler
at the Erzbergrodeo very well.
An extremely nice, friendly
and pleasant person.
Andreas, when he drove BMW back then,
was driving a four-stroke bike,
which didn't promise the best cards in the extreme enduro scene.
And back then he reached a top position, even with a defect.
He's from the trial sport
and therefore he's one of the best people in the world,
who can always be expected to win.
At the top of my list are Letti, Lettenbichler,
Gerichtsgraben really was a Gerichtsgraben
and then Letti drove in there with his BMW,
and I saw that on one side,
I think on the left side, there were no footrests anymore.
If someone knows that part of the track, I was there by coincidence,
and we saw, how he drove through there.
It wasn't the bike, it was only his willpower
which whipped the man through that section.
That was the best thing I've ever seen.
That is where every ordinary person stops
because it's just too much to drive
through the most difficult parts of the track,
standing on only one foot. And I think that shows really well,
that Andi regards giving up as not an option.
We often hear about Andi Lettenbichlers Erzbergrodeo Curse.
I don't see it like that, even though Andi never won at the Erzbergrodeo,
he was many times at the podium.
And he even was very, very close to the top step at the podium.
The achievements which brought him to this podium
are so enormous, and so extremely remarkable,
so that Andi Lettenbichler doesn't need the first place.
PARTICIPATING SINCE 2006, 4-TIMES 2ND PLACE
For Andreas Lettenbichler there were a lot of important components,
he had defects,
he did not have the stuff you need to win.
He's simply an enthusiast,
and therefore he just uses the capabilities he has.
SON MANUEL REACHES THE FIRST START ROW AT THE PROLOGUE 2013
"Constant dripping wears away the stone,"
so Letti will do it at some point,
for me he's still one of the favorites
or the only favorite who can compete with Jarvis
in any way.
He's become one of my best friends, and I really value him.
I'm a big fan of Andreas.