What's up everybody I'm Alex, I'm Marko and you're watching Vagabrothers.
And this week we're snowboarding
off-piste in the Alps. Willkommen to St. Anton, Austria
So far this winter we've been to some amazing places
from the nature of Finland to the breweries of the Czech Republic
and the baths of Budapest. But snowboarding in the Alps
has been a dream of ours ever since we were little snowboard grommets.
The Alps are synonymous with winter and all that comes with it
gorgeous snow-topped mountains picture-perfect villages
and the best of winter sports. And for us Austria had a little bit
of all of that, but we never been. So when the Austrian Tourism Board invited us to
spend a week in St. Anton
We hopped on early morning train from Budapest to the Tirolean Alps
That's how I feel right now...
As our train chugged up the planes western Hungary into Austria
we saw good news out the window - snow, and lots of it!
We celebrated accordingly.
We just took a train from Budapest to the Austrian Alps.
We're now in the small village of Saint Anton in the West of Austria
and it's beautiful but also known as "the cradle of alpine skiing."
It's also pretty famous for "apres-ski" which means we're gonna be shredding
and partying all week right here. You ready?
Let's get into it! Vamos!
[In bad Austrian accent] We were welcomed by Wilma
from the Tourism Board who told us that we came at the best possible time
Powder, sunshine and blue sky. Welcome!
Very good! You're a natural!
As Wilma drove us to our hotel she told us why she loves living in Saint Anton
And if the weather is nice,
like today usually I would go up the mountain and ski, just for a run or two
Perfect. Good quality of life.
We checked into a family-run bed and breakfast then went
to the slopes to see a show they explain St. Anton's history of skiing
And on the way, we met one of the performers who helped us warm up a bit to the cold.
Don't drink it all! Schnapps? Yeah. Not a bad way to start off the trip!
That's how...in the old time, that's the avalanche transceiver control.
The show told the story of how in the last century St. Anton
evolved from a small farming community at the base at the Arlenberg Mountain
into the cradle of alpine skiing, making it famous around the world
The next morning we woke up to find the whole valley covered in snow
Good the morning guys and welcome to St. Anton, Austria!
It's snowed a ton overnight it's gonna snow for the next three days and people are telling
us we're here in the best possible time. Amazing conditions.
So we're gonna get our boards, get geared up and then go shred the pow.
We just got suited, now we've got to get booted and boarded
Alright guys, cheers! Thank you! Peace!
Piece by piece we got all our gear and then jumped in the gondola for our first run
Alex and I have been snowboarding our whole lives, and it's my favorite sport
But since we started traveling we've barely been
As you can imagine you're pretty rusty, but luckily there are some fresh snow
to cusion our falls!
Warm-up completed
now it's the time to go a little bit higher into the mountains
Huge resort
huge mountain
This is day one and there's some nice little fresh pow
in the trees which is sorta ducking and dodging
Gettin' our shred on.
Just finished an amazing powder day but we're not done yet.
No, now it's time for the apres ski. Apres-ski is French for "after-ski" but
to everyone one else it means the party that happens when you're done snowboarding.
So we're gonna go check it out
starting with this place called Taps.
The first round of "weissbier" [wheat beer] turned into another... and another
[drunken voice] ...and another...
Until next thing you know there were girls jumping on the bar
getting a little crazy!
After that we checked out the legendary spot right next door
The Krazy Kanguruh
Apres ski numéro deux... at The Krazy Kanguruh
The Krazy Kanguruh has a reputation that preceeds it
So we asked some locals what the fuss was all about.
Everyone from around the world comes here, parties together, up dancing on the tables inside
Girls getting their tits out...it's a good time yeah, every day...every day of the week, man
Good life, good life... Yew!!!
All around us people were having a good time, throwing back Jaeger Bombs
and spreading the good vibes.
By the time we emerged, it was dark and there was some sobering news.
Unfortunately it looks like someone stole Marko's snowboard
So if you ever do come here, it's probably good to get to get insurance policy on your rental
or bring a lock for your skis.
it was a total buzz kill, because not only with Marko have to pay for the stolen board
but it was still dumping, and the next day was bound to be epic
That night I walked down to the rental shop and they told me the only hope was that
someone had taken it by mistake
so in the meantime they hooked me up with a new board which was better and told me
to wait a few days before paying for the replacement.
The next morning we woke up to sunshine
and power and decided to make the most our last day riding
With nearly a meter of fresh snow, the ski patrol was dynamiting the peaks
which meant it would be a good day to do some back country riding
Oh my goodness guys, the conditions today are incredible
some of the best, fluffiest powder I've ever ridden in my life
and the good news is that the first two days we've really only been in this small
part of the mountain
There's 97 lifts and there's a bunch of different villages...like, tucked away in the mountains
so we're gonna like take them up and go
village hopping on snowboards. Where else can you do that? This is awesome. You ready?
I'm down. Let's roll...let's ride!
Oh my god guys look at how freaking gorgeous this place is!
Village number one
St. Christoph. Check.
Finally we felt warmed up, so with sunshine and fresh pow pow it was time to go off-piste
St. Anton has 200 kilometers of off-piste tracks
some the best in the world but definitely not a place for beginners
Luckily, we made a new friend
and the three of us decided to attack the slopes
Hey, I'm Johan, I'm from Norway, and I enjoy skiing with Americans
What's the best thing about St. Anton?
Steep terrain and deep powder.
You can't ask for so much more than that.
It was truly one of the best days of riding we've ever had
but there is still so much more of the Arlberg to discover
It's so nice!
[WHAM!!! - Marko hits a hidden rock ]
Oh!!! Total fail... but nothing better than powder in the beard
But the next morning we woke up to a total whiteout and decided
to do something off of the mountain.
Wow, I'm really excited. We get to go drive sports cars in the snow.
I don't know why they are letting us get behind a $50,000 automobile
but apparently they have good four wheel drive
Hope it's not a mistake, we already lost a snowboard this week so... Hey, don't jinx it, man!
Let's not total a car!
I think we'll be fine
You're going to have a great experience driving over all kind of items
and see what the car can do under really hard conditions
It's a lot of fun, it's a little bit scary sometimes but it's pretty cool
I cannot believe the held, that was at 39 degrees
apparently it can go up to 48 but that was just insane.
Alright guys is so we just did the parkour course but what we're about to do
looks way more fun. It's drifting! We're gonna be driving an Audi s5
and doing basically donuts in the snow.
How this is allowed and encouraged, I don't know, but this is great... But I love it! You ready?
Let's do it. Good luck!
Let's hope I do alright, don't want to drift this thing too hard!
Nice one bro!
Driving the Audis was tons of fun, but there was still one more thing I had to handle
paying for that stolen snowboard.
So I just went back to the rental place to go pay
the fine for losing my board, and I show up and what do they say?
Some guy came in to get my board tuned today after accidentally taking it
Didn't realize it was not his board so
my board was returned and I don't have to pay anything! Hi five!
It was some happy news to end an amazing week in St. Anton
so thanks to the St. Anton tourism board for hosting us
If you're inspired to come visit, check out their links in the infobox
and if you've been here share your tips in the comment section below
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Where could that be? Figure it out!
I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!
I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it!
I know I know I know I want you, I want you