Team Holledau

The 90s. Those were the days. Contests often saw over 50 participants in the under-16 category for slalom, and snakeboarding had a unique spirit that everyone felt. The Just for Fun Team Holledau was at the heart of this, with weekly Snaker meetings at an Edeka parking lot in Wolnzach, organized by Harald Immenhausen with his son Manuel Kaufmann (today: Guggenbichler) and Beate Redl with her son Simon Redl.

The two close friends and cousins Basti and Morris, who had shared life’s milestones, began their snakeboarding journey slowly in 1994 with the Viper, 1995 the Pro, 1996 the Ashley and so on. Progressing to winning more and more slalom prizes for the Team Holledau and then also participating in freestyle.

By 1999, slalom ended with the World and European Championships, and from 2000, it was no longer featured in the D-Cups. By 2021, with the ending of D-Cups and the dissolution of the snakeboard company Boards Unlimited - and also the Just For Fun Team Holledau - snakeboarding had become more of an underground sport than ever before.

6 years later, one of the friends has passed away, leaving a void. The other continued, but the spirit of those days seemed lost. Then, more than two decades after the last slalom contest, something shifted: The streetboarding scene started to gain new energy, with fresh faces, renewed enthusiasm, and, importantly, new kids, including Basti's son. This resurgence, alongside reconnecting with veterans of the 90s and in memory of Morris, reignited a dream:

Let’s all come together again - young and old, newcomers and veterans, beginners and pros - and revive slalom. Freestyle is spectacular, but slalom unites everyone, even those who aren’t into extreme tricks. Let’s rekindle the passion for our beloved sport, grow the scene, and breathe new life into it - "Just For Fun"

With this event, we make a start - join us at the

BAVARIAN OPEN 2024

Snakeboard/Streetboard Slalom Championship

DATE: October 6th, 2024 | 10:00 - 18:00

LOCATION: Olympiapark Munich

MODERATOR: Jay Nowman

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R.I.P. Morris Kastner