El Tony Crew Clash 2025 – JatzPark Davos

The starting signal was given in September 2024: Flo Würgler (Marketing Director) from El Tony Mate introduced us to a completely new contest format - not a classic competition, but a team video project with creative freedom. It quickly became clear that this event had to be held in Davos Klosters!
Thanks to the ideal infrastructure - the JatzPark on the Jakobshorn, the Mountain Hotels and the support of our crew - the Crew Clash 2025 found a perfect home. Also on board: the experienced event agency Distillery, known for the Swatch Nines. The snow park was redesigned together with our head shaper Martin Stänz: Special obstacles, a 4.5 metre high wallride with El Tony branding and a completely reshaped park - the best conditions for progression and creativity. Away from the park, too, everything was perfect: catering by the Jatzhütte, stylish accommodation at the Hotel National and, to top it all off, the Chalet Bello as the location for the official screening & afterparty.

Five crews, five team captains - all familiar faces from the snowboard and freeski scene. Each crew was led by an El Tony Mate athlete and put together individually. There was also a videographer who was responsible for the final edit.

• TEAM ELIO
  Teamcaptain: Elio Fumagalli | Riders: Lars Popp, Hannah Hrund Thor, Remco Kayser, Joe Simpson, Jake Simpson | Video: Joe Simpson, Jake Simpson
• TEAM CELIA
  Teamcaptain: Celia Petrig | Riders: Kealan Venning, Gustaf Lundström, Andrin Marty, Joey van der Meer | Video: Stefan Uskov
• TEAM KIM
  Teamcaptain: Kim Gubser | Riders: Gian Andri Bolinger, Mario Grob, Kai Mahler, Mia Langridge | Video: Nico Wehrli
• TEAM NICK
  Teamcaptain: Nick Pünter | Riders: Aliah Eichinger, Lucas Foster, Elias Allenspach, Tatsu Yamagishi | Video: Fabio Storm
• TEAM LUKAS
  Teamcaptain: Lukas Müllauer | Riders: Hannes Rudigier, Sam Baumgartner, Thierry Wili, Reinhard Kranawendter | Video: Nicolas Bredeston

No fixed setup, no scoreboard, no time pressure - just creativity, teamwork and style! The crews had time from Wednesday to Friday to film their personal edit in the Snowpark Davos. The only rule: Max. 5 minutes running time and submission by Saturday, 15:00. The speciality: Judging was done exclusively by the riders themselves - plus an audience award via live voting at the screening.

Prize money:

• Best film entry: CHF 10,000.-
• MVP Female & Male: CHF 2,000.- each
• Audience favourite: CHF 2,000.-

The freestyle athletes arrived individually in Davos on Tuesday afternoon - many of them were already there, as the freestyle world championships had taken place in St. Moritz the previous week. There was already a relaxed, motivating atmosphere in the hotel lobby. The first joint crew dinner began at 7 pm, before the official riders' meeting began at 8.30 pm. There, all participants were officially welcomed and received the final information about the Crew Clash Video Contest. Highlight of the evening: each crew received exclusive, colour-branded Crew Clash jackets, which were drawn by the team captains in a creative game. There were also cool goodies - from caps and bags to bandanas. After the official part, the crews exchanged their video ideas - the creative flow was awakened.

On Wednesday morning, we headed up to the Jakobshorn in the JatzPark. The athletes were amazed by the impressive crew clash wallride and the perfectly shaped park. We would like to take this opportunity to praise our shaper crew - they redesigned the park especially for the event and created plenty of space for creative lines.

A cosy chill-out zone with deckchairs, a sound system, parasols and a large selection of El Tony Mate was also created right next to the valley station of the JatzPark lift - a perfect place for athletes and visitors alike to relax. From Wednesday to Friday evening, the participants had time to produce their own video edit. Shape tools and small obstacles such as El Tony Mate oil drums were available for them to creatively integrate into their clips. The vibe in the park was relaxed throughout. Everyone filmed together, chilled out and pushed each other to come up with new tricks - without any of the usual contest pressure. Instead of competition, the focus was on having fun - and socialising with friends. The crowning glory of the first day was a sunset session. The park lift ran until 17:00 before the athletes were safely escorted down into the valley by the rescue service.

Curious about the videos from the Crew Clash? Keep scrolling - you can find all the crews' edits at the bottom of the blog!

The community was invited on Saturday - and they turned up in large numbers. At the Public Day in JatzPark, kids, locals and ski clubs were able to shred with the pros, collect autographs and get valuable tips. In the afternoon, the youngsters showed what they can do. Tricks were shown in several freestyle sessions, with goodies and drinks awaiting El Tony. The jury? The pros themselves - just like the locals.

On Saturday evening, the Chalet Bello hosted the big video screening. The atmosphere: exuberant and electrifying. The atmosphere: exuberant and electrifying. Each crew presented their video - from stylish to humorous, from technical to creative. A real firework display of freestyle diversity.

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