St Anton film festival - 24-28 August
2 options to enjoy your time this August in St Anton am Arlberg - summer hiking, biking, relaxation, dining, spa….. or better still to get the blood pumping for the coming winter season by seeing a selection of alpine films at the St Anton Film Festival. There might be no snow on the ground in St Anton but ski and snowboard movies from previous years are on offer for all those needing a winter fix. I will be heading down there to see a few of the features and take a look at the temporary Mooserwirt bar that I read is planned for the festival hosting Arlberg-well centre - if Mooserwirt and ‘well’ aren’t direct contradictions then I am lost for what is 
Early extreme ski filming efforts - Skiing Austria style with an ice-screwed winch system to launch a zipflbob rider into the stratosphere - the rigging broke - image © www.skiingaustria.co.uk
i like the picture. good memories. what a fun day that was.
Yes this was a low budget hybrid of Jackass & Warren Miller. The idea was to create a pulley system attached to a skier that accelerated a zipflbob riders down a slope and fire them off a cliff (in the days before fatherhood and with comprehesive health insurance). Sadly the belays broke loose and we lost much of the catapult effect. Sadly? Maybe not actually as we managed about 6m through the air without being launched.