Our heros

• Joachim Posanz

  TFA European and World Champion

  2014
  TFA European championships in the age category of the competition Toughest Firefighter Alive (overall: 3. place) + German champion, Germany, Mönchengladbach
  2013
  TFA European Champion in the overall ranking of the Toughest Firefighter Alive competition + German Champion. (Triple TFA-title holder: World Champion + European Champion + 
German Champion), age category M 40, Mönchengladbach, Germany
  2012
  TFA World Champion (at the World Firefighter Games – defending champion) in the overall rankings of the Toughest Firefighter Alive competition, age category M 40, Sydney, Australia
  2010
  TFA World Champion (at the World Firefighter Games) in the overall rankings of the Toughest Firefighter Alive Competition, age category M 35 Daegu, South Korea
  2008
  TFA Vice-World Champion in his age category (at the World Firefighter Games) – 5th overall, age category M 40 Liverpool, UK

  ESKA®´s toughest brand ambassadors
  ESKA® brand ambassadors are of a world-class standard, especially the two Göttingen-based firefighters Joachim Posanz and Alexander Meyer. The two Toughest Firefighters Alive regularly push their bodies to the limit both at work and in competitions. They embody and convey the ESKA® values at international competitions and in the media – both as a team and as individual competitors.

• Alexander Meyer

  TFA European and World Champion

  2015
  
Firefighter Stairrun (2nd place overall), age category over 80, Germany, Berlin
  2013 

  TFA European Champion in his age category (3rd overall), TFA European Championship, Mönchengladbach, Germany
  2012
  TFA Vice-World Champion (6th overall), age category M 35, 
Sydney, Australia
  2011
  TFA European Champion + German Champion (2nd overall), age category M 35, Mönchengladbach, Germany
  2010
  TFA World Champion (3rd overall), World Firefighters Games, age category M 35, Daegu, South Korea

  ESKA®´s toughest brand ambassadors
  ESKA® brand ambassadors are of a world-class standard, especially the two Göttingen-based firefighters Joachim Posanz and Alexander Meyer. The two Toughest Firefighters Alive regularly push their bodies to the limit both at work and in competitions. They embody and convey the ESKA® values at international competitions and in the media – both as a team and as individual competitors.

• Marc Horper

  TFA firefighter

  Marc Horper – 26 years old

  • Since the age of 10, Marc is at the fire department
  • Professional firefighter at the airport in Luxembourg
  • TFA competitor since 2016

• TFA Team Puchkirchen

  TFA Firefighters

  Current team: 7 Men & 1 Woman

  Biggest singles success:

  – European Championships in the FCC relay competition mixed

  – State champion at TFA 2018

  Top places in the team:

  – Top 10 at TFA 2016

  – Top 5 at FCC relay competition mixed 2017 & 2018

• Sören Warzok

  TFA Competitor

  Age: 24

  Combat Challenge Düsseldorf 2017

  Einzellauf: 3. Platz / Altersklasse 2. Platz

  Tandem 1:33 Platz 5

  Mix Tandem 1:48 Platz 2

  Staffel Platz 1

  Europas Challenge Hardegsen 2017

  Gesamtzeit: 2. Platz / Altersklasse 1. Platz

  Combat Challenge Berlin 2017

  Einzelzeit: 3. Platz / 1. Platz Altersklasse

  Tandem: 2. Platz

  Mix-Tandem: 3. Platz

  Staffel 2. Platz

• Manuel Gößler

  Firefighter and Austrian Champion

  2015 – 2nd best Austrian fire fighter, 16th place in the age category, 47th place of 500 overall standings

  2014 – 12th place TFA European championships in Mönchengladbach, 3rd place at the TFA Austrian championships in Siegendorf

  2013 – 11th place at the TFA European championships in Mönchengladbach

  2012 – 1st place (Austrian champion) in the age category 18-30 years, 2nd place (Vice-Austrian champion), 3rd place in the overall rankings of the Toughest Fire Fighter Alive Competition

  Austrian championships in Siegendorf
  4th place at the TFA

  World championships in Sydney
  -World championship in the age category- – 2nd place
  (Vice-Austrian champion) at the Firefighter Combat Challenge Austria in Wels, 15th place at the TFA European championships in Mönchengladbach, 3rd place at the TFA Austrian championships in Siegendorf

• Firefighter Team 59

  Champion d'Europe TFA

  Following participation in the international Firefighter Challenge in Interlaken (Switzerland) and the Firefighter Combat Challenge (FCC) in Strasbourg, four firefighters from the SDIS 59 formed a team with the aim of taking part in the national and international competitions of the Firefighter Combat Challenges, and representing France. The team for the 2016 season comprised seven firefighters from the central fire department and from the Lille-Bouvines, Roubaix, Vieux-Condé, Denain and Saint-Amand fire services.

  Season 2016:

  FCC Straßburg Euro Finals

  RFA in Torun (Poland)

  Season 2015:

  FCC Strasbourg

  FCC Mösel

  Season 2014:

  FCC Val de Moselle

• Oliver Andorfer

  Free skier and Trainer (Olympic centre Salzburg)

  Event History:
  Champ of the ramp: Red Bull White Rush World Heli Challenge 02 (New Zealand), Rookie Challenge (Qualifier Freeride WM Verbier), Planet X-Games 02 (Perisher Blue, AUS), European Championship Skier-X (Westendorf), Euro Slopestyle Cup (Kleinwalsertal), Red Bull Snowthrill Monterosa, New Zealand Freeski Open (Wanaka, NZL), O´neill Rookie Quest (AUT, FRA, USA)

• Valentin Werner-Tutschku

  Freerider

  Biography

  • Freerider and Filmmaker at Mountain Tribe
  • Riders Alliance at Protect Our Winters
  • Sportmanagement Student Innsbruck University
  • Skiinstructor

  Results Freeride World Qualifier

  • 2nd Open Faces Gastein
  • 3rdOpen Faces FJT Alpbachtal
  • 11^thOpen Faces Montafon
  • 11^thNendaz Freeride

  Facebook profile

  Instagram profile

  Mountain Tribe Project

• Philipp Fuchs

  Passionate Snowboarder / Mountainbiker

  Sport activities/hobbys:

  • Snowboarding
  • Mountainbiking (Enduro / Downhill)
  • Surfing

  I ride snowboards since i am a young boy. In the last years snowboarding has become one of my main issues of my life.

  No matter whether Powder or Park, or sometimes a Urban Session in the city, the central issue for me is going out with friends and have fun.

  I try to spend the most time of my life in the beautiful mountains for snowboarding and mountain biking.

• Robin Matzke

  Winter sportsman and trainer of passion

  • Ski instructor and tennis coach (DSLV & WTV)
  • Member of the ‘Ski Alpin’ teaching team in the sports faculty at the University of Münster
  • Favourite spots: Whistler Blackcomb, B.C. Canada, Les Portes du Soleil (France|Switzerland), Zillertal (Austria), Hachi Kita Kogen (Japan)
  • Education: Sport sciences and English Language and Literature
  • Free time: Outdoor sports (skiing, snowboarding, hiking), tennis and fitness sports, cooking and music

• Janine Tschanhenz

  Freeride Skier

  Residence: Montafon & Innsbruck, Austria

  Date of Birth: 1990

  Profession: Social Education Worker, Ski Instructor

  Homespot: Silvretta Montafon

  Sports: Freeride Skiing, Rock climbing, Surfing

  Sponsors: Vaude, Early Bird Skis, Silvretta Montafon, Eska

  Favourites: Skiing, Travelling, Mountains

• Martin Ponweiser

  Ski and snowboard teacher

  • State-certified snowboarding instructor and snowboarding guide
  • Since 2002, instructor at the University Sport Institute of Vienna
  • Since 2005, chief snowboarding instructor at the Vienna ski and snowboarding instructors’ association
  • Since 2011, instructor for the state snowboarding instructor’s qualification

• Ski school Hermann Maier Flachau

• ÖSV Speedski Austria Team

• Stefan Moser

  Passionate freerider

  Passionate freerider
  9th Big Mountain Fieberbrunn AUT 2007
  2nd Big Mountain Fieberbrunn Open AUT 2008 (no final that year!)
  1st Scott Big Mountain Fieberbrunn Open AUT 2009
  13th Scott Big Mountain Fieberbrunn AUT 2009
  3rd Quiksilver Freeridebattle SLO 2009
  4th Nendaz Freeride Qualification CH 2009
  23rd Nendaz Freeride CH 2009 (tore my ACL in the final!)
  47th in the Freeride World Tour rankings
  3rd Scott Big Mountain Fieberbrunn AUT 2010
  8th Winter Mystic Experience Monte Rosa ITA 2010
  5th Kanin Freeride Battle SLO 2010
  12th in the Freeride World Qualifier Ranking 2010

• Mag. Dr. Thomas Stöggl

  • 14 times Austrian cross-country skiing champion
  • 4 times national champion in cross-country skiing individual sprint German/Austrian champion in sprint and team sprint, Munich 2006
  • 5 times World Cup points in cross-country skiing sprint: (Best position: 17th in the WC in Düsseldorf 2006/07)
  • World Championship participant: 2005 Oberstdorf and 2007 Sapporo: Ranked
    27th in the sprint
  • 12 times Salzburg state champion Austrian record holder over the marathon distance for inline speed skating (53:41.0) July 18, 2002
  • 1st place Koasalauf 50 km classical technique, 2003
  • 2nd place Vuokatti Hiihto 2010 60 km, classical technique
  • 4 times winner of the international Ganghoferlauf, classic long distance

• Skiclub ESKA Wels

  Skiing Club

  The Wels skiing club has been one of the biggest and most tradition-steeped skiing clubs in Austria since 2003. In 2005, the club celebrated its 60th anniversary. As is to be expected, the club’s activities are mainly focused on skiing. General training, starting with beginner courses for little ones through advanced courses to one-day and multi-day trips, as well as week-long vacations form the basis of the activities. Races in all areas of the country also form fixed items on the club’s calendar. Here, the key focus is on supporting young people. Yet the program is not only restricted to winter. Preparative skiing-based gym sessions, Nordic walking, hiking, and mountain bike tours are also offered in the summer months.