Istanbul

I'm in Istanbul now, flying to Ankara in 3 hours and then on to Erzurum. Gonna arrive there at midnight, I think!

Turkey is nice but kind of expensive :)

PBRJ 2010

A friend just gave me two clips of me at the Peanut Butter and Rail Jam EU Finals in Laax that went down last april.
Sadly, those are the only shots I have of the contest (Merci, Margot!)...
It was definitely the best day of my snowboard-life so far because I won and got a ticket to Mammoth, CA that day. :)

New clothes

I just got some new clothes from Rip Curl from season 11/12. Their clothes are getting more stylish every year!!
They're also very green and eco-friendly and I really like that about Rip Curl.. Check them out at www.ripcurl.eu. Thumbs up!

Thanks to Andrea for taking pictures! <3

I'm back!

I just had my final exam yesterday and already went riding again today. It was awesome!

And my name was printed in a Swiss newspaper today: http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/Start-zur-Universiade/story/12551716 :)

10 days to go

In 10 days, I'll be on my way to Erzurum. I just got the official "Team Schweiz" Clothes. I also met some of the other participants and I'm sure that we're gonna have a blast over there in the orient with thousands of minarets :)

Check out the clothes:





I've never felt this Swiss before haha.

By the way, I had to buy a FIS Licence to compete in the Universiade... and I know, this whole FIS stuff doesn't really represent my kind of snowboarding lifestyle but as this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to represent my university (!) internationally in a snowboard competition, I thought I should forget about my little issues with the FIS and just go for it and give my best.

11.1.11

Bonjour

I'm still studying like crazy but studying can be kind of fun, too..

I just discovered a photo of me at the Iceripper Junior Open in Laax last december. I didn't do well at the contest but this photo was taken during the training, the day before the contest at about 3.30pm. The weather had been moody all day and it had just gotten sunny so I was really stoked to ride the perfect Laax pipe.
I love the light in the picture, and the flashlight next to the coping of the pipe!



by Claudio Casanova

Summary

Hi there!

Welcome to my blog. I have created it in order to inform my family, friends and sponsors about my whereabouts, my snowboarding, my trips, my contests and other parts of my life.

This is what I've been up to so far this season:

Some jibbing in Laax with friends:

2 from Gina Somaini on Vimeo.

Some Halfpipe riding in Laax:



Nike 6.0 Stairset battle in Hoch Ybrig in december:



Rip Curl catalog shooting in Stubai in november:



And I won the Rhino Rail Jam in October




At the moment, I'm studying for my exams. I'm in my third year studying Medicine at Basel University.

After my exams on the 26th of January, I'm heading to Laax to go riding for a few days.
On the 31th of January, I'm going to fly to Erzurum, Turkey, where I'll be competing at the Universiade for the Swiss team. I'm really excited about that!!
I'll be back on February 7, and will be shredding in Laax again, until the new semester starts on the 21st.

I'll keep you updated about Erzurum. It's gonna be awesome!!

Hugs and kisses

Gina