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The ISPO AWARD Jury 2012 – International and professional expertise
The jury for the ISPO AWARD in the product division is made up of international sport journalists as well as experts from trade and design. All four segments will be covered. The judgement of professional athletes will also influence the decision of the jury.
ISPO AWARD Jury /// Action
Mike Lewis (Head of Jury)
Editor-in-Chief, Transworld Business Magazine, USA
Personal Statement
"ISPO's past boardsports awards are internationally acclaimed and a strong metric for what products will do well not only in Europe but in the US market as well. It's an honor to be a part of the launch of ISPO AWARD and to weigh in on the top innovations this year in the action sports market."
Career
With an MBA in Marketing and Environmental Management, Mike Lewis brings to the table elite business knowledge in addition to an extensive action sports background of over 20 years, managing several snowboard/skate shops. His journalism career archive is extensive, stemming from local Colorado newspapers to action sports multimedia brand, Bluetorch. Lewis has been with TransWorld since 2007 and oversees TransWorld Business' editorial staff and manages the brand's multiple media outlets.
Danny Burrows
Editor-in-Chief, Onboard Magazine, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"I am very much looking forward to see the new innovations for this coming season as I believe that progress and change are what's needed to keep snowboarding fresh and to attract new kids into the sport."
Career
"I have been editor of Onboard magazine for the past 10 years, having come into the job via freelance journalism and photography. I began my riding days on surf and skate boards and got into snowboarding in the early 90s when I was working in a surf shop in the UK."
Kuno Prey
Professor of Product Design, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Personal Statement
"It's an extremely stimulating experience that allowed me to get in touch with interesting people, learn new things about sport and enjoy myself all at the same time."
Career
After completing his education in Art and Design, he began operating in his own studio. His natural curiosity led him to experiment the use of new materials and technologies. His original and ingenious work developed into highly successful products that won a host of international awards. From 1993 to 2002 he was appointed Professor of Product Design at the Faculty of Art and Design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, Germany. In 2002 he returned to Italy to found the Faculty of Design and Art at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano that, guided by him as dean until 2010, is now rated among the most renown schools in Europe. Starting October 2010 he has resumed teaching full time and doing research in product design.
Jeremy Sladen
Snowboard Operations Manager, The Snowboard Asylum, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"Innovation is one of the things that marks snowboarding out from other sports, so to have the opportunity to be involved in celebrating the creative minds within our industry is an opportunity to good to miss."
Career
"I have been involved in snowboarding since 1984 and working within the industry since 1987. My first role was as UK brand manager for Sims Snowboards, since then I have worked with many snowboard brands and manufacturers across a whole host of product categories. I was also involved with the establishment of the ISF back in the early 90's and was also heavily involved with setting up the UK snowboard Association. Then in 1994 I moved to the other side of the industry and became Operations Manager for the retail chain The Snowboard Asylum. We grew this brand to become the UK's no1 snowboard retailer managing to grow our business whilst also retaining our status as a core retailer."
Martin Willners
Editor-in-Chief, Sportfack Magazine, Sweden
Personal Statement
I totally love innovative products and being part of the jury for ISPO AWARD is a chance for me to give credit to those that deserve it.
Career
"I'm raised in the board sport world and very proud of that. I started skateboarding in 1977 and bought my first snowboard in 1979 and have been riding both since then. I had my own clothing company for 6-7 years in the mid 80's and switched to being a freelance photographer. I combined that with running a snowboard shop in Åre and being the coach for the Swedish national team in snowboarding until I started working as editor at the Swedish ski magazine Åka Skidor. That led to my current job as editor-in-chief for the sports trade magazine Sportfack, a position I've had since 2000. Apart from riding skateboard and snowboard I'm into skiing, running and playing golf."
Sebastian Steudtner
Professional Big Wave Surfer, Germany
Personal Statement
It's great to be able to see the products people came up with. The same as in the sport, products are always evolving and getting to a higher standard, its interesting to be involved in that!
Career
Action sports athlete Sebastian Steudtner has surfed some of the biggest waves in the world. In 2010 he won the most prestigious price in big wave surfing, the Global Big Wave Award, when he surfed a 22 meter wave of the northshore of Hawaii. Sebastian is the first internationally recognized european big wave surfer and one of Germany's most popular extreme sports athletes.
Severin Ebner
Hardgoods Buyer, Blue Tomato, Austria
Personal Statement
"It's always interesting to see new stuff at the ISPO, actually I'm pretty stoked to take part in the decision process, which of these products is able to climb the throne of the ISPO AWARD Winner."
Career
"After several years in sales for Burton and some Snowboard shops, I decided to switch sides and have a look at the buying process, for this reason I joined the Oesterreichisch Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck Gmbh and the Münze Österreich. After a while I missed the whole boardsport industry and found a new home in Schladming with the guys from Blue Tomato where I'm now responsible for the whole hardgoods buying process."
Tom Wilson-North
Senior Snowboard Writer, Boardsport Source Magazine, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"Being on the judging panel is interesting for me because it's going to give me a chance to find the next Steve Jobs or Bill Gates of our world. In a world full of gimmicks, I'm going to be looking for those outstanding ideas with the x-factor - in design, usability or ergonomy'."
Career
Tom Wilson-North is an accomplished winter sports writer with a solid background in snowboard hardgoods purchasing and snowboard instruction. He has been heavily involved in new product development, particularly in the backcountry and protective gear sectors. He is married, 32 years old and lives year-round in Chamonix, France, to which he has written an authoritative mountain bike trail book'.
ISPO AWARD Jury /// Ski
Wolfgang Greiner (Head of Jury)
Publisher and Editor, SkiPresse Magazin, Germany
Personal Statement
"Being part of the ISPO AWARD jury is an exciting and honorable task. It's a unique opportunity to honor those people in the sporting goods business, who have visions and ideas that are above the ordinary, with the true potential to shake the market and change the sports world as we know it. It's a responsibility as well as a huge opportunity!"
Career
20 years in sports magazine (b2c and b2b) publishing.
2003-today Publisher, Editor SkiPresse Magazin, Munich
2001-today CEO, die denkbar Corporate Publishing Agency (ispo_news, M,O,C, Inside etc.), Munich
2000-2001 European Editor, extremesports.com, Oceanside (USA)
2000 Editor, IQ Air&Style, Vienna
1999-2000 Editor-in-Chief, snow-news.com, Munich
1997-1998 Editor-in-Chief, MountainSports, Munich
1995-1998 Editor-in-Chief, european snowboarding business, Munich
1992-1996 Editor-at-large, snowboarder MBM, Munich
1991-1993 Press agency Bichlmeir/Greiner/Reese, Munich
Alfredo Tradati
Project and test manager, Outdoortest.it, Italy
Personal Statement
"Being part of the ISPO AWARD jury is for me a honour and a pleasure. I enthusiastically put my expertise and experiences on ski world at disposal of ISPO as I believe the award is a very important acknowledgement for all brands competing, a strong incentive to project even better products following passion and creativity."
Career
Born in Milan in 1955. Skier from early age and competitor for over twenty years. Ski Teacher in 1974, Ski Trainer in 1980. In 1985 coach and athletics responsible in the Italian National Teams with downhillers such as Kristian Ghedina. Journalist since 1990 with the major italian ski and outdoor magazines and web sites, in charge of gear testing and innovation, with hundreds of sessions, thousands of products, and continuing so far. Since 2001 "Expert commentator" of the men alpine skiing competitions within Eurosport TV Italia, in World Cup, World Championships and Olympics. Since 2010 creator, project and test manager of the internet site www.outdoortest.it totally committed to field proofs of outdoor gears, for 4 seasons sports.
Andrej Kupetz
General Manager of the German Design Council, Germany
Career
Andrej Kupetz (*1968) has been General Manager of the Rat für Formgebung/German Design Council in Frankfurt/ Main since 1999. He studied industrial design, philosophy and product marketing in Berlin, London and Paris. In 1997, after various positions in design management and university liaison, Andrej Kupetz joined German Railways (Deutschen Bahn AG) where he was responsible for brand management in the DB Group and for the implementation of various corporate-design processes. Kupetz is member of the advisory board of the Design Management Institute Bosten. Since 2011 Kupetz has been a member of the higher education council of the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach/Main. That same year the European Commission appointed him to the European Design Leadership Board.
Florian Tausch
Editor-in-Chief SkiMagazin,Germany
Personal Statement
"At ISPO you can find tons of new products and concepts. It's exciting to get to know these new trends first-hand and to discuss with other industry experts which one stands out most."
Career
Florian Tausch, born 1969, graduated in Advertising Communications and Arts Management. For more than a decade he worked for various lifestyle-magazines in Germany and Asia before joining SkiMAGAZIN in 2010. In the same year, his novel "Miss Saigon, der Hund, der Japaner und ich" was released.
Mathieu Ros
Editor-in-Chief Ski Magazine, France
Personal Statement
"As a journalist, witnessing what ISPO Award jury members think is best among a selection of the latests trends in the industry is an invaluable experience; being part of the process is even more enticing."
Career
"Before joining the biggest action sports media company in France -Éditions Nivéales, I worked as the editor in a large website for several years. Editions Nivéales publish the following magazines: Snowsurf, Ski Magazine, Skieur Magazine, Grimper, Montagnes, Vertical, etc. I started snowboarding late, at the age of 15, but made up for it, and in the last 20 years I have tried and tested more than 500 different skis and snowboards. I was also able to ski in Europe, Japan, and the Americas in over 100 major or secret resorts, either using the lifts, snowmobiling, skinning up or boarding the occasional heli. I have an academic background in statistical computing, and a PhD in Genetics."
Tomasz Kurdziel
Chief Editor, Owner, Magazyn NTN Snow & More, Poland
Personal Statement
"For last 20 years I haven't miss a single ISPO fair. ISPO is for me the meeting point, inspiration and knowledge source. This is a fix point in my annual calendar - like Christmas."
Career
"For last 15 years I'm happy to publish NTN Magazine Snow&More. I'm one of the very few, who could turn passion into a job. My passion has always been sport: first of all skiing, but also sailing, windsurfing, tennis and lately motorbike rallys (dirt). For all these years I was not only a consumer, but tried to be active, organizing ski races (FIS Carvin Cup), trips, promoting the news. Sport is my life."
ISPO AWARD Jury /// Outdoor
Boris Gnielka (Head of Jury)
Editor of testing and product reviews, outdoor Magazin, Germany
Personal Statement
"It is interesting for me to support the ISPO AWARD as judge, because it is important to figure out the really good innovations from all the new products that are shown at the ISPO."
Career
"My passion for outdoor activities and equipment started about 20 years ago. In the beginning while I was studying economics, I worked part time in an outdoor shop and as a freelance outdoor journalist for different magazines and newspaper, for the last 11 years I have been equipment editor for outdoor, the biggest most influential German outdoor publication. I enjoy/love long backpacking trips in wild regions as well as mountaineering and traditional climbing."
Jens Holst
Store Manager, Globetrotter Ausrüstung, Germany
Career
30 years experience in the outdoor trade (training as a retail merchant, central purchasing of shoes, store manager in Frankfurt and Munich). Member of expeditions and the ACA (American Canoe Association).
Jonas Wiehager
Designer, Boutique Fräsh Show, Sweden
Personal Statement
"I always enjoyed the ISPO awards and I'm looking forward of being part of the jury. Last year I was part of the Sportfack / Swesport jury."
Career
Jonas is Stockholm. A creative, artist & designer who worked with Nike, Lacoste & WeSC amongst others. Cofounder of Boutique Sportif & Boutique Fräsh Trade Show i Stockholm. When he's not working as little as possible or working weekends @ SneakerSnStuff, he rides his scooter & enjoys to travel & meet new & old friend's to eat, drink & talk bullshit.
Michi Wohlleben
Professional mountain climber, Germany
Career
Michi Wohlleben sets s great example for young competent athletes. Only 21 years old, Michi aspires to be a mountain guide and is a professional mountain climber in all conditions. Whether it's climbing the Eiger north face in five hours and ten minutes or going on expeditions in Pakistan or Morocco, Michi knows from his experience what makes an outdoor product stand out.
Olaf Perwitzschky
Editor-in-Chief of Product testing, Alpin Magazin, Germany
Personal Statement
"It is always interesting so see the new products and to discuss with the other jury members what is more and what is less interesting."
Career
Olaf has more than 16 years experience in testing products. He studied sports-journalism at the Deutsche Sporthochschule in Cologne. He is also professional UIAGM Mountain Guide.
Patrick Jost
Owner, Leader, Mountain Guide, Hindelang Mountain Guide Office, Germany
Personal Statement
"The more demanding the requirements are, the more important for me is the equipment. I am delighted to be supporting my experience with the ISPO Award Jury."
Career
Patrick Jost has been working as a full-time professional mountain guide since 1998. Patrick is a member examiners commission TU Munich/certified mountain guides. He has climbed off the three great north faces of the Alps -Eiger, Matterhorn and Grandes Jorasses. In his free time, Patrick enjoys high mountain ski-touring-races.
Piotr Turkot
Co-owner, Publisher, 4outdoor Magazin, Poland
Personal Statement
"ISPO AWARD sets the most important industry trends, to be a part of the jury gives a unique opportunity to meet and analyze many innovations and new trends which are entered by companies. It helps to see a whole a spectrum of new ideas."
Career
Piotr Turkot is a co-owner and publisher of the first Polish outdoor industry magazine - 4outdoor as well as most popular polish climbing site - wspinanie.pl. He is an organizer of cultural and sport event - Krakow Mountain Festival. He is one of the initiators of Polish Outdoor Group and now he is a President of the organization. In his free time he is a climber and outdoor enthusiast.
Simon Baseley
Editor, Publisher, Outdoor Magazine, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"ISPO is the world's premier performance sports show and its awards share that distinction. It's an honour to be involved in judging."
Career
With more than 35 years experience as a journalist and publisher, Simon Baseley is editor of OCC Outdoor and OCC Country. His experience spans a wealth of consumer and business magazines and newspapers, including The Field, The Mail on Sunday and The Yorkshire Post.
Tao Schirrmacher
Designer, Germany
Career
Tao is a passionate surfer who can turn a hobby into work. His lifestyle allows his creativity to transfer to his work as a designer. Tao is most famous for surfing the Eisbach in Munich which is has been doing since 2001.
Volker Leuchsner
Editor-in-Chief, Klettern Magazin, Germany
Personal Statement
"As an engineer, climber and journalist I'm always interested in seeing the latest developments and newest products in the outdoor industry."
Career
"I have been a climber and mountaineer for more than 30 years. I studied aeronautical engineering and finished with the degree of a Diplom Ingenieur. After working in solar energy research for some years I became a professional journalist. Together with my colleague Ralph Stöhr, I founded the climbing and mountaineering magazine klettern in 1995. Since then I am the editor in chief of klettern."
ISPO AWARD Jury /// Performance
Urs Weber (Head of Jury)
Editor, Runners World Magazine, Germany
Personal Statement
"New sports gear is always challenging - I am always curious about new sports stuff, geeky gadgets and sophisticated innovations. Not only for my job - I always love to try it out myself. It's great to be part of the ISPO AWARD Jury."
Career
Urs Weber, born in 1967, has a rich experience as a runner and triathlete. He competed in numerous races, more than 50 marathons, short-distance- and Ironman-triathlon-events. He has been testing running shoes and gear for more than 20 years, for more than 10 years he has been working as gear-editor for Runner’s World Germany.
Clare Varga
Head of Sport, WGSN, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"I was extremely excited to be asked to join the ISPO jury for the Performance award as over the years, ISPO has been a huge part of my career as a Sports wear designer. I love well designed performance product and the challenges it throws up so I'm really looking forward to seeing some new innovations and technologies and solutions."
Career
Clare Varga is sportswear expert with over 16 years experience in design and product creation. She is passionate about sport both on and off the field and it is this that fuels her love of performance sports and active apparel. As a former Creative Director at Reebok Europe, Clare has strong creative vision and in depth understanding of the sports apparel market. Her on-field performance credentials include hi- profile kits for Liverpool FC, Wales RFU, Venus Williams and the British Athletics Federation.Clare also launched her own design consultancy and worked with sports brands that included JD Sport, Ellesse, Diadora, Rockport and John Partridge. She grew up living the outdoor life in the Lake District and graduated from Newcastle with a degree in Fashion Design and Marketing.
Danielle Sellwood
Co-founder, Creative Director Sportsister Ltd.
Personal Statement
"I love finding new and exciting products whether they are from a big established brand or a small start up company. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than promoting a worthy product and sharing it with Sportsister readers."
Career
Danielle has over 20 years in sportswear design and trends forecasting at brands such as Puma, Marks and Spencer and WGSN. In 2008 She formed Sportsister.com with her colleague Louise Hudson. Sportsister, the Sports Magazine For Women, was set up to inspire, motivate and make sport accessible for more women. It's strong lifestyle and female friendly style has proved a winning combination and what began as a glorified blog is now an extensive website and monthly free distribution magazine. www.sportsister.com
Fritz Hutter
Editor-in-Chief, SportMagazin, Austria
Personal Statement
"To be part of the jury helps me and Sportmagazin to keep in touch with the trends in sports technology."
Career
Serious in sports as a junior (tennis) and a coach, Hutter studied in sports science and communications. With sportmagazin for 16 years now, Hutter is also responsible for development and selling product-tests. He is a husband to the three-time olympian, Judith and dad of very sporty Johanna (5). After a taking a long injury break he is back in sports (Bike, Inline, Tennis, Ski). He is also a reader from passion and interest.
Karen Wilson
Buyer, Sweaty Betty, United Kingdom
Personal Statement
"With the rapid growth in technical fabrics, technologies, and outdoor brands in the market I am excited to see the attention to innovation whilst considering the 'fit for purpose' & commercial aspects that will promise growth to the applicant in an ever increasingly competitive market."
Career
"With over 5 years working in retail buying, I have had the great pleasure of spending the last 4 years sourcing and developing the active wear offer for the women's sportswear brand, Sweaty Betty. Traveling far and wide to source and develop world class functional and stylish product, I have played my part in the successful growth story of the Sweaty Betty Brand. From humble beginnings we are now proud to inspire and empower women by supporting them in the disciplines of running, triathlon, swimming, yoga & skiing."
Max Barth
Publishing Director, Fitness Editor-in-Chief, Body Life, Austria
Personal Statement
"To support the award of the leading international sports business trade show, ISPO, on the one hand is nothing else but my job - but on the other hand it´s fascinating, really amazing and a privilege that my company and I are quite proud of - thanks, ISPO!"
Career
"Being a journalist is a pleasure, a challenge, an honor - and a big responsibility!
In these days of widespread diseases, official researches, studies and experiences are showing that the only way out of the misery could be the ability of the people to increase its daily amount of movement. As the publishing director and Editor-in-Chief of Body LIFE, we want to move people by guiding our readers with a holistic approach and educated professionals."
Michael Lanz
Owner, managing director, Designaffairs GmbH, Germany
Personal Statement
"The ISPO AWARD is a highly relevant stage to value innovations in function and design of sports products. Especially since these two factors - besides the product's brand - are getting more and more important as consumers buying criteria.
Therefore the winners of the ISPO AWARD are setting standards for the whole sport industry. And that's good, because in a lot of categories there's still significant space for improvement."
Career
After his diploma Michael Lanz started his career 1991 as an industrial designer at the design department of the Siemens AG. From 2001 he was the responsible Manager for the design of all Gigaset Products and leading a team of 5 designers. In 2005 he was assigned for the direction of the Color & Material Design Team.
Since 2007 Michael Lanz is one of the four new owners and managing directors of designaffairs.
Lanz also worked as an assistant professor at the Technical University of Dresden. He is regularly giving talks on design, innovation processes and design trends and was a jury-member of several well-known design awards.
Lanz was granted with several prestigious design awards, among other the IF gold and "best of category" design award and the red dot design award. Some of his designs are part of the permanent exhibition of the world-famous "Neue Sammlung" in Munich, Germany.
Nils Schumann
Olympic Champion, Germany
Career
As a former Olympic champion in 800m Track, Nils Schuhmann knows his stuff when it comes to performance sports. After retiring as a professional athlete he started his own business, Prana Sports GmbH, working as a personal trainer and coach in sports and everyday life. With his expertise, he is clearly an enrichment to the performance jury.
Stefan Herzog
Managing Director, SportScheck, Germany
Personal Statement
"SportScheck management board member and spokesman, sits on the jury for the Performance category of the ISPO Awards. He is regarded as an expert when it comes to judging the competitiveness of the products submitted. He believes that the new ISPO Award concept offers "an ideal way for the sports industry to get an overview of innovations. The ISPO Awards are also clear seals of quality that help consumers to make purchasing decisions."
Career
Studied at LMU Munich
Started at SportScheck as an occasional worker while still at university
Became department head of retailers Fitness in 1987
Just five years later promoted to purchasing manager
Became Managing Director at Sport Voswinkel, a Douglas Group company, in 2000
In 2003 became Sports Director at Karstadt Warenhaus AG, heading purchasing and sales departments
In 2005 returned to SportScheck, where he still works today as management spokesman, also responsible for purchasing and marketing
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