Ahhhh, yeah it is good to be home. Little Murphy here was waiting at the door for me last night when I arrived at 1:30 AM fresh off a 4 hour flight from Atlanta, which was preceded by 10 hours over the big pond from Vienna. Austria was so much fun and the Vertical Integration crew got a lot done with the help of Steve Lloyd, the Ydream Productions crew, and Dylan Crossman. I am so stoked with the outcome of VI's first international endeavor. I have to extend a huge thank you to Lothar Hofer and his family for taking great care of us on our trip. Martin and Lothar from Ydream did a fantastic job setting up the logistics over there for us and Jon Gurry did some great logistics work on our end to make this whole trip a huge success. The Krippenstien Freeride Arena is a world class mountain and I have full intention of returning to this place again. The staff was very helpful and the sweet women in the cafe at the base make some of the best sandwiches this "crazy american" has ever tasted. The Hotel Seerosee in Obertraun, Austria was a really great base camp for us and the owners of the haus, Marc and his family, were fantastic hosts and wonderful friends to us the whole trip. I could go on all day trying to thank all the people that were so hospitable to us on this journey, but I could never thank them all from the refreshment cart guy on the train to Obertraun to the girls on the street in Vienna that showed me the way to Neubeaugasse 51, which was an address in a strange place while carrying a lot of gear. So I guess I will leave it at, thank you to all of the citizens of Austria for taking great care of these "crazy americans".