ZEPP FM 010 - Big Jumps and little steps with Matthias “Hauni” Haunholder

ZEPP FM | Sport psychology for athletes, coaches & future sport psychologists

Matthias “Hauni” Haunholder is a professional freerider, and he is also an adventurer. Hauni competed on the Freeride World Tour between 2008 and 2011, finishing regularly among the Top 5 athletes and he started going on expeditions in 2008. He travels to Antarctica to search for powder snow, hikes through Siberia to climb the highest peak in Eastern Siberia and to be the first to ever drop into the face of Gora Pobeda, and who went to Onekotan – a hostile and remote island south of Kamchatka – to climb and ride a volcano.

I’ve seen his movies and I must admit that it’s absolutely stunning what Hauni does and I am so glad that he made some time available to talk about his motivation and his purpose, how he deals with stress atop of a mountain or during a ride and what he learnt during his career as a freerider. From my perspective, Hauni is an athlete who is able to teach each and everyone of us that nothing is impossible if we put in the work and hours that are necessary to make our dreams come true.

Hauni is a unique athlete who shows perfect self-awareness and which helps him achieve his goals and make his dreams come true. …and if you want to know how Hauni deals with standing on a 50cm wide ridge atop of a mountain and staying calm and relaxed at all times, this episode is definitely for you.