René Wildhaber's family moved back and forth between three farms located at different heights on the Flumserberg. A life in the rhythm of mountain farming. There was no bicycle on any of the farms, sport was not important, "the daily work was strenuous enough," Wildhaber describes. Somehow he learned to ride a bike and then found a bike in his size. From scenes from René's childhood and his thoughts and dreams, the film "René Wildhaber - Born to Ride" builds a bridge to a career that was anything but predetermined.
The secret star of the film is six-year-old Gian Andrea Girardi, who plays René Wildhaber as a farmer's boy. Of course there is also some mountain bike action, for example from the young "Wildi", who makes the alpine pastures on the Flumserberg unsafe together with Claudio Caluori, to the legendarily feared mass start of the Mégavalanche Alpe d'Huez and René Wildhaber as a young coach. The childhood scenes were filmed on two of Wildhaber's farms, which are now run by René's two older brothers. Anyone who fears a lengthy reappraisal of the life and work of the Flumserberger can rest assured: the film only lasts just over eight minutes. Nevertheless, you will know Wildi better afterwards than you did before and can then return to the trails on the Flumserberg. Because this Sunday is the last time the cable cars will take mountain bikers up the mountain in 2020.
The premiere at the Prodalp mountain restaurant is at 11 a.m., and the short film will be repeated several times until 2 p.m.
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