I posed this question last month because we never, EVER hear of her in the US anymore. And that is a shame. The girl has more style than like 500 Rumorators. A few years ago she got the boot from the Burton team and has since been nearly invisible. Okay, so I didn’t so much pose this question, it was more of the statement “stop wondering what ever became of Anne-Flore Marxer.”

Then this gem dropped in the comments:

hey this is me you are talking about.. it’s just a really weird and random comments.. as if I had died or something.. you probably missed my Transworld pro spotlight this year anyways the problem is that I don’t compete, i ride backcountry and shoot all year around, but being european girl shredder does not help getting a US major film crew.. the whole industry really is not helping the female riders at all.. so even if I shoot all year around and great pics I still don’t have a film crew.. if you have any tips let me know cause I really don’t see how I could change that.

So I guess AFM reads rumorator.com or at least followed the google alert for her name. That pretty much makes my day. Seriously, A.F.M. This shradmama is 100% radness. YES!

Yes, Anne-Flore, I did miss your pro spotlight in transworld this year. But really I’ve missed everything in Transworld Snowboarding since that Terje interview in like 1999.  So don’t put too much weight on that.

I guess the real issue out there is that she no longer has the mega-media machine of Burton behind her, so she’s having a harder time getting some hype in the US. But she’s still out there, and I can only assume she’s killing it. In fact if you want to catch up with her she’s got a blog happening in the intarweb. You can check her out here: Annefloremarxer.com and you can get in her Twitter trough here.

Now since she asked for some advice, I’ve got this for her:

Anne-Flore, you’ve got to update a bit more on the reg. It’s nearly a month between posts going on over there. Keep your fans updated at least once a week. And as far as being a female in the male-dominated world of the shrad. I’m sorry. You’re a great rider, the old media is dumb and you’re not nearly enough of a dirtbag (or redhead hooked-up by Red Bull) to appeal to the current US market.

On the other hand, you’re spending all year riding in the backcountry. This is not a bad thing. It’s pretty much a dream come true. Live it up.

But now that I know you’re out there still I’m going to keep keeping up on you. And if you ever want to to get dinner or see a movie, let me know.

Be well,

RvR

ps. What ever happened to Stefan Gimpl?

Tags: Anne-Flore Marxer, Burton Snowboards, making amends, People actually read this?

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