Name: Sebastian "Seb" Rietsch
Age: 24

Appearance: 
[img]http://jokkesommer.com/uploads/media/296/00dbd37395d051fe4b99c006e3f72c9feee5fdee.png[/img]

Disciplines Faced: Snowboarding, Skiing, Wingsuit BASE, Paragliding, Rock/Ice Climbing

Seb is around 5"10, with brown shaved hair, and a little stubble on his face, usually being seen with a pair of red-tinted Oakley sunglasses on, as well as a longsleeved grey thermal shirt, when in warmer climes. He seems fairly skinny, but well built for skiing, with a bit of muscle where it counts. Seb can be usually seen on the slopes wearing a dark blue Mammut down jacket, and black salopettes, though for wingsuiting, he usually has a different attire. A blue, with black wingsuit, and a blue parachute is usually his option of colors, having a definite affinity with blue. He usually wears a black Mammut beanie, and tends to his carbon black Salomon snowboard and skis with a very specific love and care. He is definitely an adrenaline junkie, from every pour of his look- a diving Peregrine Falcon on his back reinforcing the image, as well as an Ice Monster of sorts on his right shoulder. He seems to be calm and collected, yet willing to push himself as hard as possible, diving into abysses and cracks that most wouldn't try, aware that he is a little more risque than his opposite, Ellie; though perhaps a little more embracing and reinforcing of when it isn't good to go at others. 

Skis (and Snowboard) Color: 

[url=http://www.snowandrock.com/pws/client/images/catalogue/products/sal2250k1/large/sal2250k1.jpg]Skis (and Snowboard Color Scheme)[/url]
 
[url=http://media.meltyxtrem.fr/article-2216383-ajust_930-f1400065798/gopro-bomb-squad.jpg]Wingsuit[/url]


Nationality: Austrian
History: 
Seb was born in the mountains of the Tyrolian Alps, in Innsbruck, Austria. His mother was a local teacher, and his father, a ski instructor, in the pistes. The first sport that Seb obviously got into then, was skiing. He had a natural talent for it, and loved the sport, looking into doing more and more crazy things with it. Education was important through his mother, sure; but after school, he'd always hit the slopes, and if it was summer, then he would go to the very top of the glaciers and start there. He picked up rock and ice climbing very quickly at a young age- and found that while he wasn't doing it as a sport, he did it because he wanted to go places so he could ski from. That was always going to be a good motivator, and in the Tyrolian Alps, that was ideal. There was no bound for Sebastian- he had found his calling, or so he felt.

When he was 14, he switched to snowboarding, and picked this up equally as well, finding that his home really was on the snow, going fast. He was considering going for the Austrian Skiing Team at one point, but this fell through due to a string of injuries, and the sudden illness of his father at the age of 16, when he began suffering from Testicular Cancer. He felt depressed, and saddened, finding that his father was no longer able to generally carry on, Seb was deeply depressed. He failed plenty of his exams, and felt like he was in a hole, a gap. Then, a friend told him to take up skydiving, as a side joke in the Chalet Bar. This he did, and he didn't look back.

After starting the AFF course, Seb was addicted. So addicted, he carried on, and got more and more jumps done. He had left education, and now worked full time instructing on the slopes, young but talented enough to teach tourists, and make a buck. His mother fed the family, while he get himself enough cash together to pay for his jumps. His father recovered from his cancer by the time Seb was 18, but he never was as good at teaching as he was before- and helped out at home, something that Seb had abandoned. His career of teaching people how to ski and snowboard was one that was dreary to Seb by now- knowing these slopes since being a toddler, but was one that he had to do. It paid his lifestyle, after all. By the time he reached 200 jumps, Seb had his eyes fixed on one thing only. Wingsuiting.

He was 20 when he did his first jump, and it was again, something fixating. Something that fueled him to carry on. He wanted more and more, and this he started getting, as he jumped more regularly. He was up to 500 jumps by the age of 21, almost spending everything he had earned in a month in getting to the dropzone, and jumping. He was committed, and from there, it spiralled even further. BASE jumping, from a fellow friend he had met in the Dropzone, recomended that he should try the death defying sport. Like with previous things, Seb found that it was even more epic and adrenaline pushing than anything he had done. Combined with a wingsuit, it was insanity, just total madness, seeing the mountain passes and cliffsides rush by. The speed was mad, and it was one that drove him to adore what he did.

By 23, he had flown almost 100 wingsuit BASE jumps, and it occured to him, that he had never once filmed himself doing it. A friend's Go Pro, and a simple upload later, and what happened was absolutely stunning. Seb saw the views spike, at almost two million- the video going viral after it showed a death-defying line through the crack of a Austrian glacial pass. The "Wingman" YouTube channel was born. It was one that stunned Seb, and got him started in his YouTube career, making simple blogs and posting footage. This attracted the attention of GoPro, who signed him on as an athlete. It was here he met Ellie Dorian; a woman of similar conviction like him, who share a passion for speed, snow and adrenaline. They fell into a romance quick, working on similar snow and wingsuit projects for GoPro, in either ads or YouTube videos. It was the end of his job as a ski instructor, and working as a packer at the dropzone. Now, he had sponsorship, his job was his enjoyment in life.

As a result of his more interesting activities in his Vlogging, Seb has also learned how to dive (in Icy lakes), and Paraglide, as a part of his channel's content on Wingman, often scoring a good number of views. His collaboration with GoPro has given him the opportunity to travel, and experience more things than ever in life- though he does feel like a bit of a drifter at times, never feeling stuck down. 

Seb is fluent in English, speaking it with a German accent but remaining very clear in his speech- a trait due to his mother and lots of English tourists. He is also fluent in French, and his native German (in Austria at least) to boot. He conducts his blogs in English, just to keep reaching a wider audience. 

Theme Song:

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxq3GIxlv20]Madeon-Home[/url]