Il miglior pesce d'aprile? Felix Neureuther e la sua nuova vita da cantante...

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The best April Fool? Felix Neureuther and his new life as a singer ...

The German champion, who retired two weeks ago after competing in the last slalom in Soldeu, was a great success with his single which will be used to do charity

Monday 1 April 2019 3 minutes reading time

An example for everyone, even in the ability to joke and become as self-deprecating as few. Felix Neureuther had announced in recent days the start of a new singing career, with a start scheduled for April 1st. Obviously, a "dangerous" date to believe that it could be something concrete. And yet, the German champion who retired from the activity at the end of the 2018/2019 season, on the same day he published the video of his first song as usual: "Mowing Forward" immediately had a great success thanks to the Bavarian radio network Antenne Bayern, that within a few days he wrote, composed and produced the single. It took just a few hours to reveal that it was an April Fool's ... halfway, in the sense that there will be no career in this field (â€œit was a lot of fun, but it will remain an initiative without a future by singer ", said Felix), but this production will serve to do charity in support of some associations. Even Nici Schmidhofer wanted to joke ... seriously on April 1st: given his outstanding results obtained at the world speed skiing championships in Vars, many believed in the poster published by the winner of the last World Cup in downhill, on which stood the image of the Streif and the Austrian champion with the inscription "Schmidi Streif", inspired by the docu-film "One hell of a ride" produced on the legendary descent of Kitzbuehel. Never say never, however, following the example of Lindsey Vonn's attempt to compete with men: the great little Nici is really capable of anything ...

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