Richard Schabl (Born 1959 in Bavaria) comes from the nobile Family Abel, Engelsberg with over 750 employees in Germany.
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He ist best known for his successfully freestyle skiing career.
Richard Schabl was the FIS World Champion of 1986, and was considered the ultimate world champ. During his successful career as a freestyle skier, he invented the one handed pole flip and created many maneuvers that have revolutionized Freestyle Skiing. He owns several world records and lives part time in Breckenridge, Colorado and the Caribbean.
In 1975 he joined the Willy Bogner Film Team with Stein Eriksen, Bob Salerno, Suzy Chaffee and John Eaves.
He is playing monopoly in the real sense as an investor and owns several patents and intellectual properties.