Andy didn’t start mountainbiking until he turned 12 years old, but made up for his late start by spending pretty much every free minute on the bike from then on, blazing through the woods with his friends or heading of on bike tours. After that, in 1994, following Swiss tradition, he put his first race number on his bike and took part in many amateur and professional races until 2006. Now, many years later, he is a member of the GHOST Factory Racing Team and the Technical Coach for the Austrian National Team.