Epic backflip afternoon in Riksgränsen today. Was shredding with Wille and some hard charging kids from the jib academy in Kiruna. Fun times! Wille shot this small back of me:
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May 13
Climbing
Went for a hike the other day together with Direktör Jonsson, Robin Andersson and L-Å. Good times! Edit and more photos coming soon.
Climbing.
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Apr 13
Narvik powder
Long time since I was posting. But here are some shots from yesterday’s skiing in Narvik. I’m here together with Per Jonsson and photographer Markus Alatalo. Today’s greybird, but yesterday was RIDICULOUS. Happy.
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- Fun terrain in layers here in Narvik.
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- Per waiting to drop in.
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- Tredjetoppen.
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- Hello backdrop!
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- Happy dudes!
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- Per Jonsson on the way to the start of the last run. Good fun!
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- Macke and Per, happy guys.
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- Long time sinceI posted a sunset shot, so here are three! 1.
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Apr 13
Fun gangshred in Engelberg
Had such a fun day with a good gangshred here in Engelberg. It was me, Per Jonsson, Edvard Berg, Wille Lindberg, Patrick Vuagnat, Peter Nilsson, Linus Archibald, Jesper Robertsson and some other people. Good times! Inspiring with a bunch of fun riders to shred with, and hopefully we’ll get some vision tomorrow so that we can continue!
I skied on the 196 Bodacious the last days, but went back to the 186 today. For this kind of skiing, that was better. Fun! Stable, but still short and more playful than the more kick ass 196.
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- 1200 vertical meters with first tracks to start off the morning. Not that bad!
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- And Patrick for a safety.
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- Wille got his backflip dialed.
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- Wille on one of the classics in Engelberg.
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- On some aspects everything moved though. Like here. Wasn’t too hard to stay away if you just used your head and had some speed.
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- Per Jonsson was on alpine skis instead of telemark, as usual, and was spinning and flipping all day. Spin.
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- Flip.
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- And a bigger spin, that went a bit too big… This is the first frame.
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- And this is the last (with a few meters left to the landing). He stomped the rest of the threes though!
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- Peter went straight.
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- Edvard for a shifty.
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Apr 13
Engelberg above the clods
Had a sweet day in Engelberg (partly) above the clods, together with some local shredders I don’t ski with that often. Good times! Here are som pictures.
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- Skied a bit with Simpa Seaman. Good to see him on the mountain again. Always good style.
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- Jesper Rogö Sending it! And stomping.
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- Good old shifty. Björn Arnemo with telemark skis.
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- Jesper with a back.
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- Hiked up to the top of Wendelück. So nice up there. Best snow on the mountain too.
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- Small Jesper.
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- Another Jesper, Robertsson.
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- Hello travel catalogue! The Camel, Jesper Ro, Björn and Johan Axelsson.
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Apr 13
Utah shredding and fishing
Shredding and fishing?! Yep… I feel that I’ve been so lucky lately. Got to go to Alta for a meeting with Tecnica and Blizzard. Super nice to meet the guys over there, test some new skis, talk about the future, and just have a good time. Made some new friends, and got to ski with some truly amazing skiers. And I’m not only talking about the athletes, but all the guys at the meeting. Such good times!
Paid a visit to the Soulpole factory one night. Got to do our own poles! Awesome. Thanks Bryon!
Also got to ski a new prototype from Blizzard. Can’t say that much, but I’m stoked as HELL on that ski.
And to top a kind of perfect week off, I got to go fish the Green River together with some great fishermen. It was too good to be true almost. AMAZING place. So greatful… Thank you so much Mike and Brian for taking me with you! And Jed, Bart and Stefano too. Had a very, very good day.
So, here are a lot of pictures. If you’re reading at Freeride.se, you need to click the photos to read the captions, which you should.
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- Bryon Friedman from Soulpoles tells us what it’s all about.
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- Poles.
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- Not finished poles. So we finished them. Got to do our own poles. Awesome.
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- Stefano (of course with a trout-beer) and Christian. Team Italy. Good guys.
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- It snowed some. Not enough to get gnarly, but we got some mellow pow in there. Kyle Taylor enjoying.
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- And enjoying some more.
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- What’s that?
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- Ah, just a Canadian showing off some hair. Happy times and good weather with Austin Ross!
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- Aprés and beer. And Manhattans. Sweet! The Wildcat Lodge was an awesome place to stay at. Bob fed us well.
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- Early morning and off for fishing. Nice sunrise.
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- Didn’t buy a fly bigger than size 20. Felt true.
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- When I stepped off the parking and saw this, I almost had an accident in my pant. Goddammit!
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- Didn’t take too long before the first one was up. In Sweden we don’t have rainbows (only in put and take-lakes), so I was stoked!
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- Jed with a nice one.
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- Mike was rowing the whole day, except when we stopped. I felt bad… But watching him fish was nice! Good fisherman.
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- Bud. Of course.
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- That’s my “I’m totally calm and happy at this place”-face.
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- Stefano. Passionate and skilled flyfisher. I hope to visit him in Italy this summer!
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- Bye bye now.
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- Mike + fishing dog in an aquarium.
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- Not super big, but super stoked guy.
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- Another one. Happy…
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- Jed was on fire!
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- Good moves.
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- On fire!
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- The other boat, with Bart, Brian and Stefano.
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- Sick sick sick surroundings.
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- Hello there awesome river.
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- Mike showing how it’s done.
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- Hi there little friend. I’m glad I got to meet you, even if it’s still winter.
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- Time to pack up and go home.
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- And that’s my “Stoked beyond”-face.
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- Mike, Brian, me, Stefano, Jed and Bart. Dream team!
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- Sunset. Long day…
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- Up at five the next morning, and breakfast for champions on the first flight.
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- Another sunset.
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- And another sunrise.
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- And some clouds. I like clouds… Wish I could see this and not be on a plane…
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Apr 13
Utah meeting and shred
Have been in Alta, Utah, for a couple of days now. Don’t know if it’s the greatest snow on earth at the moment, but yesterday was really fun! And we got some faceshots.
I’m here on a meeting and ski test with Tecnica and Blizzard. Really cool to try all the skis, and also a new prototype that’s just… YES! Stoked to try that more. So fun.
Haven’t been shooting that much, but here are a couple of photos from the last days. Pictures are not in order, don’t know why…
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- One of the sickest sunsets I’ve seen. Don’t care what people think about this. I’m gonna keep on posting sunsets.
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- We got some of the greatest snow on earth!
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- Ski test. Fun!
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- Saw this dude my last day in Engelberg. King. KING!
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- Visited Maya, Lasse and little Ellen. She was shy, but I had a cracker…
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- Scared?
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- Cracker-magnet was stronger though…
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- Lasse tried my camera. He liked it.
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- I think this was the pilot on my first flight. Pretty sick whip!
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Mar 13
Glacier Express day 1 – St Moritz
Just started a mission together with Sverre Liliequist, Christoffer Sjöström and Kina Zeidler. We’re doing the Glacier Express for the Swedish newspaper SvD and some other magazines. Had our first day shooting yesterday, and it went about as good as it could with the conditions we have here. It’s good at some places, but we had to search for them…
Today it’s overcast, and no new snow, so we’re gonna shoot some diamonds and other St Moritz stuff. It’s kind of fun to see this town. So different from… me, and what I normally do. But, you can always learn something from it. Here are some pics from yesterday. If you’re reading at Freeride.se, you need to click the pictures to see the captions.
Oh! And I must nog forget to say BIG CONGRATULATIONS to Matilda Rapaport, who I’m living together with in Engelberg. She got a wildcard to Verbier Extreme, and managed to win the competition. So awesome! Happy for her, but not surprised.
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- Snow’s tricky. Where it looks windfcked, it’s powder, and where it’s flat, it’s destroyed. Sverre finding the good stuff.
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- Hi there little shiny lady.
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- We had a sunny morning, but the clouds came in at lunch.
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- “The day Sverre tried to murder me.”
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- Pow.
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- Born into…
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- …the good life.
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- Don’t really know what program this hat-guy was on. Hunting clothes and full of Jägermeister. We talked to him on the bus back to the hotel, and he asked if we had seen and “gems” or “hirsch”. I wanted to ask if he had seen any bottles of booze, but I didn’t. He was nice though! Said that he liked Swedes better than the strange Norwegians. Ha ha.
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Mar 13
Engelberg – powder – St Moritz
Had a good morning today, shredding powder in Engelberg with Mattias Hargin and Sponkan from Ski Lodge Engelberg. Then I packed my gear, and now I’m in St Moritz with Sverre Liliequist and Christoffer Sjöström. Gonna do the Glacier Express. A good week coming up!
Mattias Hargin in the blue morning light. Snow's ok in Engelberg now...
Was preeetty hard to leave Engelberg to do this for half a day. But hopefully it will pay off tomorrow!
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Mar 13
Powder and shooting
Engelberg had a couple of really good days now. It’s been deep powder, and I’ve been shooting some together with Mattias Fredriksson. It’s been me, Oskar Scherlin (Who I haven’t met before. Nice guy!), Mattias girlfriend Elle, and Sebastian Garhammer. Good crew! Here are a couple of photos. More coming. If you’re reading at Freeride.se, you need to click photos for captions.
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- Pretty ok day for some skiing and shooting.
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- Oskar warming up with a small step down in the morning.
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- Some day… Engelberg’s own AK.
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- Oskar.
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- Peter Nilsson flew by…
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- …with a whole crew.
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- Mattias shooting Elle in “ok light”.
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- Magic filmmaker Bergman was on the mountain without camera. Good for him!
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- Mattias enjoying some own turns.
