tecnica cochise 130 PRO | Johan Jonsson

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19
Nov 13

Boot fitting

Spent some time at Alpingaraget today, getting my boots done. It’s a pair of R9.3 130, and they’re pretty tight (93mm), so I need to customize them a bit. Pretty stoked to get help from Mattis in the shop. He actually won the boot fitting world champs, so… I’m in safe hands. Everything looked good though!

This is one of the boots I use. For powder and touring I use the Cochise 130 Pro, which is the best touring boot out there. Used that all last year. But for slopes and such, it’s nice to use a proper race boot like this.

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17
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.

: Pretty ok day for some skiing and shooting.

: Oskar warming up with a small step down in the morning.

: Some day… Engelberg’s own AK.

: Oskar.

: Peter Nilsson flew by…

: …with a whole crew.

: Mattias shooting Elle in “ok light”.

: Magic filmmaker Bergman was on the mountain without camera. Good for him!

: Mattias enjoying some own turns.

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04
Mar 13

Stockholm and bootfitting

Have been in Stockholm since friday now. Nice to be at home (one of them), hanging out with Bea and meeting other kind of friends…

Went straight from the airport to Alpingaraget on friday, cause I wanted to customize my ski boots a bit. I’m really happy with my boots, but wanted to try a foam liner, cause I’ve never tried that before. Just… curious. Anyway, really happy to be able to get help from them, cause they are really, really good at what they do. The best, actually. My feet aren’t too much trouble, but for people who have problem with their boots – just go to Alpingaraget. Mattis or Mange will fix your problem. 100 % guarantee.

Then I came home to two boxes in the mail. It was a pair of the new Dynafit Beast bindings, that I’m really stoked to try! (Thanks Desporter!) And a new sole for my Tecnica boots, so that they work with the new binding. Tecnica got a really smooth system for that. It’s just to change the sole, and voilá! I kick ass boot that works with the tech binding system. This is the first year I have a boot that also got a walk mode (Cochise 130 PRO), I was really skeptical before i tried, but after hiking a few times… woah, so much nicer. So, stoked to try them, with the Beast too.

When I’m at it, talking about new things I like a lot, I might as well give a BIG shout out for a thing I haven’t cared too much about before, but found out that is the key to not freezing your feet off – KASK Thrillers Socks. If you’re saying “Well, it’s just a ski sock.” I double dare you to try them. They’re compression socks, with merino wool, and they basically fixed all my freezing problems. The compression thing makes the blood flow more, even if it sounds strange. But… It’s just really good. Try it!

Well… Here are some photos. Click to read the captions and see them in bigger size.

: Finished this book on the way here. It’s a masterpiece. Even if it’s his most famous book, I think the “Härunder Polstjärnan” trilogy is better, but… just read it all! It’s my tip.

: Denmark is a goddamn flat country! I don’t think I’ll ever live there…

: Alpingaraget’s workshop.

: The boots I use!

: Magic Mattis.

: New ingredients.

: Old ingredient.

: Fixing.

: Mandatory nails. Grouse nails.

: 130. And a REAL 130 boot. With hiking mode. Stoked about this.

: This is Race-Mange. He’s got a big biceps, and he’s a really good guy. We were racing together as kids. He always beat me.

: Never tried this one…

: Got some padding before I got in the boots.

: A lot of padding…

: KASK Thrillers! Best socks out there. Try them goddammit!

: Foam protection.

: “Stand there. Push down.”

: Mixing the foam.

: Shaken, not stirred.

: Mattis took this photo, but said that it looked like I had a big belly. Ha ha.

: So he took another. Where it looks like I have a giant head. Ha ha ha ha!

: Filled up boots!

: Abused feet.

: The Alpingaraget Dungeon. It’s so dark down there, it’s impossible to get a sharp picture… But something is going on inside those computers! You’ll get to know what it is, soon.