The weather here hasn't really improved lately. If the sun is shining, it's really windy. If it isn't windy the light is prolly really flat, and so on.
Got no more work this season which makes it slightly easier to try getting something filmed if the weather is good for even a few hours.
However we filmed on a bad day and I think the footage is entertaining.
The snow is melting faster that ever but we should get 15cm of snow this night.
Lately there has been alot of pro boarders riding at Levi such as Eero Ettala and Heikki Sorsa, so who knows, maybe we'll see something filmed over here in the next episode of CWG.
Episode 4 is out! We got some really nice sunny days but the wind was still bothering so we only got a few jumps filmed on the big ones before it got too windy. Still nice to have some contrast once in a while!
"Episode 2" is out! Blam! It's actually alot shorter than I taught it would be but maybe it's better that way.
Due to crappy conditions it looks like we might just stay on this side of the border this weekend. Still excited to see what we will come up with.
Winter holidays are here, daaaaaaaamn! Levi is completely packed with people. Compared to last year there are alot more britts. We got a crazy amount of teachers and everyone is teaching big groups of people. I get kinda stressed when people keep running into eachother and random tourists wanna beat you up when you "cut in line" with your student even if you got priority. You'd be surprised how much time some people spend complaining on their holiday.
Do people forget that when you're on holiday you shouldn't be in a hurry.
My board broke and they don't have do Buck Up in stock anymore so new board again I guess.
However I was thinking of writing a review on the Buck Up, just for the fun of it.
After a seriously nasty workweek we leave for Björkliden with Kaarle, to search for some fine lines.
New edit on the way, will be released later this week.
Here's somethign small for now!
Wazzup! I'm actually uploading my newest clip as I'm writing this post. Because my computer doesn't want to fully agree with me it took me like 10 hours to edit, on top of that I couldn't add any effects such as slowmotions because that would end up with the computer crashing. But still.
Last weekend we took a different approach on filming, we left the GoPro in the bag, used my normal vid cam and planned ahead what we wanted to film and where. However I'll edit those clips tomorrow, today I edited stuff we filmed earlier this month.
We got what we wanted and the results were good, even tho I took a pretty nasty fall on my ass. I don't even think it's possible but it felt like a broke my right butt-cheek. But for once we got it on film and I will put it in the edit tomorrow.
At the end of the day I took this cool picture of the sunset and Kaarle taking pictures of the sunset (not edited in any way).
On saturday I actually felt abit weak already but yesterday I still desided to go to work, it was a slow day but still got the most of my strength. Today it felt hopeless getting out of bed, I was pretty much out of breath from sleeping. Went to the doctor and got subscribed 3 differend meds and 3 sick days. This is one reason why I have had time to edit. I did take a break mid day cos I found it hard to stay awake.
I got my new bindings, Ride Rodeo, and they are just awesome.
The date is set for our Björkliden trip so it really looks like this is happening, totally hyped about that. Let's just hope for awesome weather.
So if my computer is feeling friendly tomorrow there will be another edit coming up tomorrow.
Until then...
Good Night!! zzzZzZzzzzzZz
It's almost a month since my last post. Time is just passing by so damn fast it's ridiculous.
This week has been the first week of a healthier diet and lifestyle and I feel really good about it already. I've met awesome people at work and gotten some really nice feedback. All in all a good week.
So what's new. The weather has been quite nice until this week/the past few day, the sky has been clear which is nice and the days are getting longer. It's awesome when the sun is out but it also usually means that it's pretty darn cold. For example today at work it was -29C/-20.2F which kinda takes the fun out of working outdoors.
This is a cool picture of some weird phenomenon, took this pic today and it's not edited in any way. It was warmer at the top of the front slope so I guess that is one of the reasons you can see the sunrays.
Last weekend I went to Helsinki to move all of my stuff out of my appartment which kinda sucked, on the upside I got no rent to pay. So I guess I'm more or less homeless at this point. The most annoying thing about going to Helsinki was that it started snowing the night before I left, and snowed for almost a whole week. For once the temp stayed above and around -10C/14F which ment the snow stayed light and soft. When I got back the best pow days were over but still got some sweet runs during the week.
The weekend before I went to Helsinki me and 9 others from the ski-school went to Aakenus near Ylläs to look for some powder, we ended up hiking alot and getting two poor runs, or actually poor doesn't really begin to explain the first one. But the food was good and the surroundings beautiful.
I was about to start editing at one point but Kaarle felt like it's better to film abit more, so that we have. My computer sucks big time but I managed to capture some frames from the new footy, suddenly everything froze so I desided to just leave it for now. So until I get the new edit done, here is a little something.
Kaarle totally killed ito n the rails but I'm going to leave that as a surprise.
OK so I got the editing done yesterday and the clip uploaded today. Since my computer isn't the best one for editing I desided not to cut too much or add effects or anything. I'm trying to get the filming more organized which would make editing more efficient.
I'm loosing it more and more at work, 20 more days and it's done. I really seem to be in the wrong line of work, then again I don't see how some people can like it. Then again you could be picking up roadkills from the side of the road for a living.
Tomorrow it's time to see the doc again about my back/neck since it doesn't feel too good from the last big crash(es).
Yesterday we went to see Paleface performing at Hullu Poro Arena (The Crazy Reindeer Arena). Good sounds, alot of friends enjoying the music and dancing like crazy people. The fun thing is that my legs feel like I attended a 2 hour long bodypump session last night, I gotta admit, there was some crazy moves thrown around. It's not completely safe to find yourself on the dancefloor with Ulla, that usually means you wont be leaving until the music stops.
I've become totally hooked on Skrillex, taught I was going to show you this video. Alot of people have prolly seen it already but I think it's really cool.
Time for shredding material, It's abit long and there are some parts that could have been shortened so sorry about that. I will start editing Kaarle's part asap.
There isn't that much to tell about this vid, filmed by Kaarle who did an awesome job on the followcam in the end. Filmed on 18.3 if I remember correctly, I think we had like 2 warm-up runs and then just desided to try getting getting something on tape, I think we did ok. Enjoy and pleeeeeease gimme feedback on, well, anything.
