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Friday, August 14, 2015
Close to a perfect summer day!
First of all. I haven't been blogging or anything like that lately because I've been at our summerhouse where you just constantly end up doing stuff. It's where I am right now as well but for the first time in a long time I'm here all alone, which means it's easier to concentrate on writing.
So ye, today was a pretty epic day. I've been out to sea. I made a nice BBQ dinner for myself, feels weird to bbq for only yourself. I enjoyed a really cool sunset, while heating up the sauna.
Had a long relaxing sauna session. It's sooo chill to just sit there in the warm sauna looking at the flames behind the glass. Skinny dipping/swimming in the sea where the water was just perfect. I had some cold beers in the sauna, and one of the times I was sitting outside cooling off with my beer and owl flew straight over me. Owls are badass, like the birdversion of ninjas. They have insanely good and precise hearing (in the winter they hunt mice trough layers of snow), they are completely silent in the air and when they sit up in the tree you can barely see them cos they sit freakishly still.
Now it's completely dark outside so might go practice some astrophotography, loads of fun and really challenging. At least with my gear and skills. But you gotta start somewhere right?
My sister and her boyfriend just left today so kinda weird not having them here since the evenings are usually the time we sit at the kitchen table socialising or watch series. I think they spent like 6 or 7 weeks here and were kinda bummed out about leaving. Got to go sailing with them on sunday (damn this week has gone by fast). Tomorrow I'm off to Turku on new adventures.
Last but not least!!!!!!!! The frikin edit that took me FOREVER to get done. SKDÄÄÄM!!!
So ye, today was a pretty epic day. I've been out to sea. I made a nice BBQ dinner for myself, feels weird to bbq for only yourself. I enjoyed a really cool sunset, while heating up the sauna.
Had a long relaxing sauna session. It's sooo chill to just sit there in the warm sauna looking at the flames behind the glass. Skinny dipping/swimming in the sea where the water was just perfect. I had some cold beers in the sauna, and one of the times I was sitting outside cooling off with my beer and owl flew straight over me. Owls are badass, like the birdversion of ninjas. They have insanely good and precise hearing (in the winter they hunt mice trough layers of snow), they are completely silent in the air and when they sit up in the tree you can barely see them cos they sit freakishly still.
Now it's completely dark outside so might go practice some astrophotography, loads of fun and really challenging. At least with my gear and skills. But you gotta start somewhere right?
My sister and her boyfriend just left today so kinda weird not having them here since the evenings are usually the time we sit at the kitchen table socialising or watch series. I think they spent like 6 or 7 weeks here and were kinda bummed out about leaving. Got to go sailing with them on sunday (damn this week has gone by fast). Tomorrow I'm off to Turku on new adventures.
Last but not least!!!!!!!! The frikin edit that took me FOREVER to get done. SKDÄÄÄM!!!
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Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Svanstein
Here we go. So on January 17th we headed to Svanstein since there has been alot of talk about the resort this winter. I'm going to cut it short.
There are 2 t-bars but still alot of terrain to be ridden. If it snows alot they leave some slopes as they are so you get to ride pow on the slopes too. In some areas they have been cutting down alot of trees for BC riding which is awesome. You might have to walk back to the lift 10 mins or so but it's worth it. The staff all around the mountain were really outgoing and friendly and just ask the lifties and you will get good directions towards the good pow spots.
The terrain is kinda steep, but nothing too crazy.
As it got dark we had some lunch and hit the park. The park wasn't too much fun. Alot of small features and some of the takeoffs were abit sketchy. Then again they started working on the park abit more around a week later so I think we'll be going back to check out the park later this season.
I forgot to set my bindings back on the board and was too lazy to do anything about it later so the riding isn't the best and during the day I crashed quite alot. So this clip is far from good in my opinion but shows abit of Svansteins potential.
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There are 2 t-bars but still alot of terrain to be ridden. If it snows alot they leave some slopes as they are so you get to ride pow on the slopes too. In some areas they have been cutting down alot of trees for BC riding which is awesome. You might have to walk back to the lift 10 mins or so but it's worth it. The staff all around the mountain were really outgoing and friendly and just ask the lifties and you will get good directions towards the good pow spots.
The terrain is kinda steep, but nothing too crazy.
As it got dark we had some lunch and hit the park. The park wasn't too much fun. Alot of small features and some of the takeoffs were abit sketchy. Then again they started working on the park abit more around a week later so I think we'll be going back to check out the park later this season.
I forgot to set my bindings back on the board and was too lazy to do anything about it later so the riding isn't the best and during the day I crashed quite alot. So this clip is far from good in my opinion but shows abit of Svansteins potential.
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Monday, January 19, 2015
Most insane week ever & Vide-Oh! s3ep1
Last week was the most sucky week of my entire life so far. It felt like whetever could go wrong, actually went wrong.
It all started a week ago on Monday. Made myself a breakfast smoothie in the blender. Detaching the jug from the machine the frikin bottom came off and the smoothie was all over the kitchen. Basically ment skipping breakfast and cleaning the kitchen. Coming to work it was -32 outside. I had already felt sick the day before but at his point I felt like I was about to suffocate because of the cold air combined with already irritated lungs and throat. Went to the doc and got sent home for 5 days.
On Tuesday I was boiling some water for tea. This ended up with me somehow managing to push over the water cooker and getting around 1 liter of boiling water on my thigh. 2nd degree burns.... I'm really killing it. I guess I should feel lucky. 15cm higher up and it would have been a whole other story, and something I don't even that I don't want to think about.
So basically Tuesday to Friday was about taking care of my burns and my flu.
On Saturday I didn't feel sick anymore so we headed over to Svanstein ski resort in Sweden together with Kaarle and Ulla. This was a really fun day with alot of rolling around in the offpiste. Not the best riding on our part but I got some nice footage I will put up later. However it was still a super fun day (pictures below). But on a week like this fun comes at a price.... My new Adidas boots broke, one of the laces came off. Since it's a quicklace system I couldn't fix it. I've been in contact with the retailer who is basically trying to get me to fix them myself somehow which to me seems kinda strange. I guess I will have to try.
Sunday, last day of the week, what could go wrong?
The weather is great, riding feels good. And they finished the halfpipe at Levi. Riding the pipe and the front slope jumps enjoying just throwing down tricks that are easy to us. On the last jump I throw down a fs3 landing it clean but then a few meters later catching my heel edge on something. It wasn't a hard fall but I completely messed up my thumb. I had it x-ray'd and the good thing is that it wasn't fractured or injured. Still really swollen and hurt alot so it still ruined riding for me.
Today it's Monday and I feel like it can't get worse, just uphill from here. That had to be all the bad luck that you usually get in several months. Now work for a few days and then 2 days off. Really hyped on riding right now so let's hope my luck turns.
The pow clips from Svanstein should be up soon and at the same time I will put up a short review about the resort and what we taught about it. This week I will try to get Ulla's video part filmed.
Here are a few pictures from Levi and the rest from Svanstein. I've been trying to learn how to get good pics on the DSLR, still a total amateur but I feel like it's getting better. And if you are wondering, I do NOT edit the pictures in any way. I'm too lazy for that.
Here is the first Vide-Oh! Episode of the year. I've gotten some good feedback on this one and I hope you like it.
Vide-Oh! s3ep1 from Vide-Oh! on Vimeo.
It all started a week ago on Monday. Made myself a breakfast smoothie in the blender. Detaching the jug from the machine the frikin bottom came off and the smoothie was all over the kitchen. Basically ment skipping breakfast and cleaning the kitchen. Coming to work it was -32 outside. I had already felt sick the day before but at his point I felt like I was about to suffocate because of the cold air combined with already irritated lungs and throat. Went to the doc and got sent home for 5 days.
On Tuesday I was boiling some water for tea. This ended up with me somehow managing to push over the water cooker and getting around 1 liter of boiling water on my thigh. 2nd degree burns.... I'm really killing it. I guess I should feel lucky. 15cm higher up and it would have been a whole other story, and something I don't even that I don't want to think about.
So basically Tuesday to Friday was about taking care of my burns and my flu.
On Saturday I didn't feel sick anymore so we headed over to Svanstein ski resort in Sweden together with Kaarle and Ulla. This was a really fun day with alot of rolling around in the offpiste. Not the best riding on our part but I got some nice footage I will put up later. However it was still a super fun day (pictures below). But on a week like this fun comes at a price.... My new Adidas boots broke, one of the laces came off. Since it's a quicklace system I couldn't fix it. I've been in contact with the retailer who is basically trying to get me to fix them myself somehow which to me seems kinda strange. I guess I will have to try.
Sunday, last day of the week, what could go wrong?
The weather is great, riding feels good. And they finished the halfpipe at Levi. Riding the pipe and the front slope jumps enjoying just throwing down tricks that are easy to us. On the last jump I throw down a fs3 landing it clean but then a few meters later catching my heel edge on something. It wasn't a hard fall but I completely messed up my thumb. I had it x-ray'd and the good thing is that it wasn't fractured or injured. Still really swollen and hurt alot so it still ruined riding for me.
Today it's Monday and I feel like it can't get worse, just uphill from here. That had to be all the bad luck that you usually get in several months. Now work for a few days and then 2 days off. Really hyped on riding right now so let's hope my luck turns.
The pow clips from Svanstein should be up soon and at the same time I will put up a short review about the resort and what we taught about it. This week I will try to get Ulla's video part filmed.
Here are a few pictures from Levi and the rest from Svanstein. I've been trying to learn how to get good pics on the DSLR, still a total amateur but I feel like it's getting better. And if you are wondering, I do NOT edit the pictures in any way. I'm too lazy for that.
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| Levi sunset/sunrise |
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| Ulla -27 |
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| Our deck! |
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| Kaarle most likely on Instagram (@kaarle) |
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| Svanstein, Sweden |
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| Kaarle & Ulla stretching |
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| Kaarle gave up on stretching |
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| Ulla doing what she does best! :D |
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| All I need! (almost) |
Here is the first Vide-Oh! Episode of the year. I've gotten some good feedback on this one and I hope you like it.
Vide-Oh! s3ep1 from Vide-Oh! on Vimeo.
Friday, August 15, 2014
Things I've seen and places I go!
Almost 4 months since my last post. This has to be a new record. I don't really know why I haven't posted anything, just had a really hard time getting around to do it. So where to start?
The end of the season at Levi was alot of sitting around waiting for good weather, we did film alot but Kaarle has all the footage since he filmed on the 7D most of the time. And he is on the other side of the world right now so won't be getting that footage any day soon. I still made a miniedit of what I had on the GoPro. It's far from quality footage but I felt like editing so whatever.
Vide-Oh! s2ep6 from Vide-Oh! on Vimeo.
As usual during the springtime at Levi there was alot of days with bad vis and we got new snow that was super sticky so you could barely get enough speed for the small jumps. This was the case during Levi Camp351 which kinda takes the fun out of riding. But that's how it has to be on Levi Camp, at least one day has to suck.
Just before Levi Camp we went to Riksgränsen for som Powhunting, and we actually got some really nice runs in the 3 days we were there. Editing the footage from that trip is next on my to do list.
I would have been nice to stay at Levi for a bit longer, not that the lifts were open but you could still ride in July if I remember correctly. If you don't have anything against hiking that is.
On the last week I started skateboarding which is great fun and a fast way to move around. It's funny how stoked you get when you manage to do a small Ollie over a six by four.
From Levi I headed straight to Helsinki, this was around mid May.
It's always nice to see family and friends. And the weather was awesome, it seems like it generally was a really good summer in the southern parts of Finland.
2 weeks later I headed to Norway to work. Basically driving back to Levi and then 900km or so past Levi. I've been driving in my car alot lately.
I was in Norway for 2 months working in a kitchen/grill and my whole stay is really simple to sum up. Most of the time was spent at work, and the only other things I did was sleep, go hiking a few times and go fishing.
My workstation:
I can tell you, it was hot as f!
Met alot of new people and made some new friends. Basically the people working at the restaurant is a really random bunch, it's so awesome when you have a big group of people that are all so different still getting alot really well. Miss you all!
But as I mentioned I mostly worked so I'm just gonna post alot of pics that a took while I was there.
Click on the picture for original size!
So we hiked a few nice peaks and got some fish, and spent quality time at work ofc.
Then, at the end of July, it was time for a change of scenery.
So once again it was time for the nearly 2000km drive home. On the way close to Kiruna, Sweden I took this picture. I think the colors in the picture are awesome. I took it when I was taking a snackbreak and just a few moment later it was gone.
Once I got back to Helsinki I had one week to repack and meet family and friends. Took a short trip to our summerplace since everyone was there. Saw my sister and her boyfriend for the first time in like 7 months and taught their dog to realize she can swim. I actually got some GoPro footage of the dog swimming, maybe I'll use it in some random edit.
Having spent the previous 2 summers there it felt abit hard to leave. It is prolly the most relaxing place I know, and traveling alot that is just what you need. Waking up wheneve you feel like it. Take a swim in the ocean. Sit by the sea. Maybe go for a daytrip in the sailboat.
I actually managed to squeeze all of that into 2 days so it was a success.
Then back to Helsinki to pack everything and off to New Zealand.
Believe it or not but I'm actually not even here on holiday. I got a job as a ski instructor here. I arrived in Auckland a week ago and stayed there for a few nights. Really felt like resting after the 25h trip, 30h actually if you count the time from door to door.
Auckland seemed nice, I didn't really do that much. Mostly just skated around town.
I can't remember what the name of the park is but in one of the central parks I cut abit too close to the curb on my skateboard and took quite a nasty looking fall. At least judging from the guys reaction that was a few meters away from me. I will master that sport some day! :D
Only touristy thing I did was to visit SkyTower which is 328 meters. I just bought the cheapest ticket (28$) that takes you to level 51 (186 meters) but it was still kinda cool to have such a nice view over the whole town. I had a beer at the cafe and managed to get the picture of a guy "bungee" jumping outside the window.
There are a few random pictures at the bottom that I just taught look cool. And then there's The White Lady, I just had to take a picture of it. It was by far the best thing anyone told me about Auckland, cos those burgers are just amazing. If I lived there I would most likely eat at The White Lady every day.
The quality of my pictures isn't the best but I should get my real camera in a few weeks. All pictures above are taken with my phone or my GoPro.
On Monday I took the 6,5h busride to where I am now, Ohakune! It was like riding a rollercoaster, the roads felt like it was just one tight turn after another. On top of that the road felt quite bumpy and there's like a million hills to climb. For the first time in a long time I was close to getting carsick. Would prolly have gotten carsick if it wasn't for the awesome landscapes.
I haven't really been taking any pictures here because it's been raining alot and I haven't been up the mountain yet. Tomorrow is my first day so I think that during the following week I'll have something to show and/or write about. Time to get the gear ready for tomorrow and go to bed.
I hope this post wasn't too long.
The end of the season at Levi was alot of sitting around waiting for good weather, we did film alot but Kaarle has all the footage since he filmed on the 7D most of the time. And he is on the other side of the world right now so won't be getting that footage any day soon. I still made a miniedit of what I had on the GoPro. It's far from quality footage but I felt like editing so whatever.
Vide-Oh! s2ep6 from Vide-Oh! on Vimeo.
As usual during the springtime at Levi there was alot of days with bad vis and we got new snow that was super sticky so you could barely get enough speed for the small jumps. This was the case during Levi Camp351 which kinda takes the fun out of riding. But that's how it has to be on Levi Camp, at least one day has to suck.
Just before Levi Camp we went to Riksgränsen for som Powhunting, and we actually got some really nice runs in the 3 days we were there. Editing the footage from that trip is next on my to do list.
I would have been nice to stay at Levi for a bit longer, not that the lifts were open but you could still ride in July if I remember correctly. If you don't have anything against hiking that is.
On the last week I started skateboarding which is great fun and a fast way to move around. It's funny how stoked you get when you manage to do a small Ollie over a six by four.
From Levi I headed straight to Helsinki, this was around mid May.
It's always nice to see family and friends. And the weather was awesome, it seems like it generally was a really good summer in the southern parts of Finland.
2 weeks later I headed to Norway to work. Basically driving back to Levi and then 900km or so past Levi. I've been driving in my car alot lately.
I was in Norway for 2 months working in a kitchen/grill and my whole stay is really simple to sum up. Most of the time was spent at work, and the only other things I did was sleep, go hiking a few times and go fishing.
My workstation:
I can tell you, it was hot as f!
Met alot of new people and made some new friends. Basically the people working at the restaurant is a really random bunch, it's so awesome when you have a big group of people that are all so different still getting alot really well. Miss you all!
But as I mentioned I mostly worked so I'm just gonna post alot of pics that a took while I was there.
Click on the picture for original size!
So we hiked a few nice peaks and got some fish, and spent quality time at work ofc.
Then, at the end of July, it was time for a change of scenery.
So once again it was time for the nearly 2000km drive home. On the way close to Kiruna, Sweden I took this picture. I think the colors in the picture are awesome. I took it when I was taking a snackbreak and just a few moment later it was gone.
Once I got back to Helsinki I had one week to repack and meet family and friends. Took a short trip to our summerplace since everyone was there. Saw my sister and her boyfriend for the first time in like 7 months and taught their dog to realize she can swim. I actually got some GoPro footage of the dog swimming, maybe I'll use it in some random edit.
Having spent the previous 2 summers there it felt abit hard to leave. It is prolly the most relaxing place I know, and traveling alot that is just what you need. Waking up wheneve you feel like it. Take a swim in the ocean. Sit by the sea. Maybe go for a daytrip in the sailboat.
I actually managed to squeeze all of that into 2 days so it was a success.
Then back to Helsinki to pack everything and off to New Zealand.
Believe it or not but I'm actually not even here on holiday. I got a job as a ski instructor here. I arrived in Auckland a week ago and stayed there for a few nights. Really felt like resting after the 25h trip, 30h actually if you count the time from door to door.
Auckland seemed nice, I didn't really do that much. Mostly just skated around town.
I can't remember what the name of the park is but in one of the central parks I cut abit too close to the curb on my skateboard and took quite a nasty looking fall. At least judging from the guys reaction that was a few meters away from me. I will master that sport some day! :D
Only touristy thing I did was to visit SkyTower which is 328 meters. I just bought the cheapest ticket (28$) that takes you to level 51 (186 meters) but it was still kinda cool to have such a nice view over the whole town. I had a beer at the cafe and managed to get the picture of a guy "bungee" jumping outside the window.
There are a few random pictures at the bottom that I just taught look cool. And then there's The White Lady, I just had to take a picture of it. It was by far the best thing anyone told me about Auckland, cos those burgers are just amazing. If I lived there I would most likely eat at The White Lady every day.
The quality of my pictures isn't the best but I should get my real camera in a few weeks. All pictures above are taken with my phone or my GoPro.
On Monday I took the 6,5h busride to where I am now, Ohakune! It was like riding a rollercoaster, the roads felt like it was just one tight turn after another. On top of that the road felt quite bumpy and there's like a million hills to climb. For the first time in a long time I was close to getting carsick. Would prolly have gotten carsick if it wasn't for the awesome landscapes.
I haven't really been taking any pictures here because it's been raining alot and I haven't been up the mountain yet. Tomorrow is my first day so I think that during the following week I'll have something to show and/or write about. Time to get the gear ready for tomorrow and go to bed.
I hope this post wasn't too long.
Monday, April 28, 2014
A new clip out of nothing!
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.
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.
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