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.

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Kaarle's revenge! (NEW EDIT)

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!


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"Picture issue"

One month since the last post. I've been working and the weather has been terrible. Prolly the worst season so fr when it come to the weather. It's been super foggy and when it's clear enough to ride the park it's too windy. On some days we got some footage off the bigger jumps but it always ended up with wind blowing up making it really sketchy to hit the bigger ones. Here are some pictures from the past month(s?)
Theese pictures are not edited in any way and are mostly taken with my phone!

SLAP IT!

"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.



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The Edit is DONE!!!!

So it took me a while but now it's done.
Special for this video is that we got guest riders Mikko Takamaa and local hero/pro snowboarder Nuutti Niemelä in it.
Adobe Premiere is actually really fast to use once you get the hang of it, this took me about 20 hours to do cos I watched alot of tutorials on youtube. Now it would take me just a few hours if I did it non stop. Now it's time to go shredding since it's my day off, which means it's -32 outside, good times....
Hope you like it!



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Hitting the park!

So the frontslope park is ready, and I must say they did an awesome job as usual. 3hit run with small jumps on the left and bigger ones on the right. At the top you got one "cannon-tube" and a rainbow bow.
We filmed a few runs with Kaarle the other day and as soon as I got my new software (trial) set up I'm gonna edit something. We got some really weird looking versions of simple tricks, and ofc lots of no-grab spins. Most def sexy stuff.
Tried to film selfie runs the next day but I'ts damn hard, gonna try again tomorrow.

If you listen to Spotify when riding the park and like electronic music, try Nero. Not a new artist or anything but I find it gets me really hyped when riding park, lot's of energy, good stuff!




I should be able to get the edit done tonight or tomorrow. Depends on how well I manage the new software.

I've been working my 2 jobs like an animal but hopefully it will help me save enough money for some pow trips to Sweden and Norway.
The following month will be really intense when it comes to work due to the christmas season. This means I don't really feel like partying that much, or at all since I haven't had a drop of alcohol in 1 month and 1 day, hoooooray! Seriously, you save alot of money by not drinking at all.

All my christmas shopping is done and I'm left broke for the next 2 weeks, still awesome when you get to make people happy on christmas. I'm heading south for christmas for an amazing 3 day vacation haha.

I guess noone missed the Air&Style news, just seems to be the beginning for Sven Thorgren who seems to start of his season really strong.



What I think is really big news is WHITE PULLS OUT OF OLYMPIC SLOPESTYLE QUALIFIER
He has been trying to get into the slopestyle scene a few times and it doesn't really seem to be going well this time either, then again the man is a machine so I guess we'll see who is doing and what at the olympics.
If you look at the picture it looks like he would have tiny legs, don't get me wrong, that guy is prolly fit as fuug. But still.... prolly the pants...

Time to start figuring out the editing software since the download is ready. I'll be back!

KAZU joining Adidas, that's a guy with style beyond anything. One of my favourite riders.

Ride Machete Review

 First of all here are the specs straight from the Ride website.
STYLE: ALL MOUNTAIN FREESTYLE 
SHAPE: ROCKER 
STANCE: CENTERED 
FLEX: 6/10 
DESCRIPTION: The award-winning Machete snowboard features Ride’s LowRize™ rocker shape eliminating hook without sacrificing pop. Cutting through the competition, this go anywhere freestyle twin snowboard combines our Pop Rods® 1.0 for an extra dose of pop, with smooth-riding Slimewalls® and durable Cleave Edge™ for a fun surfy twin built to last. CONSTRUCTION: Thin Con Pop Rods® 1.0 Slimewalls® LowRize™ Rocker Carbon Array 3™ Cleave Edge™ Biaxial Glass Fusion 4000 Base™ 2x4 Inserts

     Allright, first of all I think LowRize™ Rocker might confuse people since it's far from a rocker board, and feels completely different. The board is flatbased betveen the bindings and got a small rocker after the inserts.

Austin Hironaka shreds everything on this board and does it with style, and it's true, you can use this board in any terrain. First impression I got from this board was that it's reeeeally precise, if you stomp a trick in a perfect straight line it will stick to that line. Sometimes it felt like your torso wanted to continue spinning but the board stops you. Straight jumps feel like you don't have to do anything at all. Even if it's really precise the LowRize™ Rocker makes it playful at the same time. But since the flex is a 6 it's not a board that bends that easy, so when doing tail/nose presses you have to push into it abit.

I didn't detune the edges on the board and it still handles really well on rails and boxes. On rails it's where you really notice how stable this board is. On hardpacked groomers it handles well when you really carv into the turns but I felt like if you get abit sloppy the contactpoints won't hold too well. It feels safe and handles well in high speeds. The turnradius feels really wide so you have to get in to cruising mode. In ice I think it's really hard to get a good grip, but then again if you're into riding groomers only I think you should get a camber board.

I didn't get to ride any powder on the Machete so kinda hard to say how it handles, but from watching other reviews it's supposed to handle really well. On slush you gotta me careful not to force the board and try just to cruise since I feel like forcing it might make you loose control of the board.

So to sum this up I would say that this is an excellent allaround freestyle board for an advanced rider, a beginner is prolly better of with the Ride Crush for example. If you aren't into the freestyle stuff this is in my opinion not the board for you, it IS a matter of opinion but Ride has really good all mountains boards for groomers.

When coming to pros and cons I think most of the cons have something to do with stuff outside the park. And as I said, this is an excellent board for everything in the park, everything from rails to big kickers. I almost forgot to mention that this board is great in the pipe aswell, made it really effortless. If you want a super soft jib board or ride mostly outside the park I don't think this is the board for you. But if you're an advanced freesyle rider who wants a board that can handle anything in the park, this is the board for you.

The bindings I use are Ride Rodeo. As you might have noticed from the pictutres and the video I got my Machete from
 
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