On a streak ..eh?
Next up was the Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships....well actually not but I don't really remember any events between Valborg and SBMC so....yeaaah.
No driving this time. Night train from Skövde via sthlm and final destination Riksgränsen. Sat my ass on the first train which was a X2000 train = our fastest trains in sweden. They are a bit different compared to other highspeed trains cause they use regular rails which are not banked on the curves so the train tilts quite heavily in the turns....pretty cool though.
About 2h later I arrive in Sthlm. The first person I see is this huge guy with dreads and a pair of suuuper fat skis.
" So are you going to Riksgränsen?" I asked the monster.
" Yeah I am..you too I guess?"
" Yupp"
The guys name was David Odencrantz and was sponsored by Halti, I think, and Hendryx skis (handmade powder skis with short turn radius).
Just outside the Riksgränsen train he meet a guy he was supposed to travel and live with in Riksgränsen. Mikael Cajbrink was his name and he was a ski builder just like Hendryx, onky younger at mear age of 20 and obviously lacked experience from ski building. But his skis looked bomber and he had a couple of really nice models out allready...RAD.
A bunch of hours later we arrived in Riksgränsen and the weather was ...so and so. A lot of really famous skiers came out of the same train as me people like Per Huss, Jeanette Hargin (former olympic skier turned freeride godess). PRetty cool the me anyway.
After the 300m walk..draaaagging my stuff to the hotell I called my friends, from my house in Golden, Jon and Oskar. They had the same agenda as me...compete in their first SBMC and have a great time in Riksgränsen.
I didn't have a place to stay which sucked. Allthough we menaged to drop my shit of in their apartement. I geared up and we went up to the mountain for some warm up runs and some laughs.
Not that many laughs though cause the wind was howlin' and it was mighty cold. No bother scoping any lines cause the vis was soo bad and the lifts closed pretty early too...so there was only one lift open but a lot of variations in the runs for sure.
So we hucked small stuff and practiced flat landings.....not that fun but hey it's good for the knees...or something...?
No aprés for us. Just food, rider meeting, "safety safety blablabla welcome to SBMC2009!" and then..sleep. Me still without a bed....sucked bad to know that.
In the hotel lobby I meet some friends from the first season in Golden, Sten and Björn Lundström . And it so happened that Sten had a friend, Gabriell Andersson, that was in the same position as me. So we hooked up and got a really good room. Cheap too! 1100kr for 3 days = super cheapo!
Day one...first comp ever :P
Name of Venue: Sadeln = the saddle
Pretty mellow on the skiers right side and som serial gnar gnar on the left side.
First time I scoped I line and at first I was like.... this was easy. I'm sooo gonna remember this!
turn turn turn cliff long turn and one last huck...easy as pie.I thought.
I had a super late start so I was checking out all the other competitors runs. Some friends did well some other didn't. David chrashed so bad and got a bad cut just under the left eye.
Oskar, who is a snowboarder, had a hard time managing the scetchy slope and didn't score that well. Jon chose the same line as me and made it look pretty good but kinda missed on the first cliff.
Myself...getting pretty nervous...but not super nervous though.
About 20 numbers before mine I started to hike up to the start.
Was in really good company up there. Sten, Björn, Mikael and Daniel Tapper was up at the start. Some celebs too. Per Huss, Emanuell Hedvall, Tom-Oliver Hedvall, Henrik Utter and last but not least Henrik Windstedt World Freeride Champion 2008.
Next number was me....super nervous.. knees shaking..just focus on one thing. Where is that first huck??
"Rider ready. RIder go!"
Where is that fkn huck??? cliff cliff cliff??
There it is... oops wrong side...
Got kicked a bit cause I came on the skiers left side instead of the skiers right side...lost some contol and some points for sure :(
Turn, turn ohhhhh..point dem! Huck, tuck and land.
Stoked about landning the last one so good (I landed in another landning so it was pretty stiff...no give at all) but still pissed about not really doing the right line.
yada yada yada...all riding done.
Went down to the hotell just waiting for the results. Didn't make the cut...damn! out of 92 riders only 30 qualified for the next 2 days. So...a big cut for sure.
Next day...breakfast...bad weather. Was there going to be any competing at all? It was supposed to be 2 runs today...wont be 2...maybe one?
Around 1am it cleard a bit...green light.
Super cold and only the bravest of the brave of the spectators was out there...me included. Wierd face for sure. Some hucks at the top...then nothing and one small in the end.
The judging was fucked up! Some scored really high from really bad lines and som got bad scores from some really gnar lines!
Las day was soo much fun! Sunsunsun and good riding from everyone! Most impressive was Matthias Hargin who used 2 turns on the whole venue! COOOOOL
1 in the ski category was Christian Björk....rightous!
Next update an pics will follow shortly!
Peas
No driving this time. Night train from Skövde via sthlm and final destination Riksgränsen. Sat my ass on the first train which was a X2000 train = our fastest trains in sweden. They are a bit different compared to other highspeed trains cause they use regular rails which are not banked on the curves so the train tilts quite heavily in the turns....pretty cool though.
About 2h later I arrive in Sthlm. The first person I see is this huge guy with dreads and a pair of suuuper fat skis.
" So are you going to Riksgränsen?" I asked the monster.
" Yeah I am..you too I guess?"
" Yupp"
The guys name was David Odencrantz and was sponsored by Halti, I think, and Hendryx skis (handmade powder skis with short turn radius).
Just outside the Riksgränsen train he meet a guy he was supposed to travel and live with in Riksgränsen. Mikael Cajbrink was his name and he was a ski builder just like Hendryx, onky younger at mear age of 20 and obviously lacked experience from ski building. But his skis looked bomber and he had a couple of really nice models out allready...RAD.
A bunch of hours later we arrived in Riksgränsen and the weather was ...so and so. A lot of really famous skiers came out of the same train as me people like Per Huss, Jeanette Hargin (former olympic skier turned freeride godess). PRetty cool the me anyway.
After the 300m walk..draaaagging my stuff to the hotell I called my friends, from my house in Golden, Jon and Oskar. They had the same agenda as me...compete in their first SBMC and have a great time in Riksgränsen.
I didn't have a place to stay which sucked. Allthough we menaged to drop my shit of in their apartement. I geared up and we went up to the mountain for some warm up runs and some laughs.
Not that many laughs though cause the wind was howlin' and it was mighty cold. No bother scoping any lines cause the vis was soo bad and the lifts closed pretty early too...so there was only one lift open but a lot of variations in the runs for sure.
So we hucked small stuff and practiced flat landings.....not that fun but hey it's good for the knees...or something...?
No aprés for us. Just food, rider meeting, "safety safety blablabla welcome to SBMC2009!" and then..sleep. Me still without a bed....sucked bad to know that.
In the hotel lobby I meet some friends from the first season in Golden, Sten and Björn Lundström . And it so happened that Sten had a friend, Gabriell Andersson, that was in the same position as me. So we hooked up and got a really good room. Cheap too! 1100kr for 3 days = super cheapo!
Day one...first comp ever :P
Name of Venue: Sadeln = the saddle
Pretty mellow on the skiers right side and som serial gnar gnar on the left side.
First time I scoped I line and at first I was like.... this was easy. I'm sooo gonna remember this!
turn turn turn cliff long turn and one last huck...easy as pie.I thought.
I had a super late start so I was checking out all the other competitors runs. Some friends did well some other didn't. David chrashed so bad and got a bad cut just under the left eye.
Oskar, who is a snowboarder, had a hard time managing the scetchy slope and didn't score that well. Jon chose the same line as me and made it look pretty good but kinda missed on the first cliff.
Myself...getting pretty nervous...but not super nervous though.
About 20 numbers before mine I started to hike up to the start.
Was in really good company up there. Sten, Björn, Mikael and Daniel Tapper was up at the start. Some celebs too. Per Huss, Emanuell Hedvall, Tom-Oliver Hedvall, Henrik Utter and last but not least Henrik Windstedt World Freeride Champion 2008.
Next number was me....super nervous.. knees shaking..just focus on one thing. Where is that first huck??
"Rider ready. RIder go!"
Where is that fkn huck??? cliff cliff cliff??
There it is... oops wrong side...
Got kicked a bit cause I came on the skiers left side instead of the skiers right side...lost some contol and some points for sure :(
Turn, turn ohhhhh..point dem! Huck, tuck and land.
Stoked about landning the last one so good (I landed in another landning so it was pretty stiff...no give at all) but still pissed about not really doing the right line.
yada yada yada...all riding done.
Went down to the hotell just waiting for the results. Didn't make the cut...damn! out of 92 riders only 30 qualified for the next 2 days. So...a big cut for sure.
Next day...breakfast...bad weather. Was there going to be any competing at all? It was supposed to be 2 runs today...wont be 2...maybe one?
Around 1am it cleard a bit...green light.
Super cold and only the bravest of the brave of the spectators was out there...me included. Wierd face for sure. Some hucks at the top...then nothing and one small in the end.
The judging was fucked up! Some scored really high from really bad lines and som got bad scores from some really gnar lines!
Las day was soo much fun! Sunsunsun and good riding from everyone! Most impressive was Matthias Hargin who used 2 turns on the whole venue! COOOOOL
1 in the ski category was Christian Björk....rightous!
Next update an pics will follow shortly!
Peas
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