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24 februari 2008

Rogers Pass...

Another update to this blog, I'm not very interested in writing and when the bloghost makes it a big hazzle for me to post pictures It aint much that keeps me updating. But atleast we have been doing some fun stuff here since my last update. Myself, Emil, Mike, Per and our friends Fredrik and Joakim went to Rogers Pass to catch some deep snow and snow we got. In less than 2 weeks Rogers pass got 2 meters of snow and the place is really beautiful. Fredrik and Joakim is leading the way and enjoying the scenery. Joakim is dropping in for the first run. Im enjoying the deepest, steepest glades I've ever skied The skis I had today was Pers Line EP pro soft, wide, centermounted and bananashaped. A whole load of fun on the way down but an assload to haul up the mountain, my skins werent wide enough so in the steeper sections I was gliding backwards, the turns were a big hazzle since te skis were centermounted and the rockered shape of the skis gives me about a meter of contact with the snow. Per hauling ass... ...in the deep stuff

We were out trying to build a jump, with emphasis on trying, it was hard to get everyones wishes through. When the sun went down below the mountains we all wanted to go home. I thought it was a shame to build a jump for four hours and nobody even trying it. So I decided to give it a shot, one try with an inrun that looks like shit since we didnt pack it an the snow froze after the sun went down leaving a layer of ice. The jump itself werent too bad but the lack of shaping made it a little sketchy. But I tried and the experiment went fairly well, I didnt hurt myself too bad, not at all infact.


So far so good, my first attempt at a Lincoln loop... ...but the bad snow in the landing got the best of me Some pictures from earlier when I acctually landed a frontflip



29 december 2007

News... and then some.

Ok first of all I have been trying out my new skis. A pair of Line anthem, Everybody keeps telling me they are pretty soft but I find them rather stiff, maybe I should have gone with a shorter length but atleast I'm happy with their performance. They are really good on the hardpack right now but I guess the conditions in the piste are pretty much optimal. We have been building a minipark in the backyard and its starting to take shape and soon enough we can start to use it. We just need a little higher inrun.
Second we bought a car together and it seems to be working out fine. Its a -87 Ford F150 with room for 6 actually. So far there doesent seem like its going to be any problems with it. There is some leaking from the powersteering but nothing spectacular apart from that.
Not very remarkable news yet. But the main thing that will dominate my life here in Canada is that I from now on is a Snowmobile-owner. How did this happen then, to make a longstory short I tried out one smashed it into a rock and the repairs would be more expensive than the sleds worth. So 4 000 Cad later me and my friends Emil and Mike (thanks guys for helping me out) where bashing it to get it in riding condition. After 5 hours working outside in -11 and a couple of hundred dollars spent on parts it seems like its actually in pretty good running condition, hopefully it wont fall apart totally tomorrow. This really puts a serious dent in my budget. 
Well what to do next? I will first of all enjoy owning a way to powerful sled and then Im going to try to sell it and anyhow my airplaneticket home from this Godforsaken country will be rebooked to a earlier date and I will start looking for work ASAP. Wish me luck.... 
Pictures will be posted shortly

07 december 2007

First post!

Ok, here we go again. Since I failed miserably at completing last years blog I have made some changes to this years attempt. The first one is that I now use blogspot as host since they have a tad better multiple image handling and overall easier to edit interface.
My brother Erik and I
Last weekend I was in Sälen and after 6 and a half months away from snow we got a great start of the season with 50cm fresh snow and Ski-testing. 
MyEHP193 performed very well and some notables among the skis tested where Völkl Katana with dukes. A really good ski with a superb binding. Völkl Wall got me really interested in a symmetric parkski and the rather stiff Rossi Steeze was a nice encounter and should be a competent bc-twin. On the sunday me and Per Nyberg went for some sidecountry and we had a load of fun in the great conditions. I cant imagine it getting much better there.
Per enjoying the scenery and some not very steep at all skiing
Some pretty nice gladed runs in Tandådalen