"Say hello to my little friend"

Check out my homeboy Jessi Blackwell tear apart this home made rail! Check it out HERE!

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Next Production: Videoblog ep. 1

Check out this edit from Mikkel Fykse and Next Production here! Watch out for some tech rail riding by Oeivind Fykse and Jessi Blackwell in this episode. Stay tuned for episode 2!

The Arctic Challenge

So, now The Arctic Challenge 2010 is over. I had a great four days in Oslo during the event shooting for Playboard Magazine. Bluebird, great people and lots of sick riding!

On Thursday it was the official opening followed by a rail jam on Rådhusplassen in downtown Oslo. Sixteen year old Canadian Mark McMorris claimed first, followed by Norwegian ripper Jessi Blackwell in second (Next Production represent!).

On friday it was time for practice in Wyller-løypa (slopestyle), and I had nothing to do, so we just chilled out and had a great dinner at a friends friend place.

On Saturday it was time to kick off the semi-finals, and I was there to get some photos. It was a great day with great weather and the riding was off the hook! Peetu Piroinen qualified first in Heat 1 in front of Seppe Smits in second and Torstein Horgmo in third. Heat 2 was won by Mikkel Bang, followed by Tore Holvik and Eric Willett. Woho! Three Norwegians in the finals!

It's Sunday and time for the finals!

It seemed like everybody had a hard time in the first two runs, but in run three everyone ripped that course apart! It looked like Torstein was gonna take it home for a while with Mikkel Bang following close behind, but in the very end Peetu Piroinen landed his run perfectly and secured first place both at The Arctic Challenge 2010 plus the overall TTR Tour title! That guy knows how to ride a snowboard!

So, check out the pictures! More pictures to be seen at the Playboard website.

Heli at Hovden

From Sunday 21st to Thursday 25th I was at Hovden shooting with the new SB outerwear team, a couple of guys from the Next crew, as well as a few guys from Chaoz Productions.

On Monday we hit the big jump for the first time. I got a lot of great shots, and I know fellow photographers Øystein Kvanneid and Daniel Tengs did as well! Tuesday was the most important day of the trip, with the heli and everything. But of course the weather was terrible until about three in the afternoon, and with no more than about 40 minutes of sunlight left, Martin Grønneberg decided to call up the heli. I think all of us are glad he did, cause the shots turned out pretty damn sick. Bangers! Boyaaa!

Day three, Wednesday, was the day that I got the most shots. We hit this BMX style kinda setup, which looked great on photo. An epic background combined with perfect light and great riders made my day!

So, despite the somewhat hopeless weather the two first days, the trip was nothing less than amazing!

Thanks to everyone for making it happen! Big ups to Emil Fossheim for building jumps no one else could have! Make sure you go ride Hovden Ski Resort as soon as you get the chance!