While we were skiing in a god forsaken valley in Austria, Sondre Loftsgarden decided to annihilate a wind lip. For the better good of course. As expected the lip broke up in a million pieces, creating a cloud of tiny icy particles making everything look like a big wave hitting the shore. I did not expect Sondre to be lying on the ground without skis after the happening, but that is how it goes, and it is how we want it to be.
Another one of lovely Karl-Kristian Muggerud. This was my very first day skiing in Norway after spending all my tax-money in the Alps. The snow was as good as it could get, we smiled so much. Mind was happy and free, body tired. I drove from Innsbruck on monday afternoon, alone in a car and ferry for 25 hours so that I could ski with my best friends when the lift opened on wedensday morning.
Trygg Lindkjølen and Asbjørn Eggebø Næss trying to figure out snow conditions, what to send, what not to send and if to send. Apparently skiing mountains is a complex deal and a thing not to take lightly. We all survived the day and the giants stand to be skied another day.
I was told, many times, to never speak of the location of this run. This is Lars trying to breathe after a deep turn.
First station on our first lap of the day. Calum ate an entire parmesan-cheese alone, and nothing else for breakfast. He could not understand why his belly made wierd sounds and why he made our ride up the lift a living hell. Widows were open from start till finish.
Nordkette really is the Jewel of the Alps. Saw many cool dudes with wierd looking cigarettes and bright beers. All in all a great place with amazing human beings. This dude, whom name is not known smiled so much when he got down. Apparently a great human.
Krister Kopala, with all his might beneath the slightly mightier Aiguille Midi. My first time riding from the lift, ended up being way more exposed than i first imagined.
Adrian Tøien doing what a Adrian does best, makes complex maneuvers look easier than they are, while also looking good. Thank you Adrian, for making skiin look cool.
Sondre Loftsgarden cruising down through a tunnel of ice in a noteworthy shitty season in La Grave. Legs got strong and caracter was built.
This is right after Trygg Samuel Lindkjølen nailed a line. Perfect powder day in Sogndal, in a year where this was not common.
Sondre Loftsgarden behaves in the mountains just as one could expect from someone who loves jazz and black metal. He finds beauty in unordinary and complex terrain and skis unlikely hard while doing it.
Nikolai Schirmer casually dropping into a 15 foot pillow-line ending in a 30 feet huck. He also casually stomped it.
Trygg Lindkjølen going as far as he can and making it all look good at the same time. Same location as always. Kupa.
I’ve been trying to take this picture for three years, but always it’s something wrong. The focus, or the rider being in the wrong position or something. This is close to what i want it to be. Vebjørn Enersen killing the slash.
Christopher making some sweet turns down towards Sogndalsdalen on a beautiful day in February 2018.
Sondre Loftsgarden showing gravity who’s in charge, gliding sideways through endless light frozen particles, before he hucks down a decent sized double-drop.
Adrian Tøien getting the good stuff after breaking the speed of light down a couloir in Sogndal. This was a day for the books.
Karl-Kristian Muggerud doing his best to destroy a windlip in Kupa.
This pic is from the old days of 2014, my final year of high school suffered badly from good days like this. This is the last run of the day after skiing the couloir from Skarven, the mountain in the foreground to the left.
Adrian Tøien throwing a handdrag 3 out of a windlip early december 2017. This was the start of a season to remember.
Trygg Lindkjølen doing his favorite grab, the safety(trygg) grab.
After a full day in the Sunnmøre alps Asbjørn Eggebø Næss is moving back to the car. The snow looked better than is felt and what he had planned to ski didn’t work out the way he wanted. Safety first is the only way to go, and with 25 years of skiing in steep mountains Asbjørn knows this too well. We all agreed that even though we didn’t get to ski what we wanted the way we wanted to ski it, the mountains surrounding us still looks good.
Karl-Kristian Muggerud doing his not so famous right-turn in a blizzard early january.
Even Deilkås is a pure shredding machine, here doing something casual.
Adrian Tøien doing his best to surpress his feelings a december afternoon. This season ended up being the worst in 10 years.
Adrian The Otter Tøien shredding the piste between the snowfalls february 2018.
Adrian Tøien gapped his sluff then did a text-book slash to show who’s boss that day.
A good friend of mine, one of the people that took me in and brought me with on skiing. We don’t ski that much anymore, but when we did, it was always really fast. Eirik Stenersen is not known for his turns, rather than his all or nothing mindset.
Trygg Lindkjølen skiing what was 2018 first day of wind affected snow early in february. It startet snowing in november and it didn’t stop till march. It was sick.
This is one of my favorite runs down the infamous Togga. A wide slope dividing into multiple small couloirs. You don’t need to brake before the trees at the bottom 500 meters lower. Trygg Skis it with justice.
Even Deilkås being who he is, an insane snowboarder, grabbing into the sunset in Rindabotn.
Eirik Stenersen moving his way trough the wind and snow, didn’t make it to the top this time.