Friday, March 30, 2012
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
and then and then and then....
Straight after BEO we all headed straight to the airport to catch a flight over the sea! Yes, America that is, east coast Stratton this time. First day of practice for the US. Open was already Sunday morning, and we landed in New York on saturday. The drive up to Stratton was ok, can't clomplaint when I'm driving a Suburban :)
To make this blog a little shorter, I can just start with the fact that I didn't enter the slope style comp at all in the end. Woke up to a stormy day for qualifications, and with a weak and painful knee I decided I didn't want to risk anything by doing it. Especially since the weather conditions were pore. It was a hard decision to make, and I was really frustrated, but happy in the end. Still strong and good to go for the nationals that was still coming up. Had a great week in Stratton though, hanging out with good friends and watched again some amazing riding in the finals. Congrats to my friend Kjersti with silver:):) And of course the unbeatable Jamie with another 1st! Enni rode sick as always and ended up with the bronze.
Got one wild night out in New York before I slept my way back to Norway:)
Check out my pictures here:
Not much else to say: this is Stratton!
Working out is actually really sexy! With Mimi and Kari
Birthday girl:) Kari turned 21 and is officially legal...
Possum and Spencer looking good!
Kjersti, just before her price giving! Congrats!!!
Landed in New York, kari ready for our first American meal.
Torgeir is huge in New york!
80's night in New York. Real fun!
Shopping day. Urban Outfitters it is!
Roger, Per Iver and Sondre ready to spend some money in Soho!
well...self portrait!
The little kid Brage on a roadtrip with two gramps!
Roger and I, done New York, ready to fly home!
To make this blog a little shorter, I can just start with the fact that I didn't enter the slope style comp at all in the end. Woke up to a stormy day for qualifications, and with a weak and painful knee I decided I didn't want to risk anything by doing it. Especially since the weather conditions were pore. It was a hard decision to make, and I was really frustrated, but happy in the end. Still strong and good to go for the nationals that was still coming up. Had a great week in Stratton though, hanging out with good friends and watched again some amazing riding in the finals. Congrats to my friend Kjersti with silver:):) And of course the unbeatable Jamie with another 1st! Enni rode sick as always and ended up with the bronze.
Got one wild night out in New York before I slept my way back to Norway:)
Check out my pictures here:
Not much else to say: this is Stratton!
Working out is actually really sexy! With Mimi and Kari
Birthday girl:) Kari turned 21 and is officially legal...
Possum and Spencer looking good!
Kjersti, just before her price giving! Congrats!!!
Landed in New York, kari ready for our first American meal.
Torgeir is huge in New york!
80's night in New York. Real fun!
Shopping day. Urban Outfitters it is!
Roger, Per Iver and Sondre ready to spend some money in Soho!
well...self portrait!
The little kid Brage on a roadtrip with two gramps!
Roger and I, done New York, ready to fly home!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Catch up!
Had some footage and made this .."thing" :
A few weeks on the road and only one blog? I better catch up.
Burton European Open was amazing. I felt like I was on summer camp or something, cruising around in my hoodie and tanning in a tank top. Couldn't have been any better. The course was really fun and creative and it was inspiering to see the riding that went down at this event! Qualifications was rough, only 5 girls out of 30 went through, and I was happy to put down a good first run which placed me 4th into the semi finals!:)
Unfortunately I couldn't quite repeat that in semis and fell in both my runs, so no finals for me.
The girls were killing it in finals in the sun. Seemed like they all really enjoyed the course:) Just check out the winning run of Jamie Anderson:
Enni rode sick too, her run placed her in 2nd :
On the guys side it was a battle to the end. When you thought it couldn't get any better, guy after guy landed the sickest runs. The podium changed all the time making it really exciting to watch. Norway's ripper Aleksander Østereng pulled the longest straw and put down a breathtaking last run. Check it out and enjoy:
After this great event I was inspired and ready to hit the road again. Zurich-New York: US. Open next! I tried out a new setting on my camera, pretty cool:
Silvia, Kjersti and me enjoying some Apres´ in pink
Kari, Frode, Marte and Silje looking sweet in red.
Charlotte playing with her new gloves.
Tricia and Lesley watching slope finals, looking good in blue!
The pretty ones fits all the colors, Kari and Marte looking sweet in purple.
A few weeks on the road and only one blog? I better catch up.
Burton European Open was amazing. I felt like I was on summer camp or something, cruising around in my hoodie and tanning in a tank top. Couldn't have been any better. The course was really fun and creative and it was inspiering to see the riding that went down at this event! Qualifications was rough, only 5 girls out of 30 went through, and I was happy to put down a good first run which placed me 4th into the semi finals!:)
Unfortunately I couldn't quite repeat that in semis and fell in both my runs, so no finals for me.
The girls were killing it in finals in the sun. Seemed like they all really enjoyed the course:) Just check out the winning run of Jamie Anderson:
Enni rode sick too, her run placed her in 2nd :
On the guys side it was a battle to the end. When you thought it couldn't get any better, guy after guy landed the sickest runs. The podium changed all the time making it really exciting to watch. Norway's ripper Aleksander Østereng pulled the longest straw and put down a breathtaking last run. Check it out and enjoy:
After this great event I was inspired and ready to hit the road again. Zurich-New York: US. Open next! I tried out a new setting on my camera, pretty cool:
Silvia, Kjersti and me enjoying some Apres´ in pink
Kari, Frode, Marte and Silje looking sweet in red.
Charlotte playing with her new gloves.
Tricia and Lesley watching slope finals, looking good in blue!
The pretty ones fits all the colors, Kari and Marte looking sweet in purple.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
BEO, Laax
After a quick pit stop in Oslo for the World Championships, I headed to Switzerland with Silje and Kari for the Burton European Open in Laax. We had to wake up in the middle of the night to catch the first flight out of Oslo.....not my favorite, but anyways. Fun to be on the roads of Europe again, catching some trains and buses in the beautiful weather.
Laax is one of my favorite resorts which brings back a lot of good memories from back in the days:)
The theme of BEO 2012 is SPACE'd out! or something like that. The slope style course changed location this year and are looking a little different, but fun!
Qualifications is on Monday and the weather forecast is amazing, so I think it's going to be great week!
Check back later for updates:)
On the road again! Zurich-Chur. Silje and Kari always with a big smile!
The pipe looks sick, the weathers not bad either!
Good old BEO poster around the top restaurant.
Kari getting ready to hit the slopes with her signature Meow attitude!
Laax got all the snow this year:) Aimee is stoked!
Voillaaaaaa!
Kari really happy with her picture at the registration. Looking good my swan!
Kari and me getting on with the space man.
Silje, always up for a pose!:)
Monday, February 20, 2012
World Snowboarding Championships!
This past week has been so intense! Filled with lots of good experiences, nerves, happiness, friends, family, snowboarding, speed issues, flat landings, media/press, wind, Tv interviews, flat light, bluebird, parties, concerts, great dinners, invited to the City Hall and awesome riding.
I was so happy when I got the message only one day before the championships started, that I was given a wild card and my name was on the startlist!! Wohoo. After a year out because of knee injury I couldn't enter any of the qualifying competitions which meant that I probably had to watch the world championships in my hometown from the sideline! But not!!!:)
The course was pretty big and I struggled with the speed during the training, but it was so fun to be riding with my friends again in a big competition. It was also good to experience that I was able to cope with my nerves and have fun even after being out of the scene for so long! If I could change one thing it would be the timing of the WSC, cause this was my second competition in over a year and of course I wish I was more ready to charge it and do better tricks, but considering my injury and how little I have been riding in advance, Im proud to land a clean run in this big course!
I played it a little safe but manage to advance into semi finals together with two other norwegian girls Dina and Kjersti! The day of semifinals was amazing. Bluebird and perfect conditions! I landed a ok run, but fell on my bs 540 in my last run so no finals. Still happy to be back on track!
Thanks OSLO and WSC for a great event!!!
Check out my pictures from the past week:
Kari and the blondies! Party time.
Cheryl rode very well, and advanced into finals! Getting some fame!
My bs 540 off the last jump.
Smiling before my run!:)
Aimee and me at a Roxy/quiksilver breakfast at bar Vulcan, mmmm
Great norwegian support!
It was so nice to have family there to support me! Mom, Kaisa and Sandra! (Cousins)
One of my runs from semi finals here: http://new.livestream.com/wsc2012/semifinalswomenslopestyle/videos/168539
One of my runs from semi finals here: http://new.livestream.com/wsc2012/semifinalswomenslopestyle/videos/168539
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