Sunshine, Smiles and Follow cam!

Last Tuesday was one of those days where I just had the feeling that I want to go skiing. A hunch that there could be something to the day. So I woke up early, had a smoothie and picked up Bernie by seven. The morning was beautiful as the sun was slowly rising from behind the mountains.

Stubai did give us a pleasant surprise. Even thought it had been a day from the last snow fall we found plenty
 of non-tracked snow. Starting the day of with few cool lines and few small drops was loads of fun. Sadly we weren't the only ones enjoying the weather. As the powder stress was gaining magnitude we decided to continue practicing the follow cam perspective. Was one of the most creative days filming and it paid of with an excellent piece of art! I believe Bernie was able to gather all the happiness and joy we felt during the day to this video! Take a look at the video: Comments are always welcome!

Smiles All the Way Down!

How the follow cam looks like!

One of the deepest moments of the season!

From Summer to Winter Over Night!

Biking in the mud! 

This March has been totally different from what I am normally used to. The last few weeks have been filled with out door climbing and mountain biking. It has been warmer than it would be in Finland during a regular summer. Last Friday the temperature climbed as high as +22 degrees. All in all, my brains has slowly switched into the summer mode. Climbing is completely new for me and I enjoy the unlimited challenges when trying to achieve the anchor a top of a line. The possibilities close Innsbruck are amazing. The same goes with mountain biking: I have been rather scared while riding down the trails on my XC bike.

First time leading an outdoor route!

Last Saturday everything changed. During the day wind gained strength and pushed a totally different system to the alps. Saturday evening the temperature had dropped by 20 degrees and wet snowflakes where falling from the skies. We were extremely stoked for the Sundays trip to Iscghl. We were heading for the nice tree zone that we saw last time. The day turned out to be extremely rewarding. We were focusing in skiing fun interesting lines and enjoying the snow. The snow was sitting on top of grass and I kept touching the base briefly every second turn. The outcome of the day was an interesting piece of art. Have a look and let us know how you like the slow-mo edit!

Some photos POV snapshots:

Thanks for reading!

Pave

Ischgl! It's so Good, I Went Back Twice!

Absorbing like a champ.

After the few great days in the East-Tirol it has yet been dry and warm. Nevertheless, we have had few really fun days at the mountains. It has been an endless hunt for snow and new lines to ski. What I have found the most enjoyable about this time, is the fact that we have still been laughing and having fun every single trip we have done. It's been all about skiing tourist lines in Stubai, on-piste training in Kuhtai, one-run-wonders in Axams and two awesome days with sunshine and cruising in Ischgl. I truly believe that I have became a better skier and have learned to enjoy more and more skiing on frankly, shit snow.

For todays (Sunday) achievements Bernie showed his talent for editing and the end result is really amazing! Check it out: 

Same on Vimeo! 

Our original group is finally back together as Rupis' attempt to invade Asia is finally over! It is great to have the group of diverse idiots shredding the mountains together yet again. It is great to have Rupi and his continuous grin back!

Rupi eating shit! 

This week Innsbruck has been extremely warm, even so warm that I have been running outside in shorts - SHORTS in FEBRUARY? This Friday was warmer than an average summer day back home. Thanks to the Föhn-wind. Therefore, we have had few drives to the west. As Silveretta seems to get some of massive amounts of snow in Southern France, Ischgl has been a good choice for skiing. Even thought the visibility and form of snow hasn't been that favourably, every single one of us has been grinning while stuffing our faces full of junk food at Burger King.

Clouds filling the valley! 

The first day at Ischgl we had some interesting snow, or to be honest more like crust. I was cruising on my long El Capos and they found out to be just amazing on the large fields a I was able to cruise them full speed with long radiuses. Only thing that I noticed was that having too much pressure on the tips was bound to shove the tip underneath the crust with bad consequences. Having metal layers helps a lot on the semi icy and/or hard packed snow as it absorbs the vibrations and gives more feeling of being in control!

Today I was cruising with my new Patrons and they are just the right choice for cruising between the bumps. I had loads of fun cruising on-piste and charging around the bits of snow we found between the slopes. The first run of the day I was carving full on with the 115mm wide skis on piste - so much fun!

Teletubby!

Now we are waiting few days for the new system to drive in and hopefully we will ski some good middle of the next week!

Check for more photos and same story with other words at:

http://auffiundowi.wordpress.com/

Another short edit from earlier this week! Some great fun on bad snow!


Thanks for Reading,
Pave!