Finally! Finally we received lots of snow here in Hel(l)sinki! It has been a strange winter. We live here in north and we had “black Christmas” and no snow in early January. It doesn’t require being Einstein to figure out that the climate is changing. I don’t like it.

Janne is going to hit the road tomorrow morning. He is heading to Flachau for skiing with his family. As Janne said, it will be mostly on-piste skiing with kids, but there might be a change to check out some backcountry trails. Janne’s trip sounds good. I have never been to Flachau and I would join him right away if it was possible. Unfortunately I am stuck with my work right now as we are almost done with my project. My quality time (read SKIING) will come later this spring. I hope so..

Last few days have been really dramatic. Almost a week ago Scott Macartney had absolutely a staggering crash in Kitzbühel in Austria. First it looked like Scott is going to die or at least suffer serious injuries, but soon we heard he is recovering and feeling pretty good. Thank God Scott had tons of luck with that crash.

Then just few days later we heard the tragic news from United States. Billy Poole had died while filming an extreme ski movie in backcountries. Billy Poole was one of the big names in freeskiing and known from his super-long jumps. Billy was one of the icons in the sport and definitely a fabulous skier. Sad news. I hope we will not hear these anymore this season, even though we know that freeskiing can have high risks.

It is Friday evening now and I am at home with my super-active kids. I just cleaned our house three hours ago, and already now it looks like I have done nothing. Man, these kids crazy.. I just wonder why all the stuff in these rooms must be moved from their location. As far from the original location as possible, so that putting them back into order takes a maximum amount of time. Oh God, I wish I was skiing half a meter powder in L’Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix. After a long day of skiing I would spend my evening in a restaurant eating and drinking well with my mates. I think I have been working too much lately ?

My wife went to rent a movie. I asked if she could rent a ski movie, or at least a surfing movie. The answer was cold NO. All right, I gotta set myself to “watch-that-damn-boring-love-story-and-do-not-complain” mode. Aaaarrghh! I hate those “girl’s movies”! Hopefully I have my secret weapon. It’s my bottle of Murray McDavid, a Scotch whisky from Bowmore.

Have a great Friday!