Comments on: Freeride World Tour Russian Adventure, Sochi, Part I

By: Freeride World Tour at Squaw Valley, USA | Skiing Info, Tips, Reviews

Freeride World Tour at Squaw Valley, USA | Skiing Info, Tips, Reviews — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:43:49 +0000

[...] second stop in the Freeride World Tour was held in Squaw Valley, USA, from February 27th to March 3rd. After a long trip from Europe [...]

By: Freeride World Tour at Squaw Valley, USA | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Freeride World Tour at Squaw Valley, USA | Homeboy's Skiing Blog — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 06:52:20 +0000

[...] World Tour at Squaw Valley, USA Written by Anniina 11 March 2009 No Comment Freeride World Tour second stop was held in Squaw Valley, USA on February 27th – March 3rd. After a long trip from [...]

By: Nissan Sochi Russian Adventure 2009 Compilation And a Video Clip | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:41:00 +0000

[...] Freeride World Tour Russian Adventure, Sochi, Part I [...]

By: My Feelings After Riding in FWT Competition in Sochi, Russia | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:00:59 +0000

[...] The first day started early on Thursday morning waking at 6 a.m. for the breakfast. Then a quick check that you have all your riding equipments with you for the competition: helmet (this year full face is not obligatory), back protection, bacon, shovel, probe, back pack, some water and lunch and of course your Bib number. A minibus took the riders up to the ski lift and it was still dark when we left the hotel. The sun rose on the way up the ski lift, coloring the silent moment with a purple sky. The first day’s competition consisted of a face that had a steeper part of approximately 150 meters, and the rest of the run was natural hills, “half pipes” and freeride formations. The upper part was challenging and made some differences with the lines and runs between the riders. I had a good run on my first day, I ended up in 1st place in the women’s snowboard class, which even I really did not expect. I had the feeling of a “mellow run” but I guess it was my line choice that made the difference. I had a nice chute line in one steep part of the second starting point and okay fluidity during my run. The face surprised me, because watching the lines from below with binoculars, I did not expect the face to be that steep from the top. Finding your line through the rocks was a bit hard at the beginning, but once you had come down 10 to 15 meters from the top, the face was pretty OK to ride. [...]

By: Hardpack Ski Test: Some ARMADA, MOVEMENT and ELAN Skis | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:09:25 +0000

[...] ARMADA, MOVEMENT and ELAN Skis Written by Janne 23 January 2009 No Comment Last week (while our friends flew to Sochi, Russia and Krasnaya Poliana ski resort) I got to “enjoy” some icy conditions on our local hill and test some interesting ski [...]

By: Freeride World Tour Russian Adventure, Sochi, Part III | Homeboy's Skiing Blog

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:15:17 +0000

[...] on. Most everybody, including the riders and the crew, gathered to a restaurant called Trikoni in Krasnaya Poliana ski resort for a dinner and some drinks. The place was quite nice and the food was excellent. I did not stay [...]

By: marko

marko — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:44:04 +0000

Damn Jarkko! You are ridin’ Russian powder while we are stuck in this goddamn office

Enjoy riding, man. Krasnaya Poliana sounds like a heaven. You know, there must be a number of awesome ski resorts in Russia, but we haven’t just heard about them. One place I’d love to ski is Altai Mountains in Siberia. Let’s see if I’ll ever get there..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altay_Mountains

By: Aadne

Aadne — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 20:42:47 +0000

Sounds like really good, rip it.

Greetings from Tamok