Battery Bagjump Sessions, Helsinki 29.01.2010

This is already a few days old but I decided to post anyway…mainly because someone posted a nice edit on YouTube from the event is worth sharing. I also managed to take a few (loysy) snapshots but it was damn cold, -13C and some serious windchill, my fingers were freezing and I was actually pretty eager to go skiing! (We have been enjoying good amount of snow this winter – which makes even skiing our molehills here pretty fun).

The second reason to report from this event is that in a way it was groundbreaking: the event organizer Soul Productions combined the two unique event elements in a creative new way. A Bagjump was put together with the great Finnish innovation of Spedelinko (Ski jumping sling, see also the video below. Btw. If you want to know more about the innovator of the system, read this, it is definitely worth checking out)

The ingenuity of the whole set-up: it seems like you don’t need any hill or even a landing to organize a jump contest/session anymore, just a little bit of open space and tiny piece of snow! (Ok, of course the electricity but let’s not start nitpicking here…)

The Set-up

The Jump

The start list for the event was also pretty impressive:

Telemark: Joonas Karhumaa (the guy we interviewed a week ago! Check the crazy long jump in the start of the YouTube video, he almost missed the whole damn landing bag…I said he goes big!)

Freeski: Matti Räty, Roope Leppänen, Oskari Raitanen, Aleksi Laitinen

Snowboard: Nuutti Niemelä, Niko Länsiö, Matti Kinnunen, Markus Haka, Ville Uotila, Jaakko Ruha, Petja Piiroinen, Roni Rintala, Martin Kalliola, Aleksi Kuusisto, Heppu Pentti,Arttu Pulkkinen, Toni Viitakangas, Jani Isaksson, Jeppe Rontti, Juha Rautanen,Simo Rautava, Risto Mattila

(Yeah, I guess every second Finnish teenager/twenty-something is a pro snowboarder these days…heh)

Couple of my own shots from the event:

Matti_Räty_BackFlip_BagJump_Helsinki

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The Line-Up

Front Flip

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Janne Niini

I am a former (not-so-competitive) mogul-skier who nowadays enjoy many aspects of snow-gliding: alpine, telemarking and occasional snowboarding too. I have two small daughters and try to ski with them as often as possible.

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