While we are still in the summer mood here (with e.g. lots of mountain biking content) the nights are already getting longer here in the northern hemisphere…some of you might already got that first itch for the coming ski season. At least starting to train for the slopes now might probably not be a stupid idea at [...]

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On last saturday, 28th of June, I participated in the biggest mountain biking event in Finland, Tahko MTB.
The race was my first big “marathon” event. I took part on the 60km (just over 37 miles) route, the most popular class. Other classes/routes were 25km, 45km, 120km (75miles) and 180km (112miles). (Btw. on the longest race, [...]

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Homeboyski greets our fellow country man, Kalle Leinonen, for the great accomplishment:
Kalle just joined the international 4FRNT’s team.

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That is some great news for the Finnish skiing. We have had intenational level alpine skiers like Kalle Palander and Tanja Poutiainen already for a while, not to mention the mogul guys but the bursting new [...]

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Hey there, this is a reminder. Our April free giveaway campaign is soon going to be over. In April we are giving away a book called “Inner Skiing”. Would you like to win that book for yourself? Would you like to win something else next month? HomeboySki.Com gives away valuable stuff every month. Subscribe to [...]

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It is now official: skiers go bigger than snowboarders…
Well, all joking aside: at least for now and in quater pipe especially. (Genarally the skiers vs. boarders debate is pretty useless and very 90’s, in my opinion)
No-one can disagree that Simon did the record with style and difficulty though: a 35 feet high cork 900 tail grab. That’s about [...]

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27-year-old Freeskier John Nicoletta has died Friday due to injuries sustained during a fall. John Nicoletta was competing on the first day of the Freeskiing World Championships at Alyeska Resort, Alaska. Nicoletta was 47th skier of the day. Local ski patrol reached Nicoletta quickly and evaluated his injuries before transporting to Alyeska Aid Room. John Nicoletta [...]

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Finnish alpine skier Kalle Palander, who won the world championship in slalom in 1999, released his biography yesterday in Helsinki, Finland. Kalle Palander’s book opens up many surprising episodes from his private life. According to the book, Kalle Palander was jailed due to drinking and driving in Monaco 2002.
Kalle Palander had been dining with his [...]

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Miracles do happen. A while ago Marko wrote how this season has seen couple of really sad events for skiing - the death of freeskier Billy Poole and the horrible crash of Matthias Lanzinger. Downhiller Scott Macartney had another scary fall in Kitzbühel but was very lucky to survive with minor injuries.
But this time one [...]

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In February we gave away a great ski DVD value-pack that included Seven Sunny Days and Believe ski DVD’s. We have now set a new contest with a new prize which is a book written by W. Timothy Gallwey. The book is called Inner Skiing and it is probably one of the best instructional skiing [...]

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Kalle Söderholm, the manager of alpine skier Kalle Palander, was injured seriously last Friday. Kalle Söderholm was skiing last Friday when he crashed and received several fractures in his chest and neck, reports Finnish newspaper Iltalehti. Kalle Söderholm is not able to move right now, but it looks like he is not paralyzed. [...]

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