25
Jun
2008
Finnish Freestyler/Newschooler Kalle Leinonen to the International 4FRNT’s Team
Posted by Janne as Competition Watch, News, Uncategorized
Homeboyski greets our fellow country man, Kalle Leinonen, for the great accomplishment:
Kalle just joined the international 4FRNT’s team.
(Image Source: www.newschoolers.com)
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 [...]
12
Jun
2008
Mountain Biking Pictures from Heinola, Finland
Posted by Janne as Uncategorized
I had a week long holiday last week. Residing in Sports Institute of Finland,in Vierumäki (Near Lahti city).
While the Sports Institute has a wide variety of activies to choose, one quite unknown factor is that the mountain biking in the nearby trails is pretty damn good. In fact I wonder that they seem to have [...]
30
Apr
2008
DC Mountain Lab and Subaru WRX - check this video out!
Posted by Janne as Other Cool Stuff, Photos and Videos, Uncategorized
Summer seems to be here. For many people cars , and especially cool cars, are something that belong to summer for sure.
Marko wrote some time ago how he is not a so called car man. So, I’m not either…that much. For me a car is mostly a vehicle that gets you (and you family, gear [...]
23
Mar
2008
It’s all in your head - having the perfect ski day in the most unexpected situation
Posted by Janne as Road Trip Stories, Uncategorized
Season’s greetings from Homeboyski!
It’s Easter holiday and we’re stuck in the city. A bad situation - as the Easter season is THE time to go and hit the slopes up north here in Finland.
Well, at least we’re finally having real winter here. Couple of friends went and started the ice climbing season here in southern Finland few days [...]
20
Feb
2008
Phoenix-Freestyle.Blogspot.Com - A New European Freeskiing Videoblog
Posted by Janne as News, Other Cool Stuff, Uncategorized
Finnish filmer/new school skier Lasse Nevantausta has teamed up with some top class European riders.
The work name for the upcoming flick is Phoenix and the videoblog from the latest filming sessions is located on the address: http://phoenix-freestyle.blogspot.com/
The new school “scene” in Finland has really been growing eplosively in the lastest years. Our snowboarders are already [...]
14
Jan
2008
Skiing Dress Code - How To Wear When Going Skiing?
Posted by marko as Uncategorized
It was almost 25 years ago when I got a present from my brother. It was a neon-coloured overall for skiing. I weared it every time I went skiing in our local hill. I was proud of it. Anyhow, there was one problem. It was not much water resisting and therefore it quickly became wet. [...]
08
Nov
2007
Ski Season 07/08 Opening Expo In Finland
Posted by marko as Uncategorized
Last weekend “Ski Expo” exhibition traditionally opened the ski season. I packed my kids to my old and rusty station wagon and headed to Helsinki exhibition hall. We met my friend Janne in front doors and had a quick chat. I borrowed Janne’s camera to shoot few pictures inside.
The exhibition hall was literally full of [...]