NORTHSTAR AT TAHOE

me, karl and daniel went to northstar at tahoe today... we´ve been talking about going there from the beginging i got here (and ive been thinkin about it since the day i booked my flight here..) and now it was finally time to check out the resort we had seen and heard so much about..
well, we woke up to a blue sky and fresh pow outside our window.. so a better start wasnt to ask for :) the fact that the forecast said snow and clouds in northstar didnt bother us, well, i wanted to go there no matter what (!) hehe..
after spending some time tryin to find a parking spot, we were ready to rip YEAH! we were stoked to shred this place!! :)

well... it was sunday, and this place is pretty popular, on sundays in particular.. soo we spent some time in the liftline wondering why everyone else had to pick the same day as us.. but we had lots of fun riding! did some filming and took some photos and got some funny fotage (video is on the way..)
to sum it up, this place was superfun, weather wasnt allways on our side and we definetly werent alone, but the parks were awesome and nothing could stop us from having a great time! the village actually reminds us a bit of whistler, looks more high class (?!) than the other resorts we've been to hehe

and now im having my last nite in lake tahoe with the boyz, feels kinda wierd to leave, ive had a great time over here and it feels like ive been here for an eternity, its been sunny allmost everyday and we've been riding in hoodies/shirts (in january!!) so Thanks daniel, karl and marcus for letting me stay at ur casa!!
Tomorrow i leave at 5.47am to denver! (flying via phoenix, wich kinda sucks, im sick of flying now hehe) its gona be awesome to finally hook up with maria and bralle and check out the Colorado mtns! which was the main part of this winter trip.. see u soon guys!

well thats all for now folks!

random heavenly shots

Sierra at Tahoe

went to Sierra at Tahoe the other day.. left the house 7.30 am and head down to the busstop.. 40min later we finally arrived to the place I've heard so much about since I was a kid.. Happily (?!) paid the 64dollars for the day pass, hoping i wouldnt regret it hehe.. the mtn was really small, but the slopes were well groomed so we had some good warmup-runs supercarving all the way down.. :)
we tried one of the smaller parks, but riding went really bad so we went down for a break... the afternonn we went to another park we heard about, newly built.. and DAMN!! that park was sick! FUNNIEST PARK EVER!! it was perfect built for doin lines, wasnt too crowded and with temperatures rising to +17°C life was SWEET!! :D
tried to do some filming and since it was my last and only day at sierra I got to be filmed.. duno if it was good or not, but the filmnerves did their job and i didnt land much haha (video will apear soon..) but it was a fun and unforgetable day!

park laps

well, im havin a great time over here.. life is soo good.. sleepin til 12 every day, breakfast, goin to the lift, 3 slow chairlifts up and ur on top of the mtn surrounded by the nevada desert.. the scenery is wicked! 

3 good parks to choose between, they're pretty small but well shaped and the lineup is non excisting.. :) we just cruisin all day up there, no powder rush.. thats all for now

some pics

south lake tahoe

After 2 flights and 9h of travelling i finally arrived in Reno last night. my plane landed at 10.10pm and the bus to Tahoe was 10.30 (next one was 12.30) so i had 30min to get out of the plane and get me bags... I really didnt wana wait 2h at the airport super-tired in the middle of the night... I got my bags 10.28 no kidding....

1h on the bus thru the land of Casinos and a taxi ride up the last hill and i was there!!

Im staying with Daniel, a friend from last year in whistler, and his two friends. the house is sweet, 2 levels, pool-table, bbg, hot-tub and a nice patio!

sooo, today I had my first day at Heavenly. Its about 10min walk from where we live so u dont need to wait for any bus. it had been really warm lately so the base wasnt the best, but they recently had some snowfall so it was good enough for some shreddin. we spent all day shreddin one of the 3 parks they have, it was small but fun! all lifts are kinda old and slow, but theres no pretty much no one here so there were no lineups :)

had a bbq tonite with lotsa meat, so now we're all kinda dazed.. just sittin with our laptops waiting for anyone to login on msn hehe..

well, thats all for now, will bring the camera up tomorow to show how fun we have..

laters!

back in the travelling buissness..

sooo, after a few months working back home in sweden it was finally time to head east, cross the atlantic and step out on canadian ground. Back in Canada, back in BC and back in Whistler.. didnt feel wierd comin back or anything, actually felt pretty natural, this is where i should be when winter is arriving... :)

Arrived in whistler 'round 9pm, Jesse picked me up at the bus stop in creek and drove me to their casa.. after 24h of travelling i was pretty tired so fell asleep straight away..

whistler hadnt got snow in like 2-3weeks so there was now idea hiking for powder, actually the conditions were really bad, they had already had lots of deaths in avalanches so we sticked to the parks.. and they were GREAT! had some awesome sessions in there with my roommates and pple i knew from before..

was pretty jet-lagged the first days so spent the first evenings just sitting in the couch with ma laptop haha

well, last night in whistler we went to merlins there were some celtic punk-rock band playin called the Dreadnoughts, didnt know anythin about them but got invited to it by a friend and DAMN! they were good!! kinda like the dropkick murphys... it was a sweeet finish of my trip to whis..

well, now im on the airport on ma way to Lake Tahoe, CA, which is my 2nd stop ont my 09tour.. will be staying at a friends house in south lake tahoe, will be back with more info on that later, time for boarding soon!

oh forgot to tell u what happend on my way to Canada.. i allmost missed my flight to frankfurt from arlanda... then at frankfurt passport-controll.... well.. I had someones elses passport in ma pocket.... and here boardin pass...... oppps..... duno where it came from... luckilly i had my own to..... hehe

later!

on the airport, yes my gate, will not "allmost" miss my flight this time haha..