Yesterday i went up the mountain and got a short but exiting flight with my little coud. Damn that little thang gets me alot more flight than i would have gotten with a normal sized glider…
I walked down quite abit since visability was zero… Sadly because it was soarable on top. I did a launch with the wind coming from the hill so i had to do a reverse and do a quick 90 degree turn and huck of a steep hillside 
Flew in tailwind, fast and low. Amusing and scary. Made it over the plateau and flew down to Skysport.
A good way to finish the year. I wonder how the new one will start…
Me and Jonna are very happy to live in the new house, it is perfect for us.
My landlord is a nice dude who dresses like he’s told to. Peak performance sponsors him cause he’s fairly good at skiing 
Tonight Jon and he’s friends are trying to celebrate as many new years as possible… Following the planets rotation or something. I dont think he will ski tomorrow?
Anyway, happy new year everyone
Fred G and Jonna
Well i have a hard time at the moment. Getting fatter and lazier by the day. No one to blame but myself.
I’m unemployed. Or selfemployed. Sofar this winterseason i’ve made one tandem… Luckily i have gotten some photos in Crosscountry magazines latest issues so i wont be starving
A few of my friends are leaving for exotic places like Mexico, Venezuela, Columbia and so on. Good thing i still have the memories from Brazil.
Photos by Xavier the mad frenchie…
Back to my complaining.
It’s between -10 and -20 all the time here in snowy Åre.
It’s dark.
It’s too cold and windy even for my Little Cloud… or atleast i think it is 
Probably just me being a wimp. Here’s a little to inspire U and me to go playing, http://www.vimeo.com/5874541
Today i spoke to a Norwegian friend about the next summers xc adventures. I’m ordering a new xc glider for 2010. 
I’m about to loose it. Going skateboarding this evening. Indoor local ramp. Keeps me from killing someone, hehe. 
I miss flying. Everything else is perfect.
But hey! atleast i have time to finish some videos and by the looks on statistics they are liked. Alot
Check my latest : http://vimeo.com/8405388
After 24 hours on vimeo over 400 had seen it! Highest numbers ever for my films. Makes me happy and proud.
And makes me continue doing films
Until then, take care, fly hard and have a great new flying year wherever U are
Fred G
Åre Sweden
Nitro teamrider Jonas Hagström and his merry posse had arranged a snowboarders weekend since it’s the official World snowboard day. Over 130 skiresorts worldwide have united on this day and made it ours!
Jonas has a pro model guitar for Hagströms and promodel for Nitro snowboards. Pretty cool! Photo from ISPO 2009.
Bydalen is a small resort an hour south of Åre, it’s a friendly resort and thats what makes a ski(snowboard)area rise above the rest! They like us boarders.
Today they let snowboarders ride for free. About 120 boarders enjoyed the fresh snow and the minipark, highest ollie contest and lowest carve (limbo) contest. All in all a very good day among friends. Oh, and it was snowing all day long. Nice
Even my landlord, who happens to be a rather famous skier, went sideways today.
We finished the day with an adventurerun in the canyon of no return. All 4 of us smiled even though some unvoluntary stops was had…;-)
Sorry for the low quality picture. Iphone is not perfect… but still by far the coolest phone.
Fred G, snowboarder for life.
Well it’s not mine. Infact it’s a friends, we are just renting. Good enough If U drive 5km along the old road from Åre towards Duved it’s on the right side beside a yellow oneplane house. Welcome!!!
The dog in the window is Sepe, he’s on vacation at our place until 22nd of december. He’s a nice dog.
Powder in Åre, and realy nice and dry snow. 30-40 cm in the steep parts of Lundsrappet. Minus six to seven degrees and no winds… Very nice first day of pow.
Happy Fred, 
Proud powderhound.
During the weekend i tried a new snowboard. It’s a Nitro Slash 166 and it’s a board with the model of an oldschool board, but with with modern ideas. Such as S-rocker. The rocker makes it supereasy to ride both onpiste and offpiste. During the weekend it was hard and rather icy pistes, and today it was lovely powder snow! the board stood up to expectations in both occations. It’s just a perfect Åreboard.
I have been riding longboards, around 180cm, for the last ten years and now going down to 166 cm feels abit wierd but the Slash is stable even at high speeds. I guess this have something to do with the fact that it’s 26.7 wide in the waist. Though it does not feel slow from edge to edge. Maybe it’s because the rocker helps to get into turns enven on bulletproof. In steep powder it’s just fantastic, sooo easy to manouver, i havent tried the woods yet but i recon that it will be right at home…
Oh yeah, i bought the demoboard… ;-), just had to have it. Today i was very happy to have it, except when riding lift, i had to turn off my music all the time because of getting questions and compliments about it all the time…;-)
Below U can read what Nitro says about it.
THE NEW SLASH IS FOR THOSE RIDERS WHO WANT TO FLOW WITH THE WHOLE MOUNTAIN, PUMPING EACH PIECE OF TRANNY FOR MORE SPEED AND MORE POWER. JUST LIKE A BIG WAVE SURFER OR POOL SKATER THE SHAPE OF THE SLASH IS DESIGNED TO ENHANCE YOUR RIDING AND YOUR EXPERIENCE. IT HAS A TRADITIONAL SHAPED, ELONGATED NOSE TO PROVIDE PLENTY OF SURFACE AREA FOR FLOATING WITHOUT MAKING THE BOARD HARD TO TURN IN LONGER LENGTHS. THE SET BACK STANCE GIVES A NATURAL FEELING IN POWDER YET VERSATILE ENOUGH TO CARVE UP THE GROOMERS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF BOARD THAT WILL TRANSFORM YOUR RIDING INTO WHAT LEGENDS ARE MADE OF.
I recomend that U try it if U like riding in natural terrain. If park is Your deal there’s probably better tools. For me this type of board is a perfect board.
So please King Bore, bring it on, more snow!!!
Yesterday me and Jonna went to Duved for the slopes. One skilift running and it felt nice to carve some piste. Me on snowboard and Jonna on her telemarkskis. after some runs we called it a day and went back for gluewein afterski in our house. 
Nice to get out and breath fresh air.
Then today, sun and weak winds, another little flight. I started walking from Rödkullen up towards Olympia. Above Bräckeparken a friend came by on his snowmobile and gave me a ride to takeoff at Hummeln. 
Luck was on my side and the wind was not good but ok. Northwest wind on westerly takeoff.
Launching inte the fresh and beautiful afternoon sun. Flew out over the lake and pulled some big wingovers followed by a swooplanding on the frosen lake. The snow on the lake was 5 cm deep and fluffy. Perfect for sliding on the ice and spraying with abit of powpow
Made a short film from todays flight.http://www.vimeo.com/7943274
Happy Fred. Again.
I walked down quite abit since visability was zero… Sadly because it was soarable on top. I did a launch with the wind coming from the hill so i had to do a reverse and do a quick 90 degree turn and huck of a steep hillside 
Tonight Jon and he’s friends are trying to celebrate as many new years as possible… Following the planets rotation or something. I dont think he will ski tomorrow?
