Happy Fred, tomorrow we fly again!

Posted on April 19, 2010 by admin.
Categories: Åre.

Hey i cant belive this winter. It’s strange…

Last week has been, bad.

However life goes on even when flying is not possible.

My lovely UP trango x-light has got a Aclima sticker in middle. Looks good. BIG thanks to my sweet friends who helped.

My good friend Mickael Kjellman has bought a Gin Boom 5 and has flown it too. He seames to like it alot. Babyblue and fast looking. Micke is going to fly big xc’s this summer…

The other boys here in Åre have invested in new hotships. Fredrik Lindholm/R10-2, Tobbe Hinas R10-3, Larsa Jonsson R10-2, Martin Kjellman R07 and the xc season is just about to start.

Jon Olsson was in town and held his JOSS and JOI. I went to the JOSS filmshow at Holiday Club and there was some very nice films from Åre. The Team Downunder had the best film in my eyes. Their editing was superb. They did not get a point from the judges…;-)

Jon has a nice car. Lamborgini Murchielago 670/4 SV. Sounds fantastic. As good as it gets. Price U ask? about 400.000 euros… without the skibox, thats an extra ;-)

This year i have signed up for the Swedish Distance league. I want to go xc. The posse here in Åre are getting ready to break the old Swedish records. All of them… ;-)

An old picture(-07), northwest winds and cloudstreet…

Jonna in partymode ;-)                                               Me and my wheels…

Back again… me and the spring ;-)

Posted on April 13, 2010 by admin.
Categories: Åre.

Well i have been flying and that has taken alot of time and effort ;-)

Hmm, ok, i’ve been lazy… Done some short films and taken very few pics.

But,

I have had a few fun things on my agenda lately. The most fun one being schooling nine 15 year old students in paragliding. It has been a cooperation between Skysport, the local pg club, Idrottslyftet and Duveds school.

Pål Rognöy jumped in and “helped” me with the indoor theorylessons…

On monday they had some groundhandling, tuesday was theory indoors and on wednesday they did shorthillflights and then finished the day of with their 2 first flights from the mountain. http://vimeo.com/10820737

Thursday was a full day of mountainflights and friday was theory and the theoreticaltest.

It was a joy to have them around! and now some of them are realy trying their best to come along as much as possible to get P1 before the lifts close in may. Imagine how cool it will be with a new generation of pilots. Young ones…

Also i’ve had a few nice flights myself. With my Little cloud

http://vimeo.com/10759839

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMY9ylXBwno)

and my new UP trango x-light. No xc flights but some good thermaling. Photo by Nick Bisson.

Afternoon flights from the actual top of the mountain has been a joy for body and soul. More hike and fly is on the menue.

Marcus, Charlie King and their small monsters + Nicole and Belle was here for a week, we took them out for some touristic stuff such as a superb lunch at Bergstugan,

a trip to the moosefarm, the kids liked it but i think Nick and Jonna liked it even more…

Jonna also took the girls out for a winterbath. It was actually very appreciated by the the posse of skinny pale british/swedish girls…

We had crap weather for most of their stay but the weekend was perfect. Kingy got to try the Little Cloud, he and Nick Bisson got some sweet thermaling high up and there is two films from their fun…

Marcus film.

http://vimeo.com/10796779

and here’s Nick’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieCiN3c9k1o&feature=player_embedded

So if You ever doubted that it’s possible to thermal with a Little Cloud. Here’s film with it…

Last sunday we flew along the RudbullHomerun race on Åreskutan. I was supposed to be in the race but i was to late for my bib… :-)

Got some nice pics.

Hans Olsson 40 meters below the Redbull goalgate. I was as fast as the winner! taking pictures hanging under my Little Cloud Spiruline 18…

Also i have managed to get a Aclima sticker on my Octane flx. Now plan is to get one on my UP trango x-light too.

Later i will also have a tandem with Aclima logotype over the whole glider. :-)

The Swedish paragliding magazine Hypoxia published my article on flying in Marocco and chosed my picture for cover!

http://hypoxia.se/hypoxia/2010.html

Soo yeah, i been doing lots of fun stuff lately. It’s springtime and life is coming back in fullspeed. Sunshine and play!