Jon Olsson – Official homepage and blog
Jon Olsson – Official homepage and blog
Jon Olsson – Official homepage and blog
Jon Olsson – Official homepage and blog
Jon Olsson – Official homepage and blog

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Team Snyggis, Olsson and Delér x2

Since I got myself a new  camera it would be a crime to not post a pic or two! So stoked to have a Canon back in my hand. It really crushes the Olympus I bought in London a  couple months back!

As you can tell from the picture we did not change the world today but we had a great time hanging out!

At Maya Bay for dinner and some incredible black cod right now! ;-)

/JON

Charged!

Back again!

When Janni arrived (together with Byggmark who is dating Jannis sister) I decided to take some "me" time and step away from the computer and blog for a day. We have had a great time making the streets of Monaco unsafe but now its time to get serious again! 

Whenever Oskar leaves (he flew home to see his girl in Sthlm for a few days) I feel like the blog is really sucking as his photos are way better then my Iphone pics. So yesterday I decided that it was time to close the gap a bit so I went out and got myself a Canon S100. ;-)

So as soon as that is charged up I am going to show Bakke who is the photo boss! ;-)  Two more days here in MC and then off to Munich for ISPO!

/JON

A new place!

So this is what me and Oskar were up to yesterday! ;-)  We bought lights, new chairs, bed covers, flowers and moved all the old stuff around. Feels like a completely new place!

Super stoked right now as Janni is landing in Nice in a just a few hours! ;-)

/JON

A few more…

As Oskar looked through the Lenzerheide pow shots he found a few more decent ones… ;-)  Enjoy!

/JON

Skiing is like surfing.

So when you are trying to get out to the line up of a surf break and you keep getting crushed by waves you wonder what it is that you like about it. Then you get out there, you are stoked and think that you are going to crush it! That is until you miss the drop in, get sucked over the falls and end up getting washed all the way back to the shore. You go for it again and again and you get more and more frustrated as you are getting nothing but a proper beating.

Then finally it happens and you catch a wave!  You ride it for at least 10 meters and you think you are in heaven. Once you are off your short little 4 seconds  ride you forget about all the 45 mins of pain and suffering you had go go through to get those seconds and you are ready to do it all over again.

Skiing as a lot like that. I have been sucking for the past few weeks, wondering how in the world I am going to make it to the top in a sport where I feel that i am getting more beat up by the day and I start to question if I will ever get my "seconds" . Same thing yesterday, I started way back in a course that had the worst snow I had ever raced on. Finished 39th in the first run as it was so bad that a lot of guys beat me from number 65-95 as the snow was getting smother at that point. 

Then in the second run I saw a great set of waves coming and I went for it. As I was approaching the beach my legs where dead and I would hardly make a bottom turn, but when I crossed the finish and saw then time I totally forgot about all the bad takeoffs and beatings I took to get that one wave. I had caught a wave that I was really happy about and in my head I could just see the wave and not all the wait and failure to get it. I finally got the 4 secs that I needed to stay 100% faithful and keep paddling out to get more, no matter how many waves I have to take on my head.

I finished 32nd but thats not important. In the second run I saw that I could ski decent and that despite a lot of mistakes I was not far off the top guys in a 1 minute 23 sec long rutted out course. No EC points but great inspiration for the future! 

/JON

I love snow!

I am just going to let the pictures speak on this one! ;-) Best "in bounce" day I have ever had! 100% Epicness!

 

 

Thanks to Gilles who met up with us and showed us the super secret mega spots!  So stoked to finally get a real powder day!!!

/JON

Schedule

Good morning!

Even though I have not had a zip of alcohol in the last two weeks I woke up feeling hungover this morning!  Thanks to all the snow that came in the alps yesterday the Arlberg tunnel was only open for traffic in one direction at the time which created a HUGE traffic jam in the arena. We were dead stuck for 3h so our already long drive ended up taking close to 8h. Skiing all day and the driving 8h is not a great thing to do if you want to wake up rested! Luckily we have the day off today so I get to rest up. So while Oskar finishes up our powder post I thought I would post a rough schedule for the next few weeks.

  • 23rd EC GS race in Zell am See
  • 24th-28th Monaco
  • 29th-30th ISPO Munich
  • 31st- 1st ???
  • 2-nd-3rd EC GS race Monte Pora
  • 4th-14th Verbier (If I can find good training, anyone with connections???)
  • 15-16 EC GS Race Oberjoch

BRB with some pretty nice pow pics!

/JON

Deep!

Today was what you can call a very deep day! ;-)  Skied all day in Lenzerheide and then we jumped in the car and drove over to Zell an See. As  we just got here and Oskar took about 550 pics today it will take a while to go through all of them and get the best online, but here is a hint of what the day looked like! ;-) More of this tomorrow, now its time to get some serious sleep!

/JON