Calendar 2012 February

Every month I'll publish new page for 2012 calendar. Save it, print it and tape to your wall! ;-)))))

I was the first time trying the Rixen cable in winter. Snowboard runs faster on ice/snow than wakeboard on water and it was difficult to keep tight rope in the beginning. 

Honestly I must to tell that all tricks from kickers are really sad level, if I compare it to real snowboarding. It's difficult to think and get used to this fact that landings of the kickers are flat!!

All flat tricks (e.g railey) are really scary because of hard landing.

I think riding would be really great, if there would be fresh powder snow, but actually riding in deep powder is ALWAYS the best you can do clothes on.)))

Igora Snow Sapiens Contest 28.01.2012

I tried to ride also, but I didn't "feel good" (lot of as an explanation), so I was shooting only.  Afterwards I repented that I didn't participate, but I got some nice pictures.
Thanks for great riders!

Plate of Neste or maybe not...

I was driving in Helsinki and I saw and shot this plate just in the Mannerheim Street (E12) and Vihdintie crossing. (place of very busy traffic)
Text in English:
Neste Oil
Palm Oil- Diesel
Rainforest- Destruction

Plate looks like advertisement of Neste, but actually it is plate of opposition.
It put me and maybe some other people to think some green values! Cool!)))

Some links for conscious people:
http://ran.org/palm-oil
http://www.greenpeace.org/finland/en/What-we-do/Neste-Oil--driving-rainforest-destruction/

Cable-wakeboarding has not so big environmental impact than e.g. wakeboarding by boat, but how electricity is produced for cable-park and which are effects to landscape? Yes there are not right answers!
...okay now somebody will tell: Kiteboarding is the answer. ;-)))

Finally winter arrived!

About 2 weeks period minus degrees (C°) and it starts to look winter.
Snowguns are "singing" at slopes day and night.

Short period of daylight and this kind of landscape are getting some people to feel seasonal depressive.)))
Check picture below!
It's snapshot nearby slopes in Korobicino village.

Scary yeah, but we have fun at slopes.

We can't tell we have big-air kicker, it's still quite mini-air, but some fun anyway.

Picture below: If you really TWEAK your indy grab, then even your board is torsionally twisted. ;-DD

Calendar 2012 January

Yes I know, I'm little bit late, it's already 4th of January, but...
Every month I'll publish new page for 2012 calendar. Save it, print it and tape to your wall! ;-)))))

Our winter in season 2011-12 has been so unprecedented. I mean no snow and no minus degrees.((
So I have to use the last year picture from ZolDol Spring Games.

Why it couldn't be also from January?
We have some sunny days sometimes, but it's not possible to ride in hood like in this picture,
because sunny day in January means at least -20C and you need down jacket for sure!

Riding in swimming pool...

This is what I'm doing in the evenings!

Visit in Home country

I visited in my home country and home town Nokia.

Belive me, Nokia is really city in Finland. http://www.nokiankaupunki.fi/matkailu/foreign_visitors/

Yes I know Nokia is producing also "some" mobile phones and networks, but everything started from Nokia city by rubber and paper industry and much later with mobile phones.))

If you don't know, where it's situated, maybe you know neighbouring cityTampere. It's little bit bigger and about 200km to north from Helsinki. I was just studying in Tampere University 3 days and hadn't time to do anything else.

Well yes some photo shooting only, my photos are from Tampere.

This nicely situated "cottage" is one landmark, it's old shot tower.

Another land mark of Tampere is Näsinneula the highest building in Finland. (almost 170m)

From the walking bridge of Tammerkoski you can find "Love-locks". Who ever can just fasten their lock to there and the most of them are with engraved names. Nice idea! If you feel so, bring your lock to Tampere.))

Returning back to Russia wasn't so nice! I made it by car.

There was huge queue on the border-crossing and even that I passed really unjust way about 300 cars I still spent altogether 3,5 hours in queue (( ...no Duty free shopping, I just sat in the locked car, I scared that those who I passed will beat me up.)) Queue didn't move at all!!  

Yeah next time by train!!!