Video clip of San Im

I had a chance to film one of the most versatile rider: San Im! He rules in every spot in the cable park. I filmed this up during 3-4 days in the beginning of January 2014. Just step by step all obstacles and spots of Thai Wake Park. He made almost all tricks by first try!!! So easy to film with him!
Unfortunately I hadn't time to edit it and this great riding is coming out only now!
Peace!
Here is the link to my Vimeo account and to his amazing riding: https://vimeo.com/88508005

Sponsors of San Im: Hyperlite, Mystic, Rixen, Republic, Allispossible!

Thanks: San Im, ThaiWakePark, Anya Moskal, Wojtec Kalka for tripod and wakeboarding itself for this big family, what is around of it!

Private BMX ramp

I spent one week in Finland and in my old home city Nokia. My friend Elise Kulmala told me about BMX ramp in Tesoma (Tampere), where she is going to ride.
Of course I wanted to see the ramp and some riding!

Finally winter arrived to Finland, we got some snow and temperature -16C. It is difficult to image BMX riding because of weather.

I arrived to address where ramp should be, it was some kind of small industrial zone, full of different kinds of production halls. Address was just one of these halls.
I went in and met Juho nice and friendly guy, who told that others are upstairs. Entrance was under of wall of the ramp.

I climbed up and saw big ramp, which fulfill the whole hall!!
I met Elise and Jukka Mäennenä. Jukka started to ride and I took my camera and started to shoot photos.

Like always inside halls, one big target is to touch the roof during jump.
I don't know did they touch already, but in this session we were near.

Jukka and perfect tailwhip!!

Juho Jokipolvi rented this industrial hall and built the ramp, he also lives in the same hall. There was in the one corner of hall wall and behind of wall is his home. This is just so great!! This is just what I like in life style sports and people on it, you just make everything and put all in, that you can make it. I feel familiar with these kinds of people.

Juho

Downhill dominant Elise Kulmala is just riding and keeping touch of biking during winter months.
Thanks to Elise to find this place and know these cool people.

2014 wakeboard season going on already

2014 season opened immediately at 1st of January in TWP. Now I'm already back in cold and snowy Finland.
It was again awesome time in Thailand, I landed some new tricks and have some video material as well, will be published little bit later...

Me and the pipe (photo by Rene Santa Cruz)

Me and A-frame (photo by Basile Quiroga)

Me and rainbow (photo by Anya)

I also shot photos and was filming professional rider San Im, I got cool video material and little bit later I will edit it. I believe this San Im short film will be awesome!!

San Im goes BIG...

...with style!!

Daniel Grant creates something new!

Lords of the TWP

Something new in TWP!!
They made a new concrete pathway and skateboarders found it immediately. So now here is also so called mini skate-park.
When concrete was enough dry, local 'young lions' started to skate there immediately. They are just shredding by wakeboards, chilling and skateboarding all day long. (What a lifestyle!!)))
These young guys bring to my mind Lords of the Dogtown movie and Stacy Peralta, Tony Alva and Jay Adams... Watch the movie if you haven't seen it. It's some part of history of boarding.

Merry Christmas!!

We didn't get white Christmas in Thailand... but something like a Christmas maybe... for sure not traditional Finnish Xmas.

Santa had double shift...

Late in the evening cable park could bring to your mind the winter, frozen lakes or ice-skating area...

Even at Christmas some people are working and some are resting...

At Christmas day I got some nice shots of me... (Thanks Anya)

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYBODY!!

My new 2014 toolings

Already long time I wanted little bit longer board.
Santa Claus came little bit earlier this year to Thailand and I have a chance to test before gift wrapping!!
The first impression is that really good board, little bit softer what I was thinking. Landings feel really good by this board.
On sliders really good, slides well and nice flex in the nose and tail for massive presses.
The first air trick was little bit surprising with soft release, this board really must to cut deep before release, but when I knew it, the following air tricks were okay, ... and landings are so nice.
Really thin and light board! ...only thing what I scare: How durable it is? Well let's see I have 2,5 weeks time to test it in TWP field laboratory.))

2014 Liquid Force Super Trip 143 and Raph boots

Spanking in China!

I’m in China and living in quite nice hotel.

Soon I’m going to Bangkok (for wakeboarding), I want to keep myself in shape and ready for riding so I went to gym.

I felt little bit sore in my back and because there is also Spa, I asked back massage after gym. Price was nice 30 minutes about 6 euros and I was thinking something relax able.

When massage started lady said: “Very very bad.” ...only English words during session!

She showed me from catalog, what I would need and off course I’m in China there wasn't any English words!)) Some nice and beautiful Chinese characters only...

Prices were a couple of euros, so I was thinking what to scare, why not.

So forget relax able massage!

Check the picture and I want to highlight that I wasn't in any kind of Lady Domino spanking session!!))

After massage I found from other catalog (some words in English) that she made me cupping and sculpting!))

I can tell that especially this sculpting was so painful that I had to stop her a few times...

Treatments should continue tomorrow, after tomorrow and after after tomorrow… should I continue??? )))