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Johan Jonsson

Georgia video


2012-02-29 15:48 | 3085 Visningar | 2 kommentarer

Just some random shots I threw together. Hopefully I’ll make one or two more edits. Georgia is a sweet place!

Just got back to Engelberg. Haven’t been sleeping anything, so I’m tired as hell, but happy after a fun trip! Thanks Oskar Enander and Patrick Vuagnat for bringing me!

Screenprint.


Georgia iPhone


2012-02-28 17:34 | 2962 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Just came to Tbilisi after “The Car Drive That God Gorgot”.

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I was petting this loose “dog” a bit before we left. Since he weighed about two times as much as me, and didn’t eat me, I took it as a good sign.

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And this is “Järnskrotmannenmedfanmedhembränt” – he was a cool dude! After 200 km beside him in the most sketchy “taxi” ever, I think we’re like brothers.

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Don’t panic.


Björngom


2012-02-27 19:17 | 2969 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Saw this video at Transition. Pôjkon is represented by my dear friend Kanylen Karlsson, and Håkis and some other dude I don’t know is in this happy edit. More of this!


Georgia photo blog 1


2012-02-26 16:32 | 2685 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Have been some days in Georgia now. I’m here with Patrick Vuagnat and Oskar Enander. And… Just look at the shots and read the captions (if you’re looking at Freeride.se, you need to click).

Not yet... That's good! You who understand, you understand. Georgian style. Stopped for a first meal, on the way to Gudauri. We we NOT invited to this floor. Big guys meeting... "So you Scandinavians think you have bright colors?!" My new girlfriend. Count how many kind of beers, and vodka. Georgian style. No internet at the first hotel, so just good work. Well hello there! Later. Good light session. "Maybe tomorrow." Georgian gnar. Wind. After sunset. More beer than vodka. Not Georgian style. Last year we were in Greece. I can't really figure out if the smoke more or less here. I think less. They smoke a lot though... We were on our way to hike this face, but didn't. This ridge is the border to South Ossetia. We were advised to NOT drop in on the other side. In Georgia there are no lifties, there are cops with guns, and hands the size of my whole torso. He asked me for my pass, and I was very close to shitting my pants. Classic. Classic with a twist. "Radhus". Mission: Find the lady. Easier mission: Find Oskar. Shot from outside of our "hotel". Patrick. Oskar. Today we were on the road almost all day. We bought a few liters of "cha cha" on the first stop, and the rest of the trip was fun as hell! This lady was pretty fun too. Three amigos. "Hello. I'm selling a leather jacket and a chainsaw." Georgian style.

New girlfriend


2012-02-26 10:34 | 2557 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

My new Georgian girlfriend. She didn’t like me the first day, but after a while, I think we connected. My thoughts go out to Bea though, who is doing Vasaloppet today. Goooo!!! Puss puss. Now: cha cha on the road to bakuriani!

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My Georgian grlfriend.

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New hat!

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We don’t drink this fancy shit.

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Dr Hazhhh with the rest of 1,2 kg chocolate cake.


Georgia


2012-02-24 08:46 | 2619 Visningar | 2 kommentarer

Georgia sucks:

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Traveling


2012-02-22 07:27 | 2622 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

New language. Next stop: Istanbul!

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Pjuh


2012-02-22 01:56 | 2465 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Such a not smooth screen print…

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One last hit?


2012-02-21 09:28 | 2624 Visningar | 1 kommentar

I was just gonna have one last semla here on Arlanda Airport. And then… I saw her, the “Family Semla”…

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Oskar Enander video


2012-02-20 10:47 | 2695 Visningar | 2 kommentarer

Just saw that my good friend Oskar posted a sweet video from a morning session in Engelberg. It’s sweet to be in Sweden for a few days, but it seems like I didn’t pick the right weekend…


VW Akalla Mini Park video


2012-02-19 17:58 | 2618 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Big ups to Volkswagen who arranged a sweet weekend for car buyers and park shredders! This is what we did:


Rails and talking


2012-02-18 09:21 | 2687 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Glöm inte att komma ut till Volkswagen på Malaxgatan 2 idag. Jag och Sverre ska prata om våra liv som skidåkare. Vill du inte lyssna på oss, så kör lite rails i parken vi byggt, eller spana in lite sköna bilar. Extraerbjudande står som spön i backen!

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Volkswagen freestyle show


2012-02-17 09:45 | 2885 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Came back to Sweden yesterday. Gonna help Volkswagen with a sweet event this Saturday and Sunday. They’re opening a new car store (bilhall) in Akalla. Me and Sverre Liliequist will talk about the life as a freeskier at 12.00 and 14.00 both days. Come and see what we have to say, and check out some sweet cars.

We have also made a park with rails, boxes and a small jump for those who want to try it! We have some invited riders who will ski there during the day, but if you feel the urge for some rail sliding – bring your skis and come out there! 11.00-16.00 both saturday and sunday. Here’s the poster (and some shots from the last days in Switzerland):

Come and listen to me and Sverre!

From the last day in St Moritz. Ha ha! Ha... No skiing, so we had some coffee. I like my new Kask Mask 4! Tero likes his tea. Yep. That's St Moritz. I wonder if there's any drunk people who tried to kick this ice bar and steal that champagne... Moon boots is another popular thing in that town. Chill dude chilling... Another chill dude chilling. Xavier in the Bernina Pass. I like this shot... Then I came back to Engelberg, and as I wrote before - an unexpected amount of snow! "This pole will be the last thing you see!" Wille's brother was there on a visit. THIS is skiing. Fun shredding close to the Secret Lift. We all do... Oh so classic. Wille, Adam and Micke at the Secret Lift. Hello. Adam between to turns... ...and in some snow. Bergman and Anna came for dinner. (Yes, we had moose). And little Lelle borrowed my bed. If I wasn't such a bad ass, I'd write "Aaaawwwhhh" now... Come and listen to me and Sverre!

Adam Widén deep turns video


2012-02-15 16:27 | 2853 Visningar | 1 kommentar

Some turns from Adam Widén, shot with my iPhone.

Screenprint.


Unexpected POW


2012-02-15 13:28 | 2555 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

When me, Wille Lindberg, Adam Widén and Micke Fors came up to the mountain today. We got a surprise. 50 cm blower pow! Quick lunch now, and then we’re on it again. Booooyaaaa!

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10 cm on the car this morning. No big expectations…

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On the mountain though, it was “a bit” more. Wille enjoying some deep pow.

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Micke too.


Last day at The North Face shoot


2012-02-15 00:10 | 2731 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Had the last day with The North Face crew in St Moritz yesterday. We were supposed to shoot for one more day, but since the whole valley looked like the moon (no powder on the moon), we finished all the other shooting, and left earlier. Thanks all guys and girls for some good days! Some iPhone shots:

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Matthieu Giraud with a new solution for my S100. Looking good!

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Some guys in the crew had been working so hard the last days that they fell asleep on the floor of the train!

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Sugar-breakfast with planning.

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But it feels like it doesn’t really matter when it’s Mordor in the whole valley….

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I’m not a super big fan of St Moritz. A bit too fancy for me… But this dude didn’t mind my long hair and baggy clothes. He didn’t judge me. A new friend!

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So we did all this stuff instead of skiing. Xavier getting interviewed.

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I was too. By the Timeline Mujaheddin. I hope I don’t get anthrax in the mail if I happened to use bad language…

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Leaving Mordor. Me, Janette, Matthieu and Xavier all fit it my Passat. With gear, and skis. 5 liters per 100 km on the way back even with all this load. Yeah!

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So now I’m in Engelberg. Tomorrow I’m gonna try this new boot from Nordica. Patron Pro. A real kick ass freeride boot! Looking forward to that. But first: sleep.


Photo blog from TNF team shoot


2012-02-12 22:49 | 2919 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Have been offline for a while now. I’m at a team shoot/product meeting with The North Face. Been hanging out with Marja Persson, Tom-Oliver Hedvall, Giulia MonegoXavier de le Rue, Janette Hargin, Davide Cusini, Kristoffer Edvall and a bunch of skilled photographers, filters and designers from the Timeline crew and The North Face.

Captions (if you’re reading at Freeride.se, you need to click the photos) explains the rest.

Went skiing one last day with The Butcher (Mikael) and The Mailman (dad). They were stoked on the pistes of Engelberg! A little bit of flat light shred is always good for the feeling! Larsa dropping in. Then I packed up my car and went on the road. Stoked that you can connect the phone to the stereo with Bluetooth. Hooray Volkswagen! Ended up in Andermatt. Marja Persson and demon photographer Tero Repo discussing something important. Leo was there! And Mr Clothing King Robbert. One guy on the team immediately saw a line in this face. Can you guess who? A lot of snow in Andermatt! A nice house and a nice photographer. Giulia Monego and Davide Cusini. Eric passed by and explained a couple of things. Look at the stomach "Fall 2013". Kind of weird to talk about not next years clothes, but the year after that. It's good though! Robbert showing some new styles and ideas to us. Jack and Sue, organizers and help deluxe. Thanks for awesome planning! Tom-Oliver and Piffen. "Fulla i fan". "There's a grizzly behind you!" Gondolas. Don't like them that much... Hello. Xavier looking out some gnarly shit. Cows trying to stay away from gnarly shit. Went on a hike to get into that "nice" face. I'm still not in that good shape, that's for sure... Xavier and Petter. Happy hikers! On the top of gnarly rappel into more gnar. Petter belaying Xavier, so that we could get an idea on how gnarly the snow probably were down in that chute. Since I've been using the word gnarly in every sentence, you probably understand that the snow was a bit gnarly too. Bullet proof actually. So we took the decision to go back instead. No sad faces though! Even though we had to hike and ski back in flat light... A tunnel. A dinner. Lots of new styles at that table... And some motivating beer of course, to keep the spirit high! This morning: -23. I kind of getting used to it now though, cause it's been like this for... ten days or so. Blah... Some product shooting with the new ABS pack. Yep, The North Face are making their own ABS packs next winter. AWESOME! I managed to be in a picture! Layers. Jansci Hadik and Myriam Lang-Willar, who we shot with today, getting into position. The shot was not this small air. I kind of liked it any way. White tail... Davide in Andermatt. Pocket camera mistake - waiting too long before taking the one shot you have. Ha ha. I guess Jansci got a good shot of Janette though! A shady man on the train to St Moritz, where we are now. Actually, we're at the Bernina Pass, where we live. It's nice. Now: bedtime.

Engelberg video


2012-02-09 19:16 | 2970 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

A couple of weeks ago, Tom-Oliver Hedvall was here and skied a bit with me. Didn’t do that much filming, but some. Tom-Oliver edited some of the shots into a sweet little edit for The North Face:

Screen shot.


Hell yeah!!!


2012-02-09 11:52 | 2919 Visningar | Inga kommentarer


Double drop


2012-02-08 17:17 | 3011 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Met a new friend today. Erik. He was killing in in the mini shred we had. Good day! Here’s small iPhone video.


Touring


2012-02-06 21:09 | 3068 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Went on this year’s first small touring mission today. Tagged along with Oskar Enander, Olof Larsson and Stina Jakobsson and Olof’s filmer Alrik. Was good to get my legs moving. Need more of that…

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Yesterday I was skiing Brunni with Bea and these two characters! To the left “The Mailman” (yeah, my dad is the mailman), and to the right “The Butcher” (yeah, Mikael is a butcher). They were stokes on the piste skiing here! And of course stoked to ski in some The North Face gear!

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Brunnihytte – best slope restaurant in Engelberg.

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In a weak moment, I promised Bea to join her for some cross country skiing. Comment redundant.

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“Spannort” from our living room.

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Drove Bea to the airport this “morning”. Pretty tired when the alarm went off…

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Then went hiking. Felt slow, so I tried to “energize up” with this petite dessert after lunch.

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After that I felt bad, so I went to the secret gondola, and then on a hike on my own. Kind of like that. Listening to music and skinning…

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Worth it.

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Picked up my car (which seems to be the only car that doesn’t have a problem with the -20) and went for a coffee (?!) at Ski Lodge. We were on our way to Media Markt, but it was closed.

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Got to meet Lasselarsson + kid though!

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Well. I was hiking a lot today… Brought a half lamb the my dad bought for me at home. Eco and tasty.

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Random pic 1: Oskar’s international…

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Random pic 2:Tom-Oliver showed his love to dijon mustard last week…

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Random pic 3: Something to think about… (In English that would be “One day we’re all gonna die.” “And all the other days we’re not.”


Cold!


2012-02-05 08:32 | 3365 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

It’s super cold here in Engelberg now. Well, actually, it’s like a normal ski day in Sweden. But it seems like I’ve adapted to the weak mentality down here… Bea is here, so we managed to get some love skiing done at least. Now I’m on my way out to meet my dad, who came yesterday. First time in the Alps for him! Gonna be interesting.

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Loveskiing!

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Yeah. Pretty cold…

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Snow got stuck on my Nordica Helldorado in a fun way…

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Lift.

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In Sweden we call it a “sun cat”.

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Jochpass.


Powder shots


2012-02-02 21:47 | 3745 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

The last two days in pictures:

Nice view on Titlis yesterday. Hello! Furberg dropping into Galtiberg with style. Seb too! It's cold now... Favorite picture. "Are you eyeballing me you fucking Euro?" "Ha ha ha! I'm just joking!" "The Knife." "Hi. I'm the nicest, and fastest, snowboarder around. And I happen to own my own snowboard brand too." Dropping in! Into the mist... Seb in the mist. Like this shot... New day. New mountain. Spent today on Brunni with Olof Larsson (can you find him in the picture?) and Oskar Enander. We were hiking some. I need that... Small Olof. Cropped pic. Not that bad snow on the sunny side today. Brunnihutte - best lunch in Engelberg. "What... the... hell..." "You know any good skiers?" Skating home. To do "Mjölkstuvade makaroner med älgfalukorv". Very tasty.

New stuff


2012-02-01 23:30 | 3976 Visningar | Inga kommentarer

Good day today, even though it was cold as hell, and I had some “stomach problems” this morning.

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Good stuff!

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Had lunch with The Demon yesterday. Good guy!

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Started today with a really healthy breakfast!

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I think too healthy! Cause I went to the toilet about five times in one hour after that. Need to find less healthy food… Ate a lot of these, so now I guess Inwont go to the toilet for five days.

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Got happy as soon as I remembered that I had some new stuff to try out though? New KASK goggle and the new Nordica Helldorado.

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Good day. Good snow. Good friends.

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After dinner, Oskar showed me this. The FREESTYLE supplement to Skieur.

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Where I had a jib shot. Hell yeah! Ha ha ha.




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