The Activityweek

The reason why I went home in the middle of the winterseason was that I had to go to the hospital to check my foot. No doctors know whats wrong with it, but it`s probably just a result of tight snowboardboots. Cause in the winter I wear them more than normal shoes! To make a long story short - I came to the hospital just to find out that they had changed the time. So I was supposed to be there at 08.30, they said they had sent me a letter earlier the week. but I never got it. So I was 2 hours late, and therfore I missed my biopsy.
My mum got really angry, so she complained to the hospital, and they luckily fixed me in on wedneysday morning!
Okey, so what do do when you`re stuck in Norway with 2 meters of snow and no hills???? And on top of that - an extreem amount of energy.

Saturday: I was supposed to go cutting woods with my dad, but since it was snowing like crazy, we had to shovel snow instead. The wind was strong too, so it didn`t help much as the snow just came straight back in the driveway.
We decided to go to a jazzkafè on the peer in Tønsberg, wich was really nice. i was the youngest...
Sunday: They didn`t make any tracks for cross country, but me and my dad went out anyway. It was really nice. cold, but still too warm with the downjacket! Met a lot of people and finally got rid of some energy!
Monday: Went to the gym with my mum, and hope she got inspired to do that more often! I like that gym (Pepper sport) cause they have so many different machines! But most of all I like the Indo board, cause the movement is very similar to snowboarding! Later that day I went cross country again. Felt like I was on the Northpole. No tracks, and 1 meter of powdersnow.
Tuesday: I took my mum skiing in Svarstad skiresort, or my mum took me snowboarding. My mum tried her new equipment and was happy with tath I think! the slopes were really flat, but i was just jibbing in the slopes and we had a good time!
Later i went to the cinema to see Sherlock Holmes with my brother, but had to leave before finnished, cause my bloodglucose was steady on 27. Not good.
Wednesday: Went back to hospital to talk to the doctor. He said it was nothing wrong, but recommended a surgery. So I going back under the knife again end of may - and are hopefully good to go middle of june!
Later thath they I met Camilla in Oslo, and we went climbing at Klatreverket. That was really fun, and I did front- and backflips off the slackline. First time - so stoked! Had dinner with Inger and Camilla - really nice to see good, old friends again!
Thursday: went back to Cham, good exercise just that, with 60 kilo`s luggage. Yeah - had to pay a lot of money overweight....... sucks.

Engadin snow - St: Moritz

Søndag 7. februar ankom jeg St. Moritz for å kjøre Engadine snow, en frikjørings konkurranse som er en del av freeride world qualifyer. Mandag var satt av til kvalifisering, med 120 påmeldte kjørere. Siden jeg var invitert til konkurransen, slapp jeg å kjøre mandag, og kunne konsentrere meg om å studere finalefacen som skulle kjøres tirsdag.
Facen lignet for øvrig mer på en 600 meter høy haug med stein enn noe annet, og det var ikke lett å finne en passende linje.
Tirsdag morgen bar det opp i skianlegget lenge før sola kom til syne og det 20 kuldegrader. Jeg hadde pakket på meg 3 lag med ull, ryggbeskytter, Sender/mottaker, klatresele, hjelm og sekk og følte meg som Michelinmannen der jeg stod klar for å ta gondolen opp. For å komme inn på toppen av fjellsiden måtte vi rappellere ut fra gondolen, balansere over en smal rygg som stupte rett ned på begge sider, nok en rappell og deretter inn i et sikringstau med brettet under armen. Jeg var veldig bekymret for å miste brettet, men kom meg til slutt over og ble stående 2 timer på start før det var min tur. En rekker å bygge opp rimelig mye nervøsitet på den tiden.
Jeg hadde valgt meg ut ei linje med en bratt renne som inngang og deretter inn på en travers hvor jeg skulle hoppe en 5 meteres klippe. Jeg mistet klippa fordi snøforholdene var helt annerledes enn jeg hadde trodd. Det var istete og hardt, og plutselig stod jeg fast i en meter med pudder akkurat da jeg skulle svinge inn på den. Ble litt skuffet der, men kjørte videre og fikk med meg 5 mindre dropp resten av veien ned. Forholdene var vanskelige og varierende, men jeg gjennomførte greit, og var selv ganske fornøyd med runnet mitt. Det holdt til en 2. plass denne finaledagen, kun slått av Susan Mol som vant world touren i fjor!

Engadin snow!

I morgen tidlig setter jeg meg på toget til St. Moritz for å kjøre Engadin snow, en worldtour qualifyer på tirsdag. jeg er direkte kvalifisert til finalen, men reiser en dag tidligere for å sjekke snøforhold og forhåpentligvis kjørt litt pudder. her i chamonix er det fantastiske forhold om dagen, så det er litt kjipt å reise herfra, men nye eventyr venter..... stay cool for further updates! So long :)