WSC 2012

Im gonna have to say that last week in Oslo, Norway was the most fun snowboard trip I’ve been on. All the traveling was well worth the 9 days I got to spend with some of my best friends cruising the town of Oslo, riding an amazing halfpipe, sending a deadly quarterpipe, partying, raging at concerts, and paying 15 dollars a piece for drinks. However, halfway through the week I discovered that the eager women will actually pay for your drinks if you ask them. Winning. 

Walking around we saw alot of pretty cool graffiti.

Guiness and Irish Coffee with Broc and Greg to stay warm. 

Greg and I getting ready for QP practice. 

The QP was held at Holmenkollen just outside of Oslo, pretty insane drop in. Terje obviously wants somebody to go 10 meters. 

QP view from the top. By the end of the night the arena pretty much filled up. It was a cool feeling dropping into that 10 meter wall with thousands of people screaming at you. 

Got to meet and have dinner with the mayor of Oslo, Fabian Stang, at city hall. What a bad ass name.And a party house it was. Sometimes its hard to remember that you’re in Oslo to snowboard when the contest throws a concert party every other night. This place was huge and probably held at least a thousand people on some nights. Got to watch Greg get a beer poured over his head after denying some girl a dance. Don’t worry, he got her back.

Really sick shot of the pipe on finals night. One of the best halfpipes I’ve ever ridden so I sent it as big as a could and ended up in 2nd place! 

Podium with I-Pod and Louie. After chugging half my bottle of champagne I made sure to pour the rest on I-Pods head. 

Fast forward 6 hours and you’ll see Greg, Driscoll, and I feeling like models on the red carpet. This was about an hour before my cab to the airport. Still covered in champagne, I made it on the right flight and ended up back in Denver.

Aspen, USA —> Oslo, Norway

After riding this weekend in Aspen, my car broke down and I sent it all the way to Oslo

Getting the f k out of Aspen.

Rad view of the sunrise/clouds 2 hours before touching down in Oslo. For some reason sleeping on airplanes is not an option so instead I stayed up and watched Crazy Stupid Love(dont judge me), 50/50, the Rum Diaries, Horrible Bosses, and a mind blowing documentary about space by Steven Hawking. I love space and that guy is a genius.

Showed up to Oslo without an idea of where I am going or how I’m getting there. By now I felt like a contestant of the amazing race. Luckily we had a crew, Ellery Hollingsworth, Broc Waring, Brennen Swanson, Elena Height, Kelly Marren and Benji Farrow. So we decided to take a train downtown.

Taking a picture of Elena struggling with her coffee and two bags will last longer than helping her. 

Broc and I back on the train. 

Back at the Amazing Race with the flailing group of american snowboarders trying to find the right bus to the hotel. We couldn’t have seemed more american so I made sure to announce on the bus that we were actually “Canadian”. Seemed to help us get better directions. We finally found our hotel but by then I was too lazy or tired to take anymore pictures and passed out after 30 hours of no sleep. Stoked to be here for the World Snowboarding Championships! Gonna be a rad trip! Check back for more posts