New video: Winter sessions 2016

The west coast area called Jæren offers amazing waves, and a lot of different spots all along the coastline. Where I came from there where no wave spots, only flat water so I was then totally hooked to freestyle. It didn’t take long before I got my first Magnum surf board, and since then it`s been all about the waves for me.

The wave season is during winter, so it can get really cold some days! You need to have the right gear, and the Viking spirit. During the winter storms the wild North Sea can produce waves raging as big as 20+ feet, and it can get pretty violent and dangerous along Jæren coastline. But most of the time it`s pretty safe, and you can expect epic surf!

The North Sea produces waves true most of the winter, and you can get world class waves both for ordinary surf and kitesurf. It`s such an amazing place to live!
I`ve been shooting a lot this winter, and have put together a little video from the epic winter days along Jæren coastline”

Aloha!

Big and wild !!

Europe was hit by “the black storm” one week ago, and we could enjoy really wild waves on the west coast. It`s a very special feeling to head out in such massive conditions. You feel really small when you see those big mountains of water just surrounding you. The ocean is pretty all over the place with such extreme power, and you can really feel it when you’re out there. Lots of adrenaline and stoke this day 🙂

Big thanks to my brother Thomas who shoot some pictures in between the rain showers!

 

Feeling pretty small in that wild and big ocean

Down deep in the valley

The view from the parking lot, this will be fun!

Gypsy kite in wild sea

white water up front

One breaking big behind me

West coast of Norway

White water up my ass

You can actually see my head on this one

Heading out

The Gypsy, the best weapon !

White water chasing

Deep down in the canyon

There where actually mountains of water out there

 

 

Back to Fuerteventura

Had an absolute amazing trip back to our favorite Canarian Island: Fuerteventura.

“La bomb”

As usually we stayed in Corralejo with easy access to the kite and surf scene in the north. You will need a car to get around to the spots, and you’re best of with a car that can do some off road stuff. If you’re looking for a cool place to stay, maybe a pro lesson and some spot guiding, you should hook up with Rabbit gangster, Fadi. He runs Majanicho Surf House, and is the Wainman Hawaii dealer on Fuerteventura.

Fadi`s cool Rabbit house in Lajares ! Hook up with him for accomodation !

If you don`t mind some rocky places you can get pretty nice flat water action. I joined Fadi in the lagoons to do some Wainman Hawaii demoing one day, and scored some good action on my Joke. It felt nice to be back in the lagoons. Couple of years back I lived 4 months on the island, and did a lot of training in the El Cotillo lagoons. Back then it was all about freestyle for me, funny how things changes. These days it`s all about strapless surf.

El Cotillo lagoons

There is a lot of reef, so you must be prepared to pay the cost. One day I did not pay good enough attention, and hit the reef, broke off two fins and got some damaged on my board.

No worries, there is plenty of repairs shops around. I can recommend Joyas surf shop in Lajares. Julian is very good on repairs, and he got mine fixed in a couple of days. I also got to borrow one of his boards while mine was on repairs, excellent service! If you need repairs or are wondering about a custom, hook up with him ! You also find kite repair in Lajares, “Zig Zag” does great work!

Joyas surfshop Lajares

All is very wind and tide depending. You need to know when to go, to score good waves.

Maja surf

Had a really nice trip as usual to Fuerte, and hopefully we will soon return to this amazing island.
I did shoot a lot with my go pro, both pictures and some video. Later I might be putting together a short vid, but for now I`m posting some pics from the trip.

Hope you like em, Aloha !

Strapless grab at glas beach

La bomb cutback

training on my strapless backflip

Getting ready at maja

Fadi going surfstyle

surf la bomb

backroll

spray at la bomb

of the lip

Fadi at his local spot Maja

maja launch

soloshot

backrolling

air tweak

strapless grab at glas beach

off the lip

jumping at Maja

Fadi going at it

bottom turn at la bomb

Fadi puts in a grab

strapless grab at la bomb

la bomb picture sequenz

my beautiful daugther training in the lagoons 🙂

la bomb cutting

Maja surf

Close one at la bomb

The first session of 2014

Happy New Year everybody! We had a really nice kick off session on January 4`Th. We are enjoying really mild weather here in Norway, with lots of wind and waves! If this continues we will have an awesome winter ahead, at least for us who are not that into snow kiting 😉 Totally stoked about the first session in 2014! Hope all of you also are enjoying the New Year and it`s possibilities.

Some pictures of the session:

Cross-off session

Usually offshore winds are a big NO! I will not recomend it to everyone. There will be some risk involved, and you better be prepared to ditch your`e gear if  in trouble. The wind also tend to get a bit gusty in off-shores, but if you ride a Rabbit though ….;)

So why go out in cross-offs ? It `s the perfect wind direction to ride Waves 🙂

Me and my Brother had an epic session last week, with Great Waves and Wind. Stoke!

Had this perfect wave, and suddenly it closed out. This Perfect tube coming straight ahead.

almost headed straight into the green room on this one

just made it out

slam

same wave from the gopro view

Christmas kitesurf in Norway !!

Last weekend I was snowkiting along the beaches with 70 cm of fresh snow powder, this weekend it was back in the surf. What a week ! I`ve been out two days in a row now ,with airtemp below O Celsius. I must say the new Ocean Rodeo Soul suite is sick, I`ve been out about 2 hours each day with no problems. I use two layers of wool (fleece), and that is plenty !  You just need to use a good hood (6-7 mm), 3 finger gloves and some really good boots (7mm). It`s all good, Stoked !!

Happy Christmas to everyone !!!

Some pics of the Christmas sessions:

November is strapless season !

The first snow has arrived here in Norway, and the winter is just around the corner. Some people have already got some snowkite action in the mountains. But on the west coast it`s high season for some strapless wave action! The waves just keeps hitting, and it`s just getting better and better. We have scored some real action the last couple of days, and I can`t wait for the next session ! Shit, I love this amazing place!!

Me and my brother Thomas got some pics of the action….in between the heavy rain showers 😉

Viking waves hitting the west coast of Norway !

The artic swell just keeps on building, and the lucky ones have scored big and strong the last two weeks ! We had some really epic session with strong winds and big waves. This is for sure the best time of year to come hunt some artic Viking waves !

Wave season has arrived !

Finally the waves are starting to hit the west coast of Norway ! The last two weeks it`s been on, and it keeps  getting bigger and better 🙂 Really looking forward to the next two months, the best time of year !!! Shit I love this place 🙂

Here are some pics from the last action:

Full Throttle in Fuerteventura

This summer I went back to the beautiful island Fuerteventura in the Canarias. We stayed in a small town called Corralejo, with small distance to most of the many spots in the North.

The North Shore offers some really great wave spots, and pretty good flat water areas. The summer months is the windy season, and you can except to use kites from 7 m2 to 12 m2.

On this trip we really did explore the north coast, and got to try out spots all over the place. You will have to endure a bit of lava rocks, but no problem for the Rabbit kites 🙂 We mainly did waves on this trip, but had the boots on a couple of times.

If the wind is off, you can always catch some good waves along the north coast. The place is well known for its surfing, and you can catch them all year round. In the winter period you can expect some really big things hitting the North shore.

We also visited WH Canary Island agent, Fadi, and his new Rabbit House in Lajares. A really nice guy and a perfect place to stay for a kite trip to Fuerteventura. He also has a surf house in Majanicho with perfect view of the North shore. So if you are looking for a nice place to stay, or want to get a kite lesson from a pro, he`s the man! He really knows the place and the conditions! You can hook up with him here: http://www.ksfuerte.com/index.php?m=links

We also had a visit from our long time kite buddy, Ole Lie, who moved from Norway to Gran Canaria a couple of years back. We did catch some really good waves together, and had a few…..ehhh… a lot…off beers 😉 Good to see you again Ole!

We stayed for 4 weeks, and me and my brother, Thomas,  scored some really great conditions, both waves and flat water. I had an amazing time, and for sure will return to Fuerteventura some day!!

We did shoot a lot of pics on the trip, check em out here:

Aloha

Fadi`s cool Rabbit house in Lajares ! Hook up with him for accomodation !