Team Gathering Norway, more pics...Tak!

Some more team bonding went down in Norway yesterday...  most of the action shots are yet to come, but in the mean time check out the scenery, seriously check out this bonding...

Beautiful sky.

 

Felix can do a standing back flip at any time of day. This one was done at 3am. Did I mention it never gets dark.

Furry hat.

tree!

the couch comes outside at Narvik camping ground.

Homer Simpson bread... the bread looks like his head we think.

Gerome getting some wood for the fire... he was chopping the wood with his bare hands... no big deal.

Stoking the flames

Team Dining...

Golf.

Little bit of Jeromel action.

And a bit more.

Ok that's enough....

Felix!

Late night tramping.

Prendi on a cat.

Jane and Prendi.

Norvik + Dragon + Blue Bird = Good good.

So the action shots are yet to come.... expect for one I snuck in .... but in the mean time check the behind the scenese pics of this beautiful kicker in beautiful Norway.

The set up.

Different angle, not bad.

Roger Kleivdal

Gerome Mathieu, Tobi Strauss, Luka Jeromel pre-jump bro-ing down.

The crew.

Tobi.

Tore Holvik loving life.

Andy Nudds also loving life.

Joseph Tomlinson.... i seem to be bothering him here, but he was actually quite enjoying himself.

Our photog Olav Stubberud. Posing for his next facebook profile shot.

Beauty.

Not sure.

Super happy camper.

Felix Wiemers, uber happy camper.

Felix!

Felix asked for this pic, you got it buddy.

Gerome took naps in between hits. No big Deal.

Lunch time. Luka wrapped his sandwich in his toilet paper. Unused of course.

Prendi. What can I say.

Onboard, Luka and Gerome hit up the APX Lodge in Silverton!!!

Dragon Euro riders, Luka Jeromel and Gerome Mathieu thought it was about time they headed to the APX Lodge in Silverton to see what all the fuss was about. Sami from Onboard Magazine was kicking about and decided that he'd join us for the trip. Luka was already shooting in Mammoth so he had an easy flight over to Colorado. Gerome however was out in Norway shooting with the Pirates, so had to endure a 24 hour journey, followed by a 4 hour wait for Prendi. Sorry Gerome!

The Dragon house. SWEEEEET!!!

 Next morning was bluebird, so after only 4 hours sleep we got into our riding shizz and of course our APX and headed out to scope some spots.

Scoping spots

Instructions for ready made kicker. Just add shredders.

Alex Pashly is running the whole operation and knew that this kicker spot (above) was good to go. So with a quick re-shape the kids started throwing down.

Take off clean. Booter ready to go!

I don't get many days that start off that good. Both Luka and Gerome stuck the first hit. Gerome with a switch back 180 and Luka with a BS7. Gerome then started doing Switch BS 9's and 10's, and on his last hit, came up short and caught the wind lip... But managed to do a weird butter tap type thing and then drop another 5m. Looked sick!

Through the viewfinder of the camera, Luka's day looked painful. He got the BS7 from two angles, but then wanted a FS7. That's where it started getting messy. Some of gnarliest rag-dolls I've ever witnessed. The edit will be online tomorrow. Be sure to check it out!

The landing after the session

It was a little late in the day to get another spot done, so we drove around beautiful Silverton to check out some ghost towns and some old mine shafts that could be potential jibbing spots.

The team after a good day

Prendi in the filming capacity. Stoked to get some shots!

The hat is the caption

The nice people at Contour had sent us some cameras. So we'll be busting them out tomorrow.

Alex cooked up an amazing pork chop dinner, which went pretty well with a few beers. After that, we pretty much just chilled and enjoyed some sunshine. Alrighty, gonna catch some Zzzzzzzz.

Check back tomorrow!

Drop in - Tore Holvik

Tore Holvik is one of Dragon's Euro powerhouses. He rips and we love him. Our Euro team manager, Prendi,  had a chance to catch up with Tore and do a "Drop In" interview...

P: So Tore, Dragon checking in here. Tell us where you're at right now?

TH: Whats up. Just got to my parents house in Geilo, Norway. Pretty sweet!

P: Nice, what have you been up to recently? Shredding?

TH: I wish I was shredding! Tore my MCL like 5-6 weeks ago, so just been working out, trying to get it all healed up! feels good now!

P: Damn, where and how did you do that?

TH: In Breckenridge. Went there to do some riding before winter x. Tried a new trick on a kicker, fell pretty bad and fucked up my knee... BUMMER!

Bummer... Roger Kleivdal. And Tore on the right.

Tore and the crew hanging out on set of the new Process film

Sending in the pipe viking style

P: So what have you been doing to keep yourself busy for the past 6 weeks?

TH: Just been working out a lot, trying to get in shape again. And been working on my house, its starting to look really good. Been trying to think about other stuff than snowboarding, pretty bummed about getting injured...

Strap in

Knee rehab

Pumping Iron Bru in the gym

P: Well it sounds like you're nearly ready to start shredding again, so no stress. What's the plan once the doctor tells you you can get back on the shred stick?

TH: Gonna be awesome to get back on my board!! I have a couple of shoots lined up with the Process film crew and then a team shoot with dragon. Gonna be sick! Can't wait!

P: Yeah, tell us more about the "Process project." The teaser looks rad. It's a two year thing right? From the guys that used to work on Factor?

TH: Yeah, its looking good. Matt Pain is the man. He used to work with Petter Foshaug on factor films. But he started his own thing and this is his first movie, "A Shot in the Dark" will drop this fall. Its a two year project and two movies. Its one straight up snowboard banger movie and one documentary. Its one for the books!

P: Dude, so looking forward to it. You're pretty well known for your park and pipe riding, might we see you stepping into the back country for this project?

TH: Hell Yeah, I like the back country. I would like to do more of that kind of stuff, Pow is soooo fun! We have some back-country stuff lined up. So as long as i stay on my feet, you will for sure see some stuff from the powpow!

Sweet

Scoping the transition

Frontside at sunset

P: So now all the kids have seen the teaser, when and where can they find the movie?

TH: The movie will drop with Onboard in September i think. So go buy the magazine!

P: Cool, I think that's all for now, thanks for dropping in Tore. Hope the doctor gives you the all clear so you can go slay some back country

TH: I hope so to! should be good, the knee feels solid.

P: Anything to add?

TH: Just a thanks to all my sponsors and friends.  Keep on shredding!