It’s been a few years now since I spent the winter in Alagna Italy filming for Down Films first ever snowboard film called Toast that was released in 1996. The film was filmed and put together by Ruben Östlund, now famous director of numerous swedish great films, and the result was one of the first swedish snowboard movies ever made. This was also the time when I started to get more and more interested in photography and these snaps were taken with my little Olympus XA that I always kept with me.

Flicked through the new issue of Kingpin #74 this morning on my way to the french alps. Lots of work to be done here but the weather forecast looks grim. Nevermind. In Kingpin i shot a couple of bangers of polish ripper Michal Juras and a lofty ollie from belgium’s Phil Zwijsen.

Michal Juras

Michal Juras

Phil Zwijsen

Last weekend Servant footwear was up in Stockholm representing at Boutique Fräsch, the trade show for skateboard and snowboard brands.

The new boards are out! Amazing stuff. Here’s the new catalogue. Skate photography by me.
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Another article of mine from the latest issue of Giftorm. This is from Pontus shoe release party and Wild in the Parks in Copenhagen and the general skating that went down in those days. Eniz Fazliov and Jo Lorenz came over and we had some great skating around Malmö and Copenhagen. Eniz is just amazing, pure talent and can skate whatever he likes.

New Giftorm is out and I put together this 18 page piece about our Dubai trip last year. Good memories for sure and I wouldn’t hesitate to visit again. Pool on the roof, beach park across the street and a sick Libyan restaurant downstairs from where we were living. Let’s not forget the perfect street spots in Abu Dhabi either.

The past weekend we hosted Vert Attack 4 at Bryggeriet here in Malmö. The outcome was fantastic with almost 70 participants from all over Europe. This midvert celebration comp has really hit hard on the European vert scene and everyone seems to love it. Our vert ramp is a bit dated, so a bit smaller and less intimidating than the modern vertramp monsters. This really attracts skaters from all different backgrounds, not just for “vert jocks” basically, and the skating is much more entertaining and fun to watch. Andy Scott skated like a god and showed us all how beautiful it all can be.

Alex Hallford from the UK

Fernando Bramsmark, bs crailslide

Doc at the opening ceremony

Ian Brown made an appearance here in Malmö last friday and did a great gig at KB. Amazing performance from a true legendary man.