So I came home to Linkoping, Sweden, on thursday may 14th. Went to my cousin Tobias on friday night for some beer and PS3. We havent really seen eachother for a loooong time, but we have talked about it for a while now, so it was about time to finally do something about it hehe..
Saturday was sunny and warm, decided to have a bbq with elin in Trädgårdsföreningen, lots of meat and potatoe-sallad for me.. yum hehe.. went up to andreas, played some guitar-hero and finished of the night at Platå (local club) who was hosted by Svensson HI-fi (http://svenssonhifi.blogspot.com/). Two really good DJs who played reagge all night long, sick!
Then I was kind of sick of Lkpg, so I decided to do a roadtrip down south to Skåne and hook up with some friends. I know a lot of people there and been wanting to do this trip the past 3-4 summers but never done it. So now, still having money on my account but without a job it was perfect time to do it.
First stop was Helsingborg, where I know bettan (Elisabeth), a girl I know from last season in whistler. After 3h in the car on the highway I was finally there. Her appartement was real nice and in a good location, close to the water and central parts of the city. Oh almost forgot, first thing that happend was that I got invited to dinner with her and her friends, perfect timing just when I got there and as we all know “Free food is allways good!” hehe
After a tough winter in the states (….??!!) all I wanted now was to chill and take it eazy, so we didnt do much crazy stuff. She showed me the city, hooked up with her friends, hung out by the water and had a few bbq’s. Weather was awesome, all her friends were nice and I had a great time but after a few days I felt like moving on. Called Dan, who lives 1h away and decided to go to him on tuesday. His dad is a farmer so they live on a big farm with a big house and big yard wich is awesome!
I stayed at his place until sunday and we kept ourselves pretty busy every day. For example we did a daytrip to Malmo (3rd biggest city in Sweden), went to Lund a few times, tried out his motoX-bikes, skated his own skatepark (from 10years back), had some bbq’s with his family and friends, edited a snowboard-video…. Again I had the timing on my side, Johan Wallberg, a friend of mine from school, turned 25 on thursday so we had a big surprise-party for him. Was fun to see all friends again, lot of people I hadn’t seen for a long time.
Saturday was last night on my trip, so we decided to do something about it. After picking up Jimmy (whistler duuude) in Lund we went back to Dan’s place and started playin pool and drinkin gin&tonic and whine. Even though we made it to the club later that night we really didn’t care that much, we had fun times by the pooltable!

This trip was awesome, I had a great time from start to finish! There’s so many great places to go in Sweden and its so close. I havent really seen much, but its understandable since this is my first summer-”vacation” since I finished school. Thanks Elisabeth and Dan for your hospitality! And thank GOD we had good weather! ha!
Now Im back to normal life for a few more days, been working at DHL three days this week (delivery guy) but will probably head up to stockholm this weekend. I have aplied for beeing a testperson at a hospital, trying antibiotics and getting paid for it.. its awesome! hehe.. I was testperson last fall and it worked out really good. Now im just waiting for my testresults, if my body is fine and all. If it is, I’ll probably stay in stockholm for two weeks and spend time seeing some friends while up there. I will give more details on that later on.

well, I guess thats it for now! keep checking back for photos from the trip! (there are photos from Squamish on prev post)
laterz skaterz

…and some more… (photos by Dan)
squamish skatepark

johan is rippin the bowl

bs50

stylish

haha..

johan

hungry, waiting for the burgers…

makin burgers

u cant cook without beer!

the bbq-maestro

flippin burgers

real burgers!

Some pics from when me and Dan whent to Squamish for a day to hang out with Johan…
me…

Johan

we went to check out this waterfall..

pretty sweet!

me and johan posing

dan happier than ever hehe..

in johan’s garage

last days of riding for the season.. Did some filming up on Blackcomb mtn, this is the fotage we got. ENJOY!

funny sunny from oscar Arvidsson on Vimeo.

last days of riding whistler blackcomb for the season.

Everything must come to an end, and so does this trip. Its been an amazing winter for me, started off in whistler for 4 days of riding with Jesse, Ian and some friends of theirs, it was icy and cold but fun! Then down to Lake Tahoe and the sun to visit Dan and his friends Karl and Marcus, rode Heavenly mostly, but had some days in Sierra and Northstar wich was awesome. Also got to see Reno. Those two weeks were AWESOME, I had a blast! thanks guys!! Then back on the plane again to head over for the main destination, Colorado. After some struggles to find out where we were gona stay we finally could unpack our bags and start living a normal life. The appartement was awesome, superfresh and had all the stuff u could ask for. Then, when we had hooked up a car (2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer), we could start exploring this area to the max, with all the 5 resorts we had on our skipass, plus some trips to Denver. 2,5months went by pretty quick but when we were back at the airport all three of us (me, marcus and maria) were happy about the time together and were looking forward for what was ahead.
The instant i stepped on Vancouver ground I had that good feeling I allways get here and it didnt get any worse when I arrived in Whistler. Could stay with some friends in Creekside (thanks Jesse, Ian, Rob and Justin) and I knew my last days in Canada were gona be good, I mean, GrenadeGamesV was here! Lots of VIP and free booz (thanks to JoJo) and lots of happy people everywhere. Top 3?
3. Halfpipe finals
2. VIP (haha)
1. Slopestyle finals
After grenade games was done we still had days left to ride, I changed my ticket and stayed another 2 weeks. Weather up on the mtn was usually like any other springday in whis, cloudy and even snowy some days even though it was may, but who cares! did some filming wich was fun and when u got down to the village the sun was smiling at u, perfect for bbqs and beers on patios in the village. me like!
I was flying out on wed (may13) and Dan on mon (may11) and on the way to Van we stopped by Johan Lahti and his girlfriend Jana in Squamish. Ive never really been there (more than going thru on the bus to Van) so I was stoked to check it out. Johan did some sightseeing for us and we went to a pretty cool waterfall. After some bbq we left for Van the same evening. We could stay at Robins (a friend of mine) place in Kitslano (south Van). Since she was workin that night we decided to have some food at the restaurant where she works at. The restaurant is called the Sandbar and is basicly a seafood restaurant. Really good food, not too expensive and with an awesome view at the water and Granville bridge.
Next day we cruised around in the city, i managed to do some more shopping (wich i kinda regret now, or my bankaccount does hehe) and taking farwell of Dan the man. Later that day I decided to meet up with Marcus&Maria who are gona stay in Van for a year and work. They now live at Marias aunts place in North Van so I went over there to watch the hockey (vancouver lost to chicago and are out of the Stanley cup). Tuesday we spent in north van just takin it chill, went back to Robins place that eve and later went out for a few beers one last time. Later that night Lisa (an old friend from Van) came by to say hi wich was awesome!
Wednesday was my last day, my flight wasnt until 5.20pm so i didnt have to rush wich was good, i hate rushing. Me and Robin went out for some frisbee-golf, I played really bad in the beginning but managed to win after all yay! haha.. never played it before, but it was fun, perfect to bring friends and beer and throw some frisbee! Then it was finally time for some Sushi-all-you-can-eat! Ive been craving this for a while now, and it was as good as allways and i got as full as allways hehe then we went back home to play some Rockband.
Flew out at 5.30pm, didnt have to pay extra for my heavy luggage wich i liked. The flight went easy, its a good time to fly out in the night and I kinda know this flight by now after a few visits here, so my body wasn’t in shock hehe. Spent a few hours in London, watchin the end of Flushed away (funny movie), landed safe and sound in sthlm, got my luggage straight away and managed to catch a train just as i got to the station, so perfect!
And now im here, in Linköping, wandering what to do the time ahead of me.. Need to find a job and sort out my economical situation.. well im not gona bore u with that now.

Thanks everybody that Ive been hangin out with and met this winter, Its been good times and a worthy ending of my snowboard-bum-career. Yep its true, Im goin to Uni this fall, if i get in… hmm otherwise i guess ill see u out there somewhere in the world haha

Thats it, but hopfully not all.. cause all good things must come to an end – but it is just the beginning of something else to start
Take care! (also check out the photos on prev posts)

me and marc

me and lise

back in sweden

free beer and food at the VIP section!!

the slopestylecourse

me and jojo

thats where all the “not-so-important-people” stood, freezing their asses off…

stoked for the last party of the festival, got in for free, ofcourse!

the DJ-Experience party is the big end of the festival!

me and dan at the pipefinals

the pipe

jojo

Tj Schneider won the final overall

Metric

some entertainment at the fashion show

I WON!! hehe

our newest friend on facebook

at the photoshowdown

startgate at the snowboard mogul dual slalom final

in the PeakTOPeak

view

dan

do not fall down

free beer at the pipefinal

here’s some vids from the Grenade Games V.. Guess it’ll give u a hint of how amazing this past week was! Enjoy! (click ‘Previous’ to see my latest post from last week..)

Grenade Games 5 – Day 2 from monster dano on Vimeo.

Grenade Games – Day 3 from monster dano on Vimeo.

Monster Grenade Games 5 – Day 4 from monster dano on Vimeo.

Grenade Games 5 – Mini Ramp Comp from monster dano on Vimeo.

Grenade Games 5 – Finale from monster dano on Vimeo.