The Finnish DC crew hit up Ruka to shoot another installment of their popular GoPro edits. 

DC Shoes Finland Snowboard team’s new video project “DC x GoPro”. Episode no.7 is filmed at resort Ruka with Joel Ahola, Jani Sorasalmi, Niki Korpela and Vilina Koivisto

This young Finnish rider broke out on the Euro scene a few years back when he scored one of the strongest part in the French-Swiss production ‘La Cassette’ from Ero One. Still on the path of filming, Jani have found a new family with the locals from KBR and he’s doing pretty well with them too. We met him during the DC Shred Days in Meribel, where he killed the park with both his skills and motivation. So, in the end, who’s Jani?

 First thing, how were the DC Shred Days for you?

Shred Days was a perfect event for relaxing and having fun with all the DC people after filming most of the season for the upcoming KBR movie. Even though we did a lot of parkshootings and some ads in Meribel before and during the Shred Days, it was still a lot more relaxing time than filming for a moviepart. Good parties and good people as well!

What are you up to now?

Right now I’m visiting home for a few days. After Shred Days I went to Davos for MBM magazines photoshoots and I just got back home two days ago. The season is pretty much over in Helsinki and we were supposed to go straight away to North Finland but it’s been too bad weather up there so we decided to stay a few extra days at home. Actually it’s pretty good to have a couple days break and just chill at home a little bit.

When are you finishing your season?

I think we are going to spend 2-3 weeks at North Finland for the last parkshoots and of course for Wappulounas. After that the season will be over at least for me.

I remember your sick part in Ero One’s ‘La Cassette’. Now you’re with KBR, how different is it for you?

It was really good times to film with Ero One and I learned a lot especially about backcountry riding with those guys. But for sure it’s been easier for me to be back filming with a Finnish crew. About half of the KBR crew, including one filmer, lives now around Helsinki so it’s been really easy to organize all the street sessions. And when most of the crew spend their season in Helsinki, there is no hurry to film the streetrails. At least for me it’s much better to ride at least once or twice a week just for fun in my home resort Serena to keep up the motivation.

Does it feel more natural to film for a Finnish project?

Yeah for sure. I have never learned French so pretty often I had no idea what was going on around me and for example what were the guys talking about the spots. Of course they did speak English to me but I know it’s sometimes really weird to speak English with your friends from the same country even if there is a foreigner around… Actually this season it’s been pretty much the opposite for our French filmer Jon Vital, who used to be Ero Ones filmer before. Now he even has the Finnish spring ahead, so we really have to try to speak some English too!

What can we expect from ‘Golden Years’ coming out this fall? What would you say are the strong points of the footage – although it’s not edited yet?

What I know is that there has been really motivated crew behind it, so there is a lot of good footage for the movie. Lots of bangers that I have seen and heard from different riders. And after seeing the teaser, I’m sure the movie is going to be great!

What was you best trip this season?

It’s really hard to say. I spent a lot of time in the Alps this season and had so good luck with the weather every time so there were for sure no bad trips on this season at all. But if I have to choose one anyway, maybe it’s our trip to Les Crosets with the KBR crew in January. We had a lot of fun there and it was the most productive backcountry trip for the movie.

What are your expectations for next winter, what would you like to achieve?

I haven’t planned next season yet at all but I hope it’s going to be at least as good as this season. Most importantly I want to stay healthy, ride a lot of powder and film a good videopart!

Everything on the DC Shred Days on this tag, and about KBR productions on this one.

The crew of Finnish badasses responsible for last year’s most excellent movie, Snake Bite, are back with the teaser for their new project, dubbed Golden Years. It looks hyper rad. Get the lowdown and check the teaser like right now!

KBR have in the space of a short few years gone from plucky upstarts churning out bro-cam edits to Euro movie crew heavyweights. Check their full movie from last year at the bottom of this post and you’ll see they mean business. For 2013 they’ve added a few more Finnish ninjas to the roster, switched up the format a little – they plan to release three ‘chapters’ followed up by an extended full movie this autumn – and by the look of the teaser Golden Years is going to be stoking the asses off street-focussed shredders, while even giving those with a penchant for pow a li’l something something too.

KBR’s Golden Years presented by Battery.

Three chapters and extended full movie dropping in Fall 2013.

Filmed by Eemeli Nättinen, Gus Tible & Jon Vital.

Riders: Toni Kerkelä, Petrus Koskinen, Sami Luhtanen, Janne Lipsanen, Teo Konttinen, Antti Jussila, Sakari Lähdesmäki, Niko Länsiö, Jani Sorasalmi & Elias Veijola.

Supporters: Battery Energy Drink, DC, K2 Snowboarding, Junkyard.com, Iso-Syöte, Quicksilver, Rip Curl, Dye & Smokin

Media partners: Onboard Magazine & Transworld Snowboarding.

Instagram: @kbrcrew
Facebook: www.facebook.com/kbrproductions

The DC Area 43 Mottaret park in Meribel saw 3 days of fun and shred from an all-star cast, despite the changing weather.

The DC Chalet has been busy all season long but last week was kind of the apotheose of a full, fun and productive season for the DC crew. For this final gathering, some of the team’s superstars showed up, as well as most of the Euro, French, GB and Spanish teams. Check it: Lauri Heskari, Mat Schaer, Piotr Janosz, Jani Sorasalmi, Elias Veijola, Rachida Aoulad, Dimitri Biau, Petr Horak, Mons Roisland, amazing 8 year old Benni Fridbjornsson, Lucas Benacchio, Franck Moissonnier… The list was long, and the show at the bottom of the piste on Wednesday was epic. The minishred course built after a first day on the park was taken by force by thousand of tourists and seasonnaires at the Rond Point, and 8 year old Benni pretty much killed it and got the respect of the crowd with pretty nice airs on the corner and frontflips on the volcano.

Lauri also brought his friends Eero Ettala and Heikki Sorsa along to film some ore for the fifth episode of Cooking with Gas season 2. They also represented proudly on that minishred session by throwing some of the biggest airs of the day, way above an half drunk half ecstatic crowd.

The park was where the stuff happened all season but for the Shred Days it all started on a street rail the night before: Jani and Elias pretty much destroyed a super long rail in Mottaret village – didn’t count the stairs but it was freaking long before the things even started. At least Elias will go back home with a banger, because injury didn’t leave him alone for very long: the gap flat down on the park punished a front board with a bad slam on the shoulder. And on the same day, Basa Stevulova, who was around with the rest of the Roxy crew, took also a super hard slam on the rail into town (the one from the first night), and had to go to hospital for a head check – she’s now fine. In the park earlier that day, Elias and Jani managed to transfer the massive hip in the middle of the park – that’s just before Elias got hurt… While Lucas and the Frenchies were concentrating on 7s from the two mid down kickers.

The second day on the park was pretty foggy and white, but that didn’t stop neither the little boardercross style course, country by country – I think the Frenchies won this – nor the BBQ up the hill. But you know, the Shred Days are also about the parties, and every night was a great night, filled with surprises, like this amazing magician playing tricks to Lauri and his friends.

The final day was more mellow, and the visit to the park got shortened by a pretty wintery weather. But the mission was easily accomplished, and that’s not even talking about the final night with concert on the ice ring, lead by Ministry of Sound / London.

Thanks again DC for the great times, we always love to come to Meribel, and we’ll be back!

More photos here: www.facebook.com/DC.Area43

The Finnish DC dudes are back with another rad, inspiring edit shot entirely on their GoPros at Talma. Dang, that little box can do some wicked shit.

DC Shoes Finland Snowboard team’s new video project “DC x GoPro”. Episode no.3 is filmed at resort called “Talma Ski ” with Jani Sorasalmi, Joel Ahola, Michael Ståhlberg and Elias Veijola

Make sure you check the earlier episodes of their DC Finland x GoPro project.

Another short but banging GoPro edit from DC Finland. Another? Yes, here’s part 1.

Filmed in Tornikeskus with Jani Sorasalmi, Joel Ahola and Michael Ståhlberg

The Finnish DC snowboard team teamed up with GoPro for some sick park edits. Featured Finns: Jani Sorasalmi, Joel Ahola, Samuli Pere. Go check this park trick slo-mo black-and-white fest from Serena!

DC’s Area 43 is up and running again in the French resort of Meribel-Mottaret, and Jani Sorasalmi takes a lap through it to show y’all how fun it looks. Warning: contains no triple corks.

Check out this latest shred flick from the land of the free full movie: Finland! This has got a good mix of the well-known and the unknown dudes from Finland throwing down the hammers, and mixes up the formula by spicing the riding up with some chat from the dudes on how their season broke down.

Head over to their website, their Facebook page, and being French we’re sure they’re on Minitel, too.

Filmed by : Jon Vital & Julien Roserens.
Supported by : DC Shoes, K2 Snowboarding, Head Snowboards, Imperium, Horsefeathers, Analog, Unleashed winch, Thyon 4 Vallées.