| Ozone snowkite shoot |
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| Written by Sigve Botnen |
| Tuesday, 12 May 2009 19:42 |
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Last week me and Christian went to the famous Hardangervidda mountain plateau for a photo shoot with the new foil from Ozone. We had 4 days with all kinds of conditions: Sunny, foggy, rain, clouds and blue sky. We ended up with some sick pictures anyway:)The first evening that we arrived at Haugastol we decide to go straight up to the plateau, it was sunny and we wanted some pics inthe sunset. And we were lucky, It was a bit foggy but after one hour the sun made it through the big clouds, and we ended upwith some sick pictures.
Next day we decided to try to take advantage of the natural features for some pictures. It was very light wind but after two hours of walking and searching we ended up on top with some extra wind. There was a big windlip on this hill and I manage to jump it , so fun and cool pictures. Later this day we built a kicker for some real freestyle pictures, but the wind never came back. Nice to come back to Haugastol, the dinner was already served. Next morning we decided to go for more freestyle pictures, another spot with another kicker. The wind was so light, and when we were finished building, the wind direction changed - typical. On the top of the plateau it was windless so we drove to a valley where we found some wind, just enough to make some cruising shoots. It was a nice spot, we had this river going down the valley, nice pictures with the water and the snow:) The last day it was again light wind, had under an hour to do some freestyle and that’s it. But we did not give up so we decided to go to the kicker we built the day before. The wind was too light and after one hour it changed again. So we ended up building a new kicker. At least we had one hour of sick riding before the wind went totally dead. All over we were happy with the shoot but next time we don´t want to build kickers for five hours and ride one, sucks!
Thanks to Christian for taking great pictures and his spirit. I think Ozone got what they wanted- the best snowkite pictures in the world:) |




