Steffen Hamre

Moving the blogg

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:33:00 +0000

For those of you who directly goes to steffenhamre.blogspot.com:

New page, same blog.

The new adress is now www.steffenhamre.com or http://steffenhamre.wordpress.com

Now spamfree

Dovre

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:12:00 +0000

I have established a friendship with DOVRE clothing this winter. Wich means

I get to use their fantastic underwear. I hate getting cold when I'm skiing,

I don't think that would be any of my concerns this winter.

In December 08, I was skiing Breckenridge with Anders Backe and Paal Andre lund.

It was snowstorm, and -27 centigrades. I had a shitty thin layer underneath my

techpants and skijacket. From that day I was not planning to freeze while skiing again.

It is my last month of working before I get to ski every day. And I bought

this twin-halogen lamp at work. Why? Because now, I get to hit rails all night after work!

SO stoked after yesterdays session at Stampa (Railpark in Lillehammer). The young kids

were kicking my ass, but I had so much fun, and SO much to learn!

Leaving you guys for now, Ski you soon!

King of Style

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:47:00 +0000

Please please vote 5 stars for me in my King of Style edit. And watch it as many times you can. Tell all your friends, and join my King of Style group on Facebook:

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King of Style 2009!

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:07:00 +0000

Vote for me to King of Style in Stockholm. A large big air contest at the 20th of November. 4 spots from videoqualifiers will move on to the actual event! View, vote and tell your friends! I need your help. Thanks!

Home

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:25:00 +0000

Finally home, and it feels good! Long trip, and just a few more

days of work before Hafjell opens!

And to you with ip adress 217.199.54.130 from Trondheim, Norway who allways write the

most fun comments

everytime I get to do something fun. The fact that you are actually following my blog

and reading most of my posts, equals the same to me as YOU DO care what I do.

It doesn't mean much to me really, just wanted you to know that. But the fact that

you are taking your time from your job, with your job-computer, or your

school-computer from Sør-Trøndelag fylkeskommune, only proof that you

are jealus and hate your education or job...

But I appreciate you taking some time off every now and then to check my blog. I appreciate that.

Thanks.

Have a good night.

Geneva

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:11:00 +0000

Today I woke up and had breakfast. Me and Gaute stroled by the

Ferrari shop once more, and on our way back we saw this little devil

in disguise!! Bmw 740 LI. This one right here does not slow down the traffic!

Pretty stressful to carry around this much luggage, but it has to be done

if you want to go skiing. Right now I am at Geneva airport waiting for my

flight at 1.10 pm.

I cannot wait to hit streetrails in Lillehammer. Fall is all about skiing urban.

From Mountainlife to citylife

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Today was a long day going from one inviroment to a another.

Kim, Lasse and me posing it out on the glacier of Saas-Fee today

Beautiful weather, and the last day of skiing here. It's been nice 10

days, but the time has just flown away!

I hurted my shoulder yesterday, and didn't think I was able to ski today.

I took the chance, and went up the gondola to the top. The pain was gone..

I tried to smooth over my tricks by not spinning to much today, but I ended up

sessioning the last hours with sw 10's and double cork 10's. The double 10 was not

perfect, but I will work on it till it's perfect!

The mountains underneath the beautiful weather today was a

really nice view!

Audun wasn't to happy with beein let out on the group-

photo... Touche!

Last day of skiing went fast, and all of a sudden we were packed

to go, and on a bus to Geneva city. I have never stayed in Geneva,

but flown here a lot. I celebrated the good day with my book. So

exciting!

Geneva city, the hotel. A messed-up chaos to

say the least. 33 skiers with 1 bag and 1 boardbag each.

The lobby looked like a war-zone to me..

I typed a new facebook status as soon as we got to the hotel:

"20 metres away from a Ferrari shop" I wasn't joking. This

was really a cool thing for me. You see, I like cars a lot.

Ferraris aren't exactly a everyday-view in Norway! Me and

Lasse enjoying the nice view.

What's the name of this one? Really cool though.

Had to get something to eat. Went for a true italian restaurant

a few blocks away. Best oven-baked pizza ever!

Really tired after a long day right now. Sharing bed with Gaute,

who hit his head hard on a foreward 10 today. Messed-up pains.

Gotta get some sleep before flying back to Oslo, and eventually

Lillehammer tomorrow.

Coverboy

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:13:00 +0000

Found THIS on the internet right now. A friend told me I was on the front page of the largest newspaper online in Norway. I answered him.. yeah, cool. Like I was there for real.. psss, hah!

It turned out to be true actually. Not everyday you get be coverboy.

Extremely frustrating ups and downs

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:27:00 +0000

Sjur was superstoked to ski in bluebird and new snow today!

I was superstoked as well, but my day didn't work the

way I wanted to. I missed out on every switch-hit I had

all day, and really couldn't figure out what I did wrong.

My body was tired the first half of the day, and nothing seemed

to work. That's what you get when you ski every day, and no break.

For my defence, this trip was all about skiing every day, just to get

things going for the upcomming season.

On the top of the last gondola it is pretty high above sea-level.

Or, I wasn't quite clear on the whole gondola thing.

Actually the last transport-stretch is a train. 3500 metres

above sea level, which makes it the highest running train in a tunnel,

in the world?

Since our pizza experience yesterday was a big flop, we decided to

give some other restaurant a try. It turned out to be a great idea!

Well known for their making of pizzas, Switzerland came back

strong in the pizza comeback!

My body is beat, last day of skiing tomorrow. Got to give it some rest.

Morning lecture

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 06:32:00 +0000

At 7.15 this morning, someone in my room whos name shall

not be mentioned (Vegard), made me wake up super-early

from his snoring.

I had breakfast all by myself, nobody there of course.

I fired up the skimovie Refresh for the 100th time this week,

and watched mr Harlat aka e'dollo do every possible trick

in the book, with such style and force that it is insane.

I get so fired up by watching it, and I am so ready to ski right now!

Looks sunny, stoked!

Rapid change of weather situation in the alps!

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:48:00 +0000

When I woke up this morning, more than half of the gang

down here had their day off. Since I have payed my money

to ski, that's what I had in mind! 20 km/h wasn't going to

stop me from skiing.

Ketz aka "Dj Ketz" and I shredded the foggy

park with small shots of sun every now and then.

It got a little hard to see in the end, but I allmost put

my feet down on a sw 10. I got the hat of my hoodie

over my head, and had to guess where the landing was.

Tomorrow I will have it, I promise!

Decided to hit a pizza-restaurant for once, which turned out

NOT to be a great idea. Henrik and Sjur after 1 hour of waiting!

Kim, Lasse and Joachim aka "birdman" also waited a long

time, even before the waitress showed up by our table.

Afterwords we got told that they where fresh out of pizza buns,

( even at happyhour), we got a half-price deal for pasta instead.

Great idea? No.

Half-hour later we got a big pan of spaghetti and a big pan of meat

all for sharing. It didn't even cover half the plates that were put out,

and only some of us got to eat. It was cold when we got it. And even after

another 30 minutes without food, I walked away telling the waitress that

this was inappropriate, and I asked her if I could pay for my drink. She told me to

just go. And that's what I am telling you NOT to: Don't go there - EVER!

Cloudy

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 07:05:00 +0000

Just had breakfast, and the weather looks cloudy. My neck is stiff,

and I cannot say that I am awake yet. I hope we get over the clouds and see

the sunshine. I had some good news yesterday while surfing the intermenet..

Hafjell (my nearest resort), is opening the 7th of November. 13 days earlier than the

first planned date. And the have got a new park-manager straight from Whistler!!

I hope this is going to be a good pre-season!

Off to ski, I will try to shoot some follows.

Ice-Age

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:34:00 +0000

Today was yet another day at the mountain with bluebird and

rock-solid ice-age looking slopes. Allthough it wasn't as hard as yesterday,

which is good I suppose.

I still try to gather my skills from last years season, but it takes some time.

I haven't got any banger shots yet, but I rather practice untill I get it clean before

any video is uploaded!

One thing came across my head today. Every year I have been skiing, food has

been an issue. I love food, and I love taking time to eat it well. But while you ski

it is something you don't have time for. After two hours of skiing, getting warm

and ready for sick tricks, the last thing you want is a 20 minutes lunch-break and

get cold again!

TN.no has the most genious invention! It is basically a small portion-bag of powder

that you mix into water, and it is a full-worthy meal. It takes less than 3 minutes to

drink, and then you ar off to ski again! And the best thing is; You don't feel like crap

after eating/drinking it.

Skiing is a technical sport. All details counts for something, and every detail must be

included to do things perfect. These details are easy to forget when finishing skiing

after a season. I like the sport because of that, and that you can learn new stuff everyday.

But to be honest; It's hard!! I wish tricks could come to me easier. But the feeling of having

the skis on every day, and feel that the season is on is just amazing!

Filmtip of the day: Level1's Refresh... Henrik Harlaut is the best skier in zhe world.. period

Crash-test dummies

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:25:00 +0000

Nothing much to say really. Today I felt like a crash-

test dummy. No edges on my skis, bindings had a hard time,

and the same with me. Allmost had a sw 10 rev tail in the end,

but I crashed bad and lost both my skis. I called it a day!

Really cold today though. -15 minus centigrades! If you look

up in the mountain-side you can see the end of an avalanche!

Cool sight!

Frido cannot tell you how stoked he is to be on my

blog. Why shouldn't I let him be? Comming straight

from Zurich and Berlin with sick skiing. Props!

I can't get enough of the scenery in the Swiss mountains.

I brought my skis down in the village to switch

them with a brand new pair. Fresh edges and

new bindings. And also, I like my new outfit

from Salomons 2010 collection of outerwear.

Dinner-time! Allways curious to see what we get to be

served every night. Could be everything from Pie to mushrooms.

Ish..

Elvis needs to be held back sometimes, putting his feet down

on the illest kangarooflip on ice today! Speechless!

Me on the other hand, had an hard time just keeping my

body on the skis, and not crashing.

Tomorrow is going to be interesting, hopefully I get to put MY

feet down on a double 10 or switch 10?

Look out for videos!

Glacier happyness!

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 05:47:00 +0000

We did get to ski yesterday, but the wireless connection

down here is killing me. First sight outside the last gon-

dola. Jens is looking happy!

The park looked great! Eventhough it was slightly steeper

than Zermatt. The snow was rock solid, and I do know it

looks soft, but that was not a problem we had. Ice it is!!

Three jumps in a line, and the last one is pretty huge.

Good for doubles, Gaute did a double 12 before I even

had started up my switch 5 machinery!

Paal Gulliksen, NTG coach in the green puffy. Looking for

stompage.. to ice

The scenery is never a complainting factor up here. Just

look how mighty fine the mountains are! The weather was

awesome, but the thin air was killing me. I had probably like

4 litres of water yesterday!

Check out the stoked dude on the picture!

Or to be honest I was a little bit scared to fall

and die on my first day of skiing. We are talking

airs on 6-7 metres above the knuckle. Not pimp

to crash on ice!

Gotta eat some breakfast. My goal of today is

Switch 10 reversed tailgrab and maybe some cork 7s and 540s

Physical attempts

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:33:00 +0000

Today was the same as yesterday, NO SKIING. It sucks.

But I have decided to stay calm and just let it flow, just try

to have fun with all I do. Nothing to be sad or angry for, people

elsewhere allways suffer more than I do. But this is what

it looks like when skiers don't ski and have nothing else on the plan.

We did get to play soccer though! I used to be a goal-

keeper back in the days, but I have no feeling what so ever

when a ball gets near my feet. People today surely can and

probably would sign on that one. But I had fun, and I got

to kick Faw's head with the ball. Thank you Faw.

Mikkel, Elvis and Gaute in the game. Elvis got the most

scored goals of today, and he really kicked it. NICE!

Well. You have all seen a skier slack of, and you will

probably see it a lot more. But the fact is, to be a great skier

today, you need some basic-physics done, and get strong enough

to take the hits skiing throws at you. The excersise we had today

was rough. My stomach hurts, but in a good way. This picture

shows nothing but pure evil, and pain. But in the end it's prob-

ably worth it.

Me after the excersise. I tried my best, but I need to run

more, my breath was killing me.

I have been trying to improve the layout on my blog lately,

hard to make up my mind really.

Bad news - day 2

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:16:00 +0000

Set the alarm for 06.45 this morning, which is the earliest I have put it on for weeks. Woke up, got first to the breakfast and made an awesome omelette. What did that HELP?!

Park is closed for the second day in a row, and even though it is bluebird outside and not nearby as windy as yesterday! I went for a walk in the village to get to know it better, and bought some water in case the park opens!

Guess it's back to a few more episodes of scrubs again.

So long

First day off in the alps - in pictures

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:57:00 +0000

This is what it looks like when some of the best skiers in Norway travel down Europe to ski in the alps, and the park is closed due to storm. Geeks!!

Reminds me of Zermatt a lot! Really cozy alp-village.

This might be a sight for any persons dreams, to release the kid inside yourself and climb anything you see, just like when you were a kid. Vegard, on the other hand... lives out every single one of his dreams, every day!

Regular cars aren't allowed inside Saas-fee village. Each person with something to show for him/herself get's to buy a car. It costs 56 000 Euros for one of these!! Geez, could have bought a splendid Audi with a large enginge for that sum!

No the best day when it comes to weather situation. Especially not for skiing!

Pasta with meatsauce for lunch. Nice!

In the basement inbetween a garage and a sauna, I found this small gym. Me and Vegard sessioned for half-an hour. Gotta do something when you can't ski!

I'm off to play football, c ya!

wow.

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:30:00 +0000

This week is going to be all about Me and Vegard, since we are basically living together ALL week.

Well, here you go..

A journey to the first snow

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 06:39:00 +0000

Yesterday was a long day, but I have got used to it. Jump on a train for two hours to Oslo. Check in at the airport and wait a few hours, three hours in the air, and finally three hours with a tour-bus.

On the way from Geneva to Saas-fee we stopped for food. Here represented by Lars-Håkon and Gabz. Since I am travveling with my old school and ski gymnasium, NTG from Lillehammer. A crew of 25 young talented skiers are about to enter Saas-Fee to kill their park.

I am not to much of a junk-food kind of guy, so this was my suggestion for a meal. Business lunch as mention on the lid. haha.

Asbjørn "Assa" is one of the coaches in this group, cool guy.

I bought a book for fun at Oslo Airport. It turned out to be a little more exciting than first expected. Down 200 pages in just 5 hours, I think that is a record for me!

We arrived Saas-Fee just past midnight and didn't get to sleep before 1.30 AM... Which sucks when you have to get up at 7.00 AM for breakfast. It turned out to be STORM at the glacier (Snow Park), and it is windy as hell outside. I'm sharing room with Vegard Øye, earlier seen in movies such as THIS ONE. (www.steffenhamre.com is not responsible for any content in any other sites.)

Right now I have to sit here and watch the rain! Pray for sun and pray for sick tricks!

Saas-Fee preparation.

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:57:00 +0000

Today was the last day at work for now.. Tomorrow I will be on a plane to Geneva and further on to Saas-Fee in the Swiss alps.

I have packed up the boardbag and I am ready to go. Really looking foreward to think about skiing 24/7 for the next 1,5 weeks. I promise to blog to you often, and possibly upload some edits.

Hopefully it's going to be like the days in Zermatt two years ago; enjoy the flashback!

First snow. ski show-room

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:52:00 +0000

This weekend was hectic for me. Trying to hang out with all my friends, family birthday, sponsor-meeting etc... It's a part of the deal when you are never in your home town.

Today I started my last week of work for a while. I am leaving for Switzerland and skiing in 5 days.

It started snowing this morning, and when I was off from work it was a true chaoz in Lillehammer town, cars with summer-tires and basically bad drivers everywere.

I must admit, I got a little inspired by the white landscape around me, and I wanted to do something cool. When it comes to skiing, it is a huge part of my life and what I do. When I get stash from my sponsors I allways loose track of where things are at each time. So tonight I turned an emty room in the basement to a ski show-room. The best thing is that it has it's own entrance, so that I can gear up here every day before I go skiing, and walk out my own door.

This is how it got, I think it got pretty awesome. I spent one hour fixing it, and it was worth every minute. If you look closely you can see some of the 2010 gear from Salomon

I recieved box number two from Salomon today. A box of 2xl's!! Super stoked right now, can't wait to go skiing in the alps!!

Saas Fee!

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:23:00 +0000

Well, I have really nothing much to say these days. Just working and going to the gym as usual. Nothing special. BUT, I have bought tickets to Saas Fee. I will leave Norway the 11th of October, and stay in Saas Fee for 10 days. NTG, my old school is the gang I am travveling there with, and it's going to be sick! Skiing great park in fall is really what I need to become a better skier, and progress with new tricks!

Look out for rapid updates in the nearest future, I promise I'll get better!

Peace

Pre-work gym sessions

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 05:54:00 +0000

For those of you who work out or attending a sport of some sort, know's probably that it takes a lot of time. Since I work late this week I will try to go to the gym BEFORE work. In that case I get every night off, and it is really needed!! So today my alarm went off at 0700 AM, which is early when thinking of that work starts at 10.30.

The darkest time of the year

noreply@blogger.com (I am a skier.) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 19:09:00 +0000

It's getting darker outside everyday, and my motivation for everything seems to fail quite more often... I work out a lot, and I am at work most of the time. I really want to go skiing, but not quite ready for cold weather and travvelling. Hopefully there will be something or someone who can help me out this winter. Travvelling is fun when I first get into the skiing again. I feel so emty inside me when I think about what I am doing right now. Work is just a quick gesture for making money, so that I can travel this winter.. But lately it has come to me, that it is more like a routine I am about to be a part of. It's like I can't get out. Everyone is studying, working or skiing in my world. I am not skiing, not studying but I am working (which is the last thing I really want to do).

I haven't seen my friends or family for GOD how long, and it doesn't look like I get a single saturday off for months.... My friends was my everything back in the days, now I barely see them at all.. I have probably spent 4 or 5 weekends with them the last year.

Hopefully they are coming to visit me this weekend, and like JD in the show Scrubs like to put it: " It's gonna be AWHHHH-SOOME!!"

Blog to you later folks, peace.