Matias Konttinen photos

Sunset at Cardiff-by-the-sea

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:15:43 +0000

I’ve been on vacation for a few weeks now, but been lazy updating this blog. It’s just so much to do and you dont wanna spend too much time on computer.
Well, here is one sweet snap from our rooftop terrace in Southern California. You dont see this kind of sunsets in Finland. This place is quite fantastic.

Went fishing.

admin — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:33:06 +0000

The weather has been really warm(+25c) lately and my friends invited me to their fishing trip to the beautiful Finnish archipelago. Didn’t get any fish, but I guess it wasn’t really the point. Anyways, took some snap shots, here is Jukka 10min after he woke up this morning. Notice his nicely selected outfit! Just beautiful.

Wappulounas

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:31:27 +0000

It’s time for the most anticipated week(end) in Finland. This event brings smile to everyone’s faces. And sometimes few drinks to someones lips. Today it was my good friend Antti Sepp�l�, a.k.a Mr Keijonwirta or Mr. Subaru who took the victory of the highest air of the corner.

Keijo in action:

New ride

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:16:20 +0000

I bought this nice and classic moped few weeks ago and it’s been nice to cruise around Helsinki.

Sunday jogging

admin — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:19:56 +0000

The snow is finally gone here in Southern Finland and since it was a nice and sunny Sunday, me and Saara took a walk around our neighborhood. We found this old water tower on top of a hill. We knew it was there, but never went to see it close.

Easter boozing

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:50:38 +0000

There’s not too much to say about easter in Tahkovuori, I guess the picture tells more that few words.

Cross-Country Madness

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 09:30:40 +0000

Friday was supposed to be cloudy and snowy, but at noon clouds rolled out so we decided to head to Pallastunturi and do a 20km route with cross-country skis. And yes, I don’t do cross-country skiing… Well, me and Turkka were kind of tourists along the way, as Ville was our coach and guide. I regret so much not taking my camera with me, the views were amazing. Bluebird, -2c and no wind. The route went to the top of a smaller hill and it was just one ski-track in the middle of nowhere. You can’t really get closer to the nature. Here is a iPhone snap from the halfway.

And another photo of Turkka with his boots funeral. It was time to let go.

Sledding and snowboarding

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:03:07 +0000

Last days has been so much fun. We have been sledding, snowboarding, playing board games and doing sauna and eating well.

All fun stuff has it’s price and for me it’s that my body feels like I’ve been ran over by buss after relatively hard snowmobiling. Yesterday I drove my rental sled to Levi ski resort from Jerisj�rvi(60km), snowboarded 4 hours and drove back. I’m so exhausted, all my muscles are aching. But it’s all worth it.

I had my camera in my backpack, so I took some snapshots during the trip. Northern nature is so quiet and beautiful.

Iphone snap:

View from Jeristunturi:

Playing the Hotel game:

Panorama of jerisj�rvi area(click to view large):

Ruka park shredding

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:14:51 +0000

Our winter holiday began with a day of snowboarding in one of the best parks in Finland. Ruka offered pretty damn fine jumps for us for the first day. Here is a screen shot of one of the videoclips about Mr. Liikala noseboning fs3 on the first kicker (16m). The snow was soft, temperature was mellow (-5c) and the weather was sunny all day. Sweet!!

Ruka BatteryPark

Tero Poikaj�rvi fs5:

PBRJ Serena

admin — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:13:27 +0000

So I got a call for judging a local rail contest(Volcom Peanut Butter & Rail Jam) and did some runs with my GoPro Camera. This one is shot with 2 sec interval, but I also attached it to the tail of my snowboard. Below more: