Marstrand

After a nice Sunday we had an even better Monday. I had to go and have a meeting with my job on the small town Marstrand on the Swedish west coast. And as that meeting (and dinner) was in late afternoon I took the kayak with me and took a short trip from Tjuvkil to Älgön and back. About 15 km in three hours. I kept a good speed.

As you can see on the photos the weather was fantastic and just about 0°C.

Älgön in the sun

Åstol

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Advent Sunday and Alaska video

What a beautiful day!
This is the last Sunday of November and it's also the First of Advent (Advent Sunday) this year. I was again out with Friluftsfrämjandet in Lysekil for a day trip with our kayaks. I think we were about 25 or 26 persons that took the trip around Flatön south of Lysekil on the Swedish west coast.
As it was a windy day and some were not that used to kayak in heavy sea we stayed inshore all the time. Good call as both the air and watertemp are rather low this time of the year.

I did have my GoPro with me but I didn't like the what I filmed this time. Too much salt on the lens. I did do a roll at the end in the frigid water and had my friend Anders filming with the GoPro. But he turned it around the wrong way :)
So instead I here post a long video from my trip in Alaska this summer..

Anyway it was a magical weather this beautiful day.

Getting ready

My Anas Acuta in the sun

My GoPro looks like a floodlight :)

The sun was shining like this the whole day. (Short days this time of the year)

My GearLab paddle

My friends from Mellerud, Kajsa and Anders

Teaching

For one week I have been teaching Leadership & Communication at Klarälvdalens Folkhögskola (community college). This was a a job I got very suddenly but it was also a lot of fun. It was in a small village called Stöllet in northern Värmland, three hours drive from my home.
It is a beautiful area at the southern tip of the Scandes  mountain range, a lot of woods and the big river Klarälven passing just outside the school.

I had theory combined with a lot of practical exercises outdoors in both leadership, communication and conflict handling. A great class, who are studying Turism and Outdoors activities, with only eight students and we had a lot of fun. I hope they learnt a lot as well.

Out on a hike, a fire and coffee are important outdoors. 

One of the students enjoying the view.

The teacher

They haven't fallen asleep (yet).

The winter is here

I have been busy and not had time to update on my blog lately. But here I am with a post from the Swedish winter.

First I was out on a very stormy day for some kayak surfing. This was while waiting at the pilot station for a ship to come. The canal was closed due to strong winds as they could't open the bridges.
A lot of fun! I shared the beach with two surfers. It was 24 m/s winds (about 50 knots) and that was a new record for me. It was very hard to get out to surf back and a bit more then an hour and I was too tired to continue. Watch the short video clip from my surfing session. And I didn't tip over one single time! This surf training is very good.

Then after a few days of snowing I took a trip from Sunnanå to Köpmannebro and back. Snow, ice and very beautiful. It was about -2° centigrade in the air and the only thing I was freezing were my feet. I have to get something better to wear in my kayaking boots. Thicker wool socks? I have new poogies, Snap Dragon "Hyper Hands", the best I've had for protecting my hands against the cold.
There is a video from that trip as well. That was the first time I edited a film with Premiere Elements and on my new computer. I am very pleased with this computer, the programs are not crashing for me now.

A one minute film made on my iPad for Instagram.

Wonderful!

I am not alone in the waves

Snow!

It can hardly be more beautiful

My hot Anas Acuta is cooling off.