Powder

THE ART OF FUN

Magnus Graner and Pär Peyben Hägglund were stuck. Road-tripping from Finland to Eastern Russia to shoot with production company Level 1, the two young Swedes were stalled at the Russian border for an improperly registered rental car.

In danger of losing their Russian visas, they weighed their options: Turn around; sneak through another border crossing; or spend a few days in Finland finding a taxi to take them the rest of the way.

As part of The Bunch, a tribe of Swedish skiers bringing backyard skiing to the big mountains, they had ignited the ether under today’s ski scene with tricks that skirted the line between weird and innovative—bending, pressing, and sliding

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