Emil Granbom

Falun / Åre, Sweden | Active: 2014-present public archive | Known for: Child, nosebutter double cork 1800, Europa Cup overall, PATSHAM, HEAD Unified, Core Shots | Current: HEAD/Tyrolia-backed creative park and all-mountain skiing

Åre Ice With A Quiet Axis

The river outside Åre looked black in the cold before Emil Granbom clicked back into skis and returned to snow. In Core Shots, the Swedish resort feels less like a contest stage than a map of habits: park laps, all-mountain side hits, quick edges, and enough loose humor to keep the skiing from turning stiff. Granbom’s movements carry the same signature that made his older edits travel online. He sets speed early, lets the takeoff breathe, grabs with patience, and finishes rotations without panic. The nickname Child fits because the skiing still looks playful, but the control underneath is older, sharper, and built from years of competition pressure.

Falun, Malung, And The Early Trick Book

Granbom’s early Swedish profile was already clear by 2015. Freeride listed his full name as Nils Emil Granbom, born in Skellefteå, raised through Falun energy, and living in Malung. At 17, he had Swedish Slopestyle Tour results, Swedish Championship medals, and Junior World Championships experience in Italy.

That background matters because Granbom never came across as only a contest machine. Even in the junior interview, he spoke about skiing as a lifestyle, not just a scoreboard. He wanted international starts, but he also wanted edits, style, and a personal way of moving through the sport.

Saas-Fee Blocks With Freeski Sweden

The Saas-Fee years give the first real shape to his training archive. His Newschoolers page includes Emil Granbom - Saasfee Y. 1 in 2014, Saasfee Y. 2 in 2015, and 10 Days In Saas-Fee in 2018 with Freeski Team Sweden. Those clips show the classic glacier pathway: early-season jumps, rail repetition, thin alpine light, and skiers trying to rebuild timing before winter starts.

Saas-Fee is useful context for Granbom because his style depends on repeatable mechanics. Glacier sessions reward clean takeoffs, measured spin speed, switch control, and body position that stays quiet when the course surface changes through the day.

The Nosebutter Double Eighteen Year

North Trampoline’s athlete page gives Granbom one of his clearest technical markers. It says he was the first skier to do a nosebutter double cork 1800 in 2016. That claim fits the larger story of his skiing: trampoline time in summer, air awareness, and a willingness to start tricks before the lip instead of treating takeoff as a flat launch.

The nosebutter entry is not a decoration. It changes timing. The skier has to load pressure through the nose, release into rotation, keep the axis from folding too early, then find the grab before the trick becomes unreadable. Granbom’s best park skiing often lives in that small delay before the main spin starts.

Kläppen Rails And Swedish Big Air Gold

Kläppen became one of the strongest resort names in Granbom’s public footage. His own archive includes Warm Magic, filmed at Kläppen Snowpark, and Kläppen Rollin with Joel Magnusson, Hugo Burvall, and Leo Bergström. Downdays also described Rather Unique 17-18 as heavy on rail action at Kläppen, with a closing banger from Kimbo Sessions.

The competition side did not disappear. North Trampoline states that Granbom won Swedish Nationals Big Air gold in 2017 and 2019. That combination explains his profile: a rider with judged-event ability, but with enough rail and edit language to avoid becoming only a big-air specialist.

Europa Cup Total And The Reset Season

The Swedish Ski Federation documented Granbom’s 2020 Europa Cup overall win as a planned reset. Sweden had fewer World Cup quota spots, so he stepped back to the Europa Cup and targeted the overall. The season produced three wins and one second place from six contests before Covid stopped the calendar.

Granbom’s own comments from that federation story are useful for understanding the skier. He said the step back helped him rebuild confidence, judge the level around him, and create runs that matched the field. That is not just mental framing. It describes contest craft: knowing when to push difficulty, when to stay clean, and how to land a plan across a full cup.

PATSHAM With The Bunch And Suedé

After the Europa Cup season, Granbom moved hard toward filming. PATSHAM, released in 2021, says he joined The Bunch after winning the Europa Cup total and thanks The Bunch, Suedé, DIGT, and Freeski Sweden. The edit runs through park, street, and softer natural terrain with a tone that feels much looser than a competition recap.

That shift did not erase the contest base. It made the tricks look more personal. The Bunch influence appears in feature choice, music rhythm, awkward transitions, and clips where creativity sits ahead of rotation count. Granbom’s skiing still has clean mechanics, but PATSHAM lets those mechanics bend around stranger features.

HEAD Unified And The Japan Texture

Unified, the first HEAD Freeskiing Team Movie, placed Granbom in a broader team context. Downdays listed him in a cast that included Jess Hotter, Jordy Kidner, Hedvig Wessel, Aaron Blunk, Cole Richardson, Evan McEachran, Jesper Tjäder, Sabrina Cakmakli, Nicola Bolinger, and others. The page specifically highlights Granbom skiing in Japan for the film.

Japan changes the feel of his profile. Park timing can survive in powder, but only if the skier reads speed and snow depth early. Granbom’s role in Unified helps connect the technical park skier with the all-mountain version: same calm body position, different surface, deeper landings, and more terrain reading between tricks.

How Child Makes Hard Tricks Look Soft

Granbom’s skiing is easiest to study through timing. He uses early grabs, nosebutter takeoffs, switch entries, rail presses, surface swaps, double corks, clean big-air landings, and compact exits without making the trick feel rushed. The shoulders stay quiet. The skis do the work. That is why many of his clips age better than pure spin-count footage.

On rails, he squares up before contact and keeps enough speed for the next movement. On jumps, he lets the grab stabilize the axis instead of touching the ski only for style points. In street and natural terrain, he keeps the same rhythm but accepts rougher landings and less predictable takeoffs.

The Current Marker Is Åre And Creative Sweden

The 2025 Core Shots episode brings Granbom back to Sweden, with Åre presented as his home-resort setting. The episode was presented by Head Skis and Tyrolia Bindings, filmed by Marcus Ahlström, and edited by Daniel Hanka. It shows park and all-mountain shredding rather than a return to a strict contest lane.

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