Kimbo sessions 2018
đ 28/04/2018
đ KlĂ€ppen Snowpark
Kimbo Sessions 2018 was a spring freeski gathering held at KlÀppen Snowpark in Sweden in late April and early May 2018 | Disciplines: park skiing, jumps, rails, rhythm features, SLVSH games and creative transfers | Notable rider choice: Eirik Kryptoskier Moberg | Format: invite based session week with rider voted awards rather than formal judging
KlĂ€ppen Became Kim Bobergâs Biggest Park Week Yet
Kimbo Sessions 2018 took place at KlÀppen Snowpark in Sweden, with the park running through a late spring week built around freedom rather than formal contest structure. The edition was organized by Kim Boberg, who had pushed the event from a crew shoot into one of the most wanted invites in freeskiing. Public coverage described the 2018 gathering as the biggest Kimbo Sessions to date, with around 60 riders plus additional sofa surfers gathered in KlÀppen. The setup was simple: riders could ski when they wanted, hit what they wanted and use the lift access around the rhythm of the session.
No Scores Only Rider Voted Awards
Kimbo Sessions 2018 Rider Awards â May 2018
Rider of the Week: Eirik Kryptoskier Moberg (NOR)
Hardest Working Award: Johan Lilja (SWE)
Sendiest Rider Award: Anton Linden (SWE)
No official podium, scores or discipline ranking should be attached to Kimbo Sessions 2018. The safe result record is the rider-voted award list reported after the session. Moberg took Rider of the Week after a close vote, with coverage describing him as active from the first day through the final laps. Johan Lilja received the Hardest Working Award for shaping and skiing throughout the week, while Anton Linden earned the Sendiest Rider Award after heavy hand-drag doubles and a first-try triple 1260 during the closing stretch.
Harlaut Casabon Hall And Tanner Hall Filled The Park
The 2018 rider list explains why the edition still carries archive value. Freerideâs pre-event interview listed Tanner Hall, Henrik Harlaut, Phil Casabon, Torin Yater-Wallace, Alex Ferreira, Aaron Blunck, Alex Hall, Ăystein BrĂ„ten, Colby Stevenson, James Woods, Joss Christensen, Ferdinand Dahl, Parker White, Jake Mageau, Quinn Wolferman and many more. That field placed several generations of freeskiing in the same park: Olympic medalists, street specialists, creative rail skiers, big-air riders and Scandinavian locals. In a normal contest, that mix would be split by discipline. At Kimbo, they shared the same features and watched each other build ideas.
Rhythm Jumps And Sunset Laps Shaped The Footage
The park build was not a standard slopestyle lane. Boberg described keeping some of the best 2017 features, including the top roller, while adding new kickers and a rhythm section with two jumps in line. Newschoolersâ behind-the-scenes recap described simultaneous sessions across the course, with riders hitting the big jump, SLVSH games, transfers and late-day sunset laps. The schedule stretched deep into the evening, with skiing continuing until around 10 pm and the final night pushing even later. That light window gave the 2018 footage its character: long Swedish evenings, soft spring snow and riders chasing one more attempt after the normal contest day would already be finished.
SLVSH Games Added A Hidden Contest Layer
Kimbo Sessions 2018 was not judged, but it still had competitive pressure. The games of SLVSH running inside the park gave riders a direct head-to-head outlet without turning the whole week into a scoreboard. Coverage pointed to James Woodsâ Instabanger, Emil Granbom versus Hugo Burvall, and other matchups unfolding alongside normal session chaos. That structure matters because it shows how Kimbo handled competition differently. A trick could matter because it won a game, because it made the crew react, because it looked strange on video or because another skier immediately tried to answer it. The result was competitive energy without the rigid frame of a sanctioned event.
Andreas Olofsson And Fredrik Angelsen Preserved The Week
The public memory of Kimbo Sessions 2018 comes mainly through video. Andreas Olofsson filmed and edited the main recap series, including the final edit later circulated as The Grand Finale. Fredrik Angelsen also released a separate low-fi Kimbo Sessions 2018 cut later in the year, extending the life of the footage beyond the spring burst. That video trail is important for skipowd.tv because Kimbo works best visually. Viewers can see why one trick stood out: the body position, the line choice, the reaction from other riders, the way a transfer used a feature nobody else had read in the same direction.
Armada Monster And The KlÀppen House System
The sponsor layer around the 2018 edition supported the culture without replacing it. Armada fits naturally in the Kimbo story through Boberg, Harlaut, Casabon and the wider creative park lineage attached to the brand. Monster Energy also appeared in the event environment, helping support the shared living and session setup around KlÀppen. The key point is practical rather than promotional: Kimbo Sessions worked because the park, riders, houses, filmers, food, late-night review culture and lift access all formed one temporary village. That social structure made the skiing possible.
Where Kimbo Sessions 2018 Fits In The Archive
Kimbo Sessions 2018 should be indexed as a style-first freeski session edition, not as a formal slopestyle or big-air contest. The verified archive core is clear: KlÀppen Snowpark, late April and early May 2018, the fourth Kimbo Sessions edition, roughly 60 riders, a custom spring park, no official podium and rider-voted awards led by Eirik Kryptoskier Moberg. Its value comes from the scale of the rider list and the footage culture around it. For skipowd.tv, this page should preserve the anti-contest identity: one week where creative skiing, peer respect and the shape of a trick mattered more than a numbered score.
