Kimbo sessions 2024
đ 28/04/2024
đ KlĂ€ppen Snowpark
Kimbo Sessions 2024 was a spring freeski gathering held at KlÀppen Snowpark in Sweden from April 28 to May 5 2024 | Disciplines: park skiing, jumps, rails, hips, fins, transfers and creative feature lines | Notable rider choice: Jake Mageau | Format: invite based anti contest with rider voted recognition rather than formal judging
KlÀppen Hosted The Ninth Kimbo Build
Kimbo Sessions 2024 took place from April 28 to May 5 2024 at KlÀppen Snowpark in Sweden, returning the spring anti-contest to the home terrain of Kim Boberg. The edition was described by Freeskier as the ninth Kimbo Sessions, and the build matched that mature status. Instead of a conventional slopestyle lane, the park used rolling hills, fins, hips, jumps and features that could be approached from several directions. The goal was not to produce a clean ranking sheet. It was to create a week where the best skiers in the world could find new lines inside the same shared playground.
Jake Mageau Took The Riders Choice Vote
Kimbo Sessions 2024 Rider Vote â May 2024
Rider of the Week: Jake Mageau (USA)
No official podium, score table or discipline-by-discipline result should be attached to Kimbo Sessions 2024. The safe result line is the rider-voted award. Armada reported that Mageau was voted riders choice rider of the week, while Freeskier identified the same award in its final recap coverage. That recognition fits the Kimbo format better than a top-three podium would. Mageauâs skiing is built around odd timing, creative line choice and feature interpretation, which are exactly the qualities this event is designed to reward.
Sixty Five Riders Turned The Park Into A Room
The 2024 edition gathered 65 riders at KlĂ€ppen, according to Armadaâs recap. That number matters because Kimbo Sessions is not only a park build. It is a social format where the rider list changes the level of the skiing. SBC Skierâs 2024 feature listed names across several freeski worlds: Alex Hall, Kuura Koivisto, Ădouard ThĂ©riault, Daniel Bacher, Nico Porteous, Mikkel Brusletto Kaupang, Jesper TjĂ€der, Hunter Hess, Eirik Moberg, Joss Christensen, Charlie Lasser, Alex Ferreira, Joona Kangas, Ferdinand Dahl, Colby Stevenson, James Woods, Ăystein BrĂ„ten, Henrik Harlaut and many others. That mix gave the week its weight: Olympic, street, pipe, slopestyle and video-part skiers all reading the same features.
Fins Hips And Cross Court Skiing Changed The Lines
Freeskierâs final recap described a setup full of fins, hips and jumps laid out to let riders hit features from multiple directions. That design detail is central to Kimbo Sessions 2024. A normal slopestyle course asks riders to move down one line. Kimbo asks them to see sideways. A hip can become a transfer. A landing shoulder can become a takeoff. A fin can turn into a slash, redirect or butter zone. That is why the event produces clips that feel different from contest skiing. The best moments often come when a rider treats the feature in a way nobody else expected.
Long Northern Light Kept The Session Alive
KlĂ€ppenâs latitude gives Kimbo Sessions one of its strongest visual advantages. SBC Skier described the resort as sitting around 61 degrees north, with long spring days and extended sunset light in early May. That matters for both skiing and filming. Riders can work through warm snow, wait for speed to settle, return to the same feature, then film late into the evening under slow golden light. The setup also benefits from the parkâs compact lift rhythm. When the T-bar only serves the park lap, energy stays inside the session instead of disappearing into long resort transfers.
Björn Eklund And Andreas Olofsson Preserved The Week
The public archive of Kimbo Sessions 2024 is built through recaps, not results sheets. Freeskierâs May 7 coverage listed the event as taking place from April 28 to May 5 and credited Andreas Olofsson and Björn Eklund as filmers, with Eklund editing. Downdays also covered the live recaps, including the second recap from Kimbo Kitchen and the final edit. That video trail is part of the eventâs structure. Kimbo Sessions exists for the riders in the moment, but it reaches the wider ski audience through edits that show reactions, speed checks, failed ideas, rewinds and the small body-language details that make a trick matter.
Armada Monster Oakley And The Spring Support System
The sponsor environment around the 2024 edition helped keep the event functional without turning it into a conventional commercial contest. Armada, Monster Energy, Oakley Skiing, Tyrolia Bindings, KlÀppen Ski Resort, Winn Marketing, Snowpark Consulting, Arsenic and Rowan Socks were listed across the recap credits. For skipowd.tv, the useful point is practical: this kind of week needs a serious park build, food, housing, media support, riders, shapers and enough freedom for skiing to happen outside a strict schedule. The brands supported the ecosystem, while the riders defined the taste.
Where Kimbo Sessions 2024 Fits In The Archive
Kimbo Sessions 2024 should be indexed as a style-first freeski session edition, not as a formal slopestyle, big air or rail contest. The verified archive core is clear: KlÀppen Snowpark, April 28 to May 5 2024, ninth edition, 65 riders, no official podium and Jake Mageau as Rider of the Week. Its value comes from the density of the riding and the freedom of the build. The event kept proving that park skiing can still be judged by the room before it is judged by a scoreboard, and that one creative week in Sweden can leave a stronger video record than many scored contests.