Scandinavian Team Battle 2023
đ 10/06/2023
đ CopenHill
Scandinavian Team Battle 2023 took place at CopenHill in Copenhagen, Denmark on June 10 2023 | Discipline: paired dry-slope freestyle skiing | Winners: Team Sweden with Jesper TjÀder and Emil Granbom | Format: five national teams judged on creativity, synchronized runs and crowd response
CopenHill Puts Summer Freeskiing Above Copenhagen
Scandinavian Team Battle 2023 was held on June 10 at CopenHill, the artificial ski slope built on Copenhagenâs Amager Bakke roof. The third edition used a compact slopestyle-style line on Neveplast matting rather than snow, with rails, a flat tube, a cannon feature and short transitions designed for quick paired runs. The setting changed the usual contest picture. The riders skied above a flat harbour city in warm June weather, while spectators could see the complete line from the staircase beside the slope.
Five National Pairs and a Format Built for Shared Runs
The 2023 field consisted of five two-person teams: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom and Switzerland. Each pair rode the course together, so technical execution alone was not enough. The judging rewarded timing, use of the features, trick selection and ideas that made the partnership visible. Synchronized movements, hand touches, improvised obstacles and unusual transfers all fitted the format. That structure gave Scandinavian Team Battle a different rhythm from a normal slopestyle final, where each athlete is measured against a fixed run and a numerical score.
Sweden Takes a Third Straight Scandinavian Team Battle Win
Team Sweden secured first place through Jesper TjĂ€der and Emil Granbom, extending their winning sequence to three editions. Team Norway took second with Johan Berg and Robert Ruud, while Team Switzerland finished third through Nicola Bolinger and Christian Moser. The podium reflected the contestâs blend of established contest experience and creative dry-slope skiing. TjĂ€der and Granbom combined speed, rail control and deliberately unusual feature use, while the Norwegian and Swiss teams stayed close through their own contrasting approaches.
Final Standings - Scandinavian Team Battle 2023
Gold: Team Sweden (SWE) - Jesper TjÀder and Emil Granbom
Silver: Team Norway (NOR) - Johan Berg and Robert Ruud
Bronze: Team Switzerland (SUI) - Nicola Bolinger and Christian Moser
The Man Ramp and the Cannon Tube on Green Matting
The defining sequence came when TjÀder used a sheet of dry-slope plastic as part of a man-ramp setup for Granbom onto the flat tube. It was the type of improvised move the contest was built to reward: a short visual idea, carried out by both skiers, that could not be reduced to a standard trick name. Elsewhere, Robert Ruud stood out in his first dry-slope appearance with technical rail skiing and a large misty out of the cannon tube. Johan Berg added a cork 450 from the same feature, while the United Kingdom pair of Chris McCormick and Felix Klein landed matching blind 630s out of it.
Ebskamp and Tvede-Jensen Ride for the Home Team
Denmarkâs home pair brought a local reading of the course. Jakob Ebskamp, who also organized the event, linked the contest to Copenhagenâs wider dry-slope and street-ski culture. Isabella Tvede-Jensen was the only woman in the 2023 lineup and made repeated rail hits during Team Denmarkâs runs. One crash involved both Danish riders after a held tube became an improvised feature; both continued competing. Their performance did not reach the podium, but it showed how the event treated risk, comedy and collaborative feature use as part of the contest language.
Neveplast Sponsors and a Rooftop Contest Identity
The 2023 event was backed by sponsors including Red Bull, Neveplast, One Open Sky, Sunweb, Sprite, Rudolph Care, Messy Weekend and Copenhagen Cable Park. On CopenHill, the synthetic surface was not simply a substitute for winter snow; it shaped the contestâs compact line, hard landings and fast visual pace. Scandinavian Team Battle 2023 ended with Sweden on top, but its most durable image was the pairing of plastic-slope skiing, rooftop spectators and a team format where the line could be reinterpreted from one run to the next.
