Hello -Freeski Shortfilm

Hometown: Rovaniemi, Finland | Active: 2010-present | Known for: X Games Real Ski silver in 2018, Sochi 2014 Olympic slopestyle, second at Red Bull PlayStreets 2011 | Disciplines: slopestyle, street, big air Snow covered the streets around a collection of Finnish spots in February 2018 while Joonas Mattila worked behind the lens. Antti Ollila had only a few weeks to build his first Real Ski entry, moving between urban features rather than a standardized contest course. The cut leaned on rails, wallrides, redirects and combinations, with winter darkness shaping the visual tone.... Read more on the Athlete page

2°C and a north-westerly wind crossing the Angry Birds Slopestyle Course. The layout stretched 495 metres from start to finish, 30 metres wide, with 110 metres of vertical drop and a 15-degree gradient. Antti-Jussi Kemppainen moved through a course built around slopestyle rather than the halfpipe that had shaped his earlier FIS seasons.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Joutseno, Finland | Active: 2003-present | Known for: runner-up at the 2006 Orage European Freeski Open halfpipe, RED and Legacy | Disciplines: halfpipe, big air, slopestyle A 140-metre superpipe rose six metres above the snow at Laax during the Orage European Freeski Open from 22 to 26 March 2006. The course gave skiers at least five hits, and more than 100 riders from 18 countries came to Switzerland for superpipe and slopestyle. Iisko Heiskanen entered both disciplines in a field containing Candide Thovex, Simon Dumont, TJ Schiller, Jacob Wester and Charles Gagnier.... Read more on the Athlete page

Hometown: Turku, Finland | Active: 2008-2010 | Known for: 2010 Total Fight win, Finnish slopestyle title, film segments in Roots and Hello | Disciplines: slopestyle, big air A hard gust crossed the Ylläs landing on 28 April 2010 as Pekka Hyysalo approached the jump switch. The session belonged to the final day of filming for Hello, a Flatlight Films short shot in Finnish Lapland. Hyysalo committed to a switch double cork 1080, but the burst of air carried him beyond the intended landing zone.... Read more on the Athlete page

Ylläs Ski Resort in Finnish Lapland | Known for: Finland's longest pistes, 464 metres of vertical, Pro Park, lift-accessed freeride and two villages on opposite sides of Yllästunturi | Season: typically November to early May | Best for: long Arctic laps, park progression and accessible northern freeride Yllästunturi From 719 Metres To Two Lapland Villages Yllästunturi rises to 719 metres above sea level between Äkäslompolo on its northern side and Ylläsjärvi to the south. The ski area spreads around both faces of the fell, creating Finland's largest lift-served resort by overall slope scale. Ylläs lists 62 pistes covering about 53 kilometres, with a maximum vertical difference of 464 metres.... Read more on the Location page

Finnish creative house and film production studio | Founded in 2006 in Rovaniemi as Flatlight Films | Known for early freeski projects and Nipwitz productions | Focus: Arctic filmmaking, action sports storytelling and visual work in demanding northern conditions 2006 Rovaniemi origins and the Flatlight Films name Flatlight was founded in 2006 by filmmaker Miikka Niemi in Rovaniemi, Finland, originally under the name Flatlight Films. The company grew from an environment where northern weather, snow and outdoor sports were part of everyday production rather than occasional destination shoots. Niemi had already developed an interest in filming through skateboarding and snowboarding, and Flatlight turned that hands-on background into professional film work.... Read more on the Sponsor page