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Rider Tobias Björk. Location Jämtland Sweden.
Photo Hans Wärdell

I was about to have a chat with Larzon and Mathias from the Swedish punk-rock export Millencolin in their hometown of Örebro, just west of Stockholm. I arrived in a Volvo. They arrived in a god damn 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1 and as one might expect, guitarist Mathias is very proud of his car since American Muscle is hard to come by in Sweden. After every stop he makes, he gives it a little extra gas and leaves big black rubber markings on the ground. The roar from the engine even makes me, the mighty Car Incompetence Man, crack a smile. Given my complete lack of car knowledge, I ask him what the top speed might be...?

I guess I might as well say this right away, I will at no time in this text reveal the exact location of this rare European version of the snowmobiling normally only found in Alaska. Cause to be honest;
I rather keep it to my self.

By now I guess you figured out that I've been traveling around a bit lately. No, I don't mean Svalbard, this was something different and almost as exotic. I will have to get back to you about Svalbard, I need to tell you this first...

Let us take you on the grand tour through the province of Jämtland. A sparsely populated place with extensive wilderness, or? What’s the deal with all the brats hanging here then, and who decided to place a ski slope on my mountain?

How about the new Polaris Rush ride?
It started years ago with someone that came up with the idea of suspension. After 30 some years of riding pretty much without suspension (as we like to define suspension) comfort was important. Then the technology kind of snowballed into where we are today...

In the end of may when the riding season is over for many of us, you can still find some really great riding in northern Sweden. The soft and slushy snow almost remindes you of powder, except for a lot greater tracktion that makes it possible to beat the stepest mountain sides. And if you can save some gas and stay up in the