If you have visited Norway or if you are familiar with the landscape and topographical conditions of Norway, then you must know that the people of Norway are fond of snowboarding and other winter sports. Today I’d be introducing Helen Olafsen, a professional Norwegian snowboarder, who represents Norway internationally. Although the last time she participated in a snowboarding event, it was back in 2014. She started her snowboarding career in 2007, in that year she participated in Snowboarding World Cup and was placed tenth, although her effort was truly evident and people praised her for trying so hard. In that season she won the event held in march of that year and became one of the fan’s favourite contenders. She also participated in the 2007 Winter X Games in which she was placed fifth. But as the transition period in her life stepped in after a 7 year-long professional career in snowboarding, she was left with pretty basic life. I don’t know if you can relate to it or not, but once you’ve done something unconventional in life, something that was your personal calling and you loved it so much that every time you did it, you felt the most alive. And the time spent doing that particular thing stays with you forever as a memory. And there are moments when you long for living that same moment once again. After such an adventurous time of her life, Helen still longs for the cold breeze of the chilling winter and that warmth from the inside due to the competition in front of her eyes. It must’ve been bliss for her.
As the winter season is arriving, so there can also be seen a conversation going on among the snowboarding community of Norway. Helen Olafsen being the uncrowned snowboard queen of Norway plans to invite people to the winter sports and music festival held in Trysil on the 21-23rd of April 2023 the last weekend of the alpine season. She has partnered with Skistar to organise the festival and it’s expected that a crowd of people, the snowboarding enthusiasts. They will flock to the Trysil in April to take the pleasure of snowboarding for the last time this season.
