Janne Saarinen
There are snowboarders who ride to achieve, and then there are those who ride for the pure fun of it. Janne is definitely one of the latter type.
He picked up the habit of snowboarding as a wee lad from his elder brothers in the later half of the -90´s and has been doing it ever since.
Competition trophies, trending tricks and pushing how much you can spin of a lip is something Janne has politely left for others to chase. Nevertheless he’s known to pull off podium positions and shiny medals from comps whenever the mood hits.
Freedom to just go for whatever feels right at the hip is his way to go, always preferring the slower threes to sevens over the mach5 spins of today.
In addition to riding the slopes and streets several days / week, pushing his own envelope, he coaches youths to seniors at Helsingin lumilautailijat.
Janne was the perfect first rider for the team. He rides with the best and not like the rest, still his open and sincere presence makes him feel like “one of us”.
-Until he pulls that switch method from his bag of tricks.