Cartel National rider Markus Haka's hometown of Oulu lies only 100km south of the Artic Circle. Unfortunately, the weather in the north of Finland is anything but arctic right now. So for now it's slushy laps on Rusko's yellow snow for Markus and his Pocketknife.
National Cartel rider Markus Haka's season has been stop and go so far this winter. Finland has experienced unusually warm weather this winter which caused his local resort to shut. Now the lifts are running again it's time to double-time those park laps.
It was a cool October evening and there was a crisp chill in the air. The Zamboni driver at Helskini's Ice Rink was going about his daily business, stone faced and bored like any other night, emptying useless ice into the yard. How could he know that people were watching.
