Wolle Nyvelt
Always Fresh: The Ageless Wolfgang Nyvelt
Early January, 2017. Wolfgang Nyvelt is at Island Lake Lodge, BC. It’s cold, the snow is deep, and the sun tracks low across the Lizard Range, providing a limited window for filming. Even though he’s there to gather assets for his upcoming Hillside Project board line with longtime sponsor Salomon Snowboards, fun runs are as much a part of the program as capturing the action.
Fun runs are just what Wolle needs. He’s barely ridden for the past year. He dislocated his wrist in December of 2015 while riding one of his home-baked Äsmo snow surfers. What seemed like a simple injury became complicated. After years of abuse from skateboarding, his ligaments were shot. He needed multiple surgeries. They cut bones and fused them back together. There were re-injuries. Too much downtime. For Wolle, it was like putting bad gas in his car. He wanted to go faster, but his body just wouldn’t let him. His time at Island Lake is like a dose of jet fuel...
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