For many years, I went to see the Skiexpo event, often organized in the biggest fair place, the Messukeskus. But for the last fifteen years I've often not been able to go, traveling typically around the time that it happens, being too busy, or just not as interested. This year I went to the much smaller event, organized in the Tripla shopping mall in Pasila, Helsinki. I liked it!
The reason was that it was so much oriented towards the small local ski areas. I found a crew from my original ski resort, Porvoo's Kokonniemi (now called Porvoo ski, website). Nice!
There was also some movies.
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