ADV FEST at SKOG 2025 - Adventure riding in Sweden

One of the biggest ADV events on the calendar in Sweden is SKOG. 120 riders gather together for 3 days of social events, camping, partying but most importantly riding. One of the main attractions on the routes is the infamous Sandy Hill, and this year it was my first attempt trying to climb it. See if I made i up. I was invited by Ingvar from TwinPegs, a very good friend of mine, and I helped him out at the stand and together with Sven "I suck at this" and Rasmus "Bara gassa" we had our first ride together this year, and we equipped quite a few bikes with new Twin Pegs, and only happy and satisfied customers, we calculated with the people already riding TwinPegs and the once we sold around 20 pct of the riders at SKOG was rocking TwinPegs, so if you don't know about the fuss, check it out. https://twinpegs.no/ It was my first time taking part of a big event like this, and I was thrilled at meeting a lot of new friends, and meeting up with old friends at this epic event, the spring opener, in Sweden. Besides Twin Pegs of course a huge recommendation goes out to: Stegra.io, with out a doubt the best software for iOS for route planning and navigation, not only does it beat every other single app out there for iOS but also, this is 4 Swedish passionate guys who quit their jobs at Volvo to make this passion project, and they deserve all the support they can get. https://stegra.io Emil Duvander - The Frozen Bike ride, go check out this viking riding in winter in -35 degrees. UCG-i8-0TRvyheUjIbRWfsyA Amok Equipment, I bought the Draumr 5.0 with an ultralight mattress just before this trip. Sleeping in a tent with a tiny air mattress on the ground always leaves me waking up with a sore back, at makes it impossible to be rested, but this was a game changer for me. I can still lay perfectly flat on the side, and I'm sheltered just as well, and I had the best 3 nights of ADV "tent" sleep I've ever had with this hammock. https://amokequipment.eu/ SKOG 2026, if you want a chance to ride at Skog next year, keep an eye out for when the tickets go up, because they go pretty fast :-) https://basecampnorth.org/ Riding gear: Helmet: Arai Tour XD4 Goggles: 100 Percent Barstow Jacket: Rev’it Component Jersey: Halmann Racing by Thor Protective Vest: Rev’it Proteus Trouser: Thor Hallman Racing Legend Knee Brace: Leatt Boots: Alpine Tech 7 Drystar Gloves: Rev'it Intercom: Cardo Edge Packtalk 00:00 Teaser 00:33 Intro 03:24 With Twin Pegs at Skog 06:17 Getting ready to ride 07:24 Taking off 13:02 Lunch stop 15:54 Arriving at Sandy Hill 18:41 Riding Sandy Hill 27:06 Riding to Gravel Pit Training 28:57 Arriving at Gravel Pit 29:32 Riding the Training Track 32:39 The sand climbs of the Gravel Pit 36:22 The riding is over 38:03 Back at basecamp 39:12 Campfire and beers 40:02 Epiloque