Imagine standing at the top of a mountain after a long climb with your favorite adventure buddies before setting off on skis or a snowboard for one of the best rides of your life. If you can relate to these moments, you have the Topside Boys spirit.
Last winter, the Topside Boys—Norwegian freeride and backcountry skier Nikolai Schirmer, filmmaker Joonas Mattila and splitboarder Krister Furnes Koppala—return to Finnmark, Norway, to seek revenge on a mountain where an avalanche once caused disaster for their crew.