No, Henrik did no drop out of school. However, he does attend an academy that allows him to travel throughout the winter.
Before spending a couple weeks in Breck, Henrik competed in Freestyle.CH, King of Style in Stockholm, and did a rail jam in Zurich after skiing 7 days at Glacier 3000 in November.
After Breck, he found a ride to boulder and filmed handrails for a week with Stept. I didn't see him again until US Open where he couldn't get enough speed for the jumps, but decided to throw his tricks anyway. The day after US O qualifier, we skied Keystone from 9 till 4 then drove him back to Breck where he built a backflip jump with Oscar and sessioned it until it 7 or 8pm. With Aspen O the following week, he chilled in Breck, skied everyday, and hitched a ride in the truck of Hath's car to Aspen. After he couldn't register for the contest, he spun laps and made a sick rail edit. As soon as finals were over, we drove to Salt Lake where he slayed handrails with 4bi9 for a few days. Then Gahhblin convinced him to go to Jackson Hole where, much to Henrik's dismay, there are no handrails. Rather than take a bus back to SLC, he stayed in Jackson and stomped two of the rowdiest tricks I've ever seen in the BC. But according to Henrik, "ahhh, not so good, not so bad" After Jackson, he drove back to Colorado and competed in the North American Open. After North American he went to the European Open and Placed 6th. After the European Open, he competed 9 Knights and placed 1st. After 9 Knights he went to JOSS. After JOSS He went to Mammoth for Jib Academy, After Jib Academy he went back to Sweden, slayed some backyard rails, then went to Hood to session Windells and filmed with Level 1. After Hood he went back to Sweden, then flew to NZ for the NZ Open and BOOM, ended up in a few edits.
The answer is no, Henrik never takes a break from skiing.
Keep in mind the contests and photo shoots that I listed are just a sample what he told me about and mentioned in
this interview. Knowing Henrik, he did far more this winter than we know. If you get the opportunity to ski with Henrik, go say what's up. I guarantee you'll be stoked after spinning a lap through the park.
