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Jari Salo { INTERVIEW}
HELSINKI, FINLAND
Jari Salo has been designing snowboard graphics
since 1998. An avid snowboarder, this Finnish
graphic designer has created boards for pro riders
such as Joni Mäkinen and Jussi Oksanen, who
represented Finland in the Nagano Olympics.
In addition to his freelance work for brands such
as Capita and Burton, Salo is also an art director
for Slammer, a Finnish snowboard magazine.
Can you elaborate on the Finnish snowboard
scene? Are you a boarder yourself?
I’ve been snowboarding since ...