Name: Niklas"Loggan"Olsson
Born: -81
Hometown: when im not out traveling i spend my time in
Bålsta-Sweden
Height: 187cm
Weight: 80kg
First bike: an old italian 50cc at the age of 4
FMX since: Late-01
Rides: Suzuki RM250,Opel Vivaro
Hobbies: Mini Bikes,snowboard and late nights under the
moon light by the camp fire with some good friends and my
girl friend ofcourse!
Marital status: Girlfriend Karolina
Favorite movie: On the pipe,Ready To Roll
Listen to: Pretty much everything, but Misfits is always
closest to my heart
Favorite spot: Da snakepit for sure
My typical day
I dont like to put my life in a schedule but a typical day is lika wake up around 9´clock, hook up some friends on the phone and decide which spot we should ride at. Then ride all day and as almost there is some one with me that shoot photos and film. Later on we just have a great time eating and watching the good moments from that day on the big screen and make the plans for the next moves thats on my mind.
Future plans
Keep the spirit alive and keep doing what im doing right now as long as riding get me satisfited. My heart is riding bikes so i guess i will be working in the mx/fmx scene in one way or annother in the future. And at last as always i like to stay healthy.
Background
My dad has always been in to bikes so he bought me a bike when i was four and was riding in our garden every weekend. At the age of 10 it i started to train a little bit more serios and i got my license when i was 12 and started racing. I raced until i was 21 and the last 2 years i rode betwen 25-30 competions a year. The year was 2001 and i was on my way up north in sweden just to get phone call from the organizer of the race i was on myway to. Only 12 riders confirmed and my class was canceled. The week before that in the swedish Motocross mag it was a little story with some pics of the one and only Fmx rider in sweden "Prippa". I always have been in to jumping in different gravel pits when i had a day of from racing. So i called Prippa and a cuople of hours later i jump a metal ramp for the first time and was busting out some nac´s, clickers, can cans and even a disco can haha. It was like born again in a new world-so much to discover! After that i went straight home after 3 days of jumping and i build my first ramp. In 2002 was where it started and i was invited to a little FMX tour in Norway and i did a few shows that year. It was at that point i discovered that it was something i really enjoyed, no pressure, no rules just do what u want to do and follow your mind.
I was away from riding from the middle of 02-04 i got sick and after some hard months the doctors discover i had cancer tumours in different places in my body. So it was 2 hard years with treatments, surgerys and a lot of other stuff that just breaks your body down. I was lucky to walk alive out of the hospital. I had no strength or stamina left but slowly it started geting better and riding again was the best thing ever and after that i apreciate things more and trying to get as much as possible out of every day.
04 was a year like"get back on the bike". -05 was a good year with alot of shows and i almost ride every day that year... 06 was a blast and a little bit of a "dream came true" with over 30 shows mostly in Sweden but the riding also took me to Spain and some other sweet spots around the globe. -06 was also the year when the first Swedish FMX Movie got produced and we had some really funny weekends shooting film for that movie. The last year was a year when many things going on at the same time. On the side from riding i have been working on my own mobile landning and after working my ass off to get in shape it is almost done now . This year -07 started with vaccation in Thailand for a couple of weeks followed by 4 days show at a big motorcycle exibithion. And right now im about to trade cold Sweden for the states for about 4 weeks and then the season starts at home.... The wheel is spinning this year to!