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Contributors

Cast and production

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Writers

Hair & Makeup

Lasse Lindhardt Jensen

Josephine Mai Johannesen

Peter Andreas Christensen Daniel Brix Hesselager

Stylist

Philip Lotko

Sebastian Machado

Søren Franck Foglmann Cast Editors

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René Lindberg

Models

Ditte Marie Vinther Andersen

Emily A, Diva Models Andreas S, Scoop Models

Art Director

Rasmus Stendorph, Diva Models

Andreas Bjørn Ibsen, W20

Marie Louise Bang; Unique Models

Marshoud Dababneh, W20 Photographers Philip Messmann Mark Wengler Rasmus Vive Michael H. Pedersen Peter Andreas Christensen Kenneth Nguyen Nikolaj Thaning Rentzmann Anne Kring

Rains Journal is published biannually by RAINS ApS, Dalsagervej 25, 8250 Egaa, Denmark. Printed by Børge Møllers Grafiske Hus, Aarhus Denmark. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is strictly prohibited. This issue is printed on high quality uncoated paper and we have only procuced 2.000 copies of this issue to make sure no paper is wasted. www.rains.dk

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THE NEWCOMERS — We consider the everyday life of a Scandinavian capital citizen as key inspiration for the expression and functionality of our rainwear. This generates into cool, simple items for everyday use. In relation to this, we have supplemented our assortment with three interpretations of classic outerwear into our rainwear world.

FAR FROM HAWAII — People do not often combine surfing and Denmark with each other, but the 22 year old Christoffer Hartkopp who’s is born and raised in Denmark, has the dream of becoming the best surfer Denmark has ever produced. Being forced to dive into the waves even if the water is freezing cold, or surfing in a Hurricane - Christoffer is determind to reach his goals.

LIMITED EDITIONS — Each year we create, RAINS limited editions and this time our inspiration came by looking at the moon . We created a silver colored rubber fabric and used the color on some of our classic styles including the new Breaker jacket. The limited Editions is only avalible during the summer in a limited number.

RAINS x BWGH — At the beginning of BWGH, there were two Parisian friends passionate about new horizons. They’ve been exploring urban culture for a long time in order to create a multidisciplinary organization, an authentic label. The collab between RAINS and BWGH combines designs between streetwear and the high fashion scene.

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THE NEWCOMERS Walking down the cold and cobbled

rainwear resulting in cool items for

streets of Copenhagen on an early Monday

everyday use. In order to expand the

morning, you will have a special insight in

collection to a wider assortment in both

everyday life of the Scandinavian capital

expression and functionality, we have

citizen. The busy man in his black suit

added three interpretations of classic

checking his watch while talking on his

outerwear into our rainwear world. These

mobile, the young school kid dragging his

are the stylish Mac Coat, the feminine

feet along the ground while being cut off

A jacket and the functional Breaker

from the outside world by his headphones

jacket, which are classic items in each

and music, or the stylish female student

of their original jacket categories. We

in her vintage trench coat elegantly riding

have streamlined them with the RAINS

her bike amongst hundreds of morning

expression and have made them suitable

cyclists. We consider this everyday life

for exploring outdoor moments in rainy

of Copenhagen as key inspiration for

days. Enjoy the newcomers for AW14.

the expression and functionality of our

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MAC COAT Color: Sand Price: 699,00 DKK / 95,00 €

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BACK PACK

LONG JACKET

Color: Black

Color: White

Price: 599,00 DKK / 80,00 €

Price: 699,00 DKK / 95,00 €

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BREAKER

Color: Sand

Color: Sky Blue

Price: 599,00 DKK / 80,00 €

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RUNNER BAG

JACKET

Color: Green

Color: Yellow

Price: 995,00 DKK / 135,00 €

Price: 599,00 DKK / 80,00 €

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TRAVEL BAG

LONG JACKET

Color: Black

Color: Green

Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 €

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A JACKET Color: Bordeaux Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 €

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Camouflage graphics is primary know from modern military. The graphic design of each army is often individual and reflects the purpose of use in specific environments. We developed our own RAINS camouflage inspired by the colors of the deep Danish forests, and its Autum colors.

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Long Jacket Color: Camouflage Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 â&#x201A;Ź

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The S urfer : Far fro m H awaii By L asse L in d har d t J ensen P ho t o g raph y by Mar k W en g ler

“ To d a y, w h e n i t i s c o l d l i k e t h i s , I will wear my winter suit. With this northern wind I will freeze t o t h e b o n e ,” C h r i s s a y s .

t he surfer : Far from hawaii

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How is it possible to love surfing when living in Denmark? Christoffer Hartkopp is one of the best surfers the small country of Denmark has ever seen. But is that the same as success? Journalist Lasse Lindhardt Jensen took a trip to the seaside to hear the story of a young and hardworking Danish surfer.

A white Suzuki Swift pulls over at the train station in Helsingør, Denmark. A curly blond guy steps out in baggy grey pants, cap and a winter jacket. He looks like a snowboarder, but he is a wave surfer. Christoffer Hartkopp, or just Chris, aged 22, is on his way for a Sunday surf session. When people hear the word ‘surfing’, they expect boardshorts, 30 degrees sunshine and tanned onlookers in bikini, but surfing in Denmark is far from Hawaii. “Today, when it is cold like this, I will wear my winter suit. With this northern wind I will freeze to the bone,” Chris says. The car just fits his 5.10’ board. It says 7:55 AM on the display, it is November, windy and five degrees outside, but the sky is clear. Chris drives past the local windsurf club and shortly after pulls over to have a closer look at the sea. “I think we could be expecting breast-high waves during the day,” he says.

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Surfing - the cold industry Although Chris nowadays surfs in Denmark, it all started a place much warmer on a vacation to Lanzarote with his professional athlete parents where 11-year-old Christoffer Hartkopp tried surfing for the first time. For him, surfing was like love at first sight and he was hooked immediately. When returning to hometown, Ålsgårde, on the North coast of Zealand in Denmark, he met up with a couple of local surfers who taught him about weather conditions and the different wave spots in the area. “Then we rode our bikes or skateboards to the wave spots. Many thought it was a little hard-core to surf in air of minus five degrees and two degrees cold water. Sometimes we even biked in the snow

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European Tour, Chris is having a hard time getting sponsors and has been turned down in several meetings. “People have said to me: ‘I know you are good, Christoffer, you are the Danish champion. But who sees what you are doing? Who is the recipient? Had I been playing golf, soccer or something else, there might have been better chances of getting sponsors.” Therefore, Chris has to spend of lot of energy promoting himself and trying to convince companies that surfing is worth paying attention to. A very important tool in doing so is social media.

to go surfing. Today I have a driving license and go by car.”

“When I can go to a sponsor and say that I have a webpage with

The car is not his own though. He borrows it from his mom because

become a little more interested.”

the life of a Danish surfer is far from glamorous. When being in Denmark Chris has to pick up jobs as storeman or lifeguard in swimming baths to make both ends meet. Even though he is a three times Danish Surf Champion and the only Dane to surf The

To g e t m o r e f a n s , C h r i s i s always searching for the golden shot af him nailing af difficult trick.

500 views a day or a Facebook page with 1700 likes, they seem to

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The golden shot So to get more fans, Chris is always searching for that golden shot of him ‘nailing’ a difficult trick on his board in the sunset - a picture that can be shared around the world or maybe even make it to a surf magazine. A grey station car parks right next to us. A man in his fifties with blond middlelong hair and a grey hoodie steps out of the car. It is Mark Wengler, Christoffer’s photographer. “He is kind of like a father and manager to me, but I have actually only known him for three or four years,” Chris says, before he gets out of the car and starts chatting with a group of other locals who have shown up. Mark tells the story of when he was in Portugal to take photos of Chris in a competition he was in. On the first day of the competition Chris had been out partying the night before and as a consequence his surfing suffered very badly. When the day was over, Mark told

I f C h r i s h a d p l a y e d g o l f, s o c c e r

him off and clearly expressed that he had

or something else, there might

not come all the way to Portugal to take

have been better chances of

pictures of an amateur.

getting sponsors.

“The next two days he did not drink and stopped eating fast food. And then he surfed like a dream,” Mark finishes. It is shivery cold and everyone is covering themselves. The wind has been building up the waves, which are now up to 1.5 meter high. Chris takes a pee. The wind is from northeast. With a green towel around his waist he changes into his wetsuit, standing in the lee of the open trunk. Finally, he waxes the board with his bare rose hands and then starts making his way towards the water. Knowing this spot as his own hip pocket,

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he starts paddling out on the left side of the coast where the stream

Back on the wave, back in pace and another slice. He continues on

will take him out.

the wave and keeps pumping until it dies out and then jumps off the board waving towards the coast. “Did you get?” Chris shouts. Mark

As a former elite swimmer Chris is out where the waves break in no

does a single wave back. Yeah, he got it.

time. He turns his board towards the coastline, looks behind in search for a wave, finds it, takes three strong paddle strokes and jumps the board. He is on it, but it is a short one. The next wave takes him 20 meters down the coast, but he has to ‘pump’ with his legs to keep it going. He catches the third wave too, but when trying to take a sharp left turn, the wave punches away the board underneath him and he ends up in the white foam. On the coast Mark has set up his camera equipment and searches for Chris in the viewfinder. He is on the board again, paddling out for the next wave with his name on it. A cold surge of water comes at him, but like a seal, he elegantly swims underneath it. After making his way behind the breaking waves, he sits on the board for a while. Chris’ mom happens to come by as well. She was exercising on her MTB and is now standing on the windy coast looking at her son, as she has done so many hours when he was younger. Chris gets down on his board again and puts a hand up as a signal to Mark. He starts paddling, goes for it, and gets it. This one is better and faster than the others, and as he picks up speed he does a quick, sharp turn back and forth, as if he slices the board into the lip of the wave.

Going pro in Europe Two and a half hour later, and with only a few breaks to have a look in Marks viewfinder, Chris is done for today. The wind has calmed down a bit and so have the waves. A few other local surfers have been in the water at the same time as Chris, including a small seal that popped his head up the water and swam around only 20 meters away. But none of the other surfers lasted as long in the cold water as the 22-year-old surf champion. Surfing in Scandinavia is no thing for weaklings. “We are surfing in full winter suits, which get really heavy when they start taking water in. The water is cold and it drains your energy. There are a lot of things making it much easier to surf in warm water,” Chris says. If you feel like driving a lot and making an effort, it is possible to surf up to 150 days a year in Denmark, Chris says. Though, compared to e.g. Portugal and France, the waves are much smaller and rarely good for doing tricks. But actually, Chris experiences that the difficult conditions for a surfer in Scandinavia are making him stronger when attending competitions. “Often, when I go from waves like this to surfing The European Surf Tour with way better waves, then it is suddenly easier to surf,” he says.

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Even though Chris loves Denmark, he is still thinking of moving to Por tugal to chase his dream of becoming a full time p r o s u r f e r.

So far he has managed a top-35 on the European Tour and he is hoping for more. But it takes hard work. “The level in Scandinavia is way lower than in Europe. So when you go down there and meet professionals in e.g. France who surf every day, then it is very hard. Also, when I am surfing in Europe and cannot stay at a sponsors place, then I live in my car, while the others stay at four or five star hotels. So it is a little hard-core.” But when it is this tough to make a living from surfing, why bother then? “It is the rush and adrenaline you feel when being out there and the days never look the same. Today, waves were small and onshore. On other days, they are bigger. A skateboard ramp is always the same, where you can go find a new ramp. With surfing you can go the same place, same beach actually, but being out on the water is never the same. One day you find head-high waves and the next day, they are only knee-high. No matter the height, it is always fun.” Even though Chris loves Denmark, he is still thinking of moving to Portugal to chase his dream of becoming a full time pro surfer. “Portugal is nice and close and you do not need a Visa. My sponsor also has a surf school there, so maybe I can work as an instructor and work at a bar. I will probably only make 500 Euros at the bar, but at least I can surf every day.”

Forget the air reverse Back on dry land Christoffer is chatting with a few local surfers while changing into a grey t-shirt saying ‘Hart Knocks’ on the front, which is his artist name. Quickly, he is back to looking like a snowboarder in baggy trousers and winter jacket. Cheeky, he walks to Mark, who is packing his equipment in the car. “Mark, there are three tricks I would have wanted you to have on that little screen of yours. That air reverse would have been worth gold,” Chris says and laughs. With a grin on his face, Mark shrugs his shoulders and reminds Chris that he is an old man. Together, they have a look through the pictures of the day. “That one is awesome! It is awesome! Forget about the air reverse then,” Chris says and pats Mark on the back before they split up, get in their cars and call it a day – a day of surfing in Denmark.

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LIMITED EDITIONS A part of our core collection is carryovers

a technical challenge, we created a

of classic styles, but in between our

silver coloured rubber fabric, containing

spring and fall collection, we launch our

both shiny silver effect, but with our

limited collection. This is our playground.

signature mat surface. Through numbers

This is brand new ideas that explore and

of adjustments, we succeeded making an

challenge us to find innovative ways of

aesthetic cool, silver colour in the right

forming rainwear. The collection is only

light weighted version. Using this colour

available during the summer and in a

on selected styles from our existing

limited number.

collection, containing the Curve Jacket, the new Breaker jacket, the long jacket and

This time our inspiration came by looking

Pants, we made an impressing all silver

at the moon. In order to give ourselves

line of rainwear.

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Breaker Ltd. Color: Silver Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 €

PANTS LTD. Color: Silver Price: 449,00 DKK / 62.00 €

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Breaker Ltd. Color: Silver Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 €

PANTS LTD. Color: Silver Price: 449,00 DKK / 62.00 €

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LONG JACKET Color: Silver Price: 699,00 DKK / 95.00 €

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The new collection comprises our classic jacket and poncho styles alongside with the three newcomers, Mac Coat, A- Jacket and Breaker. Furthermore, the new colours Bordeaux and Camouflage is added to a variants of styles.

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LONG JACKET Colors: Black, Green, Blue, Orange and Camouflage Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

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JACKET

MAC COAT

Colors: Black, Blue, Yellow and Sky Blue

Colors: Black and Sand

Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

PONCHO

CURVE JACKET

Colors: Black and Green

Colors: Black, Blue, Bordeaux and Sand

Sizes: S1 (xs/s – s/m), S2 (m/l – l/xl)

Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

A JACKET Colors: Black and Bordeaux Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

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ANORAK

Colors: Black, Blue, Green, Sky Blue and Sand.

Colors: Black, Camouflage/Sand, Black/Sky Blue

Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

PANTS

WELLY

Colors: Black, Blue and Camouflage

Colors: Black

Sizes: xs/s, s/m, m/l, l,/xl

Sizes: 36 – 41

TRAVEL BAG Colors: Black, Blue, Green/Sand Sizes: One Size

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RUNNER BAG

Colors: Black and Green

Sizes: One Size

BACK PACK

DUFFEL BAG

Colors: Black, Green/Sand, Blue/Sand/Orange.

Colors: Black and Green

Sizes: One Size

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BWGH x RAINS

BWGH x RAINS About BWGH Brooklyn We Go Hard was the name of the collective that

Now, BWGH has finally become a real clothing brand with a

David Obadia created at the very beginning, which gathered

complete wardrobe and a strong identity. Each collection, in the

photographers who were working in Brooklyn.

contours and details, is thought in accordance with precise and

Being the centre of the brand name in BWGH, Brooklyn is a tribute

inspiring cultural references and made to be worn by a passionate

to the cosmopolitan and multicultural atmosphere of the district

and open-minded generation.

of New York. This atmosphere is the basis of the BWGH DNA and likewise refers to the special energy coming from the Parisian brand.

BWGH x RAINS

About Collaboration For its first collaboration with Rains, BWGH applies their vision of fashion as a bridge between the street wear codes and the high fashion scene. Designer David Obadia drew inspiration from these two universes to design two models. The first model is impulsive and takes the spirit and energy of street wear with prints on the sleeves, chest and on the back shield. Symbols are references to Paris, Copenhagen and Brooklyn, describing an urban trip between these three fashion centres. The second model is made from a strong fashion orientation and mixes three colours in a design that is inspired by contemporary art and especially the work of the Danish artist Kasper Sonne. Combining BWGH with the clear Scandinavian expression and the unique material quality and feeling of RAINS, the BWGH x RAINS collaboration is about two young and very different brands, coming together in their common enthusiasm for modern and functional fashion.

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Photos by: Peter Lyngby and the author

By Peter Christensen

THE GOLDEN DREAM 40 ISSUE FOUR The golden dream

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In each issue of Rains Journal, you can read a fishing story from the mad, Danish adventurer and fly fisherman, Peter Andreas Christensen. Peter lives in Copenhagen, but spends as much time as possible in far-flung corners of the world trying to catch giant fish with his fly rod. Getting to where those fish live takes him through some pretty dangerous areas, including the muddy backwaters of the Yukon River and the barren wilds of the Canadian Arctic. In a world where most people travel to relax, Peter travels to get in trouble. Easy doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t do it.

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I n t ro Follow four Danes on a 700-kilometer odyssey through the wildest regions of the Canadian Arctic in search of giant fish, happiness and wonder.

I n search of connec t ion What is fishing really about? Certainly, to catch fish is a central part of the equation. However, fishing’s classic concept of ‘the fish of a lifetime’ is strangely singular, as it rarely happens more than once. Most of the time, less magnificent catches must suffice, and the moment where one might catch the supreme monster of the sea will merely exist in a dreamy future. And what is more, many fish of a lifetime are, let’s face it, only fictitious fables, fuelled by too much bourbon and failure. At times, fishing is a shortcut to a world

beyond, the fishing rod working as a

point the idea of a longer escape is born,

magical wand that transforms the dull to

and to a little group of like-minded Danes,

the exciting, each drift through the ripples

the Canadian Arctic seemed an ideal

of the river carrying promise and wonder

destination for a longer lasting stay.

with it. It may perhaps be an impression peculiar to me, but what pulls me to the

Apart from our unusual outlook on life,

riverbank is fishing’s unfailing power

we were all obsessed with the fly fisher’s

to draw me into a profound universe

most prized treasure of the North - the

distinctly different from the shallow one

Arctic char. Like gold diggers mad with

that imprisons us most of the time.

greed we were haunted by a golden dream of connecting with this most fabled and

Frequent trips to this parallel universe

beautiful member of the char family.

called fishing become essential to life. When life is too dreary, my heart longs and

So, maybe fishing isn’t ultimately so much

my mind wanders to a much more alluring

about catching fish as about connection.

world. More often than not, my feet and fly

Through the line you connect to fish, but

rod will follow this call of the wild. At one

before you get to there you must journey

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deep into the untamed and wondrous. See, the fish of a lifetime is mostly a mythological creature locked in the lush turbulence of oblivion. It can remain there, a ghostlike spirit, forever. To catch it, you must set out to find its tangible counterpart in the material world.

The m usic of t he wil d It is often said that the first thing you notice in a remote and wild place is the silence. As the roar of the Twin Otter’s engines fade, and the plane disappears in the distant horizon, there is no such silence. A subtle beat echoes over the tundra; a humming buzz from a choir of millions of mosquitoes creates an understated base. Rolling waves rhythmically break on the shoreline of the lake. Two chattering ravens and a loon’s unnerving shrieks take turns as the supreme voice in nature’s howl. Whispers of what is left behind and what is to come echoes within. The land extends for as far as the eye can see in all directions, alluring and frightening in its vastness. Maybe we’re in over our heads? On second thought, I’m satisfied with the situation, even if the outcome is uncertain, the route unfamiliar and failure an option. The point is to be in over the head, submerged in this no man’s land normally empty of intruders, and to fight for weeks just to get within casting distance of the creatures of the watery world. The first leg of our trip is a long stretch against the current of a medium-sized river, before we reach a series of lakes, feeding a mighty river that plunges into

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the Arctic Sea. We have provisions to cover the 700-kilometer

blacken the sky. Wolves, muskoxen and bears stray the land, and

expedition for eight weeks, but even with all that time ahead of us, I

even though their impressive size and beauty do somehow excuse

have a worrying feeling that things will not work out smoothly.

their rough manners, they are forces to be reckoned with.

Under the piercing stare of a bald eagle resting in a nearby tree, our

A ru g g e d haul

project takes on a shade of obvious over-optimism. These northern

Three weeks into the trip, we have covered only the first 100

regions do have their kind moments; midnight sun, glorious,

kilometres. Every day has been twelve hours of struggling up

summer days, sparkling clear, fathomless lakes. Most of the time,

the snaking, stony river, each covered mile hard earned and

however, things are not quite as pleasant. Nature can be harsh, at

determined. Few stretches have been slow and deep enough to

times seemingly malicious towards trespassers. Help is hundreds

paddle. Most of the time weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had to drag the canoes against

of kilometres away if anything goes wrong. Flies and mosquitoes

the currentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful grip, stumbling over the slippery bottom.

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On the 22nd day we reach a milestone, a mountain edge that separates the waterways of the Northwest Territory. By

C o m pe t i t ion Finally, beyond the mountain edge, we can

a portage over the edge, we’ll get to the

begin to cover some ground. We paddle

lakes that feed the northbound rivers on

day and night for a week straight, sleeping

the far side. It’s a pretty long stretch. Five

on the ground for a few hours whenever

miles each way. Each of us must take five

exhaustion demands. Eventually, we feel

or six walks across to move our total of

confident that we’ve made it far enough

1200 pounds of gear and provisions.

to be safe on time and provisions. The

Standing on the top of the mountain edge,

challenge that lured us here in the first

I can see a desert of stones and rocks

place has finally emerged; searching these

stretching for miles down to the lake we’re

virgin waters for the real counterparts to

heading for. I realise the insanity of the

those monstrous fish harboured in our

project - how the distances, the pain, and

imagination.

the hostility of the land dwarf us. Two lakes connect through a short Two days later, as I struggle over the edge

river-like section, creating a powerful

for the fifth time, awkwardly lugging a 60

undercurrent. A drop thirty feet from the

pound food-barrel and a rod tube, the trip

shore cuts away the lakebed so steeply

takes on a tragicomically twist. It’s been

that it becomes invisible under the blue-

over three weeks since we started out, and

green shades of the water. The shooting

we haven’t caught a decent fish yet. We

line scrapes through my left hand as a fish

haven’t even tried. Instead, we’ve fought

and heads north with the fly. Even with my 10-weight bent over double it keeps

“I realise the insanity of the project -

moving with irresistible force. Dragon-like, two green shadows rise from the depths. The first to appear is a huge lake trout with my fly firmly fixed in

how the distances,

its massive jaws. Just behind it, an even

the pain, and the

its relative’s fly meal. Several times, the

hostility of the land

fly, trying to snatch it. They tussle violently

d w a r f u s .”

larger lake trout follows, enviously eyeing bigger trout shoots directly towards the in the surface, but there is no chance that the fly loses its grip. A little while later I hold the fish in my

desperately for each mile in a hopeless

hands. The bigger one has retreated to its

battle for progress, losing precious time

underwater lair, no doubt sulking over its

each and every day. There is talk of giving

missed meal. The lake trout’s sides, dotted

up, but with no means of communication

with round spots and thin lines, look like

there isn’t a way to do it.

a map of the places it inhabits; greenish

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infertile land and jade lakes, intercepted only by bright green rivers

Autumn arrives with a storm that moves in from the north, bringing

and streams.

cold and wet weather with it. The landscape takes on a fiery display of saturated reds and yellows. On the grasslands along the river,

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moose and bears fatten up on blue berries and grass. We start

It is a huge feeling to have connected with a solid fish at last. Ahead

to hit pots of char near the tributaries. Not many, not huge, but

is still a lot of time and water to find a fish even more impressive,

nevertheless the Arctic char we’ve travelled six weeks to find.

although the Arctic char remains a hallucination. We reach the river,

Still, desperation starts to crawl in on me. Not only does the film

and every paddle stroke takes us closer to the sea. The chances

depend on a gigantic char – the dream that inspired the expedition

of meeting them aught to grow, but it is unnerving to fish one

was to connect with a certain monster that sways in the whirling

promising stretch after the other without making contact. Are there

stream of my unconsciousness.

any char at all? I let my fly, the Intruder, bump over the bottom for what seems to The daily routine is fixed by now. Building fire, cooking breakfast,

be the ten thousandth time. A steady drizzle of snow and rain that

packing canoe, working hard, feeling free, checking out pools and

seems to have been falling forever soaks me through to the bone.

so on. We’ve passed through enormous areas of land that show no

The fly stops in mid-drift. I lift the rod, feeling the pull of the current

sign of human presence. The fish haven’t been disturbed since the

moving through the tight line, through the curved rod and through

Inuit people supplied their diet of reindeer with a freshly caught

me. A golden flash shows through the veil of the river, and then

lake trout, grayling or char back in the day. We’ve met nobody. We’ve

a huge tail trashes the surface. Waist deep in a wilderness river,

seen no old fireplaces. Sometimes a plane passes over us, far

connected to something real, something substantial deep down and

above, seeming utterly alien to us, now that we’ve been absorbed

deep within, two worlds merge into one.

by the wild. Maybe there are fishermen in those planes, effortlessly flying directly to where the fish are. I like to think there isn’t. I prefer to cling on to the idea that there are still blanks on the map - that the wild is not just an idea, but a real place that the bold and daring can find if they do their damned hardest.

M ads nørgaard x rains

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MADS NØRGAARD x RAINS

In the previous collaboration between RAINS and Mads Nørgaard, we made a specific style combining the traditional expression of a classic rain jacket with modern and street wear inspired fitting and pockets. This time we have challenged ourselves with a more ‘noisy’ and striking style, consisting of a huge inside graphic print as a suppressing element in the single-colour jacket. The same print style appears on the chest pocket. Combined with new strong fittings in solid rubber material, the jacket sets its own unique standard of material combinations, once again bringing together the best elements of RAINS and Mads Nørgaard.

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C O P E N H A G E N P I C T U R E S @ rainsofficial

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C O P E N H AG E N P I C T U R E S @ rainsofficial

Through the lens of our friends, photographers Nikolaj Thaning

steered the attention of several thousands of instagrammers to the

and Kenneth Nguyen, we portray the beautiful and rainy streets of

@rainsofficial gallery.

Copenhagen. Browsing through our Instagram profile @rainsofficial you will find moments from the city zoo to the architectural

To engage and invite both followers and non-followers to explore

landscape of parts of Copenhagen like Islands Brygge. The idea is to

and share beautiful outdoor moments, we regularly launch photo

visualize how rainy days can be inspiring and worth enjoying with a

competitions. This has no affiliation with re-posts and fast traffic,

short walk and proper clothing.

but is rather an invitation to challenge creativity and tempt people to look for the special moment.

Nikolaj Thaning and Kenneth Nguyen are well established in the Instagram community with followers from all around the world.

For a better insight and inspiring material for how to search

At the @rainsofficial the mission is to motivate to explore outdoor

for the special outdoor moment, follow our Instagram profile @

moments. Combining this mission with Nikolaj and Kennethâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unique

rainsofficial.

expression and unity in their pictures, the photographers have

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offices & showrooms

OFFICES & SHOWROOMS

RAINS OFFICES

INTERNATIONAL SHOWROOMS

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Head Office

Stockholm Showroom (SE)

Manchester Showroom (UK)

(European Distribution)

Showroom 88

New Beach Retail

Muslingevej 34

hanna@showroom88.com

morten@newbeachretail.com

0045 7199 2516

Oslo Showroom (NO)

Milano Showroom (IT)

mail@rains.dk

SMD Holding AS

Cashmere srl

morten@smd.no

geraldinealasio@cashmeresrl.it

(Copenhagen Showroom)

Helsinki Showroom (FI)

Vancouver Showroom (CA)

Brolæggerstræde 14 C, 2nd Floor

Active Agency

Noble Gentlemen Trading

1211 Copenhagen, Denmark

marika@activeagency.fi

liam@noblegentlemen.com

Berlin Showroom (DE)

Victoria Showroom (AU)

Label Agent

Abyss Distribution

torben@label-agent.de

ned@abyss.net.au

Amsterdam Showroom (NL)

Auckland Showroom (NZ)

Fancy Farmers

The Market Ltd.

roderique@fancyfarmers.com

Justin@themarketltd.com

Antwerpen Showroom

Hong Kong Showroom (HK, SGP, TPE, JP)

UnionVille

Working Unit Ltd.

info@unionville.be

go.urano@workingunit.com

Paris Showroom (FR)

Seoul Showroom

The Clothette

ABLE TRADING Co.

christine@theclothette.com

jspark@workshopshowroom.com

8250 Egå, Denmark

Sales & Marketing

0045 3131 4444 pl@rains.dk Marketing 0045 3131 4444 pl@rains.dk Sales 0045 2323 3112 kf@rains.dk

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