Mika Salmi

Entrepreneur and athlete who loves design, humor and Planet Earth.

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1974 Alfa Romeo GTV - gorgeous design by Giorgetto Giugiaro/Bertone and one of the best handling cars I’ve ever driven. Not bad as a surf car too!

(Morro Bay, California)

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Dream heliski trip to Cordova, Alaska! Super steep slopes, fun heli "landings", epic glaciers, northern lights, and great people! Thank you for the invite Points North Heli! ❤️

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Living the surfing van life on the North Shore of Oahu. Yes, I slept in the van.

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Dawn patrol

Dulan, Taitung County, Taiwan

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Foiling in Hanalei

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First proper hike of the season. 1600m straight drop to Lake Wallensee below. Yikes!

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Springtime in Zurich

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JaPOW!

Niseko and Iwanai, Hokkaido, Japan

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Iwanai cat skiing resort has a nice design for their day lodge

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Had a gorgeous sunrise trail run up and around West Rock in New Haven, Connecticut. (not Ayers Rock Oz!)

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Love the mid century modern design of the tram stops in Zurich

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Surf town mist (Ericeira, Portugal)

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Monte Rosa Hütte (2,883m) is high above Zermatt, just below seven peaks over 4,000m, popular with mountaineers/climbers and only accessed via a crampon trek across multiple glaciers and deep crevasses (sad to see how much glacier has disappeared and the massive melt in progress).

Built in 2009, the polygonal stainless steel exterior and wood interior building gets 90% of its energy from solar.

High style in the high alpine!

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Lençóis Maranhenses National Park in northern Brazil. Kilometers of endless sand dunes interspersed with blue lagoons.

The sand comes all the way from the Sahara desert and since it is not an actual desert, there is rain water in the sand! Amazing landscape. Great for launching into the air and for swimming!

Also great kite surfing and wing foiling in the nearby town of Atins.

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Great combination of rustic with modern in a summer cabin (and sauna building) on an island near Stockholm in Sweden. Proves that good design should be an aspiration and attainable for everyone. This place was built by one person! (in 2014)

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The design of Barcelona’s El Prat always wows me. It is now 15 years old (2009) and still looks fresh.

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grooving