About us

Our team

We are a team that has been active in endurance sports for a long time, whose main sport has been cross-country skiing. Our goal is to offer coaching and exercise groups and individuals according to each individual's needs and goals all year round in different endurance sports. We exercise and train both fitness and competitive athletes. A comprehensive group of experts on endurance sports is at your disposal. We cooperate CustomSki with, where you can find high-quality equipment for training. Feel free to get in touch!

REFERENCES

"I am an enthusiast who skis 2-3 times a week. I took a private lesson from CustomSports to get tips on skiing technique and equipment and already during the lesson I got a lot of valuable information. Koutsi was an inspiring and motivating teacher. Warmly recommended!"
Jere Törmänen
"The skiing technique group lesson was nice and effective. Even though there was a lot to talk about, the whole was clear. We got personal feedback and we tried the exercises several times. Being enthusiastic about the technical school, I wanted to go skiing more often. We were already asking when we would take a refresher lesson."
OAJ Hollola local organization

Coaches

Marko Passila

Portfolio entrepreneur

Worked as a gym entrepreneur for 20 years

Hollola's Urheilijat -46 coach

Former ski association and sports high school regional coach

Sports massage training (year 1999)

Background:

Coached by Aino-Kaisa & Maija Saarinen to the World Youth Championship gold relay in 1999

Coached by Frans Vainikka several youth championship medals

To be coached by Jesse Väänänen, 10th place in the World Youth Championship in 2003

Marko Passila

Lari Lehtonen

3x Olympic athlete

Ex-professional athlete/cross-country skier (in the national team 2010-2020)

Professional coach (HU VAT5 Kuortane 2021)

Ski Association U18 team coach 2021-2022 and 2022-2023

Executive Director of Hollola's Athletes -46 (5/2020-4/2022)

Chairman and coach of Hollola's Urheilijat -46 skiing division

Background:

3 Olympics, 5 World Championships (Lahti MM 2017 9th)

7 adult WC medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)

19 youth championship medals

Youth Olympic gold and silver 2004 Foje Monthey Switzerland

Lari LehtonenKuva: Aapo Laiho
Lari Lehtonen (Photo: Aapo Laiho)

Esa Vironen

Equipment and event manager

Portfolio entrepreneur

CustomSki guy

Untrained competitor

Background:

Biathlon SM medalist

Worked as a guardian of biathlon and combined skiing at the Olympic and World Championships 

Esa Vironen

Frans Vainikka

Exercise instructor

Hollola's Urheilijat -46 coach

Background

Cross-country skiing youth championship medalist

Frans Vainikka

Endurance sports are for everyone!