This winter, Oskar Svensson has gone from being a World Cup rider in the crowd to becoming a winner with two individual World Cup victories, a second place and a second place in the relay.

This means that he has advanced in his ski brand's unofficial ranking and is offered more and better skis.

- Overall, I experience that I get better stuff the better I go.

It's almost like magic.

All of a sudden you get a pair of skis that go much better than all other previous skis, says Oskar Svensson

He says that effect came immediately after his first World Cup victory in Val di Fiemme.

- The best skis I got this year were after the victory in Val di Fiemme.

Then I got a couple of skis and one of those couples knew Perry Olsson (Sweden's star wall) and said they are really good and reminded me of a couple they had in Norway ten years ago.

I have competed most on these skis, reveals Oskar Svensson.

Not stupid

He talks about more new classic and freestyle skis for cold weather that have been awarded to him after the successes and on which he has competed a lot.

- I would not have had any of those pairs if I had not ridden so well, he says.

Oskar Svensson still has one year left on his contract with his ski brand, which means that he cannot count on greater financial compensation for the coming season.

It's more about the possibility of better equipment.

- It's easy to be stupid when it comes to financial compensation for driving for a certain brand.

If you still do not have good stuff, you then lose prize money and bonuses.

That is why the equipment is most important.

Good ski picker

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo is the strongest star in the ski brand to which Oskar Svensson belongs.

But Oskar Svensson does not want to talk about ranking but about access to equipment.

- Now I am quite highly ranked, but it is important to be the best in their weight class.

Actually, there is no difference compared to me and Klæbo in terms of the support we receive.

But it's a bit about who chooses skis first, even if it's not so easy.

It is not certain that those who choose first get the best skis.

Here, Oskar Svensson highlights the importance of the collaboration with his personal walker Anders Niemi and of Rikard Andreasson, who is considered to be very good at finding and picking the right skis in the ski factory.

Perry Olsson is also of great importance here through his experience.

- It is a craft to be able to see if it is good or bad skiing.

Then it is good to get help from them.