Stordalen even tweeted a version of the video himself:Ībout a week after his " biggest deal ever," the saga is just another in the fantastical life of the Scandinavian Richard Branson and the " flashiest Scandinavian on the planet," a life energized by his affection for unorthodox, fun and very public spectacles – like the time he scaled down the facade of one of his Stockholm hotels, or the time he descended from a giant disco ball at a Gothenburg hotel playing the drums. He keeps it interesting, to be sure. We'll give him that. And so with thousands reportedly looking on, and the opening festivities ready to kick off, he suited up in black tie, hammed it up with a few jetski loops and gunned his jetski up a prepared ramp toward an awaiting stage and arrival glory.Īnd then he slipped and fell, seen here beneath some dramatic music:īreaking his fall were concrete stairs, but through some apparent pain, Stordalen's recovery was swift and cool enough (barring a Keyboard Cat installment) that the celebrations proceeded with his fail part of a joke he was at least partly in on.
from former Studio 54 disco-guy and convicted felon into trendy hotel mogul). Generally speaking, there's no better way to arrive somewhere than by jetski. Of course, it's best if you nail the landing – and charismatic Norwegian hotel mogul Petter Stordalen did not nail the landing last Thursday.Īt the riverside opening of the impressive Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live in Malmö, Sweden, his newest property, Stordalen attempted to inject some of his trademark color into the big day with some jetski showboating, the darling of charismatic wealthy guys everywhere (see this self-produced montage from Brooklyn Nets owner and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov). KRB: As a student in America, I witnessed the rise of Ian Schrager and his.
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