Terje haakonsen biography samples

The 48 year old Norwegian has always been considered the world's number one snowboarder....

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Always Look At Your Landing – The Terje Haakonsen interview

The number of superlatives I could throw at Terje Haakonsen are limitless. The 48 year old Norwegian has always been considered the world’s number one snowboarder.

Others call him one of the most influential snowboarders in the history of the sport, recognising his impact in addition to his medals. He dominated freestyle snowboarding throughout the 1990s, inspiring a generation of new riders, just like myself.

Terje is a perfect example of when snowboarding for a rider becomes transcended and immanent at the same time, it frickin' ignores aging.

Within the video realm, Subjekt Haakonsen is the most highly-regarded biopic in our sport's history.

The 48 year old Norwegian has always been considered the world's number one snowboarder.

Mountain GOATS celebrates the most influential snowboarders of the last thirty years (), otherwise known as the Greatest Of All Time list.

Terje Haakonsen, who famously boycotted the Nagano Olympics in , speaks out about why he still thinks snowboarding doesn't belong at the games.

He won the World Championships in the half pipe three times, the European Cup five times and the US Open three times. He still holds the record for highest air, rising a staggering 9.8 metres above a 10 metre quarterpipe. I could go on, but I won’t because he’s calling me from a beach in Hawaii.

In our pre-interview messages, I’d referred to these mountain resorts that we all know and love as ‘ski resorts’, which triggered a typical Terje response.

“I don’t ski much these days,” he