Terje haakenson biography

Terje Håkonsen (born 11 October 1974) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder.
Terje Håkonsen is a Norwegian professional snowboarder.
Terje Håkonsen born October 11, 1974 in Vinje, Norway.

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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. 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 told me and we picked this subject up to launch our conversation. “Ski resorts, I guess it’s an old

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Terje Haakonsen

Hakonsen is widely considered one of the most influential snowboarders of all time and was one of the sport's early icons.

Hakonsen dominated freestyle snowboarding in the 1990s winning the ISF World Championships in half-pipe three times in a row, in 1993, 1995 and 1997. He has also won 5 European championships in half-pipe (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997), the U.S. Open in half-pipe 3 times (1992, 1993, 1995), and the Mt. Baker Banked Slalom 6 times (1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004). He also won the Innsbruck Air & Style Contest in 1995. HÃ¥konsen set the world record for highest 'air' during the finals of the Arctic Challenge in Oslo 2007 when he reached 9.8 meters out of the top of the quarterpipe with a backside 360.

He is the creator of an aerial snowboard maneuver named The Haakon Flip.

HÃ¥konsen is also credited to have developed the T6, the world's first snowboard to be made out of a material named "Alumafly," an aluminum honeycomb construction and as a co-creator of the Burton Fish (a powder-specific board) and the Burton Malolo, a cross-breed

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Terje Håkonsen

Terje Håkonsen born October 11, 1974 in Vinje, Norway.

Ask any pro which peer they most respect and Terje will likely top their list. From revolutionary films such as Subjekt Haakonsen during the ’90s to six 1^st-place rolls of Baker Banked Slalom duct tape and world’s highest air at the 2007 Arctic Challenge—the Sprocking Cat touts a riding resume that spans two decades. Titles and accolades aside, the deeper cause of this professional admiration is that no name is more synonymous with individual style than Terje’s.

Back when the IOC strong-armed itself into snowboarding, Terje boycotted the Olympics and instead co-created the Arctic Challenge as a rider-based alternative to corporate contests. When it was all box and rail, he designed the T6 for all-terrain mastery, then revolutionized powder riding by helping develop the Fish and Malolo. This past season he moved us forward again, evolving his ride into the even smoother T7 and dreaming up the SSK8-Cross World Championships. He also finessed sick lines from New Zealand and Japan to BC and Russia, but it is his