Terje HAAKONSEN (Norway), Snowboard
 Terje
Haakonsen, (born October 11th, 1974 in Vinje, Norway) is a Norwegian
snowboarder widely considered one of the most influential snowboarders
of all time and was one of the sport's early icons.
Haakonsen 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. Håkonsen set the world record for
highest 'air' during the qualifying round 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.
Haakonsen 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
between a freestyle and powder board.
 He
starred in the documentary First Descent, along with five other
exceptional snowboarders, including Shaun White, Hannah Teter and
Travis Rice. Other films include The Haakonson Factor and Subjekt
Haakonson by filmaker Dave Seoane. In 2007 Håkonsen created a documentary
series called Terjes Sesongkort (Terje's Season Pass) following
him through a year of free riding, contests and his life as a professional
snowboarder. The series featured other accomplished snowboarders
such as Nicolas Müller, Shaun White, Mads Jonsson and Kevin Pearce.
Haakonsen has referred to the late snowboard legend Craig Kelly
as his mentor.
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