Last weekend Torstein Horgmo earned his very first X Games medal by taking the Gold in Snowboarding Big Air! (Riding a DC board, mind you). Torstein was one of just four riders invited to compete on the massive ramp, making its first appearance at this year's Winter X Games 12 in Aspen, CO.
It all went down on Saturday night. In the first round Torstein faced his DC teammate Travis Rice, who's always deadly in Big Air. Travis threw his double backside rodeo 1080, a trick he's relied on recently over the Big Air gap (since when did a double rodeo-anything become a go-to trick?). Torstein threw a switch backside 1260, absolutely stomping the landing. The judging decision was left to the cell phone texting-ready viewers and Todd Richards--Torstein earned the round one win and progressed to the finals.
In the finals Torstein once again dropped in switch, this time making a backside 1080. After Pearce, his opponent in the finals, sketched out on both his go's, Torstein was named the Gold medal winner.
A HUGE congratulation to Torstein on the win! Check out more Winter X coverage, including video and lots of photos, on TransWorld SNOWboarding's site go here.
