SPECS
Birth date: 2/18/1987
Birthplace: Trondheim, Norway
Resides: Oslo, Norway
Height: 5’9”
Weight: 154 lbs.
Year started riding: 1999
Year got sponsored: 2004
Year turned pro: 2009
Other Sponsors: Monster Energy, Oakley, Kicker, Park City, Vestal
Stance: Regs
Width: 22 inches
Angles: front 12 back 9
Home Mountain: Vassfjellet
Web Site: www.torstein.net

BIO
With an effortless style that seems to run in the blood of Scandinavian riders these days, Torstein Horgmo is one of the most powerful riders to emerge from Norway’s kicker crowd. It would be an understatement to say that 2008 has been a good season for Torstein, who recently captured first at the Winter Dew Tour stop in Vermont, nailing a switch backside 1260 on his final run. He added the win to a growing list for 2008 which includes first at the TTR Nissan X-Trail Jam in Tokyo and a first place in Slopestyle at the Burton Australian Open this September. Beforehand at Oakley Stylewars in August, Torstein won Best Trick with his switch BS 1260—the same trick that earned him a Gold medal in the Big Air event at Winter X Games 12.

After a broken back nearly ended his career three years ago, Torstein rehabbed in time to have an amazing 2007. He had strong contest finishes all year—especially in slopestyle and Big Air—that quickly launched him to the top of the Ticket To Ride World Tour leader board and earned him a nomination for “Rookie of the Year” in the ’07 TransWorld Rider Poll Awards. Finally, he closed out the amazing year with one of the most memorable covers of ’07, the December issue of Snowboarder Magazine that saw him hitting a New Zealand kicker alongside a flying Subaru rally car piloted by DC co-founder Ken Block. Filming this season with Standard Films and competing on the TTR World Tour, there’s no doubt we’ll see much more of Torstein this year and for years to come.

THREES
3 bangers on the iPod playlist: Uptown, Drake; Girl and the robot, Röyksopp; More Lazers, edIT
3 music artists that’ll never be on your iPod playlist: Oasis, D`angelo, Texas
3 snowboarding movies: Afterbang, True Life, Revival
3 non-snowboarding movies: Watchmen, Public Enemies, Snatch
3 snowboarding heroes: Travis Parker, Andreas Wiig, Eero Ettala
3 non-snowboarding heroes: Matt Stone, Trey Parker and whoever invented tacos
3 things to do besides snowboarding? Play video games, skate, make out

FAVORITES
Favorite word? Lazer
Favorite food? Mom´s home cooking
Favorite video game? Skate 2
Favorite thing to do at the DC MTN.LAB? backflips
Favorite snowboarding mag? Playboard (Norway)
Favorite video of all time? Pulp Fiction
Favorite trick? At the time, rodeos. They’re so hard!
Favorite up and comer? Halldor Helgason, son!
Favorite article of clothing? Jeans with stretch
Favorite DC shoes? My PJ Ladd´s

BESTS & WORSTS

Best place to ride? Why? If it’s steep and there is powder, anywhere, because it’s steep and there is pow!
Worst place to ride? Why? Anywhere icy, because ice hurts!
Best thing about snowboarding? It makes everything bad go away.
Worst thing about snowboarding? Getting hurt and not being able to.