Terje haakonsen shaun white biography

Norwegian snowboarder

Terje Håkonsen (born 11 October ) is a Norwegian professional snowboarder. He is considered one of the most influential snowboarders in the history of the sport.^[1] In the book The way of the snowboarder, Rob Reed wrote that "Haakonsen took the young sport of snowboarding and revolutionized nearly every aspect of it".^[2]

Håkonsen dominated freestyle competitions during the s.

He won the International Snowboarding Federation (ISF) World Championship in halfpipe three times: , and He won the European Championship in halfpipe each and every time he participated (, , , and ). Håkonsen won the US Open Halfpipe Finals three times (, and ), and the Mt.

Baker Banked Slalom seven times (, , , , , and ). He also took victory in the influential Innsbruck Air & Style competition in In , Håkonsen set the world record for the highest air when he achieved a height of metres above the top of the quarterpipe during a qualification