Additional Information
Highlights
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| World Snowboarding Championships |
| 45 | Slopestyle | 2012 | Oslo, NOR |
| FIS World Cup Rankings overview - displays all rankings from 2010/11, top three for earlier seasons |
| Season | BA | AFU | BA/SBS |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | - | 25 | - |
| 2011/2012 | 12 | 28 | - |
| 2010/2011 | - | 59 | 25 |
| Best performance per season in FIS World Cup events from 2010/2011 |
| Season | BA | SBS |
|---|
| 2012/2013 | - | 1 x 7th |
| 2011/2012 | 1 x 7th | - |
| 2010/2011 | 1 x 8th | - |
| Rank | Event | Year | Location |
|---|
| X Games |
| 6 | Slopestyle | 2012 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| 7 | Big Air | 2012 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| 8 | Slopestyle | 2013 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| 9 | Big Air | 2013 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| 13 | Slopestyle | 2014 | Aspen, CO, USA |
| FIS Junior World Championships |
| 8 | Slopestyle | 2010 | Wanaka, NZL |
LegendALL-Overall, PGS-Parallel Giant Slalom, PS-Parallel Slalom, PAR-Parallel Overall, SBX-Snowboard Cross, ASP-Parallel and Snowboard Cross overall ranking, HP-Halfpipe, BA-Big Air, SBS-Slopestyle, AFU-Freestyle overall ranking, BA/SBS-Big Air and Slopestyle overall ranking, DNS-Did not start, DNF-Did not finish, DSQ-Disqualified
- Nickname: G-man (snowstoked.com, 16 Oct 2010)
- Occupation: Athlete
- Club Name: Torpo, Norway
- Position Style: Goofy (worldsnowboardtour.com, 24 Oct 2013)
- Debut: 2007 for Norway (worldsnowboardtour.com, 23 Oct 2012)
- Hobbies: Skateboarding, football. (nitrousa.com, 2013)
- Languages Spoken: English, Norwegian
- Coach: Thomas Harstad [national] (adressa.no, 18 Dec 2013)
- Sporting Relatives: His younger brother Oystein was selected to represent Norway in freestyle skiing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (sochi2014.com, 07 Jan 2014; nbcolympics.com, 02 Jan 2014)
- Injuries: In December 2013 he broke three ribs and punctured a lung while training in the United States. (Olympic Village Daily, 13 Feb 2014; adressa.no, 18 Dec 2013)
He dislocated his collarbone at the 2012 World Championships in Oslo, Norway, and was unable to snowboard for a month. (massivemoves.com, 24 May 2012)
Additional Information
Start of sporting careerHe first tried snowboarding in 2000 in Torpo, Norway. He began competing in 2006. (worldsnowboardtour.com, 24 Oct 2013; massivemoves.com, 24 May 2012)
Reason for taking up this sportHe got a snowboard for Christmas and his passion for the sport developed from there. (massivemoves.com, 24 May 2012)
AmbitionsTo learn as many tricks as possible. (monsterenergy.com, 16 Apr 2013)
TrainingHe spends the winters training on homemade parks near his home in Torpo, Norway. (monsterenergy.com, 16 Apr 2013)
Most memorable sporting achievementWinning a tour event at Breckenridge, CO, United States, in 2011. (massivemoves.com, 24 May 2012)
HeroCanadian snowboarder Mark McMorris, Norwegian snowboarders Torstein Horgmo and Terje Haakonsen, Finnish snowboarder Eero Ettala, US snowboarder Travis Rice. (worldsnowboardtour.com, 23 Oct 2013)
Superstitions / RitualsHe always listens to music when he competes as it motivates and inspires him. (Olympic Village Daily, 13 Feb 2014)
Sporting philosophy / motto"It's important to have fun. I'm not breaking the rules, I'm just doing what makes me feel good. Enjoying yourself is important, even at the Olympics." (Olympic Village Daily, 13 Feb 2014)
GeneralOLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
He believes much of the responsibility for ensuring a successful snowboard competition at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi lies with the International Ski Federation [FIS]. "I hope they provide a good park for the Olympic Games. The judging is very important too. If the judges are good it makes everything easier." (massivemoves.com, 24 May 2012)
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