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  • Triple Podium! Snowboard Star Mark McMorris Lands Triple Cork for X Games Big Air Triumph, Oakley Sweep

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    Posted 15 days ago by Andrew De Lara

    Torstein Horgmo’s first-ever Triple Cork made Winter X Games history last year. But as always, Oakley’s athletes weren’t done pushing the envelope. Coming from behind in the Big Air Finals on Friday, Oakley’s Young Canadian Star Mark McMorris threw down a massive Backside Triple Cork 1440 to claim glory in Aspen. Also stomping a clean Backside Triple Cork 1440 himself, Torstein’s overall score of 76 in the final jam session – and a perfect score of 50 – wasn’t quite enough to overtake Mark’s 80-point explosion.

  • Oakley Riders Take Top Honors at TransWorld SNOWboarding Rider’s Poll Awards

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    Posted 15 days ago by Elishia Matta

    Snowboarding’s biggest stars stormed the The Fillmore Auditorium in Denver, CO for the 13th Annual TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders’ Poll Awards. Among the legendary cast of presenters were Oakley’s own super stars Terje Haakonsen and Danny Kass.

  • Torstein: Killer Teaser Drops for Snowboard Star Horgmo’s Coming Film

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    Posted 15 days ago by Andrew De Lara

    Torstein Horgmo is one bad man. With a 2011 season that blew the socks off snowboard fans worldwide – including an epic Winter X Games Big Air triumph (first-ever triple cork in-contest) – it’s no wonder that Oakley’s Norwegian shred machine has been the talk of the industry. And it’s definitely no surprise that a killer documentary is set to drop sometime this year.

Torstein Horgmo

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Never take life seriously, nobody gets out alive anyways.

Date of Birth:
February 18, 1987
Hometown:
Trondheim, Norway
Sponsors:
Oakley, DC, Northstar, Contour HD Cameras
Hobbies:
Skateboarding, Chilling by a pool in my frogskins, watching South Park

Career Highlights

    • 2008: 1st Place X-Games Big Air, 2nd Place The Session at Vail, 1st US Open Big Air
    • 2007: Abominable Snow Jam Overall Winner, 1st Place Overall Stylewars, 3rd Place Air and Style
    • 2009: 1st Dew Tour Mt. Snow, Slopestyle
    • 2009: 1st Dew Tour Northstar-at-Tahoe, California, Slopestyle
    • 2009: Snowboarder Magazine: Best Snowboarders of 2009 #6
    • 2010: 1st Mt Snow Dew Tour
    • 2010: 2nd Overall All Dew Tour Slopestyle
    • 2010: 2nd X Games Big Air
    • 2010: 2nd Oakley Arctic Challenge
    • 2010: #3 Rider of the Year Snowboarder Mag
    • 2009: 1st Mt Snow Dew Tour Slopestyle
    • 2009: 1st Tahoe Dew Tour Slopestyle
    • 2009: 2nd X Games Big Air
    • 2009: 2nd Red Bull Snowscrapers
    • 2009: 2nd Andreas Wiig Invitational

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