Torstein‘s been one to watch for at least half a decade now, bursting onto the senior contest circuit by beating Travis Rice to a Winter X-Games Gold in 2008, and staying firmly put since. Last winter’s ‘Horgasm: A Love Story‘ was to be one of the most memorable films of the year and his online presence and regular shredits have helped the Norwegian’s mass appeal.
As well as a string of seriously impressive video parts featuring street and backcountry sections, Torstein is a near-perfect park rider. He was the first person to land the triple cork, and this year cranked it up to 11 with a switch backside triple cork to win the X Games Big Air in Aspen. As well as his back to back perfect scores in X Games big air, Torstein’s also got a seriously impressive slopestyle record, and is always a medal threat. We wouldn’t be surprised if he took that to the slopestyle course in Sochi.
