TERJE HAAKONSEN
DOB: 10/11/1974
Home Mountain: Norway
Stance: Regular
“He f**kin’ scared me.” -Shawn Farmer
“The most recognized rider from his day.” -Ali Goulet
“Terje is still going bigger on quarterpipes than people half his age, and the rest of the world!” -Danny Kass
“I’ve seen Subjekt Haakonsen about five hundred times, I’m sure. Simply the king of snowboarding.” -Andreas Wiig
“He was just unbeatable for so many years and he is still going strong, and it is never easy to invent your own tricks... Haakon flip, man!” -Eero Ettala
“There is nobody I can think of with the overall ability of Terje.” -Barrett Christy
“He will always be the best snowboarder ever.” -Chad Otterstrom
“Terje still goes bigger than anyone at the Arctic.” -Circe Wallace
“Terje took the reins from Craig Kelly and raised the bar tenfold. When he was in his prime, he was bored with the competition because there wasn’t any. Sorry, Tomato—you have competition. Terje didn’t.” -Noah Brandon
“Terje can do it all.” –Dale Rehberg
“If Terje could earn one cent every time someone does a Haakon flip, he would be even more rich... No, seriously.” -DCP
“A living legend for so many years, and still coming out with sick footage. Whether it’s a QP or freeriding, he’s still ripping....” -Eddie Wall
“Terje progressed snowboarding for his whole career.” -Victoria Jealouse
“Everyone would be struggling to go one foot out of the pipe, and he’d show up and go six. He was dominant year after year, and now he just broke the world record by going thirty-two feet out.” -E-Tree
“Terje rode backwards in the pow at the Baker Banked Slalom and won.” -Andrew Crawford
“The guy is still on top. How long has that been? Did he not blast the biggest air in the Arctic Challenge this year? Of course, I did show him how to do his Haakon flip.” -Steve Graham
“Terje rules it all.” -Tom Burt
“Terje still has the best feeling for transitions, and as founder of the TTR, he made it possible for snowboarding to still have an individual tour.” –Gian Simmen
“Terje is probably the most gifted and natural snowboarder the sport has ever seen.” -Jeremy Jones (big mountain)
“Still setting the marks.” -Gigi Rüf
“Terje was the first snowboard superstar.” -Lukas Huffman
“Subjekt Haakonsen, Haakon flips, insane tranny skill!” -JP Walker
“Terje would never [play it] safe. He did his thing with style and punk-ness. The best ever to live…” -Mikey LeBlanc
“There is so much talent in everything Terje does.” -Todd Richards
“I remember watching some World Cup in the early nineties, and he would hand-plant on the first hit and do a two-meter air on the second hit! I never understood how someone could do that.” -Jussi Oksanen
“There is nobody who rides a more perfect line through the flat and the transition, pops huge, and lands exactly where you have to than Terje. The true master of trannies.” -Nicolas Müller
“Terje has been riding well and pushing it [for almost] twenty years.” -Ross Powers
“The man... Who does a thirty-foot-plus air when they’re already a legend of snowboarding?” -Leanne Pelosi
“Terje will always be considered the best there is.” -Tara Dakides
“I saw Terje at Mt. Hood one year and witnessed progression in real life. He put on a really good show.” -Travis Parker
“Terje is the God of snowboarding.” -Priscilla Levac
“Amen!” -SNOWBOARDER Magazine
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