Competing since he was 16, Norwegian rider Kim Rune Hansen came up out of the NTG ranks as did fellow Norwegians Brage Richenberg, Aleksander Østreng, Sondre Tiller and Torgeir Bergrem. With riders like Andreas Wiig, Torstein Horgmo and Mikkel Bang to push his progression, there’s no question Kimmi would hold his own on the World Snowboard Tour.

A regular name on the rider-lists of the world’s most prestigious Big Air and Slopestyle events, Kimmi’s career encompasses almost every stop on the World Snowboard Tour Burton Global Open Series, as well as the Air+Style Beijing and Innsbruck events, and from Norway’s Arctic Challenge to the Winter Dew Tour.

Off-snow Kimmi enjoys skating, surfing, good times with good music, good food, and good friends…