Since he was 9, Roope Tonteri grew up riding in his back yard. Literally. His dad built a drop in ramp off the back of his skate ramp and in doing so, created a snowboarding BEAST. From there he progressed to the bullet-proof parks of his homeland, Finland and on to the world-stage.

If you think about Finnish Slopestyle riders who’ve crushed it on the World Snowboard Tour, Roope Tonteri dominates that thought. The Finnish party-machine is known for many success; he made the Protest World Rookie Finals/Fest a hat-trick with three victories in a row; with his launch to the pro tour he claimed a legendary win at WST’s 2011 Burton European Open; a year later, would prove a banger year for Roope, claiming podium after podium from Snow Park NZ’s Billabong Bro-Down to Germany’s Stuttgart Big Air, China’s Red Bull Nanshan Open, on to a win on home-soil at the Stars of the Stadium event in Lahti, Finland. From Italy’s Burn River Jump, to the Burton European Open and finally Nescafé Champs in Leysin, Switzerland.

Fast-Roope-facts: if he were only allowed to do one trick for the rest of his days, it’d be a Backside 720 Indy; he’d rather eat chicken off the floor than Brussel-sprouts from the table; and he’s a really, really bad singer – but tries anyway. Loudly.