Andreas Ygre Wiig (born 5 March 1981) is a Norwegian professional

snowboarder Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a snowboard that is almost always attached to a rider's feet. It features in the Winter Olympic Games and Winter Paralympic ...

. He rides regular. Andreas was born in

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and grew up in Asker. He made a name for himself when he won two gold medals at the 2007 and 2008

Winter X Games Winter is the coldest season of the year in polar and temperate climates. It occurs after autumn and before spring. The tilt of Earth's axis causes seasons; winter occurs when a hemisphere is oriented away from the Sun. Different cultur ...

(WXG). In the 2007 Winter X Games' Best Trick competition he went head-to-head and won against

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, who bailed during both his daring attempts at a Double Cork 1080, and in

Slopestyle Slopestyle is a winter sport in which athletes ski or snowboard down a course including a variety of obstacles including rails, jumps and other terrain park features. Points are scored for amplitude, originality and quality of tricks. The disc ...

competition he beat Jussi Oksanen as well as four time defending Slopestyle gold medalist

Shaun White Shaun Roger White (born September 3, 1986) is an American former professional snowboarder and skateboarder. He is a five-time Olympian and a three-time Olympic gold medalist in half-pipe snowboarding. He holds the world record for the most X G ...

, who also was in pursuit of his seventh X-Games gold medal. Wiig already had a bronze medal from WXG 2005 and a silver medal from 2006. In the 2008 Winter X Games he again beat Shaun White for the slopestyle gold medal. White came 3rd, and Kevin Pearce finished 2nd. After this he signed a contract for $500,000 to move from sponsor Omatic snowboarding to Nitro snowboards which he left in 2009 to join Forum Snowboards. He also rides for Vans Boots and Outerwear, Electric Googles, Vestal Watches, and Rockstar Energy Drink. Wiig appeared in the music video of Norwegian rock singer

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's single Falling Away, in 2007 After a few years of dating, Wiig married her in May 2013 and separated in 2015. Andreas Wiig appeared in the 2007 MDP film Picture This.

References

Living people Norwegian male snowboarders X Games athletes 1981 births People from Asker Sportspeople from Viken (county) 21st-century Norwegian people {{Norway-snowboarding-bio-stub