Silje Norendal was raised with a snowboard strapped to her feet. She started snowboarding when she was four at her home resort in Kongsberg, Norway, and competed in her first contest aged 6.

Some of her biggest inspirations were (and are) Kjersti Buaas and Jamie Anderson, and following their lead she is now one of the leading lights in women’s snowboarding. With a riding style that’s bringing together a combination of progressive tricks and smooth style, Silje has managed to get on some of the biggest podiums of the snowboarding world.

And while her ridiculously attractive looks have have seen her become one of the most recognisable women in snowboarding, it is her riding that will see her become one of the most successful and progressive riders of her generation.

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