Johan Olofsson

Johan Olofsson is a snowboarder from Gällivare, Sweden, born on 27 October 1976, known as one of the first riders to take freestyle tricks from terrain parks into the big mountain freeriding of Alaska. He came from a freestyle background and adapted spins and jibs to windlips and cliffs on steep lines. His part in the film TB5 showed a descent of over 3000 vertical feet in about 35 seconds, which earned him a place in the 1996 Guinness Book of World Records and the Snowboarding Hall of Fame. He rode for Burton for some eight years and announced his retirement in 2005.