Tarjei Sporastoyl Q & A

What is Your Full Name?
Tarjei Sporastoyl

Where do you live?
Incline Village, Nevada (Lake Tahoe)

What are your hobbies when you’re not competing?
I like to surf (mainly in Costa Rica), windsurf, mountainbike, rock climb, play the guitar and off course work with my own hoodie company www.fredut.com!!.

What are some of your favorite tunes that are loaded onto your IPOD? Who’s your favorite?
Mos Def, The Darkness, Muse, Common, Massive Attack, Tom Waits (haha), BigBang, Arctic Monkeys, man i can go on for hours. Right now i listen to a lot of Arctic Monkeys and Calexico

Who or What inspires you?
As far as riding goes i think that Gigi Ruf is my biggest inspiration, he can ride everything with such style and he always comes up with original features and photos. My girlfriend and my brother also inspire me to be the best i can be.

Favorite Rooly goggle to wear for competition?
I love the Signature goggle with the Silver Ice lens, however the Signature black with the Limo tint is also sick

Favorite Rooly sunglass to wear socially?
JO party time..

What are some of your most biggest accomplishments?
I would say what i am most proud of overall is to create my own brand Fred Ut. Its something special about creating something out of nothing. As far as my riding goes i was really proud when i landed frontside 1440

What is your favorite T.V. show?
Mad Men, Nip Tuck, True Blood

How about movie?
Lord of the Rings

When did you start competing and what made you choose Snowboarding?
I got into snowboarding when i was a kid, we had a winter place up in the mountains in Norway. I got into this high school thats called Norwegian Top Athletic high school and thats when i started doing competitions.

If you could change one thing in the world what would it be?
The destruction of our world through pollution and cutting down forest. Any other issue i feel that we can deal with and handle but that one seems to get more overwhelming every day.

If you could give some advice to any young up and coming Snowboarder what would it be?
Do something new on your snowboard every day. Snowboarding is such a mental battle the only thing that stands between you and progression is your head. FRED UT!


Tarjei's Bio

DATE OF BIRTH: 7-18-1984

NATIONALITY: Norwegian

Tarjei, born in Norway, came to California as a teenager seeking big park, sun and snow. He has in recent years made Lake Tahoe his home where he does college and snowboards. He has competed for the sierra nevada college snowboard team since 2008. Tarjei calls Northstar at Tahoe his home mountain and goes out snowmobiling whenever the snow is good. When not snowboarding Tarjei works on his streetwear company www.FredUt.com designing hoodies and sweatshirts and also spends a considerable amount of time at the local bar drinking strawberry margaritas with his friends. Tarjei would like to give a shout out to all of his sponsors Rooly Eyewear, Sentury snowboards, The North Face, Deeluxe, Bern, Pow, and Fred Ut. Thanks for all your supports throughout the year could have done it without you.


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