Christine Hargin

Full Name: Christine Hargin

Age: 31

Living: Stockholm                       

Years skiing: 28

 

Website: www.christinehargin.com

 

 

Sponsors: KASK, SOS, K2, FullTilt, KOMBI, Sunpocket

 

Favourite Kask Beanie: Karamell

 

Achievements/ movies / comp results / other proud moments:

- Biggest drop in WinterProject movie ANIMA;)

- 2nd in Extreme Verbier 2011.

- Part in Free Radicals 2011, The Sunny Side.

- Three times third pace at scandinavian big   mountain championship Riksgränsen. 

 

- Last winter I drove from Stockholm to Chamonix alone, I had only drive 300km on my own before that!

 

Favorite areas or descents:

- Like travelling to new places and I like it in Stockholm.

 

Describe your skiing background:

- Starting up with racing, spend a lot of time in Ramundberget with my big skiing family.

 

What was your big breakthrough or defining moment in skiing?

- When I qualified to Freeride World Tour 2011, participate in Extreme Verbier and to film with Free Radicals last winter!

 

Describe a skiing experience when things got out of hand: 

- At my first freeride competition, Swedish Championship, I crasched on the inspection;) and it ended up with two leg fractures.

 

What are you up to when you’re not skiing?

- Work in an awesome ski-shop called ALPINT.

 

Any training advice or suggestions?

- Practice many different sports!

 

How do you see skiing evolving in the next five years?

- I think its gonna be more quality but not necessarily bigger, creative skiing!

 

Do you have any vices that you would like to share? - Care about people around!

 

What are your future plans or goals in skiing?

- Starting this season in Japan next week, and then its gonna be competitions and filming and having fun all winter. Hopefully I get the chance to see some new places!

 

It isn't harder than that!