Eirik Verlo

Tell us about your background. A general overview for people on the site to get to know who you are and how you ended up where you are today.
I started snowboarding when I was around 12 years of age and my focus turned to freeriding quickly. When I was 15 I had my first real big mountain experience, that trip ended up with me digging up two people, one of whom was my friend. This gave me instanct respect for the mountains, and is very much with me to this day. After that I continued freeriding, especially on a splitboard, in my local mountains.

Craziest adventure or experience so far?
Hard to say. I have had a lot of cool trips around in my local mountains, especially the Lyngen alps. Some memorable ones have been multiple glacier campouts riding cool lines. I have also had a few near-death experiences which have been pretty crazy but which have given me a lot of experience and respect for the mountains.

Bucket list or dream trip?
I have always dreamed of riding spines in Alaska. It would also be cool to go to some exotic locations like the Himalayas.

Why did you want to become a Haglöfs ambassador?
I think Haglöfs have well made clothing for climbing mountains and ascending them, this is important to me. Häglofs has a good philosophy around sustainabilityt. Plus I like gear from Scandinavia as it was designed with our conditions in mind.

Favorite Haglöfs gear?
It must be the Roc mimic hood jacket. Its durable, lightweight and very warm. Its hard to come across a synthetic insulated jacket that is as warm and lightweight.

A quote you live by!
Haha I dont have any quotes