Profile

Name: Daniel Furberg

Date of Birth: 11th january 1980

Height: 186 cm

Weight: 85 kg

Residence: Gothenburg, Sweden. During the winters Engelberg, Switzerland

Education: M Sc Engineer, Mechatronics, Chalmers University of Technology

Major interests apart from snowboarding: Wakeboarding, mountainbiking, climbing and running

First time on a snowboard: On a skiing trip to Sälen with my soccer team in 1992. Got hooked instantly, but didn´t start riding more frequently until 2002 when I did my first winter season in the alps (St Anton).

Best part of snowboarding: Riding powder with my friends.

Worst part: The risk of avalanches.

Worst moment in career? Breaking my board the first turn of the Big Mountain Championship in Riksgränsen 2006

Best moment in career: Getting invited to the Freeride World Tour 2008

General career goals: Win the Verbier Xtreme. To be able to make a living as a full time snowboarder.

Favorite food: Smoked salmon, fruit, icecream, cashew nuts and dark chocolat

Favorite music: The Cure, Suede, Moneybrother, Bright Eyes, Kent, Timbuktu, Soundtrack of our Lives, Anna Ternheim, Hello Saferide, Bob Dylan, Hellacopters, Johnny Cash ect.

Favorite movies: Seven, Kopps, Jalla Jalla, Elling

Favorite place to travel to: I would really like to go to Japan for snowboarding. Hopefully next winter season.

Favorite ski resorts: Engelberg, Verbier, Val´d´Isère/Tignes and Las Lenas.

Most respected snowboarders? Johan Olofsson, Jeremy Jones and Terje Haakonssen

Other most respected athletes? Carolina Kluft and Ingemar Stenmark

Boards: Rad Air Tanker 172 and 182

Clothing: Norröna

Protection: POC

Functional Underwear: Craft