How do you make your way onto prestigious freeskiing podiums? Skiing all the g’damn time, that’s how. Norwegian Øystein Bråten, who spent much of his summer ripping around Perisher, in Australia, is now crushing the Norwegian pre-season harder than Thor’s hammer crushes the bad guys. With an X Games bronze medal under his belt, among other noteworthy results, you can expect Bråten to carry this early-season momentum straight into the biggest contests of the year.

Fast Laps still shots:

Bråten-grams:

???? @jespertjader

A photo posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Oct 1, 2016 at 11:57am PDT

Stoked to be back at this place!

A photo posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Sep 17, 2016 at 7:00am PDT

???? @oakleyskiing #latch

A photo posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Sep 16, 2016 at 10:06am PDT

Knuckle hit at @perisher_parks ???? ???? @felixusterud

A video posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Sep 14, 2016 at 5:01am PDT

Met these guys after riding today????

A photo posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Sep 12, 2016 at 6:34am PDT

Little line from today ???? @alexhallskiing

A video posted by Øystein Bråten (@oysteinbraten) on Sep 1, 2016 at 5:33am PDT

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