Hailing from small town Finland, Telma Särkipaju is exploding on the global snowboarding stage right now thanks to a growing reputation as a truly gifted and technical all-rounder who's equally impressive shredding exposed backcountry lines as she is in contest situations. That's an impressive rep for a rider who was only born in 2005.
A lover of rail jams fostered by growing up a distance from sizeable resorts, in the last couple of seasons, Telma has begun to turn heads in slopestyle and backcountry environments as well – not to mention the film world, where her ender part in the all-female Remarkable turned heads.
