Background
Halldór was born in Akureyri, Iceland.
Halldór was born in Akureyri, Iceland.
He is the younger brother of Eirikur "Eiki" Helgason. Halldor started Lobster snowboards with Kristoffer Hansson and the owners of Bataleon, after Halldor left his board sponsor, District of Columbia Shoes Company Halldór is sponsored by Nike, Monster Energy, Hoppipolla Headwear, Kaleidoscope Skateboards, Colourd Headphones, Neff Gloves, Switchback Bindings Spotdigger, Go Pro, and Techrider.
Halldor is often considered "The Definition of Steez", for his unique array tricks and how easily he pulls them official
His Iconic trick, the Lobster Flip, is a double rodeo 1260, That"s 2 flips with 3.5 rotations. Many say he is the hardest pro snowboarder, because of his savage street edits
He is not afraid to "Send lieutenant" and beefs it a lot, in the process. Helgason has also been asked to model for many major corporations but refused all of them.
"The day Halldór became a pro snowboarder the world lost an unimaginably glorious model - the feats he could have reached are inconceivable".
Halldór, Eiki, their filmer Johannes Brenning and their agent Kristoffer Hansson started the belts brand 7/9/13. He starred in movies "They came from" by Factor Films, and "The Storming" by Standard Films. Halldor and Eiki followed up their release of "Sexual Snowboarding" with another raw and funny look into their lives in the movie "Pepping", released free online in the fall of 2012.
Late in 2013, Nike released their anticipated film Never Not, which Halldor Helgason was a part of.
In December 2014, the brothers dropped yet another heavy free video called "NOTOBO". Halldor "sent it" again, dropping a heavy part with lots of "steez" in every trick.
In 2013, during the finals of the X Games Snowboard Big Air competition in Aspen (Colorado), Hegalson crashed on an attempted triple backflip and got a concussion. He was taken to the hospital. in 2014 during the Big Air final qualifications he tried a triple barrel roll and he almost landed lieutenant