Ingemar Backman

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Ingemar Backman (b. 1976-04-01 in Gällivare, Sweden) is a professional snowboarder famous for setting the world record highest air out of a quarter-pipe (7.5 metres) in Riksgränsen, Sweden in 1996. The record has since been broken by Finn Heikki Sorsa who made a 9.3 metres high air at The Arctic Challenge event held in Oslo in 2001.

After going to snowboard high school in Malung, Sweden, he became the first snowboard superstar emerging out of Sweden although he was soon followed by riders such as Daniel Franck and Johan Olofsson. He has lived in San Diego, USA as well as Piteå, Sweden but currently resides in Skellefteå, Sweden.

Besides snowboarding, Ingemar is the co-founder of the clothing line We and runs the snowboard company Allian. Lately he has taken a break from snowboarding and instead devoted himself to poker. In his second international tournament, an EPT event held in Baden, Austria in 2005, he finished in fifth place. He is currently sponsored by the internet poker site Martins Poker.