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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Silver medalist Staale Sandbech of Norway, gold medalist Sage Kotsenburg of the United States and bronze medalist Mark McMorris of Canada on the podium during the medal ceremony for the for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle during day 1 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza on February 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Silver medalist Staale Sandbech of Norway, gold medalist Sage Kotsenburg of the United States and bronze medalist Mark McMorris of Canada on the podium during the medal ceremony for the for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle during day 1 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza on February 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Quinn Rooney/Getty Images)Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Snowboarder Staale Sandbech Gives Himself a Mohawk for Medal Ceremony

Tyler Brooke
Feb 8, 2014

When life gives you a medal, you make a mohawk.

After Norwegian snowboarder Staale Sandbech won the silver medal in slopestyle at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he decided to give himself one dramatic makeover.

Here's Staale before:

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 08: Staale Sandbech of Norway reacts after his first run during the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle Final during day 1 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 8, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Julia
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Here he is after, pictured on the left:

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 08: (L-R) Silver medalist Staale Sandbech of Norway, gold medalist Sage Kotsenburg of the United States and bronze medalist Mark McMorris of Canada on the podium during the medal ceremony for the for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyl
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You can make fun of his mohawk, but at least he has an Olympic medal.

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