I met Torbjorn at Ironman Florida in November last year. I had always read about him as he is sponsored by craft as well as argon 18 both of who loved him as a sponsored athlete. Because I was staying with Tom Evans and the other penticton guys and tom had won the race we had a special table at the awards night. Torborn sat at our table. Then we all went to the nightclub where everyone partied.............one of us maybe too much but that's another story. Anyway Torbjorn and I sat and talked for an hour about craft products the ups and downs. He was so involved in the product I was super impressed. Super awesome guy and one of the few professional triathlets that I would sponsor in a heart beat with CASH! He is and was well worth the money invested in him. I have met so many triathletes that all they cared about was a meal card, but Torbjorn was different.
Unfortunately due to a heart problem he has had to retire prematurely. He will be surely missed by me as well as others. Every single poster on slowtwitch was positive about him which is saying something as usually at least one person hates the athlete being spoken about.
Here is his story:
http://www.slowtwitch.com/Interview/Torbjorn_Sindballe_Q_A_Part_1_895.html
