- Antoni Villoni
- From: Luberon, France
- Ambassador since: 2023
- Outdoor activities: Mountain Biking, Base jumping
- person.otherInterests: Extreme sport, Filmmaking
- person.testingAndDeveloping: fjørå
Achievements:
- First French double backflip in a mountain bike competition (2009).
- World’s first backflip cliffhanger on a big air setup (2012).
- Finished 3rd at the MSI competition in Uppsala, Sweden.
- First mountain bike rider to reach one million followers on TikTok.
- Secured 16th place out of 800 riders in the grueling 2022 Mountain of Hell mass-start race.
- Placed 12th in the 2023 E-Megavalanche and 20th in the 2023 Mountain of Hell.
- Pioneered technical freeride lines across remote regions of China.
- Documented a world-first descent into the Paris Catacombs on a mountain bike.
- Multidisciplinary pioneer combining high-level freeriding with BASE jumping.
- Global GoPro Ambassador with over 1.2 million YouTube subscribers and hundreds of millions of views.
- Founder and host of the Châtel Athlete Summit, uniting top global extreme sports athletes.
Antoni Villoni is a professional mountain biker, extreme sports athlete, and filmmaker known for his daring freeride projects and stunts.
Where did you grow up?
I grew up in the south of France, close to Marseille.
Where do you currently call home?
I call home the Luberon, it’s a forested area around my place that I love to spend hours walking through.
Activity
EVERYTHING! Coming from MTB, I started BASEjump 2 years ago, but I really love doing all kinds of sports!
What year did you join the Norrøna family?
2023
What current items on norrona.com are some of your go-to favorites?
fjørå base layers with Gore-Tex pants on the bike. svalbard heavy duty pants & trollveggen thermal pro vest for base jumping.
What do you actively do to cut back on your carbon footprint?
Keeping work close to home. I realized that I have everything I need close to France to create content, so I always try to find a location, looking like what I have in mind, or where my project fits, as close as possible instead of going straight to the airport with a full production team.
Where is your favorite place in the world?
It’s my mountain, Luberon!
What advice would you give your 10-year-old self?
Listen only to the positive vibes. Escape all the negative people around you and do not listen when people tell you to give up your ideas, go for it. And if you crash, stand up again and try something else. The more you crash, the better you’re gonna be!
What hobbies do you enjoy participating in?
I like testing out new sports and discovering places that people don’t necessarily want to go!
What is/are your hidden talent(s)?
I am what many would call an “untraditional” climber. I can climb anywhere I want in a city using outdoor infrastructures.
If you could choose a superpower, what would it be and why?
Teleportation. That way I could do even more activities haha.
Antoni Villoni in action
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