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Flow World Freeride Championships 2012 Finals

2012-04-15T08:59:15Z

Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012

2012-03-29T07:37:56Z

Quiksilver Spring Battle, the very first 5Star Event of the TTR World Snowboard Tour 2012/2013 is going to show off with an amazing riders list and some of the world´s best snowboarders traveling to Absolut Park Flachauwinkl within the next days.

As one of the last events of the winter season 2011/2012 and at the same time the very first 5 Star event of the TTR World Snowboard Tour 2012/13, the Quiksilver Spring Battle 2012 attracts a great number of international riders. The contest is unique for its relaxed atmosphere and a great combination of top riders attending on the high-class setup at the perfectly shaped Absolut Park Flachauwinkl with an innovative Video-Judging System.

Previous year´s winner Seppe Smits from Belgium has already announced to defend his title grabbing for a great amount of the 50.000 US Dollar prize purze and 850 points for his TTR account, which puts him into a perfect position for the upcoming contest season 2012/2013. Also Marko Grilc from Slovenia who has won the Spring Battle back in 2004 is keen on getting the title, but he will be facing strong opponents as Eric Willet (USA), Air & Style Beijing winner Ulrik Badertscher from Norway and Jamie Nicholls (UK). Switzerland brings Max Buri and Tonton Holland, while Finland sends out a whole army of contest machines: Ville Paumola, Nuutti Niemela, Janne Lipsanen, Markku Koski, Juuso Laivisto and Ville Uotila to Flachauwinkl. The Swedes Kevin Backström, Tor Lundström and Sven Thorgren will also be part of the Spring Battle frontrunners this year to name but a few big names on the startlist.

The local snowboard stars Clemens Schattschneider Mathias Weissenbacher, Adrian Krainer, Herbert Thaler and Marc Swoboda have showed off during the season with great results and they will definitely take advantage of riding their home setup at the Absolut Park. Beside the Tyrolian Werni Stock, some strong German riders like Ethan Morgan, Patrick Cinca and Felix Georgii are going to show up for the first 5 Star TTR Bigair Battle of the upcoming season.

The mini-ramp of the chillhouse at Absolut Park will be the stage of skateboarding on highest level during the Cash for Tricks Sessions. Big names like Andy Scott, Julien Benoliel, David Martelleur and Philipp Schuster are going to show off with their best transition skills on Wednesday facing some of the best national riders like Oliver Gordon, David Margreiter, Roman Astleitner and many more.

Wangl Tangl 2012 – video

2012-03-29T07:37:05Z

Vans Wängl Tängl 2012 – Re-cap from Vans Europe on Vimeo.

Clark and Podladchikov wins Burton European Open Halfpipe

2012-03-05T10:50:16Z

World Champions Kelly Clark (USA) and Iouri Podladchikov win the Burton European Open, on yet another very warm and sunny day in LAAX and each get to take home the $15.000 first prize. Second in the women’s competition was American Gretchen Bleiler, followed by Yuki Furihata from Japan. In an exciting men’s final, Swiss Iouri Podladtchikov took the win with his second run with a 88.90 score, followed by Danny Davis (USA) and Japanese Ryo Aono.

On yet another sunny day in Laax, it was ladies first this morning, with Kelly Clark dominating the first run. With Gretchen Bleiler on her heels, Kelly improved her result in the second run, throwing a beautiful Frontside 900 Frontside grab to Backside 540, going into a massive Frontside 1080 and a Cab 720 Mute to finish it of.
Gretchen wasn’t able to improve her first result, but managed to hold on to her second place regardless. Yuki Furihata also performed best in her second run and with her 72.63 score she landed the last podium spot. Kelly Clark, commented happy as ever on her win: ‘It was great riding in sunny weather, it lifts the spirits, and the level of riding. All the girls were pushing it and it still remains a challenge even after so many consecutive wins!’

With more and more people surrounding an already packed pipe, it was time for the men to drop in after a short shaping break. Tension started to rise, as the men all seemed very eager to beat each run prior to their own. It still was Iouri Podtladchikov taking the lead the first chance he had, dropping in second to last in the first round. With two exactly identical scores of 88.90 in the first and second run, his winning run was his first, failing to improve. His second run started of with a Frontside 540 Indy Grab to Backside 1260 Double Cork Mute Grab – Backside Air and Alley Oop Andrechtplant. His second run was equally impressive and again showed a lot of style: Frontside 900 Tail Grab to Backside 900 Mute Grab followed by a Frontside Double Cork 1080 Frontside Grab to Cab Double Cork 1080 Mute Grab. Iouri had a big smile on his face all day and said: ‘It was so sunny today and you can just boost. There is a sick crew out here, pipe held up, sick crowd and its home turf for me so I can’t even talk right now, its incredible!!’

The prizegiving ceremony today concluded a great week of riding, starting of with the youngest talents at large in the Junior’s competitions Slopestyle and Halfpipe, where Stian Kleivdal (NOR), Kyle Mack (USA), Miyabi Onitsuka (JAP) and Zoe Kalapos (USA) were the stars. In thrilling Slopestyle finals we saw Jamie Anderson (USA) dominate and Aleksander Ostreng (NOR) take his first 6Star win.

There was some shifting in the rankings with the Burton European Open now wrapped up. In the Women’s Halfpipe Rankings Gretchen Bleiler moved up to second position, pushing Queralt Castellet in third. Swiss Ursina Haller made it into the top five with her result today.
Men’s Halfpipe still has Ryo Aono in the lead, followed by Christian Haller moving from fifth till second position with Iouri Podladtchikov moving up from thirteenth place to third.
The Women’s Overall Rankings sees Jamie Anderson now leading, pushing Cilka Sadar down to the second position, followed by Kjersti Ostgaard-Buaas.
The Overall Rankings will remain thrilling till the end in the men’s competition, with Stale Sandbech still leading, but with Peetu Piiroinen now close on his heels in second place. Janne Korpi and Christian Haller move up in third and fourth and still have chances to take the lead from Stale at the Burton US Open coming up.

This week had a pretty packed TTR event schedule, with two 5Star competitions running alongside the Burton European Open. In Mammoth, USA the Grand Prix welcomed riders to Slopestyle and Halfpipe disciplines, and in Leysin, Switzerland the Nescafé Champs featured some more Slopestyle action. Results can be found on www.ttrworldtour.com.
All these results have great impact on the TTR World Tour rankings, and it will make the tour finale, the Burton US Open in Stratton next week, very exciting. Another 6 Awards still have to be picked up, by the best Overall, Slopestyle and Halfpipe riders; male and female.

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Jamie Anderson & Aleksander Ostreng wins Burton European Open Slopestyle

2012-03-02T10:27:19Z

Another bluebird day, spring temperatures and an epic Slopestyle course laid the groundwork for one of the Burton European Open’s most memorable slopestyle competitions earlier today. Jamie Anderson (USA) successfully defended her title and won the BEO Slopestyle for the second year in a row, while Aleksander Ostreng (NOR) won his first international title today. Both winners took home $15,000 and a world-class title to add to their snowboarding resumes.

Eight women competed in the finals, pushing things to a super high level of riding that is rarely seen in women’s slopestyle finals. Each rider had three runs to earn her best score, and Jamie Anderson took the lead with her first run. Jamie then proceeded to top her own score with each subsequent run, with a final winning score of 93.58. Jamie’s winning run included a backside tailslide on the rail, a frontside 360 to backside 180 on the step-up/step-down combo, a Cab 720 nose grab and switch backside 540 Indy grab on the kickers, finishing off with a backside lipslide to frontside 360 melon. Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) managed to get close to Jamie with a top score of 81.80, ending up in second place followed by a new face on the BEO podium, Swiss rider Isabel Derungs, who took third.

Jamie had this to say about her win, “It was the best riding I have ever seen from the girls. I love the new course…it’s great for creative runs. I’m so happy that I won because my mom stayed up all night to watch the finals.”

The men’s final was a heavy one with things heating up in the third and last run, where riders proved to possess nerves of steel. For a while, it looked like the podium would be completely in Finnish hands. In the end, it was Norway’s Aleksander Ostreng who claimed the top spot with an incredible third run, including a switch frontside 180 on to 360 out on the rail, a super stylish backside rodeo to Cab rodeo 540 on the step-up/step-down combo, followed by a frontside 1080 nosebone and a huge and super clean backside 1260 melon grab, ending with a Cab 180 on to 270 out to tailblunt 270 out on the MINI Creative Use of Space feature.

Alek was overwhelmed and said, “I haven’t realized that I won yet. It’s a super good feeling being on the podium for the first time in a 6 Star TTR event. I landed everything in the second run, so I tried to step it up in the third, and itworked out!” The Finnish squad followed with last year’s BEO winner Roope Tonteri taking second place and Peetu Piiroinen taking third place. Peetu had a theory why the podium was in Northern Europe’s hands, “I like the dominance of the Scandinavian and Finnish riders…maybe it’s because of the food.”

After today’s slopestyle finals, the MINI Creative Use of Space (CUOS) Awards go to Jamie Anderson and Emil Ulsletten (NOR). Both of them won $5,000 each with the most creative tricks of the day. Jamie earned the award with a backside lipslide to frontside 360 Melon on the MINI CUOS feature, while Emil secured the award with a frontside Alley Oop 360 to Cab 180 on 360 out.

With his win today, Aleksander Ostreng moved from 24th place to the top spot of the Slopestyle Burton Global Open Series Ranking, Roope Tonteri is now in second and Sebastien Toutant is in third. On the women’s side, Jamie Anderson is of course still leading the BGOS Slopestyle Ranking, with Sina Candrian now close behind her in second and Kjersti Buaas in third.

Three-time TTR World Tour winner Peetu Piiroinen made it into the top five of the TTR Overall Ranking with his podium position in Slopestyle today. Stale Sandbech is still leading the Overall rankings. In the Slopestyle rankings, it is still a close race towards the TTR tour final, with many guys hunting for that number one spot. Jamie Anderson has pretty much cemented her first-place position in the Slopestyle ranking, with Kjersti Ostgaard-Buaas now moving up to second place. Sina Candrian made it into the top three today as well. Cilka Sadar is currently leading the Women’s Overall Ranking, with Kjersti and Jamie following close in second and third position. The BEO Halfpipe contest on Saturday and the final stop of the TTR World Tour, the Burton US Open in Stratton next week, will determine who claims this year’s tour championship titles.

ResultsWomen’s Slopestyle Finals

1.     Jamie Anderson (USA), Billabong, 93.58
2.     Enni Rukajärvi (FIN), Burton, 81.80
3.     Isabel Derungs (SUI), Ride, 68.20
4.     Spencer O’Brien (CAN), Nike, 65.68
5.     Cilka Sadar (SLO), Burton, 59.12
6.     Sina Candrian (SUI), Burton, 56.92
7.     Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR), Roxy, 41.52
8.     Silje Norendal (NOR), Nike 6.0, 29.80

Results Men’s Slopestyle Finals

1.     Aleksander Ostreng (NOR), Forum, 90.08
2.     Roope Tonteri (FIN), Burton, 87.92
3.     Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), Nike – Burton, 86.70
4.     Ville Paumola (FIN), Quiksilver, 85.62
5.     Seppe Smits (BEL), Burton, 85.46
6.     Janne Korpi (FIN), Kissmark, 82.60
7.     Sebastian Toutant (CAN), O’Neill, 82.10
8.     Emil Ulsletten (NOR), Nitro, 81.88
9.     Torgeir Bergrem (NOR), Volcom 79.40
10. Stale Sandbech (NOR), Oakley, 78.54
11. Sven Thorgren (SWE), Protest, 71.78
12. Nuutti Niemelä (FIN), Smith, 71.38
13. Eric Beauchemin (USA), DC Shoe CO USA, 68.96
14. Christian Haller (SUI), Burton, 67.08
15. Mark McMorris (CAN), Burton, 62.44
16. Brage Richenberg (NOR), Salomon, 76.62

Slopestyle is now officially finished at this year’s Burton European Open, and now, the Halfpipe riders will take over the spotlight with Halfpipe semi-finals.

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COOKING WITH GAS episode1

2012-03-01T09:57:23Z

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Mens and Womens Slopestyle Semi Finals Went Down at BEO

2012-03-01T09:56:06Z

The 13th Burton European Open presented by MINI continued today with Women’s Slopestyle Qualifications in the morning, followed by Men’s and Women’s Semi-Finals in the afternoon. Bluebird, spring temperatures and a perfectlyshaped course welcomed the world’s best Slopestyle riders this morning. Last year’s BEO Slopestyle winner Jamie Anderson and Peetu Piiroinen qualified first respectively.

28 girls and 52 men from 15 countries were battling for a spot in tomorrow’s Slopestyle Final. Each rider had two runs with the best one counting. On the women’s side the top 8 ranked riders qualified for the finals. The men were split up in two heats consisting of 26 riders each. The top 5 riders of each heat advanced directly to the Finals, as well as the next 6 riders with thebest score out of both heats.

On the women’s side 21 year old Jamie Anderson (USA) was clearly the dominating female rider today. She got the top score in the women’s field with her first run already, then stepped it up in her second run which earned her a score of 90.66. Her winning run included a backside lipslide on the rail, a frontside 360 and backside 180 on the Step Up Step Down Combo, continuing with a switch backside 540 and frontside 720 on the kickers, finishing off on the MINI Creative Use of Space Obstacle with backside 50-50 on top of the wall and afrontside 360. Norwegian Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas and Swiss Isabel Derungs qualified in 2nd and 3rd.

Dominating the men’s semi-finals today were Norway’s Aleksander Ostreng, who won the first heat with his 2nd run, followed by Mark McMorris just 0,46 points behind Alek and Stale Sandbech in third. Ostreng’s run included a frontside Boardslide Nose Grab on the rail, a switch frontside Rodeo 540 to Frontflip Nose Grab on the Step Up Step Down Combo, frontside 1080 Indy Grab and backside 1080 Mute Grab on the kickers ending with 180 to 50-50 to Boardslide 270 out on the MINI CUOS feature.

The second heat was in Finnish hands with last year’s Halfpipe winner Peetu Piiroinen claiming the top spot with his 2nd run, followed by fellow countryman Janne Korpi and Eric Beauchemin (USA). Peetu’s run, which earned him the top score in the Men’s Semi’s today, consisted of a switch frontside 180 to 180 out on the rail, Cab 540 to backside Rodeo on the Step Up Step Down Combo, a Cab 1080 Indy Grab and a backside Double Cork 1080 Mute Grab on the kickers, finishing off with Boardslide to frontside Boardslide on the CUOS feature.

Women’s Slopestyle Semi-Finals Results
1. Jamie Anderson (USA), Billabong, 90.66
2. Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas (NOR), Roxy, 82.18
3. Isabel Derungs (SUI), Ride, 79.44
4. Spencer O’Brien (CAN), Nike, 77.34
5. Sina Candrian (SUI), Burton, 70.80
6. Enni Rukajärvi (FIN), Burton, 69.48
7. Silje Norendal (NOR), Nike 6.0, 69.38
8. Cilka Sadar (SLO), Burton, 66.42

Men’s Slopestyle Semi-Finals Results Heat 1 & qualified for Finals
1. Aleksander Ostreng (NOR), Forum, 84.36
2. Mark McMorris (CAN), Burton, 83.90
3. Stale Sandbech (NOR), Oakley, 82.96
4. Torgeir Bergrem (NOR), Volcom, 82.28
5. Emil Ulsletten (NOR), Nitro, 80.56
6. Jamie Nicholls (GBR), Nike, 77.04
7. Christian Haller (SUI), Burton, 76.72

Men’s Slopestyle Semi-Finals Results Heat 2 & qualified for Finals
1. Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), Nike – Burton, 87.74
2. Janne Korpi (FIN), Kissmark, 86.32
3. Eric Beauchemin (USA), DC Shoe Co USA, 85.42
4. Roope Tonteri (FIN), Burton, 84.12
5. Ville Paumola (FIN), Quiksilver, 82.22
6. Sebastien Toutant (CAN), O’Neill, 80.56
7. Nuutti Niemelä (FIN), Smith, 80.12
8. Seppe Smits (BEL), Burton, 79.70
9. Sven Thorgren (SWE), Protest, 77.98

Tomorrow, Thursday, the BEO once again will be action-packed with Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Finals, before the Halfpipe riders take over the BEO on Friday.

If you can’t make it to LAAX make sure to watch the live webcast from Feb. 29th – March 3rd, 2012 on www.redbull.tv.

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Burton European Open Laax 2012 – LIVE

2012-02-29T10:06:57Z

The 13th annual Burton European Open, presented by MINI, is now underway in beautiful LAAX, Switzerland, and live webcasts of slopestyle and halfpipe semi-finals and finals are scheduled to begin tomorrow on Redbull.tv. In addition to coverage of the competitions, Redbull.tv will also provide live scoring, live chats,live standings, competition rankings and rider bios so the viewer can have a more interactive role.

Jamie Anderson (USA), Sina Candrian (SUI), Spencer O’Brien (CAN), Enni Rukajärvi (FIN), Gretchen Bleiler (USA), Kelly Clark (USA), Queralt Castellet (SPA), Danny Davis (USA), Mark McMorris (CAN), Stale Sandbech (NOR), Seppe Smits (BEL), Roope Tonteri (FIN), Sebastien Toutant (CAN) and Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) are just a few of the top riders planning to compete for a piece of the $125,000 prize purse and important TTR and BGOS ranking points.

The entire event goes LIVE with webcasts on Redbull.tv during the following times:

LIVE WEBCASTS: Central Europe Time Zone

Slopestyle Semi-Finals, Wednesday, Feb. 29: 11:45 am – 4:30 pm
Slopestyle Finals, Thursday, March 1: 9:15 am – 3:00 pm
Halfpipe Semi-Finals, Friday, March 2: 10:15 am – 3:00 pm
Halfpipe Finals, Saturday March 3: 9:15 am – 3:00 pm

TTR Burton European Open 2012 – Trailer from ttrworldtour on Vimeo.

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The Scands – full movie

2012-02-27T13:35:40Z

This is an awesome bit of vintage shred cinema. Released in 1994, The SCANDS features the first wave of Scandinavian snowboarders who exploded onto the scene and left a lasting mark. So sick.

This movie is full of riders who went on to become legends in snowboarding – it’s like a who’s who of early 90s shred talent: Injemar, Terje, Johan, Brushie, Franck… and after giving it a watch it’s tempting to say this was from when snowboarding was actually cool. It was certainly a more simple time. The focus on poking and shiftying the hell out is awesome to watch, although it seems landing wasn’t as necessary as it is today. At least punk rock tops metro pop any day of the week.

THE SCANDS from Syndicate on Vimeo.

Produced and Released 1994.

Featuring Scandinavians riders like Terje Haakonsen, Ingmar Backman, Johan Olofsson, Daniel Franck, Sebu Kuhlberg, Eva Sandelgård, Marcus Fahlringe, Oskar Norberg, Anders Hagman and many more.

Filmed in Chamonix France, Pont du bron Switzerland, Stryn and Trysil Norway, Riksgränsen and Sälen Sweden.

Shot by Stefan Nilsson and Crille Forsberg. All shot on 16mm. Co. Production by Funsport, Burton, Quiksilver, Extreme, Sims.

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Nitro Roadwarriors Poland 2012

2012-02-27T12:46:07Z