Der Auftakt zum Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam 2009 am Dachstein Gletscher ging gestern mit wechselhaften Bedingungen aber einem unglaublichen sportlichen Niveau über die Bühne. Freitag der 13. brachte einen Mix aus Sonne und Wolken und ein topmotiviertes Starterfeld. Unter dem Motto „Shake the tree“ stehen nun die Qualifikanten für den Finaltag fest...

Der Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam sichert sich in diesem Jahr die Pole-Position unter den Freestyle-Events und wartet bereits ungeduldig auf den Startschuss. Aufgrund der optimalen Schneesituation kann das Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam Set-up bereits befahren werden, wodurch der Grundstein für einen weiteren hochkarätigen TTR 4 Star Wettkampf gelegt wurde.

In the best conditions that Modena has ever seen, the new Finnish superstar on the rise Matti Kinnunen took home the title of the 4Star Nissan Stomp It in front of screaming Italian fans and European top riders. With a Double Backside Rodeo 900 he impressed the judges and landed in front of Stephan Maurer (SUI) in second and Tobias Karlsson (SWE) in third place. With 8000€ more on his bank account, an overwhelmed Kinnunen raves on, "My first time at this event. It has been awesome. The set up is great and the women are beautiful. I will definitely be competing more this season."

Stay tuned for the full story, photos and videos from this season's edition of Italy's number 1 urban event.

Results:

1. Matti Kinnunen, FIN 2. Stefan Maurer, SUI 3. Tobias Karlsson, SWE 4. Mathieu Gerome, FRA 5. Mattias Nyberg, SWE source: ttr press office

Mark Sollars from Canada is now $20,000 richer thanks to an amazing performance in tonight’s final of the Boost Mobile SnoSho presented by LG. While the wild weather in Perisher added a further challenge to the competition, Mark performed impeccably on the night stomping every trick in the SnoSho Jam Session and all five mandatory tricks on the game show wheel.

“I’m so lucky I was able to pull off the tricks tonight,” said Mark. “I really had to fight to win as the competition was tough. I’m super stoked with the prize money, thanks to Boost Mobile.”

The final kicked off with the world’s longest rail contest which saw Aussie rider Robbie Walker slide a massive 39.95m to win $5,000 cash, then the SnoSho Jam Session gave riders the opportunity to throw down some extremely difficult tricks in the free-for-all format to impress the judges. The trick of the night was from 15 year-old Aussie rider, Scotty James who nailed his first double back flip in his competition career.

The six top scoring riders who made it through to the SnoSho final were Mark Sollars (Canada), Marko Grilc (Slovenia), Jacob Koia (New Zealand), Scotty Lago (USA), Eric Willett (USA) and Jye Kearney (Australia). The unique game show style format saw riders perform tricks randomly selected from a spinning game show wheel and with each successful trick, the judges awarded a letter to spell the word B-O-O-S-T.

Mark was first to complete all five tricks – a Frontside 9, Cab Corked 5, Frontside 10, Frontside 7 and Frontside 9 to take out the Boost Mobile SnoSho Winner’s title and the $20,000 cash.

Head Judge Mel Simmons commented that, “The standard was outstanding tonight particularly with the average weather conditions. The riders performed really well and we are super happy with the outcome.” source: boost snosho press office pic by a. roberts

Bereits am 05.12.2009 ist es soweit: der Billabong Air & Style 09/II kehrt ins Innsbrucker Bergisel Stadion zurück. Die Disziplin: Straight Jump! Schon in den 90er Jahren war das die traditionelle Disziplin beim Air & Style in Innsbruck. Also sei mit dabei und erlebe das Original!

Der erst 16-jährige Kanadier Sebastien Toutant schaffte das Kunststück jüngster TTR-Tour Leader aller Zeiten zu werden...

Der Swatch TTR Tour Teaser 2009/2010 ist online. Hier könnt ihr ihn euch direkt anschauen...

Zu den TTR Burton New Zealand Open vergangene Woche gibt's auch ein feines TTR Rider Special mit Jamie Anderson...

Die TTR Saison wurde bereits wieder eröffnet. Vom 11.-15. August 2009 fand der 5star TTR Contest in Neuseeland statt. Checkt die Results der Burton NZ Open right here...

New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close today after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, the 7th Annual New Zealand Open showcased some the world’s top snowboarders competing in halfpipe and slopestyle competitions for over NZ$50,000 in prize money. Hundreds of competitors from all over the world flocked to Cardrona Alpine Resort to compete, and action got underway on Wednesday with men’s and women’s slopestyle pre-qualifications and qualifications. Men’s and women’s halfpipe qualifications went down on Thursday, followed by men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal and finals on Friday with Jamie Anderson (USA) and Sebastien Toutant (CAN) riding away with the top spots worth $6,000 each. Saturday saw a field of 40 men and 21 women compete for the halfpipe titles worth NZ$6,000. In the women’s competition Kelly Clark and Jiayu Liu battled it out in semifinals with huge amplitude and clean spins, while Elizabeth Beerman just bumped Kiwi Kendall Brown from advancing on to final. Louie Vito placed first in the men’s semifinal competition, followed closely by Luke Mitrani in second and Shaun White in third. Halfpipe finals consisted of three runs each for men and women, with the women first to drop. The Asian contingent finished strong taking four of the top eight spots in the women’s finals, with Zhifeng Sun from China taking third. Her winning run featured an impressive frontside 900. Jiayu Liu (CHN) rode away with second with a run that featured back-to-back 720s and back-to-back 540s. But it was Kelly Clark that pulled it out with a whopping score of 83.67. Her winning run started with a massive frontside air followed by a backside 540 indy, into a frontside 720 tailgrab, followed by a Cab 720, finishing with a frontside 540 indy. Clark had this to say of her win, “I felt really good today; I got to try new things. I like progressing, and when you ride against a solid group of competitors it pushes me to do more. I’m happy that I did well for my first contest of the summer, especially going in to an Olympic year.” History was made today during the men’s halfpipe finals. The best and most progressive riding ever witnessed went down, the crowd and judges were blown away by the double cork and spin combinations they were seeing. Kazuhiro Kokubo finished in third with a run that featured a huge McTwist, a frontside 900 tailgrab, an alleyoop chuck nose grab, and a frontside 1080 indy. Luke Mitrani took second with a run that included a double inverted 900 melon, a frontside 720 indy, a Cab 720 mute and a frontside 900 tailgrab. But it was Shaun White who was able to come from behind in semifinals to win the $6,000 top spot. His winning run started with a frontside lien air, to backside 900 melon, followed by a frontside 1080 stalefish, into a Cab double cork 1080 stalefish, to frontside double cork 900. No one was more pleased with the win than White himself, as he had this to say of his victory, “I’m proud to win today. This was the heaviest event that I have ever been in. That’s saying a lot, as I have been in a lot of these. ” With the Burton New Zealand Open finished, the next stop in the BGOS is the European Open, taking place January 9-16, 2010 in Laax, Switzerland. The European Open is the second stop on the 2009-2010 Burton Global Open Series. Jamie Anderson and Mason Aguirre are currently in the lead for the Burton Global Open Series Championship titles and a piece of the $200,000 prize purse. With his third result of the 09/10 season, Mason Aguirre takes over the top position on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour followed by Sebastien Toutant in second and Charles Reid in third. Jamie Anderson maintains her lead of the women's ranking. With only two results on her account so far, 08/09 Swatch TTR World Champion Kelly Clark moves into world no. 7 with her victory in New Zealand. Burton would like to thank Cardrona Alpine Resort, Go211.com, Speight’s Summit Golden Lager, Juice TV, The Edge FM, Anon Optics, High Cascade Snowboard Camp, Nature Valley, goodbars.co.nz, Joe’s Garage, SolRX, McKenna, Smirnoff Ice Double Black and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the New Zealand Open. For those who were unable to make it to New Zealand, highlights of the competitions are available for on-demand viewing at www.Go211.com. Halfpipe Final Women 1 Kelly Clark     USA     Burton 2 Jiayu Liu     CHN     Burton 3 Zhifeng Sun     CHN     Burton Best Trick: Elizabeth Beerman, Frontside 900 Halfpipe Final Men 1 Shaun White         USA         Burton 2 Luke Mitrani         USA         Burton 3 Kazuhiro Kokubo     JPN         Burton Best Trick: Luke Mitrani, Double Michalchuk source: burton press office