Eric Willett wins Riverjump slopestyle in Livigno

Eric Willett wins Riverjump slopestyle in Livigno
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Fri 26 February 10

American Eric Willett took home the Brux Slopestyle title and 850 Swatch TTR ranking points this Thursday at the 5Star Burn River Jump in Livigno, Italy

American Eric Willett took home the Brux Slopestyle title and 850 Swatch TTR ranking points this Thursday at the 5Star Burn River Jump in Livigno, Italy. With high level snowboarding seen from the 67 riders gathered from all over the world, it was the talented rookies Gjermund Braaten (NOR) who grabbed second place and Roope Tonteri (FIN) who took third. The biggest climber in the TTR Ranking, with a 5th place is Janne Korpi (FIN) who now sits in World No. 4. All of today’s top ten riders who have not yet received an invitation or wildcard will compete in Friday’s straight jump format, the Burn River Jump.

Riverjump slopestyle 2010 winner Eric Willett
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Perfect Conditions at the Mottolino Park
Today’s event saw the guys rock the perfectly shaped Mottolino park in the beautiful APT Livigno and SkiPassion Snow-Ski Area. Willett’s winning run included a Switch Backside 1260, Frontside Double Cork 1080 and a Backside Double Rodeo, which scored him miles ahead of his opponents. Collecting another great result this season, he has moved up the Swatch TTR world ranking list into No.11 and with tomorrow’s format he has lined himself up in an excellent position to move into the Top 10.

With his 2nd place today, Gjermund entered the Swatch TTR Top 10 and now sits in World No. 9. He was content with his performance and was measuring up his chances to move into the Top 5. “The jumps were perfect and I had a good feeling…It would be a dream come true for me to be in the TTR Top 5. I got one more contest tomorrow, so we will see how that goes. But just being in the Top 10 is so great.”

Riverjump slopestyle 2010 Yale Cousino
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Straight Air Format Brings A Night Spectacle to Livigno
The second 5Star format, the straight air, will take place in the center of Livigno on Friday evening, where the contestants will be jumping over the Spoel river. Battling it out for those valuable Swatch TTR ranking points, we will see the qualified riders from today’s slopestyle, 12 wild card entrants and 8 invited riders competing for victory. With Switzerland’s Christian Haller looking to improve on his TTR World No. 6 ranking and Roope Tonteri, Eric Willet, Mikkel Bang (NOR), Ville Uotila (FIN), Kevin Backström (SWE) and Mark McMorris (CAN) all aiming for a result that will see them rise into the TTR Top 10, you are guaranteed to see some hot riding.

Slopestyle Result Top 10

1. Eric Willet, USA
2. Gjermund Braaten, NOR
3. Roope Tonteri, FIN
4. Yale Cousino, USA
5. Janne Korpi, FIN
6. Mark McMorris, CAN
7. Tor Lundstrom, SWE
8. Victor De le Rue, FRA
9. Ville Uotila, FIN
10. Kevin Backstrom, SWE

For more information visit www.ttrworldtour.com

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Burton NZ Open 2010 Slopestyle final results
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Sebastien Toutant wins first new season TTR event
he summertime event was held in the Camp of Champions park on the Blackcomb glacier and featured a massive 75-foot gap jump. The Ante Up hosted 40 riders in a big air format who were all going for a piece of the $50,000 prize purse and 850 TTR ranking points -28Jun10
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Riverjump 2010

24-26 February 10

5*TTR Slopestyle contest from Livigno with a $50K prize pot

Livigno, Italy

With an amazing park, open terrain, accessible off-piste, a warm Italian reception, and prices far cheaper than most other resorts in western Europe, Livigno is one excellent Italian job.

Freeriding: 70% - Some sweet off- piste if you know where
Freestyle: 90% - Very good terrain parks
Pistes: 70% - Wide crusing runs, good for intermediate

Main headlines

TTR Tour Standings

SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP10 MENS
1. Braaten Gjermund 326.82
2. Iouri Podladtchikov 280.76
3. Christian Haller 275.69
4. Mark McMorris 268.30
5. Tore Holvik 246.55
6. Roope Tonteri 228.56
7. Stale Sandbech 221.95
8. Kevin Backstrom 221.72
9. Sebastien Toutant 220.89
10. Ulrik Badertscher 200.91
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 WOMENS
1. Candrian Sina 260.73
2. Enni Rukajärvi 256.20
3. Rana Okada 231.79
4. Silvia Mittermueller 210.23
5. Jamie Anderson 210.03
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 MENS
1. Burton (435.59)
3. Oakley (338.54)
4. Nike6.0 (287.27)
5. Flow (252.52)
6. DC (141.32)
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 WOMENS
1. Burton (511.47)
2. Flow (428.44)
3. DC (296.18)
4. Voelkl (94.67)
5. Zimtstern (45.17)