Posts Tagged “Seppe Smits”

Today, we saw the semi finals of the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge on the Tryvann Vinterpark slopestyle course on the scenic outskirts of Oslo, Norway. Peetu Piiroinen was in form and qualified in the top spot of his heat leaving Seppe Smits in second and Torstein Horgmo (NOR) in third place. The second heat was dominated by the two Norwegian warriors Mikkel Bang and Tore Holvik leaving Eric Willett in third. In the final tomorrow, ten qualified snowboarders including Mark McMorris, Ville Uotila, Roope Tonteri and Sage Kotsenburg will ride it out for the coveted TAC Title and of course a maximum 1000 Swatch TTR Ranking points.

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Tags: 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge, Eric Willett, Mark McMorris, Mikkel Bang, Peetu Piiroinen, Roope Tonteri, Sage Kotsenburg, Seppe Smits, TAC, The Oakley Arctic Challenge, Tore Holvik, Torstein Horgmo, Tryvann Vinterpark, TTR, Ville Uotila

Another gorgeous day greeted riders and spectators today at Canada Olympic Park for the men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinal competition. Bluebird skies illuminated the 600m long slopestyle course which was made up of a step-up saddle to down box, followed by a down-flat-down kink rail, a log jib, down rail, wall ride and three kickers, two of which were split down the middle by a channel.

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Tags: Antti Autti, Brett Esser, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series Champion, Canada Olympic Park, CANO, Charles Reid, Christian Haller, Cilka Sadar, Enni Rukajärvi, Jordie Karlinski, Lisa Wiik, Mark Sollors, Roope Tonteri, Seppe Smits, Stale Sandbech, US Open Snowboarding Championships

Thursday, the third day of the Burton Canadian Open, saw optimal conditions for the men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifications at Canada Olympic Park with bluebird skies and brisk temps. First to drop were the women in their qualification round, 22 women took to the course which featured rails, boxes, a wall ride, three kickers and a log jib.

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Tags: Antti Autti, Breanna Stangeland, Brooke Voigt, Burton Canadian Open, Burton Global Open Series Champion, Canada Olympic Park, Charles Reid, Cilka Sadar, Dustin Craven, Joachim Krogstie, Jon Versteeg, Lisa Wiik, Mark Sollors, Marko Grilc, Seppe Smits, Shelly Gotlieb, Sina Candrian, Stale Sandbech, Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (TTR), TTR World Champion, US Open Snowboarding Championships

The comeback of the legendary Straight Jump format to the Bergisel Stadium was a full success. 11.500 fans witnessed their snowboard heroes at the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck. On the perfectly working kicker, that replaced the quarterpipe of last year, Marko Grilc ruled the final of four with a Switch Backside 1080 Double Corked Mute Grab and 281 points. He only recently entered the starting the field of 16 riders after the Canadian Sebastien Toutant had to cancel because of an unfortunate injury. Peetu Piroiinen (21 years/FIN/268 Pts.) placed second and Andreas Wiig (28 years/NOR/251 Pts.) came in third.

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Tags: 6Star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event, Andreas Wiig, Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck, elias elhardt, Gigi Rüf, K.I.Z., Marko Grilc, Niki Korpela, Peetu Piroiinen, Seppe Smits, Stefan Gimpl, the head-to-head knockout format, The Hives, Tom Klocker, Werner Stock