BEO7 slopestyle qualification kicks off
Marcel Lämmerhirt
Sun 21 January 07
Saturday saw the slopestyle qualification which saw Brit riders Tyler Chorlton and James Thorne make it through to the semis
The Burton European Open got underway today in Laax, Switzerland with the mens slopestyle pre-qualification competition. Under sunny skies and springtime temperatures, 120 riders from all over the world competed for 40 spots in tomorrows mens slopestyle semi-finals where they will compete against invited slopestyle superstars like Shaun White (USA), Travis Rice (USA), Antti Autti (FIN) and Mason Aguirre (USA). 
Below is a complete list of male riders advancing to the BEO slopestyle semifinals:
- Ulrik Badertscher, NOR 1. Ville Uotila, FIN
- Henning Marthinsen, NOR 2. Reto Kestenholz, SUI
- Matevz Pristavec, SLO 3. Benedikt Nadig, SUI
- Antti-Juhani Piirainen, FIN 4. Sergey Tarasov, RUS
- Jonas Carlson, SWE 5. Matti Kinnunen, FIN
- Reinhard Rieser, AUT 6. Pekka Ruokanen, FIN
- Tyler Chorlton, GBR 7. Ben Watts, USA
- Kim-Rune Hansen, NOR 8. Fredrik Austbö, NOR
- Stephan Maurer, SUI 9. Johann Baisamy, FRA
- James Thorne, GBR 10. Miikka Hast, FIN
- Even Brekke, NOR 11. Jah Daniel Harris, NZE
- Werner Stock, AUT 12. Victor De le Rue, FRA
- Simon Gruber, ITA 13. Alessandro Boyens, GER
- Cyrill Eidam, SUI 14. Iouri Podladtchikov, RUS
- Bobby Witty, USA 15. Mathieu Gerome, FRA
- Joose Viikuna, FIN 16. Christophe Reynders, BEL
- Nick Brown, NZE
- Marc Swoboda, AUT
- Domen Bizjak, SLO
- Christian Weber, SUI
- Paal Soerensen, NOR
- Julien Haricot, FRA
- Rudi Kröll, AUT
- Thomas Franc, SUI
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