Innsbruck ready for the Air & Style

Fri 01 February 08

The Air & Style kicks off tommorow (2nd Feb) from the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck and you can watch it LIVE on this website

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Rockin Bands. Amazing Riders. One colossal quarterpipe. The Swatch TTR FIVE(5)STAR Billabong Air & Style Quarterpipe 2008 is going to set a new precedent for competitive riding. On February 2nd 2008, the Air & Style returns to the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria and will host some of the best and most progressive riders around, ready to battle it out for Quarterpipe glory and climb the TTR Rankings. With 850 TTR ranking points going to the winner, and a 50 000 Euro prize purse, Innsbruck is about to witness the biggest and most stylish airs at a level that will blow minds, with the potential for a new World Record height, currently held by Terje Haakonsen at 9.8m.

The 07/08 Tour season is progressing rapidly, and things are coming down to the wire as riders are now posting all six required results needed to finish high in the rankings and have a shot at becoming the Swatch TTR Tour Champion. Risto Mattila from Finland has already posted six very strong results, securing an unassailable lead going into the Billabong Air & Style. Only his highest six results are counted toward his point total, therefore, in order to increase his lead in preparation for the rest of the tour, Risto will have to finish first or second in Innsbruck. Given his record of Quarterpipe and Halfpipe finishes this season alone, a top podium result for Risto certainly isnt out of the question.

Further down in the rankings, well see a few battles play out at the FIVE(5)STAR Billabong Air & Style Quarterpipe Session. TTR World No. 2 is up for grabs between Andy Finch (USA), Kevin Pearce (USA), and Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), who have all recently won Quarterpipe and Halfpipe Titles and are all equally capable of winning the Billabong Air & Style Title.

The race for TTR Champion continues as other riders bring all they have to Innsbruck. Swiss rider Iouri Podladtchikov will be looking for a Top 5 finish at the Billabong Air & Style to move from World No. 6 into the Swatch TTR Top 5. The TTR Top 10 will also see some drastic changes as Mason Aguirre (USA), Markus Keller (SUI), Marku Koski (FIN), Antti Autti (FIN) and Scotty Lago (USA) will fight with their stylish big air moves for a spot in the Swatch TTR Top 10.
Arthur Longo from France will also be looking to make the Top 15 as local Austrian rider Werner Stock makes a huge leap from his current place at World No. 86 into the TTR Top 50. Steve Gruber from Austria has also been invited to compete, posting his second TTR result of the 07/08 season as German rider Alex Schmaltz posts his first.

On top of all the Tour suspense and big air quarterpipe action, Queens of the Stone Age are set to rock the stadium filled to the brim with an 12 000 strong audience.

New Riders List For Billabong Air & Style Quarterpipe 2008:

1. Kevin Pearce            USA    Burton
2. Pat Moore               USA    Forum
3. Andy Finch              USA    Rip Curl, Palmer
4. Antti Autti                FIN     Flow, Billabong
5. Risto Mattila             FIN     Flow, Billabong
6. Scotty Lago             USA    Flow, Billabong
7. Manuel Pietropoli       ITA     Burton
8. Shayne Posposil        USA    Billabong
9. Markus Keller           SUI     Nitro
10. Arthur Longo            FRA    APO
11. Iouri Podladtchikov    SUI     Santa Cruz
12. Mason Aguirre          USA    Burton
13. Kim Rune Hansen      NOR    Burton
14. Peetu Piiroinen         FIN     Burton
15. Daisuke Murakami    JPN     K2
16. Colin Frei                 SUI     K2
17. Tore Holvik              NOR    Bataleon
18. Markku Koski           FIN     Quiksilver
19. Werner Stock           AUT    Salomon
20. Frederik Austbo        NOR    Quiksilver
21. Alex Schmaltz          GER    Voelkl
22. Stefano Munari         ITA     ONeill
23. Steve Gruber           AUT    Adidas, Aesthetiker

Points Allocation FOUR(4)STAR
1^st 850, 2^nd 800.95, 3^rd 765, 4^th 737.85, 5^th 716.05

2007/2008 - Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Ranking as of:29/1/08

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TTR Tour Standings

SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP10 MENS
1. Braaten Gjermund 581.08
2. Seppe Smits 468.76
3. Sebastien Toutant 395.30
4. Stale Sandbech 360.36
5. Mikkel Bang 337.94
6. Marko Grilc 337.74
7. Tore Holvik 331.37
8. Roope Tonteri 323.22
9. Iouri Podladtchikov 320.87
10. Christian Haller 315.08
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 WOMENS
1. Rukajärvi Enni 364.22
2. Silvia Mittermueller 346.21
3. Sina Candrian 297.98
4. Rana Okada 264.90
5. Shelly Gotlieb 263.62
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 MENS
1. Burton (686.66)
2. Oakley (509.13)
3. Nike6.0 (381.79)
7. DC (234.21)
9. Sweet (198.82)
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)