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The UK's Laura Berry took the 2009 British Quiksilver Big Air Championship title earlier this month with a huge grabbed 360 over the final kicker. "I missed the last two BRITS because of an injury, so this is pretty
sweet," said the ecstatic 20-year-old. "I'm really stoked. It's awesome
to be back and I'm really pleased I landed the 360."
Also at the BRITS, Laura earned a second in Slopestyle and took the win in the free-for-all Red Bull Home Run, the same title she earned last year -- with a broken collarbone. Check out the video below for the action:
The Red Bull Home Run 2009. from LOCKDOWN projects on Vimeo.
Hailing from the homeland, Austrian shredder Marc Swoboda earned his way to the Volcom Peanut Butter and Rail Jam European Championships in Gstaad-Les Diablerets, Switzerland, last weekend, shutting the whole thing down and walking away with the win. Marc scored a ticket to the World PBRJ Finals in Mammoth on April 25th, so if you're in the area, be sure to check it out!
To see Marc in action, peep this edit we posted back in December...
Results1. Matti Kinnunen
2. Heikki Sorsa
3. Aleksi Partanen
4. Miikka Hast
5. Juha Rautanen
On last Saturday, March 14th the ski- and snowboard scene out of the Allgaeu and the whole Alp-region met in Bolsterlang at the fourth tour stop of the Suzuki Wir Schanzen 2009 presented by Quiksilver. The Big Bäng Bolsterläng attracted the riders with an impressive setup, a veritable relaxed atmosphere and an absolutely hilarious afterparty.
Exactly 101 riders wanted to take the challenge at the big Bäng Bolsterläng and so already in the early morning scores of riders entered the rider's registration at the bottom station of the Hörnerbahn. Last but not least due to the sunny weather, everyone was highly motivated for the upcoming contest.
Having arrived on the mountain, the riders were impressed by the
highly spectacular setup, consisting of a jib-line with a kicker, a rainbowbox and a downrail as well as a big air-line with a huge multifunctional gap-kicker with a corner and a downrail. Here, the various top class riders as well as the young guns found perfect conditions for nearly all imaginable aerial tricks and already in the training highly sophisticated trick variations were shown.
Iouri Podladtchikov, Markus Keller, Lucas Blaser, and Jack Shackleton took top honors at last weekend's Wängl Tängl jam in Mayrhofen. Follow the "continue reading" link below for a video clip featuring the action from the semis, which ended up standing as final results due to bad weather...
Not only did Spencer O'Brien wrap up the very first women's Snowboard Slopestyle Dew Cup title (with a first in Breck and seconds at Mt. Snow and Northstar), but she also walked away with the Female Athlete of the Year award, which she shared with Superpipe champ Kelly Clark. Nice job, Spencer; we know there's more to come!Juuso is now back in Europe on a trip with his Ride teammates; check out updates from Ride TM Matt Sickels over on the Snowboard mag site here.
Red Bull Snowscrapers is now history, with Shayne Pospisil taking a surprise win and pocketing a cool 50 grand, repping the Northeast hard with his Jersey roots. 16 of the world's best snowboarders took to the immense drop-in that stood nine stories tall in New York City's East River Park, hitting the 80-foot-long hip jump unique to the Red Bull Snowscrapers event.
Shayne defeated Torstein Horgmo in the final round, stomping a solid backside 900. After throwing a victory method air on his final hit, Pospisil was swarmed by friends, family, and fans. "Having all of my friends and family here is amazing," he said later. "It's a dream come true."
The third-place match-up featured Scotty Lago vs. Travis Rice; Travis was looking strong all day through the semis but started struggling with backside rodeo 900 attempts in the final rounds, so Lago's backside 900 earned him the third place spot. Snowboarding legend Terje Haakonsen walked away with best trick honors, bombing the drop-in with his back foot unstrapped and kicking a one-footed method air that brought cheers from the crowd.With the massive hip set-up, hot sets from bands Valient Thorr, Black Gold, and Anthrax (with special guest Chuck D.), and throngs of awesome NYC fans, Red Bull Snowscrapers is going down as the dopest snow contest to hit the Big Apple.
Results
1. Shayne Pospisil
2. Torstein Horgmo
3. Scotty Lago
Best Trick: Terje Haakonsen, one-footed method air
For a full breakdown of results, check here.
