Coming out of the fog that shrouded the Boarderstyle on Thursday, all eyes were on the weather for Friday’s TTR 5-Star Slopestyle event at Monster Energy’s The Shred Show at the World Ski and Snowboard Festival in Whistler, BC. Fortune was shining on us though, and eventually the sun was too. After a brief hold while a cloud raced through, the sky cracked open allowing a clear final heat consiting of two runs down the Blackcomb Terrain Park slopestyle course.

Straight out of the gate the competition was heated and several riders put down runs that could have put them on the podium, but in the end it was Norway’s Emil Ulsletten

who edged out American Eric Willett for the top spot and $15k. In his first win of the season Ulsletten used the 3 rail features and 3 jumps to pull off a sick run that included 2 stylish double corks.  Canadian Tyler Nicholson pulled together a solid run after a nasty crash during qualifiers to reach the last spot on the podium.

The consistently improving weather has the stage set for Saturday night’s TTR 5-Star Big Air contest in the Whistler Village where another 25 thousand dollars will be given away. Stay tuned.

Just one week left until The Shred Show hits Whistler, BC and it’s looking like the best one ever. The World Ski and Snowboard Festival is bringing in artists like Nas, and Monster Energy is bringing some of the world’s best snowboarders to compete in the World Snowboard Tour 5-­star slopestyle and Big Air and the hugely popular Boarderstyle event that this year features even more freestyle features!

Now in its third year, and second as a TTR 5Star event, The Shred Show is giving the people what they want. Our Slopstyle course is as good as they get and after a process of consulting with the riders, the big air will be built to give the riders the best possible venue for their hardest tricks. With $50,000 dollar

s on the line you can bet they’ll be throwing down!

Boarderstyle was invented here and we do it best. This combination of mandatory spins and flat-­‐out speed is a crowd favourite and led legendary snowboarder (and last year’s runner up) Terje Haakonsen to call it the sport that boardercross should be. This year there will be twice as many freestyle sections to challenge the competitors and when the dust settles one man will stand tall as victor.

Of course Monster Energy is bringing all of this to you, so the parties, music and Monster Girls will all be on point. Expect to see Monster Athletes, personalities and special guests around the village as we celebrate Spring in the best mountain town on the planet.

The Billabong Flaunt It Finals went down this weekend at Sierra-at-Tahoe on Saturday, with Jamie Anderson co-hosting the event at her home resort.  Jessika Jenson from Kelly Canyon, Idaho was the defending champion, who again came out on top pocketing the $5000 USD Slopestyle cheque.

Jenson impressed the judges (which included guest snowboard legend Chad Otterstrom) all day long with her variety of style and progression.  Jenson’s first place run started with a switch frontboard 270 out on the box, to cab 540 to backside 540 on the jumps, and finished off her run with a switch boardslide 270 out on the down tube.  Canada’s Samm Denena came in second incorporating a stylish backside rodeo 540 in her run, with third place going to Michelle Zeller from Colorado.

The afternoon rail jam featured an assortment of 4 rails with a variation of down rails, tubes and close outs.  The ladies rode the setup with confidence and threw down impressive tricks.  LeJawn Allen from Utah locked down first place with a hardway frontside 180- switch backside 180 out on the down tube, before an epic bail on a later attempt took her out of the contest.  Lynn Neil from Utah came close by in second with a switch frontside lipslide 270 off the down tube, followed by Jessika Jenson with a switch boardslide 270 off.

Jennifer Englot took home her second Nixon Style Award of the series with her late backside 180’s, and Jessica Gibson claimed the VonZipper Ragdoll award and a brand new pair of goggles for her efforts.

Thank you to all our sponsors and supporters, including Aston Lakeland Village Resort for accommodations in S

outh Lake Tahoe.  Thank you to Evolution Physical Therapy for providing physiotherapy services treating the competitors with expertise.

Billabong Flaunt It Finals is proudly supported by VonZipper, Dakine, Nixon, Snowboard Canada Women’s Annual, Snowboarder Magazine, Luna Bar and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

RESULTS: 

Slopestyle

1st: Jessika Jenson (Ride, 32, Electric, Sandbox, US Snowboarding)

2nd: Samm Denena (Roxy, Nibz, Detour, Kahona)

3rd: Michelle Zeller (GNU, Roxy, Smith, FLUX)

4th: Jenna Blasman (Billabong, VonZipper, GNU)

5th: Rebecca Bruce (Forum)

Rail Jam

1st: LeJawn Allen

2nd: Lynn Neil (Roxy, Smith, Monster)

3rd: Jessika Jenson (Ride, 32, Electric, Sandbox, US Snowboarding)

4th: Samm Denena (Roxy, Nibz, Detour, Kahona)

5th: Mariah Dugan (Arbour, Flux, Smith, Outdoor Tech)

Dakine Best Trick: Samm Denena $200 (Roxy, Nibz, Detour, Kahona)

Nixon Style Award: Jennifer Englot (Unlimited Skate and Snow, Long Collective, VonZipper, Burton “Know Buddy”)

VZ Rag Doll Award:  Jessica Gibson (Arcade Belts, Mountain Riders)

720 for $700: Michelle Zeller (GNU, Roxy, Smith, FLUX)

For all tour information, including registration, visit www.billabongflauntit.com or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/billabongflauntit.

For any additional information please contact:
Ashley Turnbull
Email: aturnbull@billabongcanada.com
Phone: 877 898 2664 ext. 1133

Ischgl, Austria – April 6th, 2013 – Bluebird, a perfectly shaped park and a highly motivated riders field set the scene for a great final day at the Völkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria – a 3Star World Snowboard Tour Slopestyle event. Riders from all over the globe gathered in Ischgl to battle it out for the best Grom and Rookie title 2013. In the past year’s we saw one Norwegian after another taking home the top podium spots, however this year it was Jonas Bösiger’s (SUI) time to shine and win the Male Rookie contest. Katerina Vojackova (CZE) won best Female Rookie.

The Ischgl Snowpark hosted the World Rookie Finals for the 6th consecutive time. From the first to the last rider dropping in, the level of riding was extremely high, with all riders pushing their limits in all three runs.

Swiss rider Jonas Bösiger impressed both the judges and the crowd with an absolutely clean run including a Backside Double Cork 1080, a Frontside 720, 50-50 Backside 360 out on the pole kicker, a huge Method on the hip, a Backside Boardslide and a Frontside 50-50 Front 360 out on the multi jib obstacle. This run made him the WSF World Rookie Champion 2013 and got him an invitation to the next Air & Style event. Katerina Vojackova from the Czech Republic was in it to win it and proved her skills by throwing down a huge Backside and Frontside 360, a 50-50 Indy on the pole kicker, a Backside Air on the hip, as well as a Backside Boardslide and Frontside Tailslide to Fakie on the final jib obstacle. Thanks to this run, Katerina was crowned WSF World Rookie Champion 2013.

The Male Grom category was dominated by Norwegian Isak Ulstein. His winning run featured a Backside 720, Backside Rodeo 540, Halfcab Mute, 50-50 to Backside Noseblunt and Frontside 50-50 to Frontside 360 out. Taelor Mattingley from the US won Best Female Grom with a Stalefish, Backside 360, Method, a Frontside Air on the hip, 50-50 and 50-50 Noseslide on the jib obstacles.

“I saw an incredible level of riding at today’s finals. I knew the rookies here were good, but I didn't expect such a high level” said Air & Style founder Andrew Hourmont at the prize giving. “Some of these rookies already ride like Pros.” ended Andrew.

2013 Volkl World Rookie Finals – final recap from Board.tv on Vimeo.

RESULTS

GROM BOYS
1 Ulstein, Isak NOR
2 Preissinger, Maximilian GER
3 Khadarin, Vladislav RUS
4 Perchla, Stefan NOR
5 Cummin, Colin USA
6 Gjerdalen, Bendik NOR
7 Vaagsdal, M

athias NOR
8 Gauger, Wendelin SUI
9 Grant, Matthew USA
10 Gschaider, Simon AUT
11 Amsüß, Moritz GER
12 Vandeweyer, Stef BEL
13 Kaspar, Daniel CZE
14 Gruenwald, Tobias GER
15 Poboril, Lukas CZE
16 Kautner, Samuel GER
17 Stock, Andreas AUT
18 Grünwald, Max GER
19 Kaufmann, Moritz AUT
20 Morauskas, Motiejus LTU
21 Olivieri, Federico ITA
22 Mitrev, Simeon BUL
23 Ulrici, Leonhard GER
24 Rovensky, Jan CZE
25 Freinademetz, Santiago ROU
26 Stante, Tit SLO
27 Salac, Kristian CZE
28 Eckhoff, Mathias NOR
29 Fricz, Botond HUN
DNS Wakita, Tomoki JAP
DNS Neff, Cédric SUI

GROM GIRLS
1 Mattingley, Taelor USA
2 Iwabuchi, Reira JPN
3 Verdnik, Kaja SLO
4 Kjoell, Eilertsen Hanne NOR
5 Nymoen, Ingvild NOR
6 Liberg, Frisvold Nora NOR
7 Wicki, Berenice SUI
8 Kralj, Eva SLO

ROOKIE GIRLS
1 Vojackova, Katerina CZE
2 Djukic, Lea SUI
3 Petrig, Celia SUI
4 Yoshika, Yuri JPN
5 Herleiksplass, Karoline NOR
6 Andersen, Nora NOR
7 Rofner, Birgit AUT
8 Sato, Aya JPN
9 Nymoen, Kristine NOR
10 Skjøtskift, Synne NOR
11 Petrig, Ramona SUI
12 Mattingley, Hailee USA
13 Thurnes, Sarah AUT
DNS Whitehead, Laura AUS
DNS Augustinova, Diana CZE
DNS Sternat, Johanna AUT

ROOKIE BOYS
1 Bösiger, Jonas SUI
2 Gron, Petter NOR
3 Krals, Jan SLO
4 Coultas, Rowan GBR
5 Bürki, Simon SUI
6 Dusan, Kriz CZE
7 Pohjonen, Thomas FIN
8 Schärer, Michael SUI
9 Escobar, Andre CHI
10 Røisland, Mons NOR
11 Eilertsen, Haakon NOR
12 Stecher, Menduri SUI
13 Kleivdal, Stian NOR
14 Savolainen, Niko FIN
15 Hagen, Ole Christian NOR
16 Inamura, Keita JPN
17 Lindmoser, Alois AUT
18 Inamura, Tatsuki JPN
19 Bosch, Anthon SWE
20 Kundratitz, Philip AUT
21 Bratberg, Sigurd NOR
22 Bakken, Marius NOR
23 Schumy, Marc AUT
24 Benno, Plank ITA
25 Reitsamer, Simon AUT
26 Sundfor, Fredrik NOR
27 Menth, Ralph SUI
28 Buchacher, Christian AUT
29 Maffei, Alberto ITA
30 Mihaylov, Georgi BUL
31 Kral Kros, Max SLO
32 Lerånd, Kristoffer NOR
33 Johannessen, Simen Nicolay NOR
34 Hermann, Yannick SUI
35 Hörtnagel, Roland AUT
DNS Raymer, Max USA

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mail: rookie@worldsnowboardfederation.org phone: 0039.340.3285569

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Breckenridge, CO (April 6, 2013) — Twenty five of the best snowboarders from around the globe converged at Breckenridge Ski Resort today for the Supergirl Snow Pro in conjunction with Community Cup —the only all-women’s WST-sanctioned 5-Star event in the world.  The contest came to a thrilling close with Sarka Pancochova (Czech Republic) taking home both the title and the famous Supergirl cape.  Seven of the world’s top ten ranked pros competed in the event, which was developed to showcase the best of women’s snowboarding on a course completely designed by the riders.

Pancochova won the contest in her second run with an outstanding performance on both the jumps and rails, pulling tricks like a half-Cab 50-50 backside 360 off the barrel and a switch 540 for a score of 92.  Christy Prior, who landed a frontside rodeo 720, came in second with a score of 90.  X Games Champion, Silje Norendal, finished third with an 87.75.

“I did the best run of my life today. It was a great season-ending competition and it was so fun to be out here with these girls on a course we designed and voted on,” said Pancochova. “The conditions today were perfect: the weather, the course, the vibe. All of that contributed to what I was able to do today, and I can’t wait to compete in the Supergirl Snow Pro next year.”

The event supported eco-awareness and sustainability efforts through organizations like the Non-Toxic Revolution, Keep-A-Breast, Protect Our Winters, Plastic Pollution Coalition, 5Gyres and One Life.

This is the first event of the 2013 Supergirl Jam Series, the action sports industry’s only large-scale all-female competition and lifestyle series.  Developed as a celebration of female empowerment, the Supergirl Jam Series features more than 150 top female pros competing in snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing as well as ‘girl-power’ activities at events held throughout

the year.“

“The world’s best female snowboarders put on an absolutely amazing display today,” said Rick Bratman, CEO of ASA Entertainment , the event’s management company.  “We could not be more pleased with the event and we are very proud to have supported these talented ladies alongside our partners Warner Bros. Consumer Products, Paul Mitchell, Warner Bros. Television's Suburgatory, Kicker Audio, GoPro, Community Cup and Breckenridge Ski Resort.”

The Supergirl Snow Pro in conjunction with the Community Cup will be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in the fall.  Stay tuned to www.SupergirlJam.com, www.Community-Cup.com and www.asaentertainment.com for show times and dates.

Supergirl Snow Pro Finals Results
Breckenridge, Co — April 6, 2013

Name                                      Score

1. Sarka Pancochova          92
2. Christy Prior                     90
3. Silje Norendal                 87.75
4. Enni Rukajarvi                85.25
5. Kjersti Buaas                    77
6. Stefi Luxton                      75
7. Rebecca Torr                    68.75
8. Phoebe Novello               66.75
9. Serena Shaw                    50.25
10. Brooke Voigt                    43.5

Ischgl, Austria – April 3rd, 2013 – Today, the best rookies from all over the world are landing in Ischgl, Austria for the 2013 Völkl World Rookie Finals, where the annual World Rookie Champion titles will be awarded. It is a great honour and opportunity to join this legendary event. All past Rookie Champions are now world-class athletes competing at World Snowboard Tour 6Star events such as X Games Tignes.

The Black Yeti visited the 2013 X Games in Tignes with his brand new Jeep Wrangler and talked to some of the “past Rookie Fest riders” about the development of their professional carrier in snowboarding. Some of the riders, who competed in past editions of the World Rookie Fest, are now among the 10 top of the World Snowboard Tour Ranking and are firmly established riders at high-class events.

“If not for the World Rookie Fest I don’t think I would be here” said Gjermund Bråten, former World Rookie Champion of 2006, at the X Games in Tignes. “Go to the Rookie Fest, do good, and if you end in the top 3 then you gonna be a star!” concluded Gjermund.

Watch the short documentary “From the Rookie Fest to the X Games” here.

These are some of past years’ World Rookie Champions and winner of the World Rookie Tour events competing at the 2013 Euro X Games:
Peetu Piiroinen (World Rookie Champion 2004)
Christian Haller (World Rookie Champion 2006)
Ulrik Badertscher(winner at the World Rookie Fest i

n Livigno 2006)
Gjermund Bråten (World Rookie Champion 2008)
Yuki Kadono (2nd place World Rookie Finals 2012)
Ståle Sandbech (grom winner at the World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2009)
Seppe Smits (many partecipation at World Rookie Tour events)
Roope Tonteri (2 times World Rookie Champion in 2010 and 2011)
Sarka Pancochova (winner at the World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2008)

In the upcoming days the 2013 edition of the Völkl World Rookie Finals will take place in Ischgl, Austria, and the next World Rookie Champions will be awarded. Stay tuned to discover the future stars of snowboarding!

For info and media request:
rookie@worldsnowboardfederation.org or +39.331.9027656

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Pictures courtesy from X-Games and World Rookie Tour

The 2013 World Rookie Tour is organized by the World Snowboard Federation in collaboration with its member National Snowboard Association and it is made possible by Völkl Snowboards, Blue-Tomato and Protest Boardwear, energized by REDBULL. You can follow the Trentino Rookie Fest on our international media partners Onboard European Snowboard magazine, Cooler and MPora.

The Flaunt It Finals, with 5 time X Games gold medalist Jamie Anderson arrive at Sierra-at-Tahoe, CA this upcoming weekend. The final stop is a 4 star World Snowboard Tour event with a $10,000 cash purse, where winners from the previous five (5) Flaunt It events are flying in to compete with a total of 50 competitors from all over North America.  The finals are open to all riders, no need to pre-qualify.  Spaces are limited, so sign up to secure your spot in advance: www.billabongflauntit.com/registration.

Evolution Physical therapy is the first, sole Physical Therapy provider for the Billabong Flaunt It Finals.  All registered riders in need of Physio care during Flaunt It will be able to take advantage of the services provided including: injury evaluation and assessment, athletic taping including KT Tape, massage, joint mobilization including spinal manipulation, modalities as needed, and injury prevention techniques.

Lakeland Village Resort is offering a group rate for competitors to book accommodation for the event.  The resort is lakeside, in a prime location in South Lake Tahoe just a short drive from the mountain.  For more information on how to book please visit

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OFFICIAL SCHEDULE:

Practice Day: April 5th, 2013

12:00-3:00 PM – Registration
12:00-4:00 PM – Practice

Flaunt It FINALS: April 6th, 2013

8:00-9:00 AM – Registration
10:00 AM - Riders Meeting
9:00-10:30 AM – Practice
10:30-12:30 PM – Slopestyle Jam
12:30-1:30 PM – Lunch
1:45-2:45 PM – Rail Jam
3:00 PM – Awards

Weather Day: April 7^th, 2013

FINALS CASH BREAKDOWN:

Slopestyle

1st: $5000.00
2nd: $2000.00
3rd: $1000.00
4th: $300.00
5th: $150.00

Rail Jam

1st: $700.00
2nd: $300.00
3rd: $200.00
4th: $100.00
5th: $50.00
Dakine Best Trick

$200.00 + Dakine Prizing
Nixon Style Award

Nixon RPM Headphones + Nixon TPS Speakers
VonZipper Ragdoll Award

VZ Goggles & Shades

Billabong Flaunt It Finals is proudly supported by VonZipper, Dakine, Nixon, Snowboard Canada Women’s Annual, Snowboarder Magazine, Luna Bar and Chipotle Mexican Grill.

For all tour information, including registration, visit www.billabongflauntit.com or visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/billabongflauntit.

Indialantic, FL (March 20, 2013) – ASA Entertainment, a leading producer of action sports event and television programming in the U.S., announced today that the Supergirl Jam Series is combining forces with the Community Cup to form the only televised all-girls World Snowboard Tour sanctioned event in the US, at Breckenridge Ski Resort. Admission to the event, which will take place on April 6, 2013, is free to the public.

The event will serve as a showcase for the best of womenʼs snowboarding in a contest completely designed by the riders. While 2013 marks the first Supergirl Snow Pro and Community Cup partnership at Breck, the event marks the seventh year of the Supergirl Jam Series womenʼs snowboarding competition.

“The past several years has seen huge progression in female snowboarding and we wanted to provide a platform for these dynamic women to reach an even broader audience,” said Rick Bratman, CEO of ASA Entertainment, the eventʼs management company. “The fact that there were no major all-girls WST events in the US was a real injustice, and we felt that it was important to take this bold step in support of womenʼs snowboarding. We are so pleased to partner with Breck, the Community Cup, Warner Bros Consumer Products and the worldʼs top pros to create this historic event.”

”I am really excited about this event,” said Chanelle Sladics, pro snowboarder and founder of the Community Cup. “It makes a lot of sense to join forces with Supergirl, as we are both passionate about supporting women in sport and inspiring future athletes. Bringing a rider- designed course combined with eco-awareness, music and sustainability efforts is a great addition to the existing series. It is going to be huge for the sport to showcase womenʼs snowboarding with this much TV coverage and insight into the riders.”

In addition to the best female snowboarders on the planet, the event will feature music, yoga workshops and other female-inspired activities. The event supports eco-awareness and sustainability efforts through organizations like the Non-Toxic Revolution, Keep-A- Breast, Protect Our Winters, Plastic Pollution Coalition, 5Gyres and One Life.

Twenty-five of the top snowboarders in the world will compete in the event, including stars Spencer OʼBrien, Torah Bright, Kjersti Buaas, Sarka Pancochova, Silje Norendal, Sina Candrian, Christy Prior, Shelly Gotlieb, Celia Miller, Cilka Sadar, Helene Olafsen, Silvia Mittermuller, Aimee Fuller, Rebecca Torr, Ste

fi Luxton, Jordie Karlinski, Jenny Jones, Ty Walker, Isabelle Lalive and many more.Page 2 of 3

“Womenʼs snowboarding is progressing at high speed, with a lot of potential to grow. With the right course we can take it to the next level with style, tricks, and variety. It will be powerful for us women to have the TV follow the stories behind our riding, and reach a new audience,” said professional snowboarder Kjersti Buaas.

“This is going to be so cool to compete at an event that inspires the public to learn about ways to join the pro snowboarders in supporting the environment. I am also stoked to have a course built to specifically showcase the progressive tricks of women rather than adapting to a menʼs course,” said professional snowboarder Sarka Pancochova.

“The best female shredders will be there competing head-to-head as well as creating eco awareness and raising money for non-profits like Keep-a-Breast/Non-Toxic Revolution and more. This event is a wonderful platform for shredding, spreading awareness, and fun,” said pro snowboarder Torah Bright.

This is the first event of the 2013 Supergirl Jam Series, the action sports industryʼs only large-scale all-female competition and lifestyle series. Developed as a celebration of female empowerment, the Supergirl Jam Series features more than 150 top female pros competing in snowboarding, skateboarding and surfing as well as ʻgirl-powerʼ activities at events held throughout the year.

“Weʼre thrilled to be bringing the renowned symbol of female empowerment, the Supergirl S-Shield, to the slopes for the first time ever,” said Karen McTier, executive vice president, domestic sales and worldwide marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “The Supergirl Snow Pro will bring together some of the best female athletes in the world as they vie for the top spot by showing off their snowboarding super powers.”

The event coincides with a live concert by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones as part of Breckʼs Spring Fever Festival and will have an eco village with green workshops as part of its commitment to eco-awareness and sustainability.

The Supergirl Snow Pro in conjunction with the Community Cup will be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Net (FSN) in the fall. Stay tuned to www.SupergirlJam.com, www.Community-Cup.com and www.asaentertainment.com for show times and dates.

Riders from all over the World flocked to Andorra this weekend for the ninth Edition of the Grandvalira Total Fight. This year the Total Fight upgraded to 5 stars on the World Snowboard Tour making it one of the season’s most globally anticipated slopestyle events.

This year’s slopestyle started off with a rail zone which consisted of a choice between a 6 metre rail or a rail king, followed by a down box with a 5 metre gap or a wallride, followed by the line of three kickers. All the riders had to show their best skills on the varying spring conditions to win the final prize.

American domination in the qualifiers:

During the qualifying sessions, the Americans Seth Hill and Eric Willett came out on top.

The qualifiers were divided into two groups of 29 riders who each had two rounds, with the best round counting. Each group was distilled to 12 creating a total of 24 riders for the Grandvalira Total Fight 2013 finals.

A Canadian Victory

The weather was temperamental for today’s finals; a mixture of snow, rain, wind and sun accompanied the riders throughout the day. The 24 finalists were pitched against each other in pairs, with only two rounds to prove their skills and knock out their rivals. The pairing, which depended on the previous day’s scores, went as such: Janne Korpi against Seth Hill, Tor Lundstrom against Brage Richenberg, Jon Versteeg against Eric Willett, Jeremy Thompson against Charles Reid, Marco Grigis against Aleksi Partanen, Simon Gruber against Ville Uotila, Tyler Nicholson against Spencer Link, Ian Thorley against Eric Beauchemin, Peter Horak against Mans Hedberg, Robby Balharry against Nuuti Niemela, Kevin Backstrom against Simen Neraker and Kevin Kok against Markku Koski. The 12 riders who made it to the final were: Seth Hill, Brage Richenberg, Eric Willett, Charles Reid, Aleksi Partanen, Ville Uotila, Tyler Nicholson, Eric Beauchemin, Mans Hedberg, Nuuti Niemela, Kevin Backstrom y Kevin Kok.

Thanks to mother nature’s shaky mood today, the weather got wilder and wilder making the visibilty close to zero, meaning that, despite the shapers hard work, the slopestyle was getting slower and the finalists couldn’t make it to the jumps. Just as it looked like the weather was getting her way and ending the Total Fight prematurely, the sun came out and the competition continued. Unfortunately, the tardiness meant that the judging system had to be changed and the 12 finalists only had two rounds to win the competition.

This year’s hands down Grandvalira Total Fight 2013 winner was the Canadian Charles Reid, who won with a spectacular round which started off with a G

ap Front 270 Front Board followed by a Gap Front Boad to Fakie, Cab Double Cork Mute 900 and sweetly polished off with a Back Rodeo 5 Melon.

The American Willett came close to the Canadian with a round that started off with a Front 270 Front Board followed by a Front Board, Front Mute and finished by a Back Rodeo 5 Melon

Swedish star Kevin Backstrom came third with an epic round: a Gap Front Lip followed by a Backside 50-50 Front 180 Off, Cab 900 Melon and finished by a Back 720 Mute.

22-year-old Charles Reid, a resident of Mont-Tremblant (Quebec, Canada) said:

“It feels pretty good to get up on the podium and win first prize, even more so when it’s a TTR event like this. I didn’t expect to win the competition but I had a lot of confidence in my tricks. The circuit was incredible, you could get a lot of speed, it was really good. I’ll be back next year for sure!”

The first fifteen winners shared 40.000 € of cash between them. The first three won 15.000 €, 10.000 € and 5.000 € respectively.

NAME                           COUNTRY                 SPONSOR                 HIGHEST SCORE

1 – Charles Reid                      CAN                    Oakley                                84.67
2 – Eric Willett                         USA                    Vans                                   82.33
3 – Kevin Backstrom              SWE                    Nike                                    73.33
4 – Eric Beauchemin              USA                     DC                                       69.00
5 – Tyler Nicholson                CAN                    Lib Tech                            65.00
6 – Nuuti Niemela                  FIN                      Smith                                 58.67
7 – Aleksi Partanen                FIN                      Koli                                    55.00
8 – Ville Uotila                       FIN                      Dye                                     52.33
9 – Kevin Kok                           ITA                      Burn                                   46.00
10 – Seth Hill                           USA                     Sims                                   39.67
11 – Brage Richenberg           NOR                    Sabotage                           31.67
12 – Mans Hedberg                SWE                     DC                                      28.33