TTR History
On Saturday, we saw the semi finals of the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge on the Wyllerløypa slopestyle course on the scenic outskirts of Oslo, Norway. Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) was in form and qualified in the top spot of his heat leaving Seppe Smits (BEL) 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 (USA) in third.
In the final Sunday, ten qualified snowboarders including Mark McMorris (CAN), Ville Uotila (FIN), Roope Tonteri (FIN) and Sage Kotsenburg (USA) will ride it out for the coveted TAC Title and of course a maximum 1000 Swatch TTR Ranking points. Piiroinen is still in the race to collect enough points at TAC to create an unassailable lead to his competitors on the TTR world ranking list. If he manages to do so he will be crowned at the 6Star Burton US Open in two weeks to become the first snowboarder ever winning two consecutive Swatch TTR Tour Champion Titles.
Peetu who is still recharging his batteries from a busy January and February seemed full of energy today and said, “It was good today. I stomped my three runs and qualified first. I hope that I can be in the top 5 tomorrow so that I win the TTR title. That takes the pressure from the US Open for me.”
Watch the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge live on www.ttrworldtour.com on Sunday starting 13:00 (CET) to watch who will make it to the TTR Top10, whether Tonteri or Willett take the 3rd spot on the TTR World Ranking or if Peetu can secure his unassailable tour lead. In two weeks time at the last 6Star event of the Tour, the Burton US Open, the best five riders of the TTR World Ranking list will receive a piece of the end of season Swatch TTR prize purse of $200,000 USD as well as the guaranteed invites to next season’s 6Star events.
