Check some more end-of-season Finnish funboarding in this video recap of the haps at Antti Autti’s annual Anttisworld CUP.

Along with the video we received this brief communique from Antti, who is currently in Bali… the rat.

The event took place in Ounasvaara, Finland during April 2013. Finnish top riders were competing in banked slalom and pipe masters contest. It was good times and great parties with Lapland style for the whole weekend.

Winners:
Banked Slalom: Miikka Hast, Saana Pehkonen
Pipe Masters: Joel Lahti, Jeppe Rontti, Tero Poikajärvi, Enni Rukajärvi
Best Junior: Pyry Orava

In times of 1440s and triple corks, the good old 540 is … hang on, this is almost exactly what Burton say about this video! Here you go:

In the world of 1260s and triple corks, 540s are easily overlooked these days. While a slow, stylish frontside 540 isn’t as technically hard as spinning your face off, it is much harder to make look good. Here are a bunch of 540s from Mikkel Bang, Mikey Rencz, Jussi Oksanen, John Jackson, Danny Davis, Mark Sollors, Kimmy Fasani, Marko Grilc, and Enni Rukajarvi that you won’t be forgetting any time soon.

Don’t even ask us what a Wombat Mob is, just be content in the knowledge that it’s the name of a pretty sick free movie featuring some Finnish up-and-comers. The quality of these guys’ shredding made us swear. 

The PG13 version of our utterance is “Holy pooper-scoopers, these freaking Finnish rookies are damned good!” The X rated, real version included several F-bombs. Sick flick, Wombat Mob peeps…

Snowboarding by Saku Tiilikainen, Miika Lappalainen, Juuso Turkka, Tommi Rokolampi, Antti Komulainen, Henri Laakkonen, Niko Liias, Enni Rukajärvi, Valtteri Paunonen and Markus Haka.

Movie by Eemeli Hepola and Tomi Turunen.

Yet another Finnish rail flick, this time featuring former TTR world champion Enni Rukajärvi and friends. Full Wombat Mob movie to drop in late October.

RIDERS: Saku Tiilikainen, Miika Lappalainen, Juuso Turkka, Tommi Rokolampi, Antti Komulainen, Henri Laakkonen, Niko Liias, Enni Rukajärvi, Valtteri Paunonen and Markus Haka.

MOVIE by Eemeli Hepola and Tomi Turunen

This latest of Antti Autti’s Relate to It web edits is full of ok-ish park cruising, but man, listen to that Finnish hip-hop tune! This is a killer track, and more people should be exposed to this type of music!

Mikkel getting plenty of Bang for his buck.

The first annual Burton ‘High Fives’ snowboarding competition, presented by MINI, continued today at Snow Park NZ in Wanaka with the exciting Slopestyle Finals. Taking first place and walking away $USD 10,000 richer each, were Burton riders Mikkel Bang (NOR) and Enni Rukajarvi (FIN).

60 of the top snowboarders in the world have experienced a snowboarding event like no other in New Zealand this week as the Burton High Fives combined traditional snowboarding eventswith unique off-snow team challenges. The first two days of the event saw the riders taking part in a variety of Kiwi-influenced challenges including skeet shooting, knife throwing and jet boat racing, just to name a few. The athletes also took to the driving track for the MINI Countryman Winter Driving Challenge where the fastest teams got the advantage of selecting the order for halfpipe and slopestyle. With the first two days of off-snow team challenges now completed, the action today shifted back toSnow Park NZ and the world-class slopestyle course.

Enni gap tackling with a tail grab.

Under sunny skies, the women were first up in the slopestyle finals. The Burton High Fives’ jam format allowed each rider to get four runs, which lead to an exciting competition for the women. Burton’s Enni Rukajarvi’s (FIN) impressive third run scored her an 83.80 with an indy air, boardslide, frontside 3 indy, back 5, cab 5, and stale. Local New Zealand rider Christy Prior felt right at home nailing second place in her final run with 78.20. Her solid run consisted of an ollie, backside lipslide, front 3 tailtap, front rodeo 7, back 3, and backside air. Ty Walker (USA) came in third in her final run with 77.00. She locked in the final podium spot with a run that included a 50/50, lipslide, front 3 tailtap, frontside 3, back 7, and a method.

Burton rider Mikkel Bang (NOR) was the clear standout throughout the men’s competition as he took the lead right off the bat with his first run score of 91.00 – only to top it on his second run with 95.40 points. Mikkel’s winning run started out with a switch backside 1, front 270, back 5, switch back 12, front 10 double, and a backside rodeo 5 stale over the final hip jump. Head Judge, Mel Simmons, commented, “Mikkel’s run had everything, it was tech, it had the spins, and it was totally stomped. It was the complete package”.

Ståle begins the defence of his crown

For the rest of the men’s field it was a matter of catch up, and it all came down to their final runs as top riders leap-frogged each other for the remaining podium spots. Sebastien Toutant (CAN) busted into second place with 94.00 points, courtesy of a back 3, frontblunt sameways 270, front 3 tail, back 10 double, front 10 double, and double back rodeo to finish. Taking third place with 92.00 points was Stale Sandbech (NOR), his run started with a 50/50 front 1 close out, hardways 270, cab 5,front 10, back 14, and alley oop.

Prize money today totalled US $35,000, with the same amount on the table again for tomorrow’s halfpipe finals. While competing for individual results in slopestyle, riders were also representing 12 teams selected earlier in the week for the off-snow challenges. Points from those challenges will be combined with points from today’s slopestyle and tomorrow’s halfpipe rankings, and the top team will walk away with an additional US $10,000 to split between them. The total prize purse of US $80,000 is the largest to date in New Zealand snow sports history.

Second place for Seb Toutant

The Burton High Fives will wrap up tomorrow with the halfpipe finals so be sure to check the live webcast on www.opensnowboarding.com starting at 10:15am New Zealand standard time. At the conclusion of the Halfpipe prize giving, the High Fives Sunset Sessions will take place at the Woolshed at Snow Park NZ from 3-6pm, featuring Dudstown Soundsystem. The entertainment continues with the High Fives Closing Party later in the evening at Opium Bar in Wanaka, also featuring Dudstown Soundsystem.

The riding is impressive, and so is the lineup in this latest “P.S….” episode: Enni Rukajärvi, Erin Comstock, Kjersti Buaas, Jamie Anderson, Alexa McCarty, Madison Blackley, Laura Rogoski, Megan Ginter, Hana Beaman, Sina Candrian, Leanne Pelosi, Elena Hight, Kelly Underwood, Nirvana Ortanez, Megan Ginter, Spencer O’Brien, Isabel Derungs

Enni Rukajärvi, Seppe Smits, Ellery Hollingsworth and Taku Hiraoka pulled out the most creative tricks at the Burton US Open and each took home US $5,000! Watch their hits…

The MINI Creative Use of Space Award entered its final round at the 30th Burton US Open that took place in Stratton, Vermont, last weekend. For the fourth time during the 2011/12 Burton Global Open Series (BGOS), the world’s best snowboarders not only competed for a podium place in the event’s two major competitions: slopestyle and halfpipe, but also for the MINI CUoS Slopestyle and Halfpipe Awards.

SLOPESTYLE

In the women’s slopestyle finals, Enni Rukajärvi from Finland threw a cab 540 mute on the MINI CUoS Slopestyle Feature which resembled a driveway with a garage and a MINI parked out front, which bagged her the MINI CUoS Slopestyle Award and US$5,000. On the men’s side, the award went to Seppe Smits from Belgium for an innovative cab 9 shifty on the MINI Feature. In the halfpipe finals, US$5,000 were given to US rider Ellery Hollingsworth for her outstanding alley-oop Michalchuck and Japan’s Taku Hiraoka for his perfect backside 5 japan.

For the last time in the 2011/12 season, the awarded riders did not only earn prize money, but also collected 25 points towards the final ranking of the BGOS and the MINI Countryman. At the US Open it was time for the final decision: Which female and male riders had collected the most points? In the end, US girl Jamie Anderson and Ryo Aono from Japan were listed on top of the overall BGOS ranking which earned them both a MINI Countryman.

HALFPIPE

Besides the riders, the park designers could also compete for an award. Every park crew at the four BGOS events was given US$5,000 to build a totally unique MINI Feature that was then entered into a competition against the other MINI CUoS Slopestyle Features. At the last stop, the US Open, the most creative MINI Feature was finally picked: The judges unanimously chose the crew from Laax, Switzerland as the winners; they took home an additional US$5,000 as well as the MINI Creative Use of Space Slopestyle Feature Award.

All videos provided by the inimitable TTR.

HALFPIPE

1st Place Men: Shaun White

2nd Place Men: Louie Vito

3rd Place Men: Benji Farrow

1st Place Women: Elena Hight

2nd Place Women: Kelly Clark

3rd Place Women: Ellery Hollingsworth

SLOPESTYLE

1st Place Men: Sebastien Toutant

2nd Place Men: Ulrik Badertscher

3rd Place Men: Seppe Smits

1st Place Women: Jamie Anderson

2nd Place Women: Kjersti Buaas

3rd Place Women: Enni Rukajärvi

Men’s winner: Aleksander Ostreng

Men’s second – Roope Tonteri

Men’s third – Peetu Piiroinen

Women’s winner – Jamie Anderson

Women’s second – Enni Rukajärvi

Women’s third – Isabel Derungs