Featured riders: Luke Haddock, Yale Cousino, Riley Nickerson, John Murphy, Hans Mindnich, Jeremy Cloutier, Phil Tardif, Nick Poohachoff, Zack Wilmot, Ralph Kucharek, Shaun Murphy, Nils Mindnich, Nic Marcoux, Kim Rune Hansen, Keenan Cawley, Matts Kulli, Ian Boll, Sawyer Deen, Charles Reid, Alan Parenteau, Zander Blackmon, Nial Romanek, Jeff Deforge, Tyler Lynch & more

Filmed throughout: Quebec, Denver, Boulder, Tahoe, Vermont, Mt Hood, Superpark 16, Massachusetts, Connecticut, California & more

The first ever World Snowboarding Championships has come to a close and the inaugural winners crowned. If you weren’t glued to the idiot box watching the live stream, watch how it went down. If you were, relive all the action from the top 3 runs in each discipline.

Despite some lacklustre riding in the early rounds and the premature exit of some big names, the latter stages of the World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo’s Vinterpark certainly kicked up a gear. Although the riding level in the slopestyle was clearly affected by the bulletproof conditions, Chas Guldemond and Spencer O’Brien both stomped heavy runs to take the win on their last runs, while the pipe – described by more than one person as the ‘best halfpipe ever’ – was hands down insane. Kelly Clark was pushed hard by young Spaniard Queralt Castellet but her monster front 10 sealed the deal, while Iouri Podladtchikov‘s heavy doubled up tech edged out the ridiculous height Matt Ladley was sending his rotations. The quarterpipe was great to see after a hiatus of a couple of years, and Olivier Gittler took the overall title, with Kim-Rune Hansen winning best trick and some old guy called Terje bagging the highest air.

Enjoy all the video highlights of the runs that mattered.

QUARTERPIPE FINALS

HALFPIPE MEN

1 – Iouri Podladtchikov

2 – Matt Ladley

3 – Louie Vito

HALFPIPE WOMEN

1 – Kelly Clark

2 – Queralt Castellet

3 – Gretchen Bleiler

SLOPESTYLE MEN

1 – Chas Guldemond

2 – Seb Toutant

3 – Seppe Smits

SLOPESTYLE WOMEN

1 – Spencer O’Brien

2 – Jamie Anderson

3 – Enni Rukajärvi

Hella good riding from Canadian summer camp

Real good snowboarding, real good filming, real tight Euro crew, real neat hand dragger from DBK… just watch and enjoy. For real.

Featuring – Mark Sollors, Marc Swoboda, Seb Toots, Zak Hale, Annie, Boulanger, Natasza Zurek, Spencer O’Brien, Stephan Maurer, Iouri Podladtchikov, David Bertschinger Karg, Sani Alibabic, Charles Reid, Chris Sorman, Ludwig Lejkner, Andrew Burns, Derek Dennison, Kim Rune Hansen, Ben Bilocq, Zach Aller, Jake Kuzyk

Song: True LOve By Spiral Stairs

Filmed By: Leo Hoorn, EG and Cole Taylor

www.campofchampions.com

Where: Grandvalira, Andorra

So the men’s TTR title race is over and the girls are concentrating on the Roxy Chicken Jam (kicking off tomorrow). But since we love the shred for the shred’s sake there is a lot more going on for us snowboard connoisseurs. For example the Grandvalira Total Fight Masters of Freestyle 2010 this weekend. Apart from having the longest event name ever this Andorran gem is also a TTR 4Star contest and features some dope European riders. TTR you say? Don’t they always come up with those neat press releases? Quite right you are – here you go!

Ville Uotila doing it the Andorran way

One of the last 4Star events on the Swatch TTR Tour the Grandvalira Total Fight Masters of Freestyle 2010 is about to take over the Grandvalira resort in Andorra from the 25th to the 28th of March. In true southern spirit it is an event with a relaxed and chilled atmosphere, where the sun is always out, the tunes are always pumping and people smiling. It has as usual gathered a top riders list full of snowboarders hungry for some of the TTR ranking points to set themselves up for next season, as well as, a piece of the prize purse of 25 000 Euro. The Grandvalira Total Fight will convert Andorra into the Mecca of freestyle during four days and include nocturnal events, audiovisual treats, music and entertainment.

Seppe Smits' Total Fight

European Top Riders Are In for Some Sun and Fun In Andorra
This year there are many familiar faces from the TTR Top 50 on the riders list set to appear at the El Tarter snowpark and they are all looking to improve on their TTR ranking, which will leave them with a higher end-of-season bonus point to carry over to the 2010/2011 TTR season. For example last years winner and current Swatch TTR World No. 17 Ville Uotila (FIN) is making his way back to defend his title, but he will have to battle it out against World No.18 Kevin Backström (SWE) and TTR newcomer Matti Kinnunen (FIN) who currently sits in World No. 38. Other riders he will have to watch out for are Jaakko Ruha (FIN), Victor De La Rue (FRA), Kim Rune Hansen (NOR) and Ulrik Badertscher (NOR) who recently took 2nd place at the 6Star Burton US Open Slopestyle. On site will of course be a solid line up of local Spanish riders such a Mati Radelli, Dani Sastre and Miguel Moreno who are all prepared to put on their best show.

Another Eco Friendly On The Swatch TTR Tour
This year the Grandvalira Total Fight is an Eco Friendly Event, which means that its a competition that transmits a message to all the riders and spectators to protect and respect the mountain, so that this can be a great competition with a minor impact on the environment. For more information, news and pictures from Grandvalira check

www.ttrworldtour.com