Burton European Open 2003 in Livigno, Italy

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Burton European open 2003
in Livigno, Italy - Thursday, January 23, 2003

¤ Halfpipe¤ ¤ Slopestyle ¤ ¤ Shootout ¤

What a great day. The sun came out just in time for the Finals and the riding level was definitely at the NEXT LEVEL. The riders’ startlist read like the ‘who is who’ in snowboarding.

German Vinzenz Lüps was the rider of the day, riding well constantly ruling the complete session. His run included FS Inverted 7 Nosegrab followed by a Haakon Flip, huge Standard Airs and a phat McTwist. Vinzenz stated: “I was sick in bed until yesterday and wasn’t even sure if I could do the competition. This is probably the coolest competition I have ever been to and now I won the Halfpipe as well as the T.T.R. ticket – a dream came true for me.”

"I was sick in bed until yesterday and wasn’t even sure if I could do the competition."

Terje Haakonsen/NOR ended up 2nd. He went super big at the hip at the drop-in of the pipe, his trick variation was amazing and he never displayed the same run. The crowd went off when he stomped super nice Japan McTwists and as a tribute to Craig Kelly, he showed several Kelly Airs. Terje stated the following: “It was a tricky pipe to ride; looked like a lot of the riders had problems getting used to it. Still early in the season, but it turned out to be a good session.”

Slopestyle Pre-Qualification was also held today, Qualification and Finals will follow tomorrow.

These are the riders who qualified for Friday’s Qualification and join the 24 invited riders:

Martin Cernik, CZE, Quiksilver
Steve Gruber, AUT, Salomon
Thomas Beckna Eberharter, AUT, Nitro
Paavo Tikkanen, FIN, Endavur
Filippo Kratter, ITA, Nitro
Iikka Backström, FIN, Gnu
Darin Short, USA, Burton
Anssi Manninen, FIN, Elan
Ronnie Andersson, SWE, Burton
Simon Brass, UK
Jacob Soderqvist, SWE, Allian
Miikka Hast, FIN
Anton Holland, FRA, A-Boards
Reto Kestenholz, SUI, Santa Cruz
Renato Spaeni, SUI
Tadej Valentan, SLO, Atomic
Joel Strecker, SUI, Duotone
Eirik Haugo, NOR, Santa Cruz
Marius Otterstad, SWE
Jukka Eratuli, FIN, Head
Hans Kristian Bergheim, NOR, Burton
Morten Wigeland, NOR, Jeenyus
Nelson Pratt, UK
Laurent Gougain, FRA, Head
Sami Tuoriniemi, FIN, Smith
Michel Vaug

Head to: ¤Slopestyle¤ ¤Shootout¤

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