Eric Willet going for Euro X Games gold. Photo: Chris Wellhausen
Contest Cleanup: Slopestyle
Enni Rukajarvi? Mark McMorris? Ulrik Badertscher? Until this season, you probably never heard any of these names. Neither did we. The 2009/2010 contest season was swirling with new riders and heavy competition though. High school groms took out seasoned pros. Doublecorks dropped left and right. Each stop had a new standout or a new name atop the podium. This past season saw an even more youthful changing of guard.
To keep track of it all, here’s a tally of slopestyle and big air champs from some of the biggest events of the year. Keep you eyes out for them this upcoming season and be certain that there are more on the way…
Arctic Challenge
1. Peetu Piirroinen
2. Torstein Horgmo
3. Mikkel Bang
Billabong Air and Style
1. Marko Grilc
2. Peetu Piiroinen
3. Andreas Wiig
Burton Open Series
Global Open Series Overall Champs: Enni Rukajarvi and Peetu Piiroinen
New Zealand
1. Sebastien Toutant
2. Torstein Horgmo
3. Eric Willet
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Janna Meyen-Weatherby
3. Shelly Gotlieb
Europe
1. Peetu Piiroinen
2. Mikkel Bang
3. Gjermund Braaten
1. Enni Rukajarvi
2. Sina Candrian
3. Sarka Pancochova
Canada
1. Brett Esser
2. Jon Versteeg
3. Robby Balharry
1. Enni Rukajarvi
2. Lisa Wiik
3. Sina Candrian
U.S.
1. Mikkel Bang
2. Ulrik Badertscher
3. Sebastien Toutant
1. Sina Candrian
2. Shelly Gotlieb
3. Jamie Anderson
Dew Tour
Overall Cup: Jamie Anderson and Sage Kotsenburg
Dew Tour, Breckenridge
1. Tyler Flanagan
2. Sage Kotsenburg
3. Eric Willet
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Sarka Pancochova
3. Jenny Jones
Dew Tour, Mount Snow
1. Torstein Horgmo
2. Shaun White
3. Andreas Wiig
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Spencer O’Brien
3. Chanelle Sladics
Dew Tour, Snowbasin
1. Chas Guldemond
2. Tyler Flanagan
3. Sage Kotsenburg
1. Spencer O’Brien
2. Jenny Jones
3. Megan Ginter
Oneill Evolution
1. Marko Grilc
2. Ville Paumola
3. Peetu Piiroinen
Ride Shakedown, Mount Saint Sauveur
1. Mark McMorris
2. Sebastien Toutant
3. Eric Willet
1. Megan Ginter
2. Lynn Neil
3. Alex Duckworth
Roxy Chicken Jam, Mammoth
1. Jamie Anderson
2. Janna Meyen-Weatherby
3. Jenny Jones
Roxy Chicken Jam, Austria
1. Enni Rukajarvi
2. Cheryl Maas
3. Kjersti Buaas
X Games Europe
1. Eric Willet
2. Sage Kotsenburg
3. Marko Grilc
1. Jenny Jones
2. Kjersti Buaas
3. Sina Candrian
X Games U.S.
1. Eero Ettala
2. Eric Willett
3. Chas Guldemond
1. Jenny Jones
2. Jamie Anderson
3. Janna Meyen-Weatherby
TAGS: air and style, Arctic Challenge, Burton Open Series, European X Games, Ride Shakedown, Roxy Chicken Jam, Winter Dew Tour, x games
