Oakley Arctic Challenge

7th March 2010

This Friday the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge (TAC) saw 32 of the snowboarding’s best slopestyle riders battling for one of twenty spots in the semi finals that will be held on Saturday.

Oakley Arctic Challenge

After a difficult start into the day with icy conditions and speed problems on the second jump, the decision was made to only take the first jump into account during qualifications. When the skies had cleared around noon, qualifications started off full swing. Torstein Horgmo outshone his competitors with a backside 180 switch 180 into fifty-fifty to cab 360 out on top rail, a backside 540 off the cannon rail, a huge switch backside 900 on the kicker and a backside 720 transfer on the hip. With his killer second run in the qualifications, another famous Norwegian, Mikkel Bang, came into second closely followed by Canadian rookie Mark McMorris who recently tool third in the 5Star Burn River Jump in Livigno.

  1. Torstein Horgmo
  2. Mikkel Bang
  3. Mark McMorris
  4. Seppe Smits
  5. Chas Guldemond
  6. Ulrik Badertscher
  7. Eric Willett
  8. Gjermund Braaten
  9. Peetu Piiroinen
  10. Sam Hulbert
  11. Mads Hoffgaard
  12. Sage Kotsenburg
  13. Roope Tonteri
  14. Ville Outila
  15. Tore Holvik
  16. Brandon Reis
  17. Arthur Longo
  18. Stale Sandbech
  19. Matti Kinnunen
  20. Marco Grilc

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