Canadian rider, Mark McMorris, and American, Jamie Anderson, took the
first 5Star Slopestyle titles of the 2011/12 TTR World Tour season at
the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open. The slopestyle finals went down at
Cardrona Alpine Resort with optimal weather conditions making for some
great riding. All riders who competed in slopestyle at the New Zealand
Open have all earned ranking points towards both the TTR Slopestyle Tour
Rankings and the TTR Overall Tour Ranking lists.
The competition was run using a best-of-three-run format with women and men alternating on each run. The women took to the course first and it was an immediate battle
between two-time TTR World Tour Champion, Jamie Anderson, and Norwegian
competition queen, Kjersti Buaas. Jamie held the lead all day and won
with a run that included a switch backside 180 tailtap, a front blunt to
fakie and a half Cab 5-0 to backside 180 on the jib section and a
switch backside 540, frontside 360 and a backside 540 on the jump
line. Kjersti came in a close second and Jordie Karlinski (USA) took
home third place.
The men took the last run of the day and Mark McMorris won the title
with a run that consisted of a full Cab stall, Cab 270 frontboard to
fakie and a half Cab to backside 360 in the jib section and a backside
double cork 1080, frontside 900 and ended with a Cab 1260 on the jump
line. Fellow Canadian, Sebastien Toutant, was right behind Mark in
second place and Norwegian up-and-comer, Stale Sandbech rounded out the
podium in third.
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