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KAZUHIRO KOKUBO AND KELLY CLARK WIN 6STAR BURTON US OPEN HALFPIPE FINALS

Sunday, 13 March 2011

KAZUHIRO KOKUBO AND KELLY CLARK WIN 6STAR BURTON US OPEN HALFPIPE FINALS,
PEETU PIIROINEN AND JAMIE ANDERSON CROWNED TTR WORLD TOUR CHAMPS


Stratton, VT, USA – March 12th, 2011:The 6Star Burton US Open was the last major stop of the 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour season and also played host to the TTR World Tour Champion awards ceremony at Stratton Mountain in Vermont, USA.  Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN) and Kelly Clark (USA) won the halfpipe finals and were each awarded a large share in the $200,000 USD event prize purse.  Peetu Piiroinen and Jamie Anderson were each presented with a TTR World Tour Champion trophy and a cool $50,000 USD.  The TTR Top 10 men and TTR Top 5 women were also set in stone at the Burton US Open and each of these riders will receive automatic invites to all TTR events in the 2011/12 season.    

Kelly Clark Finishes a Perfect TTR Season at the US Open
Kelly Clark has won every single TTR halfpipe competition she entered this season and did not disappoint here at the Burton US Open.  Kelly was going huge in the pipe, as always, and set a new bar in women's snowboarding with a run that consisted of a frontside 900, backside 540, frontside 1080 and finished off with a Cab 720.  With her win today, Kelly banked 1000 Swatch TTR World Ranking points, which allowed her to finish in the TTR World No. 2 position.  Kelly was stoked on her win saying, "Today was an amazing day, I did not expect it to be this good after a week of poor weather and limited practice, but I was able to come out and put down the runs that I wanted to do and walk away with another US Open win."  She continued to comment on the final TTR rankings for the season saying, "I'm so happy Jamie had such an incredible season. I'm so stoked for her being World Champ. Getting on the podium, I'm happy with that." Coming in second place in the halfpipe was Hannah Teter (USA) and Gretchen Bleiler (USA) took third.

Kazu Kokubo Wins Second Consecutive US Open Halfpipe Title
The men dropped into the 22-foot halfpipe in the afternoon and Kazu Kokubo put on an amazing display of style to take his second consecutive US Open halfpipe title.  Kazu put down a winning run that was made up of a frontside alley-oop, frontside 900, Michaelchuck, frontside double cork 1080 and finished his run with a Cab 1080.  Not only did Kazu stomp his tricks, but his fluid style and amplitude were definitely factors in his win.  Kazu was super excited about his victory saying, "I'm just so happy, that's it.  Today's weather was bad, but everybody was pushing.  Everybody rode good."  Iouri Podladtchikov came in second place, which earned him enough TTR Ranking points to finish the season in TTR World No. 2.  Japanese rider, Kohei Kudo, also had a good day landing himself in third place on the halfpipe podium.

The TTR Top 10 men and women were all finalized for the 2010/11 season here at the Burton US Open and the entire $200,000 TTR prize purse was distributed to the Top 5 men and Top 3 women.  All men who finished in the TTR Top 10 and all women who finished in the TTR Top 5 will all receive automatic invites to all events in the 2011/2012 season.  The Top 5 men and Top 3 women that received their payouts from the TTR prize purse are all listed below.

Men:
World No. 1 - Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) - $50,000 - 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion
World No. 2 - Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI) - $25,000
World No. 3 - Seppe Smits (BEL) - $15,000
World No. 4 - Mark McMorris (CAN) - $11,000
World No. 5 - Sebastien Toutant (CAN) - $9,000

Women:
World No. 1 - Jamie Anderson (USA) - $50,000 - 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion
World No. 2 - Kelly Clark (USA) - $25,000
World No. 3 - Kjersti Ostgaard-Buaas - $15,000

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Top 10 TTR Men’s World Snowboard Tour Rankings 10/11 as of 12.03.2011
Rank
Name
Nation
Results
Points
1
Piiroinen, Peetu
FIN
7
936.98
2
Podladtchikov, Iouri
SUI
7
864.19
3
Smits, Seppe
BEL
7
861.17
4
McMorris, Mark
CAN
7
856.17
5
Toutant, Sebastien
CAN
7
831.54
6
Haller, Christian
SUI
7
800.95
7
Malin, Markus
FIN
7
746.77
8
Willett, Eric
USA
7
745.88
9
Guldemond, Chas
USA
7
735.21
10
Korpi, Janne
FIN
7
724.06

Top 10 TTR Women’s World Snowboard Tour Rankings 10/11 as of 12.03.2011
Rank
Name
Nation
Results
Points
1
Anderson, Jamie
USA
7
924.64
2
Clark, Kelly
USA
7
881.43
3
Buaas, Kjersti Ostgaard
NOR
7
838.22
4
Sadar, Cilka
SLO
7
799.28
5
Candrian, Sina
SUI
7
777.02
6
Rukajärvi, Enni
FIN
7
759.49
7
Haller, Ursina
SUI
7
742.7
8
Norendal, Silje
NOR
7
713.86
9
Mittermueller, Silvia
GER
7
699.11
10
Sladics, Chanelle
USA
7
688.54