Innsbruck, Austria –Sani Alibabic(AUT) and Andreas ‘Mone’ Monsberger(AUT) took control of the weekends Austrian National Snowboard Freestyle Championships as they swept the field clean, stealing the show and securing the Slopestlye(Alibabic) and Halfpipe(Monsberger) titles.
Alibabic’s win in Saturday’s Slopestyle drove his tour ratings forward banking him 550 key points and although fellow Austrian Hubert Fill matched Alibabic’s degree of difficulty in tricks, slight errors in execution forced him to be content with second place leaving the remaining podium spot to Switzerland’s Robby Furger. In the rookie’s Belgian youngster Yannick Sleecks took Slopestyle honours in front of his Nation’s colleague Anthony Smiths. Third in the Austrian Master’s Rookie was the Tyrolean Michael Öfner who saved local podium representation for the Tirolean based event.
Sunday’s excellently prepared Halfpipe event pushed the level of competition to unprecedented heights delivering incredible performances by the finalists with Andreas ‘Mone’ Monsberger knocking his rivals back and taking the 2006 National Halfpipe title with an impressive run consisting of huge airs in listed concession: cab 720 indy air, frontside 720 mute air, switch backside air, switch indy air, alley-oop 540 air and finishing with backside 540 air. Not quite the same level but deservedly second was Tobias Aalderink(AUT) with Mario Käppeli(SUI) following through in third place.
The rookies pipe session exposed an outstanding rider named Jan Scherrer. At 11yrs-old this Swiss super talent displayed ultra progressive riding humbling his senior peers and slating him as one of the biggest new generation hopefuls to appear on tour this season. His weekends performance clearly won him the rookies title and placed him 4th in the overalls. He may have only been one spot off podium, but Scherrer was light years ahead of the pack if age and years riding would have scored in the results. Watch out for Jan in the future! Second placed rookie was the German-American Ethan Morgan. Third Florian Krummenacher from Switzerland.
Results TTR 3(three) Star Event - Austrian Masters 06
Slopestyle Mens Open
Rank Name Nation Sponsor
1. Alibabic Sani AUT Analog, Arnette, Burton, Gravis, X-Double
2. Fill Hubert AUT Ride, Smith
3. Furger Roberto SUI Scott, Mammut, Northwave, Drake, Level
4. Weickl Max AUT Elan, Bonfire, 32, Dragon, SP, Osiris, Boardshop.at
5. Falkeis Stefan GER Santa Cruz, Hotzone, tv, SP
6. Haselwanter Chris AUT Billabong, Von Zipper, Santa Cruz, Airpatrol
7. Beer Wolle AUT Palmer, Nivit, Demon
8. Schaschl Joshi AUT Atomic, ACG, Electric, 32
9. Bernert Manuel AUT Rossignol, DC
Halfpipe Mens Open
Rank Name Nation Sponsor
1. Monsberger Andreas AUT K2, Planet Earth, SP, Vans, Smith, Hotzone
2. Aalderink Tobias AUT Zembla, Dragon, Veneu
3. Käppeli Mario SUI O´Neill, SantaCruz, Level, Drake, Northwave, Smith
4. Scherrer Jan SUI O´Neill, Santa Cruz, Vans, Smith, Snowlife
5. Beer Wolle AUT Palmer, Nivit, Demon
6. Furger Roberto SUI Scott, Mammut, Northwave, Drake, Level
7. Gruber Steve AUT Ästhetiker, SP, Adidas
8. Kolar Gerfried AUT Apo, Westbeach, Vans, Oakley, Level, Ästhetiker
9. Heppu Pentti FIN SP, 32, Etnies, VZ
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NEW TOP 10 RESULTS!!!!!
Men’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Ranking as of: 21st March 2006
Name Nationality Sponsor **Points TTRWorld Ranking
1. Crepel, Mathieu FRA Rossignol, Quiksilver 858.91 1st
2. Mattila, Risto FIN Flow, Billabong 853.31 2nd
3. Autti, Antti FIN Flow, Billabong 790.69 3rd
4. Mueller, Nicolas SUI Burton 776.57 4th
5. Finch, Andy USA Palmer, Rip Curl 761.60 5th
6. White, Shaun USA Burton, Oakley, Volcom 712.50 6th
7. Korpi, Janne FIN K2 709.88 7th
8. Horgmo, Torstein NOR Rome 708.83 8th
9. Koski, Markku FIN Qiksilver, Libtech,32 700.59 9th
10. Simmen, Gian SUI Oneill, Santa Cruz 700.51 10th
**Tour Points reflect summary of riders 4 (four) best TTR event results divided by 4.
Riders 4 best season results will count towards end of season TTR Tour Championships Title and TTR World Ranking.
Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour Ranking as of: 21st March 2006
Name Nationality Sponsor **Points TTR World Ranking
1. Zurek, Natasza CAN Burton 373.84 1st
2. Maas, Cheryl HOL Forum 369.05 2nd
3. Beaman, Hanna USA Rossignol 272.59 3rd
4. Mittermueller, Silvia GER Santa Cruz 272.55 4th
5. Bright, Tora AUS Salomon 268.20 5th
6. Levac, Pricilla USA Ride 259.59 6th
7. Holsworth. Ellery USA Burton, Oakley 258.33 7th
8. Dakides, Tara USA Forum 256.67 8th
9. Fliri, Claudia AUT Voelkl 245.01 9th
10. Ligocka, Paulina POL Burton, Smith 237.60 10th
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