O’Neill Evolution slopestyle qualifiers
As the riders took to the slopestyle for the two qualification heats today there was more air-time than ever witnessed before at this event.
Leading the slopestyle attack was the Norwegian rider, Sondre Tiller who impressed all with Cab 9 followed by a Backside 10 over the two kickers and scoring 93.00 points.
“It’s a pretty cool course,” said Sondre – the 18 year old Norwegian currently sitting at number 148 on the Swatch TTR World Tour. “The second kicker was my favourite feature mainly just because you can go bigger on it.”
Shaper Bjarni Thor Valdimarsson from the Mellow Crew is proud of there work on the course.
“It’s a course built for a better rider,” said Bjarni. “It’s a steep course and it’s hard to judge the speed. You need a good feeling for it. But the way the guys were riding today it should make for a good final.”
From the two qualifying heats it was the Norwegians and Finns who dominated the show with five Finns and four Norwegians going through to the finals.
Among them is 20 year old Joachim Krogstie, who eased his way into the course over the three days of practice to finally feel confident for a successful run.
“It took three days to ride it in and get the speed right” he said. “People were just going for it from the beginning and really injuring themselves. I took it easy when I started off. I don’t want to get injured. It’s a long season and it’s just the beginning.”
Catch the live webcast of the halfpipe finals at the O'Neill Evolution from 10.30am January 8, 2010.
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