Mason Aguirre © - jakemcbride.com

A world class crew of men and women pipe slayers have made their way to Park City Mountain Resort for the World Superpipe Championships taking place this weekend. Utah has been going off this season with over 500” inches of snow making conditions super fun all over the mountain. Mother nature took a break from puking snow on the Wastach Mountains and greeted the riders with sunny skies today. And needless to say, the Park City Mountain Resort crew had a prime 22-foot pipe in perfect condition for the competition this weekend.

Things kicked off today with an all-day training session in the massive, perfectly shaped pipe. On the men’s side, Mason Aguirre, Janne Korpi, Luke and Jack Mitrani were all throwing down some big airs all day. Luke was sessioning the last hit in the pipe pulling crazy switch double backflips that had the crowd going. It will be interesting to see if Luke can get that trick dialed during competition tomorrow. Shaun White also rolled up to the pipe for a couple of runs and, as always, was putting some smooth runs together. Aussie rider, Mitch Allan, was also putting up some nice airs and dialed spins.

Mitch Allan © - jakemcbride.com

For the women, Kelly Clark and Torah Bright were boosting some lofty airs. And, Ellery Hollingsworth pulled some smooth maneuvers out of the bag as well. It was a pretty mellow day of practice and everyone was having a fun session under the sun.

Kelly Clark / Torah Bright © - jakemcbride.com

The Swatch TTR World Tour is coming down to the wire with the World Superpipe Champs being the second to last FIVE(5)STAR event of the season and only one SIX(6)STAR left for the men and two for the ladies. Competition for a piece of the $250,000 prize purse is getting crazy.

With Kevin Pearce not making it to the competition this weekend, it opens up some opportunity for other riders like Risto Matilla, Peetu Piiroinen and Andy Finch to make some moves for the Men’s TTR World Champion Title. For the ladies, Kelly and Torah will definitely be battling it out here in Park City and over the next couple of weeks at the US Open and Roxy Chicken Jam. It will be interesting to see how the end of the TTR World Tour will pan out.

Keep clicking on http://www.ttrworldtour.com for more updates from the World Superpipe Championships including video clips from today’s training session and tomorrow’s finals.

Updated Rider List:

Men:
Markku Koski
Louie Vito
Peetu Piiroinen
Keir Dillon
Mitch Allen
Mason Aguirre
Gary Zebrowski
Markus Malin
Jack Mitrani
Janne Korpi
Luke Mitrani
Toni-Markus Turunen
Andy Finch
J.J. Thomas
Justin Lamoureux
Shaun White

Women:
Meg Pugh
Sophie Rodriguez
Soko Yamaoka
Kelly Clark
Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard
Leslie Glenn
Ellery Hollingsworth
Lisa Wiik
Torah Bright