The 6Star US Open has been the final stop on the TTR Tour for 4 years now for the men and it’s never been this exciting.2006 – Tour Champion Mathieu Crepel (FRA): It all came down to Risto and Mathieu battling it out in the HP final in Stratton – Mathieu finished 5th and Risto 6th in the pipe after both messed up in the slopestyle. The Frenchman had only 5 points more and won the first ever Tour title!2007 – Tour Champion  Shaun White (USA): After Travis won the snowy slopestyle and Shaun only managed to come 3rd it came down to the pipe! Shaun won, while Travis got injured breaking his collarbone bailing on the last hit after a sick run and Mr. White became the first ever American TTR Champ. Antti Autti finished just outside the podium in both formats and held on to World Nr. 2 while Kevin Pearce finished in World Nr. 4 and earned his entry ticket to ride in 07/08 TTR events!2008 -  Tour Champion Kevin Pearce (USA): After an incredible season winning 2 Air&Style rings of glory, the BEO HP, TAC – it was one simple gust of wind that almost cost Pearce the title against Shaun. Even though Shaun won both USO formats, Pearce could hold it together and came 3rd in the pipe. Due to 1 result missing on Shaun’s list of results he couldn’t capitalize and the title went to Kevin. Peetu Piiroinen also had his first appearance on the international TTR contest scene and consistent TOP5 finishes and several podiums at the big quarterpipe events paid out and let him jump to World Nr. 2 in the end.Now in 2009 it’s between Shaun and Peetu Piiroinen from Finland for the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Title and it all comes down to the final standings in both halfpipe and slopestyle on Saturday and Sunday. What can happen and who can go where in the rankings – find out all about this nailbiting season finish-up here.

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Besides one lonely Canadian, the battle in the TTR TOP 10, evolves purely around Finland and the US boys (read a nice article about this topic here). And none of the top pipe shreds are below 21 years of age. But will experience prevail or can the youngguns like Stale Sandbech (NOR, 16) that came through the qualies or Oz’s supertalent Scotty James (AUS, 14) challenge the “old” dogs?More importantly: tomorrow’s Superpipe showdown sets up the final scenario for the battle between Shaun vs. Peetu for the TTR trophy on Sunday!If Shaun wins pipe and slope again he can make 100% sure he wins the Swatch TTR Tour! For Peetu with slightly better season results it looks a little better. He could finish 4th in one format, win the other and still win the title.  But it doesn’t only come down to the individual performance on those 2 days – other strong pipe riders like the FRENDS crew or the Fins could influence the outcome significantly.And then there is also the unexpected weather factor that almost broke Kevin’s neck last season by blowing him from finishing anywhere near the podium at last year’s slopestyle after a flawless season! So your only chance to follow the drama unfold will be to watch the live webcast!Check GO211 on Saturday and Sunday 8.45AM EST (check full live webcast schedule here)Keep checking this space for further updates and predictions after the pipe finals tomorrow!For more information on the startlists visit www.opensnowboarding.com