The Swatch TTR 6Star Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships 2010 went down last week in Laax, Switzerland. 08/09 TTR World Snowboard Champion Peetu Piiroinen won the slopestyle with style and consistent runs, closely followed by Norwegians Mikkel Bang and Gjermund Braaten. Scandianavian podium dominance could only be stopped by Switzerland’s Iouri Podladtchikov. Check out the photos in the slideshow above and keep your eyes glued to www.ttrworldtour.com to find out what happens next at the 5Star Canadian Open, the last big TTR Event before the Olympic Winter Games 2010 in Vancouver go down.

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HOT SNOWBOARDING ACTION FROM 6STAR BURTON EUROPEAN OPEN

Posted by Vi-YO-la On January - 21 - 2009

Some sick riding at the Swatch TTR 6 Star BEO by our snowboard heroes! Left us all in awe!

SHRED IT LIKE GRANDPA

Posted by Skippy the Australian one legged hoping cripple On January - 19 - 2009

Snowboarding is a young sport…so what is going to happen when we all get old?

Will we lose our style and start skiing?

Are we destined to drink in the lodge and talk about the old days when we used to shred and good times were had?

Mmm I doubt it. Not a damn chance!

Still the question begs, what will become of us?

Dick Schulze is the one to look too!

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Roxy’s Lisa Wiik @ the BEO

Posted by Lisa Wiik On January - 19 - 2008

Alexis and Lisa

Lisa & Alexis

Time for Burton European Open again! Its always fun to come back to Laax where I had my first ever big contest in 2000. Wow, its already 8 years ago!

I was surprised when I saw all the snow on the trees on my way up to Laax. Last year it was just green fields all over the place…. Hope this season will be whiter then last year ?

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