STYLEWARS: AUSTRALIA’S PREMIERE SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR EVENT
Stylewars Artworks 2010
09/10 Stylewars: Another young talent, Sage Kotsenburg
© A.Roberts (photo A.Roberts)
09/10 Stylewars: Seb Toots performing his BS10Double Cork
© A.Roberts (photo A.Roberts)
Date: 24.07.2010
Updated: 6.08.2010 05:19
With a month to go before the 8th year of Stylewars, anticipation is growing to see what’s in store for 2010. At present, five of the current top 10 world-ranked snowboarders are confirmed to compete for the $15,000 in cash prizes, as well as valuable 4-star world tour points.
Known as the endurance marathon of the TTR World Snowboard Tour, Stylewars has a history of showcasing the best in world-class snowboarding every day of the event. Combined with huge nightly parties, Stylewars turns the small town of Falls Creek temporarily upside down with a line up of some of Australia’s top music acts to keep the party going each night.
This three-day and four-night festival, an integral part of the prestigious Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour, will kick off on Sunday the 22nd of August with the opening night party featuring Aussie rockers CALLING ALL CARS, fresh off their tour with AC/DC. Joining them will be Brisbane punk group DZ. Monday will see the opening day of competition in the notoriously immaculately-built world class snowboard park backed up by one of Australia’s best electro acts, BAG RAIDERS. Tuesday will see day two in the park, and the nightlife will feature SPACE INVADAS, KATALYST and DJ DANIELSAN. The final day of competition is sure to be action-packed, with a full day in the park backed up by the under-lights rail event '28 Stairs', featuring three-time DMC Champion DJ PERPLEX playing till late.
Leading the confirmed line up of international riders is Gjermund Braaten, a young Norwegian who is the current World Number 1. Back again this year is Sebastien Toutant from Canada (currently placed 3rd in the world), who made history last year at Stylewars with the first Backside Double Corked 1260 ever landed in major competition. 16-year old Sebastian won the overall Stylewars 2009 title and left Australia last year in first place on the TTR Tour, only to get injured not long afterwards in Europe which shattered his chances of being the youngest snowboarder to hold the Number 1 position for that year. This year he will be battling with Mark McMorris, also from Canada, who is currently sitting in 2nd spot on the Tour.
Also confirmed is another fellow Canadian, Charles Reid. Reid is currently 9th in the world, and returns to Stylewars after winning the title in 2008. Both Charles and Sebastian are leaders in street rail competitions and Stylewars boasts a night event called '28 Stairs', which is Australia’s most reputable rail event. 28 Stairs in 2009 saw these two riders go head-to-head in duel that resulted in a tied win. The judges had never witnessed such a close competition where each trick was more insane than the one before it, and neither athlete faltered over the two hours of non-stop competition. Charles was not too happy about sharing this title and we can expect him to come out firing in a month’s time.
2010 Air and Style winner, Slovenian Marco Grilc will return for his third attempt at winning the night-life party title, and 2010 European X-Games Slopestyle Gold Medallist Eric Willett will be back to have another shot. Young Swedes Kevin Backstrom and Tor Lundstrom are both confirmed after both proving their park worthiness with Tor taking out a slopestyle title in Hemsedal, Norway, and Kevin sitting in 6th on the World Tour.
American riders, Jeremy Thompson, who was the standout at the 2010 Superpark event and Ian Thorley, who placed 3rd in the Dew Tour Slopestyle, have also just been confirmed. Local riders including Ryan Tiene who features in the new Standard Films release The Storming, Robbie Walker, Clint Allan, Jye Kearney and a line up of only Australia’s best will also be there, hoping to steal some of the glory from the invading internationals.
Stylewars 2010 promises to be the biggest snowboarding event in Australia for spectators as well as the athletes, in both on-hill action and out-of-control nightlife. So get to Falls Creek from the 22nd to the 25th of August and check out the latest information and accommodation packages on www.stylewars.com.au
CONFIRMED ATHLETES
[List will increase closer to the event date]
Gjermund Braaten, Norway, Current Swatch TTR Tour leader
Mark McMorris, Canada, Swatch TTR World No. 2
Sebastien Toutant, Canada, Swatch TTR World No. 3
Eric Willett, USA, Swatch TTR World No. 5
Kevin Backstrom, Sweden, Swatch TTR World No. 6
Matts Kulisek, Canada, Swatch TTR World No. 8
Charles Reid, Canada, Swatch TTR World No. 9
Ryan Tiene, Australia
Robbie Walker, Australia
Chris Kroll, Austria
Michael Stanschitz, Austria
Herby Thaler, Austria
Jye Kearney, Australia
Clint Allan, Australia
Chris De Campo, Australia
Tor Lundstrom, Sweden
Jacob Koia, New Zealand
Andy Lloyd, Australia
Jeremy Thompson, USA
Ian Thorley, USA
Marco Grilc, Slovenia
Dane Tiene, Australia
Andrew Roth, Australia
Tim Laidlaw, Australia
Jack Carlin, Australia
Iver Lynne Australia
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