The 5Star Burton Canadian Open in Calgary, Alberta came
to a close with the slopestyle finals at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park this
Sunday. It was the young gun who took the titles and put on an amazing show
despite the difficult foggy conditions. 19-year old Enni Rukajarvi from Finland
took her fourth TTR title this season an awarded with 850 TTR ranking points.
Lisa Wiik (NOR) was the TTR star of weekend with her second place finish in
slopestyle combined with her fifth place finish in Saturday’s halfpipe finals
pushing her ahead of Sarka Pancochova (CZE) taking the Swatch TTR Tour lead.
Rukajarvi is on a Roll in 2010
The women’s final on the slopestyle course saw Rukajarvi
repeat her incredible success from the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam in Saalbach and
the 6star Burton European Open only a few weeks back. Her winning run consisted
of a Cab-on to boardslide, gap 50/50, frontside 360, 50/50 on the downrail,
50/50 to indy along the wallride, a smooth frontside 360 tailgrab, backside 540
indy and a Cab 720 mute. With this result she has now moved into Swatch TTR
World No.4 and is enthusiastic about her result “Im happy about the TTR Top 5 and my next competitions will be the US
Open and the Roxy Chicken Jam in US”
The Chase for the 2009/2010 Women’s TTR
Title is Hot
Lisa Wiik, who in 2008/2009 finished her season in TTR
World No 2, was able to pull out some solid results at the Canadian Open to put
her into the TTR top spot. Claiming two strong 5Star results, she displayed her
experience to cope with tough conditions and strong competition both in the
halfpipe and on the slopestyle course. However, her lead over Pancochova
is only by a few points and with with Sina Candrian (SUI) only a few points
behind after her 3rd place finish in slopestyle, there is going to be some
heavy competition when the TTR Tour comes back online following the Olympics.
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