{"id":31822,"date":"2012-08-17T10:40:34","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T17:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=31822"},"modified":"2012-08-17T10:41:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T17:41:13","slug":"burton-high-five-slopestyle-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=31822","title":{"rendered":"Burton High Five Slopestyle Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFinland\u2019s Enni Rukajarvi\u2019s flying through the apperati in the women’s final.<\/em><\/p>\n

The New Zealand Open<\/span> Burton High Fives<\/a><\/strong> “invitational” contest in Wanaka, New Zealand wrapped up the Slopestyle finals today with Mikkel Bang<\/strong> and Enni Rukajarvi<\/strong> taking the top spots.<\/p>\n

Burton <\/a><\/strong>rider Mikkel Bang (NOR) was the clear standout throughout the men\u2019s competition as he took the lead right off the bat with his first run score of 91.00 \u2013 only to top it on his second run with 95.40 points. Mikkel\u2019s winning run started out with a switch backside 1, front 270, back 5, switch back 12, front 10 double, and a backside rodeo 5 stale over the final hip jump. Head Judge, Mel Simmons, commented, \u201cMikkel\u2019s run had everything, it was tech, it had the spins, and it was totally stomped. It was the complete package\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For the rest of the official word from Burton, follow the jump.Burton \u2018High Fives\u2019 Day Three \u2013 Slopestyle Finals
\nWANAKA, New Zealand (August 17, 2012) The first annual Burton \u2018High Fives\u2019 snowboarding competition, presented by MINI, continued today at Snow Park NZ in Wanaka with the exciting Slopestyle Finals. Taking first place and walking away $USD $10,000 richer each, were Burton riders Mikkel Bang (NOR) and Enni Rukajarvi (FIN).<\/p>\n

60 of the top snowboarders in the world have experienced a snowboarding event like no other in New Zealand this week as the Burton High Fives combined traditional snowboarding events with unique off-snow team challenges. The first two days of the event saw the riders taking part in a variety of Kiwi-influenced challenges including skeet shooting, knife throwing and jet boat racing, just to name a few. The athletes also took to the driving track for the MINI Countryman Winter Driving Challenge where the fastest teams got the advantage of selecting the order for half pipe and slope style. With the first two days of off-snow team challenges now completed, the action today shifted back toSnow Park NZ and the world-class slope style course.<\/p>\n

Under sunny skies, the women were first up in the slope style finals. The Burton High Fives\u2019 jam format allowed each rider to get four runs, which lead to an exciting competition for the women. Burton\u2019s Enni Rukajarvi\u2019s (FIN) impressive third run scored her an 83.80 with an indy air, board slide, frontside 3 indy, back 5, cab 5, and stale. Local New Zealand rider Christy Prior felt right at home nailing second place in her final run with 78.20. Her solid run consisted of an ollie, backside lip slide, front 3 tail tap, front rodeo 7, back 3, and backside air. Ty Walker (USA) came in third in her final run with 77.00. She locked in the final podium spot with a run that included a 50\/50, lip slide, front 3 tail tap, frontside 3, back 7, and a method.<\/p>\n

Burton rider Mikkel Bang (NOR) was the clear standout throughout the men\u2019s competition as he took the lead right off the bat with his first run score of 91.00 \u2013 only to top it on his second run with 95.40 points. Mikkel\u2019s winning run started out with a switch backside 1, front 270, back 5, switch back 12, front 10 double, and a backside rodeo 5 stale over the final hip jump. Head Judge, Mel Simmons, commented, \u201cMikkel\u2019s run had everything, it was tech, it had the spins, and it was totally stomped. It was the complete package\u201d.<\/p>\n

For the rest of the men\u2019s field it was a matter of catch up, and it all came down to their final runs as top riders leap-frogged each other for the remaining podium spots. Sebastien Toutant (CAN) busted into second place with 94.00 points, courtesy of a back 3, front blunt same ways 270, front 3 tail, back 10 double, front 10 double, and double back rodeo to finish. Taking third place with 92.00 points was Stale Sandbech (NOR), his run started with a 50\/50 front 1 close out, hard ways 270, cab 5,front 10, back 14, and alley oop.<\/p>\n

Prize money today totaled US $35,000, with the same amount on the table again for tomorrow\u2019s half pipe finals. While competing for individual results in slope style, riders were also representing 12 teams selected earlier in the week for the off-snow challenges. Points from those challenges will be combined with points from today\u2019s slope style and tomorrow\u2019s half pipe rankings, and the top team will walk away with an additional US $10,000 to split between them. The total prize purse of US $80,000 is the largest to date in New Zealand snow sports history.<\/p>\n

The Burton High Fives will wrap up tomorrow with the half pipe finals so be sure to check the live webcast on www.opensnowboarding.com starting at 10:15am New Zealand standard time. At the conclusion of the Halfpipe prize giving, the High Fives Sunset Sessions will take place at the Woolshed at Snow Park NZ from 3-6pm, featuring Dudstown Soundsystem. The entertainment continues with the High Fives Closing Party later in the evening at Opium Bar in Wanaka, also featuring Dudstown Soundsystem.<\/p>\n

The 2012 Burton High Fives is the first event in the Burton Global Event Series and is a 5star event on the TTR World Tour. A special thanks to High Five partners MINI, Nokia, Red Bull, Snow Park NZ, Jagermeister, Juice TV, Skinny Mobile, The Edge, Stoke Lager, and Mighty Campervans.<\/p>\n

Men’s Finals
\n1. Mikkel Bang
\n2. Sebastien Toutant
\n3. Stale Sandbech<\/p>\n

Women’s Slope
\n1. Enni Rukajarvi
\n2. Christy Prior
\n3. Ty Walker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Finland\u2019s Enni Rukajarvi\u2019s flying through the apperati in the women’s final. The New Zealand Open Burton High Fives “invitational” contest in Wanaka, New Zealand wrapped up the Slopestyle finals today with Mikkel Bang and Enni Rukajarvi taking the top spots. Burton rider Mikkel Bang (NOR) was the clear standout throughout the men\u2019s competition as he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31822"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31822"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31824,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31822\/revisions\/31824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}