TTR Burton European Open 2012 - Check the Course with the Juniors

Launching into its 13th edition, the TTR Burton European Open will take place in LAAX from Feb. 25th -- March 3rd, 2012. 400 riders from all over the world will battle for BGOS & TTR World Ranking Points trying to get a share of the US$ 125.000 prize-purse in Halfpipe & Slopestyle competitions. Riders registration until January, 14th on opensnowboarding.com.

The spaceshuttle MMXII has landed up at the 2012 TTR Burton European Open presented by MINI in Laax! After a great kick-off with the Junior Slopestyle on Saturday, the riding level went even higher in the Junior Halfpipe competition on Sunday. Young riders from 14 countries - the youngest one aged 5 years - showed an amazing riding level. 13 year old Burton rider Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) and 14 year old Stian Kleivdal (NOR) claimed their first big international titles in the Slopestyle, while...

After an interesting start, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour heads to Laax, Switzerland for the 12th Burton European Open 6Star snowboarding event. With young guns Seppe Smits and Sebastien Toutant upping the ante it's sure to be a great competition. So sit back and watch as we get you up-to-date with the story so far...

The 5Star Burton Canadian Open halfpipe finals went down under the lights tonight in Calgary, Alberta at the Winsport Canada Olympic Park. Japanese rider, Kohei Kudo, and American, Kelly Clark, took home the wins and were rewarded with a large share of the $50,000 USD prize purse and 850 Swatch TTR World Ranking points. Christian Haller (SUI) took third place tonight, which boosted him into the Swatch TTR Tour lead and Slovenian rider, Cilka Sadar, is now sitting in World No. 1 for the wome...

LAAX/SUI (March 1, 2012) – Another bluebird day, spring temperatures and an epic Slopestyle course laid the groundwork for one of the Burton European Open’s most memorable slopestyle competitions earlier today. Jamie Anderson (USA) successfully defended her title and won the BEO Slopestyle for the second year in a row, while Aleksander Ostreng (NOR) won his first international title today. Both winners took home $15,000 and a world-class title to add to their snowboarding resumes.   Jamie’s...

Oldest snowboard competition in Europe. 5Star event on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. Mythic slopestyle including a full Superpipe. The Place to Be featuring DJ, concerts and live arts from Après-ski to the middle of the night.

TTR caught up with Chas Guldemond to talk about his experience in the competitive snowboard scene, the motivation behind winning contests and the TTR tour itself. Chas has been competing for a number of years with some major wins under his belt. Some of these podiums include the Arctic Challenge, the Burton US Open, Nissan X-Trail and many more!