Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The Burton European Open has been taking place for the past week in Laax Switzerland for the past week. The slope style final rapped up today after a full week of vigorous competing. Laax mountain set up a unique course three rail features three jumps and a small half pipe at the end of the course, the creativity of course lead the the riders coming out with very high scoring runs. Sebastien Toutant a Team Canada rider came out on the podium with third place and a cash prize of $4,000, Toutant finished hit run with a score of 90. Beating Fellow Canadian Team Rider, Mark McMorris placed only 4 points ahead of Toutant with a 94, McMorris walked away from the competition with a cash prize of $6,000. Finally, the favorite to win Torstein Horgmo placed first at the top of the podium with a perfect run of a 100. On the Jump line Horgmo walked away from the competition with a huge cash prize of $10,000 and is now the top ranked slope style snowboarder in the world. Horgmo recently winning first in U.S Xgames Big Air event, makes it no surprise he could bring his jumping skills to the course in Laax.
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