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23/03/2011
MATHIEU CREPEL WINS THE 4Star PONEY SESSION IN THE PYRENNEES


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The 9th edition of the 4Star Poney Session took place with perfect spring conditions at the St Lary snow park in the French Pyrénnées on the 19th to the 22nd of March 2011. The winner, a Pyrénnées local and well established French rider, Mathieu Crepel, took home a big share of the $20 000 USD prize purse, as well as, 500 Swatch TTR Tour ranking points. Mathieu has many merits in his name, one of the most significant of these, the first ever TTR Tour Champion Title, which he claimed in 2005/06. On the podium at the Poney Session slopestyle competition was also Sweden’s Isak Bjornstrom with a second place, and in third was French Jean Jaques (JJ) Roux.


Mathieu Crepel Shows The Crowds Some of His New Tricks
The format of the event was a fun jam session and the final saw ten riders take two runs, with hundreds of people cheering on in the sunny and slushy spring-time conditions. Mathieu Crepel took the victory in the freshly upgraded 4Star Poney Session. It was a treat for the spectators to see him competing in his home region, since he has taken a step back from the competitive snowboarding circuit, focusing on riding powder in the recent years. He was stoked after the event saying,  “It was awesome as usual. I had a perfect day with my good friends and the park was amazing! I rode every line of the slope, I tried new tricks and I landed a Cab Double Under, in the Perfect Jump. I'm stoked to finally get the Pony Title! This event really is worth it's 4 TTR stars and I'll be there for sure for the 10th anniversary next year! "  Mathieu’s winning run included a half cab boardslide 270 out on the pole jam, a switch back 900 on the big air, a sweet frontside 1080. 
Out of the many Swedish riders competing, it was Isak Björnström who grabbed the second place leaving JJ Roux (FRA) in third. This season has been a good one for Isak, as he has been competing at other European 4Star events, and getting up on the podium at each and every one of them. He took a first place at the 4Star Sony Ericsson Snowboard Fest in Slovakia and a second place at the 4Star Engadinsnow in Switzerland. With his second place at the Pony Session he moved up considerably in the Swatch TTR Tour Ranking. Even though the TTR Tour Champions have been crowned, there are several 1-4Star events coming up on the TTR Tour, where riders like Isak still have the opportunity to collect results in order to determine their Season-End Bonus Points, which will be carried over to the 2011/12 season.

More 4Star Events Coming Up This weekend the 4Star Grandvalira Total Fight presented by Coca Cola and Burton will be bringing some more top snowboarding action to the Pyrénnées in Grandvalira, Andorra on the 24th to the 26th March 2011.  The women will be battling it out at the 4Star Battery Catfight in Levi, Finland starting the 24th and ending on the 27th March, with slopestyle, halfpipe and rail jam formats.  On the other side of the Atlantic the 4Star Quiksilver Showdown Over the City will also be taking place this weekend.

Top 10 TTR Men’s World Snowboard Tour Rankings 10/11 as of 12.03.2011 Rank Name Nation Results Points 1 Piiroinen, Peetu FIN 7 936.98 2 Podladtchikov, Iouri SUI 7 864.19 3 Smits, Seppe BEL 7 861.17 4 McMorris, Mark CAN 7 856.17 5 Toutant, Sebastien CAN 7 831.54 6 Haller, Christian SUI 7 800.95 7 Malin, Markus FIN 7 746.77 8 Willett, Eric USA 7 745.88 9 Guldemond, Chas USA 7 735.21 10 Korpi, Janne FIN 7 724.06

Press Office: TTR World Snowboard Tour
Foto: Clement Chouleur, Fred Egli
ADK Team: ADK MC




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