Peetu Piiroinen Takes Top TTR Rank

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• February 03 2009
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Colin Frei showing his first place Air & Style.

Flying Fin Peetu Piiroinen catapaulted into first place in the TTR standings with a second place finish behind Colin Frei at the 6Star Billabong Air & Style saw the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria.

Here are the details from TTR:

Innsbruck, Austria – January 31st, 2009: The 6Star Billabong Air & Style saw the Bergisel Stadium in Innsbruck, Austria, jam-packed with screaming fans as Colin Frei (SUI) flew sky high and launched himself to victory. Peetu Piiroinen’s (FIN) consistent amplitude placed him in second place which shot him into Swatch TTR World No.1, overtaking Chas Guldemond (USA). Throughout the night riders attacked the 12.2m Quarterpipe and put their bodies on the line for the chance to earn 1000 ranking points and €75 000 EUR. The Air & Style 09 saw the Swatch TTR Title race heat up and the aftershocks are still reverberating through Innsbruck.

Colin Frei was beyond stoked after his unexpected win: “Before the last run I just thought – just shoot it all the way! And I did it. I still cannot believe that I won this contest. Crazy!”

The fierce competition, electric atmosphere and vocal crowd combined together to psych the riders to the limit.  Frei stomped a massive Mctwist Indy, rising to just over 6.5m, earning him the prestigious ‘Ring Of Glory”. Peetu grabbed second with consistent  BS 5s and also took out the ‘Nokia Highest Air’, rising to 8.8m.  After his efforts he is now amped to be in Swatch TTR World No.1 “I have never been World No 1 so it feels really good. It was my goal. But with more 6Star events coming up it may change.”  Olivier Gittler (FRA) rounded out the top 3 with a massive Mctwist that saw him step into Swatch TTR World No 15.