THE BILLABONG AIR & STYLE 2012 ALL SET TO MAKE SNOWBOARDING HISTORY
Billabong Air & Style 12 - Innsbruck-Tirol - Feb 4th 2012
Innsbruck - Austria
US$ 100,000 Prize money
The Billabong Air and Style 2012 has again attracted the world's best snowboarders to Innsbruck's Bergisel Stadium. Peetu Piiroinen, Sebastien Toutant, Seppe Smits, Mark McMorris and Werner Stock lead an all star cast striving to make snowboarding history.
For the first time in the event's history the TTR World Snowboard Tour Big Air Champion will be crowned at the event. Eric Willet (USA), Seppe Smits (BEL), Stale Sandbech (NOR) and last year's Air & Style winner Mark McMorris (CAN) are the four riders to battle it out in the Bergisel cauldron.
Other favourites for the event include last year's TTR Champion Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), Seb Toutant (CAN), Seppe Smits (BEL), Sage Kotsenburg (USA) and Roope Tonteri (FIN). Werner Stock will also lead the local charge as he will try to top his 3rd place from 2011. And Billabong's Petja Piiroinen (FIN) will also compete for one of the four qualifying spots in the main competition and the chance to upstage the snowboarding world's elite.
German rapper Sido and Berlin based rock superfreaks Beatsteaks will be rampside, amping both the superstars of the the sport and the 14,000 strong crowd in the knockout rounds and after the grand finale.
If you can't be a part of the electric atmosphere The Billabong Air & Style can be watched LIVE on http://www.air-style.com/en/id-2012-billabong-air-style-innsbruck/live.html.
Starting list Top 16:
1 Peetu Piiroinen (FIN)
2 Sebastien Toutant (CAN)
3 Mark McMorris (AUT)
4 Seppe Smits (BEL)
5 Werner Stock (AUT)
6 Nils Arvidsson (SWE)
7 Ulrik Badertscher (NOR)
8 Stale Sandbech (NOR)
9 Roope Tonteri (FIN)
10 Eric Willett (USA)
11 Sage Kotsenburg (USA)
12 Eero Ettala (FIN)
plus the top 4 from the qualification
Qualification riders:
13 Yuki Kadono (JPN)
14 Ethan Morgan (GER)
15 Dash Kamp (USA)
16 Torgeir Bergrem (NOR)
17 Marko Grilc (SLO)
18 Clemens Schattschneider (AUT)
19 Petja Piiroinen (FIN)
20 Jamie Nicholls (GBR)
21 Peter König (AUT)
22 Tom Klocker (AUT)
23 Christian Haller (SUI)
24 Pat Burgener (SUI)
25 Niklas Mattson (SWE)
26 Aleksander Ostreng (NOR)
Billabong Air & Style 2012 - Event Program
Friday, 03.02.2012
18:00 Burn "Fire & Steel" Rail Contest @ Snow Festival, Maria-Theresien-Straße
20:15 The Heavey Concert @ Snow Festival, Maria-Theresien-Straße
21:00 Air&Style Vorglühen @ Weekender Cafe,Tschamlerstraße 3 (Invitation Only!)
22:00 VonZipper “The Moped Gang Party” @ Weekender Club, Tschamlerstraße 3
Saturday, 04.02.2012
11:00 - 18:00 X-Double Village @ Wiltener Platzl
15:00 Billabong Air&Style Doors Open @ Bergisel Stadium
16:30 Competition starts @ Bergisel Stadium
18:50 Sido & Band Concert @ Bergisel Stadium
20:25 SUPERFINAL @ Bergisel Stadium
21:00 Beatsteakes Concert @ Bergisel Stadium22:00 Billabong Air&Style VIP Party @ Stadtcafe, Universitätsstraße 12
