2008 BURTON AUSTRALIAN OPEN COMES TO A CLOSE

 Horgmo and Anderson Win Slopestyle Titles PERISHER BLUE, AUSTRALIA (September 5, 2008) – Sound the didgeridoos, the 2008 Burton Australian Open has come to a close and Torstein Horgmo (NOR) and Jamie Anderson (USA) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition today at Perisher Blue Resort. After a week of dodgy weather, the sun broke through this morning, illuminating the 400m long slopestyle course that featured a downrail, battleship rail and three massive kickers.  With a field comprised of an Olympic gold medalist, the men’s and women’s New Zealand Open slopestyle winners, two TTR World Champions, six Winter X-Games medalists and some of Australia’s best, the day promised some serious riding and it didn’t disappoint. While the standard was high in both the men’s and the women’s fields, both winners were stand outs with Torstein Horgmo nearly ten points clear of Danny Davis (USA) and Jamie Anderson an impressive 15 points clear of her nearest rival, Raewyn Reid (CAN).  Horgmo’s $7,500 AUD winning run featured a fakie backside tail 270 on the downrail, into a switch 50/50 Cab 180 on the battleship, followed by a backside 720 melon, into a frontside 900 indy, finishing with a ridiculously big switch backside 1260 melon. “I feel really good right now,” said Torstein. “It’s crazy, I thought this course was so much fun, better than last year; you could do bigger tricks and have way more flow through the park. Everybody killed it today so I feel really fortunate to end up on top.” Danny Davis landed 2^nd place with a run that included back-to-back 900’s, riding away with $3,500 AUD. Eric Willet (USA) took home $1,500 AUD for his 3^rd place finish, his winning run featured a switch backside 900 mute and frontside 1080 tailgrab. Women’s slopestyle champion Jamie Anderson continued to be unstoppable in her pursuit for perfection with another podium win. She started her winning run with a tailpress on the downrail, followed by a noseslide-to-fakie on the battleship, sticking a switch backside 360 stalefish on the first kicker, into a Cab 540 mute on the second, finishing with an frontside 540 melon. “I am so stoked to win, it was a really fun day and we had great weather,” said Anderson. “The other girls were sweet; everyone was riding so well, it was an awesome day.” Raewyn Reid had an impressive showing for the ladies with a backside lipslide on the downrail and a 50/50 frontside boardslide on the battleship, taking home 2^nd place and $3,500 AUD. Kara Rennie (CAN) won $1,500 AUD and the third place title by styling it out on the rails with a backside lipslide and 50/50 to boardslide.  With the Burton Australian Open over, it’s on to the Canadian Open, taking place at CODA’s Canada Olympic Park in Calgary from December 1-7, 2008. The Canadian Open is the third stop on the 2008-2009 Burton Global Open Series. Jamie Anderson and Luke Mitrani are currently in the lead for the $100,000 Burton Global Open Series Championship title. The BGOS boasts the most lucrative cumulative prize purse in snowboarding – over $900,000 – with equal prize money to men and women After today’s Swatch TTR 5Star slopestyle event, Jamie Anderson continues to defend her 2007/08 TTR World Tour Champion title, while Chas Guldemond maintains his tour lead. For more information, visit www.ttrworldtour.com.   

RESULTS

1 Torstein Horgmo NOR                 DC                    90.33                $7,5002

Danny Davis               USA                 BURTON          81.50                $3,0003 Eric Willett                 USA                 VANS               79.50                $1,5004 Chas Guldemon            NOR                 DC                    79.00                $7005 Kevin Pearce              USA                 BURTON          78.00                $3506 Mason Aguirre            USA                 BURTON          77.67                $175 1 Jamie Anderson            USA                 BILLABONG     96.17                $7,5002 Raewyn Reid              CAN                 DC                    80.50                $3,5003 Kara Rennie                CAN                 NIKITA              63.83                $1,500 For those that missed the live webcasts on Go211.com, highlights of the winning runs and the complete webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing. In addition, the full webcasts will be replayed in their entirety on www.Go211.com at the following times: For US and European Time ZonesTuesday, September 9               Halfpipe semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY             11:00am EST/8:00amPST/17:00CET Wednesday, September 10Slopestyle semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY          11:00am EST/8:00amPST/17:00CET  For Australian and Japanese Time ZonesWednesday, September 10Halfpipe semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY             10:00amAU/9:00amJPN  Thursday, September 11Slopestyle semifinals and finals webcast REPLAY          10:00amAU/9:00amJPN  Burton would like to thank Go211.com, Corona, APN, Perisher Blue