After a night full of action on the big air jump at
the 6Star Billabong Air & Style 2009/II at the Bergisel Stadium in
Innsbruck, Austria, Marko Grilc (SLO) took the top spot on the podium
and is now the new leader on Swatch TTR World Tour. Grilc was not on
the original invite list, but after two injures during practice for the
main event, he was given a spot in the legendary competition. 2008/2009
Swatch TTR World Champion, Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), took second place at
the Air & Style and Andreas Wiig (NOR) rounded out the podium in
third.

All New Swatch TTR Top 5
With the first 6Star
result of the season registered, there were many changes in the TTR Top
10. Marko Grilc, the new TTR World No. 1, really shook up the Swatch
TTR Rankings as he bumped Sebastien Toutant, who could not compete this
weekend, down to World No. 2. Other big movers in the ranking include
Torstein Horgmo (NOR) who jumped up to No. 3 and Peetu Piiroinen who
moved up to World No. 4. Antti Autti, Tim Humphreys and Chas Guldemond
all moved into the
TTR Top 10.

Big Air and Big Podium
The
head-to-head knock out format for the big air competition made the
contest quite the nail biter for the large crowd in attendance. The
long in-run, poppy jump and steep landing was a perfect combination for
Grilc to throw down a switch backside double corked 1080 in the super
finals to take the Air & Style 2009/II title. "This is the best day
of my life by far. I never even thought that this could happen. I am
just very stoked" says an overwhelmed Grilc after the prize giving. "I
went to Australia and New Zealand and then today I am Number one. I
don't even know
what to say. It came out of fun and pleasure and now
I am here and I am stoked." He was up against Peetu Piiroinen in the
final round who was able to stomp a backside double corked 1080 for the
second place finish. Andreas Wiig laid down a clean fronside 1080
double flip in the final for the third place spot on the podium.

Next On The TTR Tour
The TTR Tour takes a
break for a couple of weeks and things will resume with another major
event, the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge, taking place in Norway over
the New Year's holiday weekend. With some familiar faces from the Air
& Style slated to attend the Arctic Challenge, including Peetu
Piiroinen, Antti Autti and Torstein Horgmo, the race for the TTR World
Title is already heating up. After the Arctic Challenge wraps up, the
TTR Tour moves on to Davos, Switzerland for the 6Star O'Neill
Evolution. And, the ladies have a big contest on the horizon with the
6Star Roxy Chicken Jam Europe at the beginning of January.

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