From: Swatch TTR World Tour
The count down is on... The first 6 Star mens title for the 0809 season is up for grabs. The Nissan X-Trail Jam in Tokyo Dome is set to push the level of competition once again. With the likes of Travis Rice against a star studded line up including Terje Hakonsen , Peetu Piiroinen, Andreas Wiig, Risto Mattila, Nicolas M ller, Torstein Horgmo, Chas Guldemond and Sebastien Toutant It is set to be a battle with 6 of Japans best riders over a 2 day Quarter Pipe & Big Air event. TTR caught up with Travis Rice at a "THATS IT THATS ALL " premiere in Munich a few weeks back and this is what Travis had to say INSERT TRAVIS RIDNG SHOT ( credit Andrew Fawcett ) "I so looking forward to coming to the Nissan X-Trail in just a couple of weeks. As we've all seen over the years, it's going to be a battle of nations, a battle of wits, battle of skills. Nissan X-trail Jam in Tokyo Dome its coming up all so quickly and Im looking forward to it" Travis Rice The 16 year's young Sebastien Toutant received a late invitation on his merits of both quarter pipe riding and big air trickery. Including his own version of backside double cork...Check the video out here for a tease of what's to come from the young gun We got this out of the shy french Canadian Sebastien just after hearing about his invite. "I think this contest will have good crowd , good riders, a perfect jump and alot of fun" Sebastien Toutant . INSERT CROWD IMAGE HERE ( credit Andrew Fawcett ) Well not excatly fighting words, but Im sure the 45,000 strong crazed japanese fans will fire the young fellow up. Daily X-Trail Jam Coverage begins THURSDAY DEC. 11TH only on www.TTRWORLDTOUR.com
While many of us were sulking because the season is practically over, Norwegian shredder, Stale Sandbech was busy stomping a brand new trick. A video of the 18-year-old hitting a massive kicker in Europe just surfaced, and in it, Sandbech stomps a triple underflip 1260. Yeah, we didn't really think that was possible either, but this video from Stale's sponsors proves it.
After seeing the video, we had to know what was going through Sandbech's mind when he stomped the new trick...