BGV Fest Brings Snowboarding At Its Best To Russia
The set up included two perfectly shaped jumps that were put into full spotlight during the night event in front of hundreds of fans. With a run consisting of a frontside board slide to fakie, switch backside 900 indy, backside 900 indy, Chris Sörman (SWE), who just recently was nominated Best Rider of the Year in Sweden, took home the 4Star title, 500 Swatch TTR points and now sits in World No. 52 in the world ranking list.  In second finished Russian rider Alexey Sobole closely followed by the second Swede on the podium, Zebastian Landmark. Chris Kröll (AUT), who had traveled to the BGV Fest for the second consecutive year, finished in fourth made a jump into World No. 44 on the world ranking list. 
Together with an FMX and Free Ski show, the evening was a great success and culminated in the BGV Fest awards ceremony that was accompanied by massive fireworks. The best riders are sharing a prize purse of $20 000 (600 000 rubles). Beside the prestigious Russian trophy, the winners received exclusive hand-made bears - the symbol of BGV - with medals made of gold, silver and bronze.

5Star Burn River Jump In Italy Up Soon 
Next up on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is the River Jump in Livigno, Italy. The event was just recently upgraded to a 5Star level and features two formats, slopestyle and straight jump. The Brux Slopestyle Contest is the kick off challenge in the Swatch Mottolino Snowpark and will be the qualifying event for the second competition. The Burn River Jump is the competition titling the event and the closing contest of the three days snowboard show in the centre of Livigno. The River Jump is held in the centre of Livigno on a jump of the river Spoel and year after year attracts many spectators.

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SWATCH TTR TOP 10 on 07.02.2010