It’s a thrilling clash of the titans this weekend in the Austrian city of Innsbruck as the Billabong 6Star Air & Style contest brings the finest snowboarders from around the globe to the Bergisel stadium for the first in a series of European stops on the Swatch TTR World Tour. Impress your friends with some useful event information and some useless trivia as we give you some lucky numbers to ponder as the action unfolds...
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riders will be competing for the crown in Innsbruck this weekend, including legends such as Marko Grilc from Slovenia, who won here in 2009, and Belgian rider Seppe Smits, who recently became the FIS Slopestyle World Champion. They will be joined by Canadian Seb Toutant, who won the 6Star Oakley Shaun White contest in Beijing in December 2010 with a Cab 1260 Double Cork.
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that’s how many thousand Euros the winner of the contest will take home in prize money… not bad for a day’s work.
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Air & Style events were held in Innsbruck in 2009, with Swiss rider Colin Frei winning the first contest for his BS 540 inverted Indy Grab while Marko Grilc stormed the second edition with a Switch BS 1080 Double Corked Mute Grab.
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metres was the height reached by snowboarder Peetu Piiroinen from Finland to secure him the award for Highest Air in 2009.
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excited fans descended upon the Bergisel Stadium for the first 2009 stop in the Tirol city. Expect even more this year as the event gears up to rock the stadium with music from punk-rock legends Pennywise, hip-hop combo Blumentopf and funk-rap-blues chameleon Jan Delay.
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cubic metres of snow will arrive from the Stubaier glacier to create the epic backdrop for the contest, guaranteeing the optimum conditions for the riders to really go big.
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is when the action starts so don’t miss out! Check out www.air-style.com for live action and results
 - bijgesneden.jpg "Seppe Smits")
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