26 December 2003

Air&Style Big Air
First class snowboarding impressed the 12.000 spectators at the world's most famous Snowboard Big Air competition, the "Air & Style", which took place the 11th time in Seefeld, Austria on Saturday 13 December.

17 year-old Californian Shaun White from San Diego succeeded with a tremendous backflip in the final, while leader Marc-Andre Tarte from Canada crashed in the finals but once landed an amazing 1260°. Finally he became 5th. White won 10.000 euros prize money and the “Ring of Glory”. Finnish Joni Malmi landed second and Swiss Nicolas Mueller has hit the third place. A nice one-footer catapulted Austrian Friedl Kolar on 4th place.

Results
1. Shaun White, USA
2.Joni Malmi, FIN
3.Nicolas Mueller, CH
4.Friedl Kolar, AUT
5.Marc-Andre Tarte, CAN

Red Bull FMX Show
FMX athlete Nate Adams showed the very first backflips on European snow. Mad Mike Jones impressed with no-hand jumps and landings. Superman’s came from Tommy Clowers.

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