Burton AM Tour Val Senales

It was last Saturday 28 March when Val Senales, in South Tyrol hosted another
Swatch TTR2 Star Event of the Burton AM Tour 2008/09. For the final show, 49
riders from eight different countries showed up. The main mission of this last stop
was to ride hard, have some good fun and finally find out the Overall Winners of this years tour. Once more this season, the weather wanted to cross this master plan.Hard snowfall, strong winds and zero sight caused radical changes. The fantastic park on the glacier had to be closed and a brand new one had to be built next to the Valley Station... and all this in ONE day! Without the local shapers, better known as the Gentlemen Riders, this plan could have been called insane! Then two snowcats, the fabulous Gentlemen Riders and the AM Tour Crew did the job and turned dreams into reality... A sweet park with a sick setup awaited the riders on Saturday morning. As expected, the weather was bad, but the riders fulfilled their jobs, shredded hard and had great fun.

After the warm up, more sweet freestyle action followed during the two qualifications.  The wind got stronger but still couldnt keep the finalists from rocking the park.  At the end Maximilian Gschaider from Germany did the best job. His sweet Frontside 720 Indy followed by a Backside 540 on the Kickers and the 540 on the Wallride wasbrilliant work. In the Youth Boys category Tim-Kevin Ravnjak from Slovenia cleaned up with a Frontside 540 and a Backside 540 on the Kickers followed by a Rock 540 on the Wallride. Also the girls made a super nice effort. Within the Junior Girls category Tiziana Casutt from Switzerland won with two stylish Backside 360s on the Kickerline and a Rock to Fakie on the Wallride. Katie Ormerod from United Kingdom came up with two convincing Backside Airs on the both Kickers and a Rock to Fakie on the Wallride.

After a sick comp in the Italian Alps, the time to party had come. In an awesome
atmosphere the participants were celebrated as well as the winners. Everybody did a great job that day. When the Overall Tour Winners got on stage the cheering was on its peak. These shouts and the full BEO Package, provided by the main partner
Volvo, was their reward for an awesome AM Tour season. We congratulate the
Winners: A big hurray for Bob Van Unnik, winner of the Junior Boys category; for
Rachida Aoulad-El-Haj-Amar, winner of the Junior Girls category; for Tim-Kevin
Ravnjak, winner of the Youth Boys category; and for Katie Ormerod, winner of the
Youth Girls category.

The AM Tour 2008/09 is over... But as we know: It is always snowing somewhere!
So stay tuned and keep CREATING and PROGRESSING... and the most important
thing: JOIN us next season! Take care and see u there!