Burton US OPEN currently underway

The Burton US Open qualifications are currently underway and young Australian Scotty James has already qualified in third place in halfpipe yesterday and today managed to qualify for slopestyle finishing 17th in his heat. Also competing today were Kiwis James Hamilton, Nick Brown & Nick Hyne who all qualified for slopestyle.

You can track their progress on the US Open site or the TTR site which are both updated live

Press release is below and a lead up video from the TTR...

Halfpipe Qualifications Under Sunny Skies at the US Open

This Tuesday, spectators at Stratton Mountain saw the first day of competition of the 6Star Burton US Open 2010. Under sunny skies and in spring like conditions, 34 riders battled for 20 spots in the qualifications that then saw 10 snowboarders proceeding to semis finals that are taking place this Saturday.

At the semis finals, they will have to compete against TTR's top riders on the world ranking list, such as Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI), Stale Sandbech (NOR), Marko Grilc (SLO) and Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), who will be crowned Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion this weekend thanks to an already unassailable lead.

Also the women will get their chance for Swatch TTR points this week. Up for grabs over the next two weeks are four possible 6Star results that will still decide who will become the female TTR Tour Champion 2009/10.

If you want to catch the action live watch the live webcast right here on ttrworldtour.com or go211.com.

Qualified Riders:

1 Korpi Janne FIN O`NEILL
2 Baker Ross USA DAKINE
3 James Scott AUS DC
4 Watts Ben USA BURTON
5 Anderson Tyler USA
6 Swanson Brennen USA RIDE
7 Shaw Spencer USA UNDER ARMOUR
8  Esser Brett USA OMATIC
9 Waring Broc USA BURTON
10 Brichta Paul USA BURTON