- Air & Style
The Air & Style is a
Europe ansnowboard contest first held inInnsbruck ,Austria in 1994 and now held annually.History
Charly Weger and his snowboard photographer friend Andrew Hourmont first started the Air & Style Contest in Innsbruck. They only expected some hundred spectators but more than a few thousand showed up to see a single Straight Jump from each rider. From there on it developed into one of the most influential snowboard challenges today.
Until 1999 the sponsorship exploded and over 45.000 visitors witnessed the last Air & Style in Innsbruck [ http://www.air-style.com/Air99/live/index.html] , when six people died after the show when everybody tried to leave at once and the exits could not funnel the masses. The Contest had to move and the
Bergisel stadium was renovated. In Seefeld, a place near Innsbruck five other contests were held until 2005 it found a new home inMunich ,Germany where it expanded its program withFreestyle Motocross . For February 2008 the contest returned toInnsbruck , and will presumably stay there for the following years.Also three Skateboard contests have taken place in Innsbruck and Seefeld, even won byTony Hawk in 1999. After the end of the "International Snowboarding Federation" in 2002 the contest joined the newly formed "TTR World Tour", and Air & StyleMunich is now a 6-Star event on the World Tour, whilst Air & StyleInnsbruck has a 5-Star accreditation. In 2000 the prize money was over 250.000 US Dollars (including anAudi A3 ).On February 2nd 2008, an Air & Style
Quarterpipe event was held in Innsbruck in addition to the Straight Jump in Munich. Kevin Pearce won the event which makes him the first winner of two Air & Style competitions in one season. The organisor has announced that this event will from now on also be held annually as a TTR 6 Star event. [ url=http://www.ttrworldtour.com/events/6star-events.html]Chronology
* 1. Red Bull Air & Style, January 17. 1994, Innsbruck, Winner:
Reto Lamm
* 2. Red Bull Air & Style, December 19. 1994, Innsbruck, Winner:Ingmar Backman
* 3. Red Bull Air & Style, December 9. 1995, Innsbruck, Winner:Terje Håkonsen
* 4. Quicksilver Air & Style, December 7. 1996, Innsbruck, Winner:Fabien Rohrer
* 5. Quicksilver Air & Style, December 6. 1997, Innsbruck, Winner:Jim Rippey (Quarterpipe:Terje Håkonsen )
* 6. G-Shock Air & Style, December 5. 1998, Innsbruck, Winner:Ingmar Backman
* 7. G-Shock Air & Style, December 4. 1999, Innsbruck, Winner:Stefan Gimpl (Quarterpipe Male:Trevor Andrew , Female:Pauline Richon )
* 8. G-Shock Air & Style, December 9. 2000, Seefeld, Winner:Stefan Gimpl (Corner Male:Mike Michaelchuck , Female:Pauline Richon )
* 9. Nokia Air & Style, December 15. 2001, Seefeld, Winner:Stefan Gimpl (Corner Male:Markku Koski , Female:Pauline Richon )
* 10. Nokia Air & Style, December 14. 2002, Seefeld, Winner:David Benedek
* 11. Nokia Air & Style, December 11./12. 2003, Seefeld, Winner:Shaun White (FreestyleMotocross :Nate Adams )
* 12. Nokia Air & Style, December 11./12. 2004, Seefeld, Winner:Shaun White (Freestyle Motocros:Ronnie Renner )
* 13. Nokia Air & Style, December 3. 2005, Munich, Winner:Hampus Mosesson (Freestyle Motocross:Nate Adams )
* 14. Nokia Air & Style, December 6. 2006, Munich, Winner:Travis Rice (Rookie Challenge:Mikkel Bang , Freestyle Motocross:Wiley Fullmer )
* 15. Nokia Air & Style, December 1. 2007,Munich ,Olympic Stadium (Munich) , Winner: Kevin Pearce (Rookie Challenge :Tim Humphreys , FSX:Daniel Bodin )
* 16. Billabong Air & Style, February 2. 2008, Innsbruck, BergiselWinner:Kevin Pearce (Runner up:Scotty Lago )
* 17. Air & Style, November 29. 2008, Munich,Cancelled due to last minute sponsorship pullout.External links
* [http://www.air-style.com Air & Style official website]
* [http://www.ttrworldtour.com/events/0708-season/six6star/nokia-air-style-munich-07.html TTR 6-Star Air & Style Munich Event Bio]
* [http://www.ttrworldtour.com/events/0708-season/five5star/airstyle-ibk.html TTR 5-Star Air & Style Innsbruck Event Bio]
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