Enni Rukajarvi wins first 6Star Burton US Open Slopestyle title of her career
Enni Rukajärvi (FIN) won the slopestyle final at the 29th annual 6Star Burton US Open presented by MINI. Riders had to deal with some tough weather at Stratton Mountain in Vermont, USA with foggy and rainy conditions. But Enni pushed through and landed some impressive runs, especially considering the weather. She earned a piece of the $200,000 USD event prize purse and 1000 Swatch TTR World Ranking points, which improved her position in the Swatch TTR World Tour standings. However, Jamie Anderson (USA), who placed second in today's slopestyle competition, has already locked up the TTR World Tour Champion title. The TTR Champion trophies and the $200,000 USD TTR prize purse will be awarded following Saturday's halfpipe finals.
Enni Rukajärvi Wins Slopestyle Finals Moving into World No. 5 The women dropped into the slopestyle course first for an exciting six-woman three run, best one counts final. Enni Rukajärvi powered through the tough conditions and threw down a 50-50 on the first rail, 50-50 to stalefish, fronside 360 on the first jump, another 50-50, backside 540 on the second jump and finished with a Cab 540. She was very happy with her win saying, "I'm stoked to have a good result here as it bumped me up in the TTR ranking. It's really important for me to be in the Top 5 so that I can get automatic invites to all the big TTR events next year." With her win today, Enni moved into the World No. 5 position. Jamie Anderson, who has been having an amazing year on the Swatch TTR World Tour and owns the World No. 1 position, finished in second place. Silje Norendal (NOR) completed the podium in third place and is now in the World No. 7 spot. Outside of the podium, Norwegian rider, Kjersti Ostgaard-Buaas, finished in fourth place improving her TTR ranking to World No. 2.
