Europe XGames Tignes 2012 saw tons of great action and thrilling moments. From Shaun White’s two golds to Bobby Brown or Jamie Anderson’s victories, the three days of competition were full of action and enjoyed the best weather possible. If you want to check again the single contests reports and results you can find everything here. And here below a collection with the best pictures of the whole event taken by Yanis Ourabah, yanisourabah.com. Enjoy!

Pictures: ©Yanis Ourabah. Visit his website here -> www.yanisourabah.com

We already mentioned that an unstoppable Shaun White took the gold at Europe XGames snowboard slopestyle. Silver went to Mark McMorris and bronze to Eric Willet. Here are the first exclusive images sent us by our super great photographer Yanis Ourabah. Lean back and enjoy them to the fullest!

Shaun White seems to be really unstoppable and dominates Europe XGames in Tignes. After the gold in the superpipe comp of yesterday night, he doubles his victory today taking gold in snowboard slopestyle. In second place we find Mark McMorris and third is Eric Willet.
Womens’ snowboard slopestyle instead saw the victory of Jamie Anderson, followed by Spencer O’Brien and Enni Rukajärvi

Pictures: (c)Yanis Ourabah/Candiesmagazine.com

Almost live images from the Winter X Games Tignes with the men’s snowboard slopestyle elimination. As promised, Yanis Ourabah is out there working hard and taking gorgeous exclusive images!
Sebastien Toutant gained the first place in slopestyle qualifications, followed by Ståle Sandbech and Eric Willet. In fourth position Shaun White and fifth Mark Mcmorris.
The best has yet to come. Stay tuned for more!

Pictures: (c)Yanis Ourabah/Candiesmagazine.com

The world of professional snowboarding kicked off 2012 with a bang as hard fought O’Neill Evolution victories by Canadian, Mark McMorris, and compatriot, Spencer O’Brien, capped a week of dramatic action in Davos, Switzerland.

Despite significant weather challenges throughout the contest, the first major event on the 2012 TTR World Snowboard Tour once again brought the cream of international riders and the highest level of performance to the picturesque Alpine resort of Davos. Pushing the highest known technical limits, competition was fierce as riders vied for a share of the $125,000 prize purse, TTR Ranking points and seeding into the World Championships.

The Women’s Final was blessed with the best riding conditions of the week, and the eight competitors who made the final took no time in demonstrating massive progression. Despite stiff competition, Spencer O’Brien raised the bar from the outset, and continued to set the standard for the remainder of the 3-run finals.

O’Brien’s first run, a stomped frontside 720 nosebone to gapped lipslide, caught the imagination of the judges and saw her take home $20,000 USD and direct qualifications to the World Championships. Sina Candrian(SUI) was always dangerous, but failed to land her final run leaving her in 2nd place while Anna Gasse(AUT) managed to fend off podium-hungry challengers to secure third.
There was an electric atmosphere enveloping the huge crowd at the foot of the Jakobshorn as an incredible light show welcomed in the 16-man Night Final. Every person present was treated to a rarely seen level of progressive freestyle snowboarding.

The atmosphere intensified as the lead was swapped between Eric Willet(USA) and Mark McMorris. Willet scored what looked like an unassailable 95.30pts with a switch backside doublecork 1260 to lipslide 270 in his second run, only for McMorris to edge in front of him with a score of 95.60pts thanks to an even bigger backside doublecork 1260 to lipslide 270. Seppe Smits(BEL) turned up the pressure, landing a cab 1440 mute to cab 270 fronside boardslide in his final run, but it was not enough to change the order of the podium, with McMorris pocketing a cool $40,000 USD for his efforts.

The results also saw major Tour Lead changes on the TTR World Snowboarding TourRanking system. Eric Willet now moves to the top of the TTR Big Air Ranking, Christian Haller(SUI) moved into the TTR Overall lead while Sina Candrian(SUI) and Seppe Smits(BEL) booked places at the World Snowboard Championships. 

Pictures: (c)O’Neill

ALEKSANDER OSTRENG’s triumphs in Livigno, while JAMIE NICHOLLS wins the BURN JIB MASTER!

The BURN RIVER JUMP signed the end of this huge event which saw hundreds of top riders from all over the world.

On Thursday Ulrick Badertsher won the Slopestyle Contest thanks to a Backside 1080, a huge Double Backside Rodeo and a Cab 1080, followed by Patrick Burgener and Jamie Nicholls.

The winner of the BURN RIVER JUMP is Aleksander ‘Alek’ Østreng, which showed all his Norvegian talent winning the 15.000$ and good points for TTR chart. Since two years part of Youngblood, the Forum International team, and he won with a huge bs 900 to Switch Front Lip 270 out.

Second has been Eric Willet, former winner of the slopestyle, who took the second place with a Switch Backside 900 to FS Boardslide, an winning 10.000$!

Ulrik Badertscher is third with a BS Rodeo 900 and a FrontSide Boardslide Pretzel out.

Jamie Nicholls instead, third in the Burn Slopestyle Contest, won also the Burn Jib Master prize with his most creative style.

Here’s the ranking of the BURN RIVER JUMP:
1_ Aleksander Østreng NOR

2_Eric Willet USA

3_ Ulrik Badertscher NOR

4_ Jamie Nicholls GBR

BURN JIB MASTER : Jamie Nicholls GBR

From January 2 to 8, O’neill Evolution took place in Switzerland in Bolgen, Jakobshorn, Davos. With a prizemoney of US$ 125.000, it was a 6-star event of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour.

The format was divided into Men – 6 Star Halfpipe & 6 Star Slopestyle  and    Women – 6 Star Halfpipe & 6 Star Slopestyle.

The riders invited were no less than the Top 10 Men & Top 8 Women from the TTR World Ranking of 2010, then there were the open qualifications with 120 spots max per contest

The event ended yesterday, and here we’re serving you the four video with the final runs of the winners of each format. And in the end, you’ll find also a nice video by Seb Toutant. Well, discover it by reading the article!

Men Slopestyle Finals:

1st  Sebastien Toutant

2nd Marck McMorris

3rd Eric Willet

Women Slopestyle Finals:

1st: Jamie Anderson

2nd: Sarka Pancochova

3rd: Enni Rukajärvi

Men Halfpipe finals

1st: Christian Haller

2nd: Iouri Podladtchikov

3rd: Jan Scherrer

Women Halfpipe Finals:

1st: Kelly Clark

2nd: Cilka Sadar

3rd: Kjersti Østgaard Buaas

And finally, enjoy this video by Sebastien Toutant: How to backside 10 double cork!