Peetu Piiroinen has rounded off an epic weekend by adding the Burton European Open halfpipe title to the slopestyle title he took on Friday. Paula Ligocka, a relatively unknown young rider from Poland won the women’s contest
As with his slopestyle victory, Peetu’s eventual win was far from a foregone conclusion. In fact, highly unusually, the Finnish stomping machine fell on his first two runs as he attempted to stick a 1080 double cork. In the meantime, the rest of the field was stepping up in a serious way … Details & Pictures
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