The Arctic Challenge 2010

06/07 Terje Haakonsen World Record 9.8m at TAC
© tac09 (photo Silva)

07/08 Peetu Piiroinen at TAC
© tac09 (photo Rasmus Werner)

08/09 Arthur Longo at TAC
© tac09 (photo Tommy Solstad)

Date: 26.02.2010
Updated: 26.02.2010 07:08

By: TAC Press Office

What a showdown at the first TAC slopestyle since 2003. Top 20 riders from the TTR ranking (except the injured Seb Toots and Ipod) are confirmed. Furthermore, top 6 from the X Games slopestyle finals and top 8 from the overall Dew Tour ranking is heading for Norway.

There are excitement on all levels in TAC 2010, starting next week. Peetu Piiroinen will highly likely secure his second consecutive TTR Tour Championship. And for the first time, Norwegian snowboard heroes Mikkel Bang and Torstein Horgmo (Andreas Ygre Wiig is injured) are challenging their International peers in a 6 star slopestyle event on home soil. Torstein had a killer season last year, and started to turn up his competition volume this season as well by winning the final Dew Tour stop. Stylish Mikkel can also win whenever he puts on a start bib.

One of the best riders lists in the history of both TTR and TAC is giving promise of thrilling snowboard action.

For full riders list and bios check out www.thearcticchallenge.com and follow TAC on Facebook. The arena is being rigged right now and Claes Hoegstrom is starting the fine art of shaping later this week. The riders arrrive in Norway Wednesday next week, first practise and grand opening downtown Oslo on Thursday the 4th. Semifinals is on Saturday the 6th and finals on Sunday the 7th.

Spectator capacity is 4000 and ticket are available at Billettservice.no now.
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