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Rider's BIO |
Name:
Risto Mattila
Hometown:
Helsinki, Finland
Date of birth:
2-4-1981
Height / Weight:
177cm / 73 kg
Accomplishments:
- 2007 Toyota Big Air Tokyo, Japan 2nd Place
- 2006 Air & Style Munich, Germany 2nd Place
- 2006 European Open Superpipe Champion
- 2006 X-Trail Quarterpipe 3rd place
- 2006 NZ Open Slopestyle 3rd place
- 2006 Onboard Snowboard Magazine Featured
- Interview February issue
- 2005 US Open Slopestyle Champion and
- Best Overall Rider
- 2005 FIS World Halfpipe Champion
Board model:
Infinite - Size: 156cm
Boot model:
The One - 9 inches
Binding model:
Team - size L
Stance angles and width:
Regular, front +18, back -6, 59.5 cm
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Q&A, Click to view more rider's info
Home Mountain?
Talma |
Favorite Mountain?
Ruka, Finland |
Favorite contest this year?
Nissan X-trail and Air&style |
Who is the next generation of snowboard pros?
Peetu Piiroinen and Matti Kinnunen |
Riders who have influenced you?
Terje Haakonsen influenced my riding the most when I was a young kid. Remember watching his video parts and dreaming of being a pro-rider! His riding was and still is awesome!!! Nowadays all my friends: Antti, Eero, Markku…We keep pushing each other to ride better. |
What do you like to do after a day of riding?
Drink a cold beer and watch a movie or go partying with my friends. |
Favorite movie?
Any Given Sunday |
Last book or magazine you read?
Slammer (Finnish snowboarding mag) |
Last CD you bought or downloaded?
The sound, Dying to say this to you
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Dream trip, where and with whom?
I would take a few friends with me and travel to Australia! Go surfing and partying to the gold coast. After that fly to New Zealand and go snowboarding. You can do everything that you love there. Ha ha already did that trip last year and it was awesome and I want to do it again! |
If you could have a drink with any one person, living or dead, who would you choose and what would you ask them?
Jessica Alba! Wanna marry me? |
Tell us something you’ve never told anyone before?
I will keep it a secret. Sorry! |
If your house was on fire, and you could grab three things before it burned down, which three things would you save?
Teemu (my mascot), computer and US Open slopestyle champion trophy!
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If you were to play a team sport professionally, what be would it be and why?
Beach volley, I could hang out at the beach every day. |
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