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Lago takes TTR Tour lead with strong NZ Open results. |
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Tuesday, 14 August 2007 |
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Scotty won the Harley at Hood
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 13TH SNOWPARK, NEW ZEALAND. With Scotty Lago leading the way, the Flow Team had another incredible showing at the New Zealand Open this last week. Scotty was a one man wreaking ball, winning best trick in the slopestyle, best trick and best overall rider in the quarterpipe, and finishing 2nd in the superpipe with best trick honors in the pipe as well. Scotty has now taken over the TTR Tour points lead and leads the Burton Gobal Series points chase.
Flow Teammates Jeremy Thompson and Tim Humphreys with incredible performances at Mt Hood and New Zealand are now sitting 5th and 6th in the overall TTR Tour standings. Jeremy has made finals in three of the first four TTR series and Tim has made two slopestyle finals. For more info go to NZ Open.
Antti Autti and Risto Mattila have just arrived down in New Zealand to train and try out their new signature series boards and take photos for the new 2008-09 Flow Catalog. Team manager Andrew Mutty with newly appointed Snowboarder Magazine photo editor Ryan Hughes will also be joining them for a team photo shoot with next years product.
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Flow Team invades Abominable Snow Jam |
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Thursday, 12 July 2007 |
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Scotty Lago going big!
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Mt Hood, Oregon;
Wednesday, July 11, 2007: The Abominable Snow Jam Halfpipe went down yesterday and Flow Team rider's Scotty Lago and Clair Bidez both finished third in the first TTR 5-Star event of the season. For more info check out this story on TWS online.
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Risto featured on the Daily Habit |
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Friday, 08 June 2007 |
"Tune In"
Risto Mattila Featured On "The Daily Habit"
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Airing Tuesday, June 12, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Risto Mattila joins us all the way from Finland. Mattila is revered for his smooth style and finishing on the podium of almost every major snowboard competition in the World including winning the US and European Open.
A Flow Team rider, Risto discusses how he has made a name for himself as one of the more consistent big air high-fliers in competition. Risto also profiles his new signature snowboard the Infinite. Risto's sponsors include: Flow Snowboarding, Billabong, Giro, Volvo, and GoMobile.
Fuel TV is the biggest action sports TV channel in N. America and currently boasts that it is carried in over 50 million households. Looks like Risto is becoming a big name in the States. Great Job Risto!!
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Lago honored in Hollywood |
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 |
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| Scotty and Chamillionare |
Beverly Hills, CA; May 3rd 2007- The 2007 "30 Under 30 Awards" recognized 30 outstanding young leaders from film, fashion, music, politics and sports. Described as 30 of the sharpest, sexiest, most successful individuals under the age of 30, this years honorees included Flow's Team rider Scotty Lago, Grammy winning artist Chamillionaire, tennis-pro Lera Solovieva, recording star Andrew McMahon, actor Ben Crowley, actress Sarah Foret, creative designer Asher Ross, model Jojo Holland, Paulie Litt, Danica Patrick, Joshua LeBar, Ace Young, Julian Medina, Christina Ricci and Christian Johnston....
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Scotty Lago Featured On Fuel TVs - "The Daily Habit" |
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Sunday, 13 May 2007 |
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| Scotty Lago: "Peace Man" |
Airing Monday, May 14, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time)
and telecast three additional times, X Games bronze medalist with two
TransWorld cover shots, Flow Team rider Scotty Lago is in the studio.
Inspired by guys like Terje Haakonsen and Jeff Brushie, Lago tells us
how he's risen to the top ranks of his sport. And, be the first to know
about Scotty's upcoming film projects with "Mongo Productions" and "Flow." Plus, get a sneak peek at Scotty Lago's 'Firsthand' episode
that will premiere this summer here on FUEL TV. Scotty's other sponsors
include: Billabong, Saucony, Rip It, Smith Optics, Grenade Gloves, and
Bern.
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Flow Team finishes third in the 07 TWS Team Challenge. |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
FRIDAY APRIL 6TH, 2007. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA. The Flow Team put together a strong effort to try and defend their 2006 "best team" title at the 2007 Transworld Team Challenge and finished up third overall. Antti Autti, along with fellow amateur riders Tim Humphreys, Jeremy Thompson and Laura Williams showed that "Elvis was definitely in the house". Sporting custom built Flow Elvis costumes put together by Team Manager Extraordinaire Andrew Mutty, the Flow Team finished 3rd in the P.I.G. contest and third in the nighttime shootout and placed third overall behind K2 and Forum. Another strong representation for Flow and big props to Rosann Schwartz for helping assemble the Elvis outfits!
For more info check:
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Flow Ams tear up Finnish Nationals |
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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
SATURDAY MARCH 31ST, 2007 VUOKATTI, FINLAND. In a country that you can argue is producing some of the world's best riders, the Flow amateur team had a powerful showing at last week's Finnish Nationals....
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Antti gets Onboard interview and cover shot! |
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Monday, 26 March 2007 |
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Antti gets Onboard interview
and cover shot! |
MONDAY MARCH 26TH, 2007 MUNICH, GERMANY. Antti Autti continues be one of the most recognized snowboarders in the World's top media. Onboard Snowboard Magazine has now featured him in a major interview with the cover shot in their final issue of the year. Onboard is the largest Pan-European snowboard magazine. Add this to his Transworld Snowboarding featured interview last season and Antti has claimed the two most coveted interviews for a pro snowboarder. Congrats Antti your hard work and incredible dedication is paying off!
For more info check:http://www.onboardmag.com/
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Antti finishes second in final TTR World Rankings |
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Monday, 26 March 2007 |
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SATURDAY MARCH 17TH, 2007 STRATTON, VERMONT. Antti Autti finished second in the final TTR World Rankings to Shaun White. A strange set of judge's scores in the final TTR 5-star event, the US Open Superpipe, was all that kept him from the title. This was enough to give Shaun White the title by a mere 21 points. Scotty Lago ended up 10th, Risto Mattila was 14th, Tim Humphreys was 18th and Jeremy Thompson 24th in the final TTR World Rankings.
Men's final TTR rankings
- White, Shaun USA (986.23)
- Autti, Antti FIN (964.73)
- Rice, Travis USA (948.98)
- Pearce, Kevin USA (909.88)
- Davis, Danny USA (805.38)
- Podladtchikov, Iouri RUS (801.88)
- Korpi, Janne FIN (792.54)
- Aguirre, Mason USA (760.89)
- Marthinsen, Henning NOR (746.28)
- Lago, Scotty USA (730.44)
For more info check: http://www.ttrworldtour.com/
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Autti and Bidez Podium at Vans Cup Superpipe |
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Monday, 05 March 2007 |
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| Autti and Bidez Podium at Vans Cup Superpipe |
SUNDAY MARCH 4, 2007. Truckee, CA. The Flow Team continued to fire on all cylinders today at the Vans Cup Superpipe with Antti Autti placing second in the men's superpipe and Clair Bidez finishing third in the women's competition. Antti was narrowly beaten out by Danny Kass while trying to defend his Vans Cup Superpipe title from last year. Scotty Lago after qualifying first into the finals ended up in 10th place. Clair was consistently going huge all the way down the pipe and finished third behind Elena Height and Kelly Clarke. Congrats Antti and Clair you also received invites to next years X-Games Superpipe competition!
Vans Cup Superpipe Northstar, CA
Mens Superpipe
1. Danny Kass
2. Antti Autti
3. Iouri Podladtchikov
Womens Superpipe
1. Elena Height
2. Kelly Clarke
3. Clair Bidez
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Lago 2nd at Vans Cup Slopestyle |
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Sunday, 04 March 2007 |
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| Lago 2nd at Vans Cup Slopestyle |
SATURDAY MARCH 3, 2007 Truckee, CA. Scotty Lago lead a Flow Team charge at the Vans Cup Slopestyle competition today, finishing second to Andreas Wiiig. Flow Team amateur Tim Humphries finished 6th and Antti Autti ended up 9th in the final lottery. With this result Scotty Lago qualifies for 2008 X Games Slopestyle. Check back tomorrow for the Superpipe results where Scotty, Antti, Clair Bidez and Mercedes Nicoll all go for Vans Cup cash.
Vans Cup Slopestyle Northstar, CA
1. Andreas Wiiig
2. Scotty Lago
3. Danny Kass
4. Mikkel Bang
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Risto and Antti place 2nd and 3rd at Toyota Big Air |
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Sunday, 11 February 2007 |
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Sapporo,
Japan. The Toyota Big Air was held yesterday at the Sapporo
Olympic Stadium. Risto Mattila coming off a badly sprained ankle finished
second and Flow teammate Antti Autti was third behind the winner of
the contest,
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Antti keeps X Games medal streak alive! |
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Wednesday, 31 January 2007 |
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Wednesday January 31st, 2007. Aspen, Colorado. Antti Autti kept the Flow Team on the X
Games podium for a third straight season by grabbing a bronze medal in the Best
Trick event this year.
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Antti gets Silver at the World Championships |
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Tuesday, 23 January 2007 |
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Arosa, Switzerland.
The tough weather and bad snow conditions did not keep the Flow team from the
World Championship podium. Antti Autti claimed a silver medal in the Big Air
event and Risto Mattila, Christophe Reynders and Scotty Lago all made it into
the final 16 knockout bracket and finished 5th, 8th and 9th
respectively. Mathieu Crepel of France won the gold and Janne Korpi of Finland
won the Bronze.In the Halfpipe, Mathieu Crepel won gold again followed by Kazuhiro Kokubo of Japan and Brad
Martin of Canada in a weather plagued event. Antti finished 5th and
Scotty finished 12th. For more info check: http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?event_id=21854&cal_suchsector=SB
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Flow Team heads to the World Championships |
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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MONDAY JANUARY 15, 2007 AROSA SWITZERLAND. The FIS World
Championships start this week and The Flow Team is ready to go. Scotty Lago
will be wearing the yellow jersey, as the overall point's leader on the FIS
Tour and teammate Antti Autti will be defending his double gold medal
performance from two years ago. Antti is the current FIS World Champion in the
halfpipe and big air. Also joining them will be teammates Risto Mattila, and
Clair Bidez. Risto just finished a great month of riding, finishing 2nd
at the Air and Style in Munich and 3rd at the X-Trail in Tokyo. The
World Championships run from January 14th-20th just
before the Burton European Open also in Switzerland and the X Games in
Colorado.
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Flow signs Xaver Hoffmann |
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Monday, 15 January 2007 |
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FLOW
WELCOMES XAVER HOFFMANN TO THE TEAM THURSDAY JANUARY 11TH,
2007 Flow
Snowboarding welcomes another rider to their incredible team signing
legendary German Snowboarder Xaver Hoffmann. "We are really happy to add one of
the best and most well-known riders in the world to the team. Xaver brings a
vast knowledge of experience not only with competing and riding but with
product development as well," says Flow German Division Manager Jens Hartmann. The
relationship started this season with Xaver testing Flow's bindings and boots
which surprised him right from the start on how comfortable the combination
really is. Together with the Infinite board, Xaver found a set-up that will
help him to continue riding at a high level of performance in the future. Xaver Hoffmann is a multiple German Champion,
World Cup winner and 3X Olympic participant. This addition strengthens Flow's
current team that includes riders like Antti Autti, Scotty Lago and Risto
Mattila who are currently ranked 1st, 2nd and 7th
overall in the current TTR World Rankings.
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Autti 2nd at ONeill Evolution Quarter Pipe |
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Sunday, 07 January 2007 |
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Day 3 in Davos Ch, and the O'Neill Evolution, turned the
page on another event, with the Quarter pipe. A massive QP shaped by the Arctic Challenge QP specialist
stood some 30 feet at the base of Davos's Jakobson resort. Due to the warm weather and the were
and tear that happened in the pipe, the highest air QP contest during the day
was pushed into the evening and was limited to a 6 run semi, and final
together.
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Autti Dominates O'Neill Evolution Pipe |
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Sunday, 07 January 2007 |
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Day 2 of the O'Neill Evolution Tour kicked off today with a
BANG! Highest air contest in the pipe, plus Halfpipe semi qualifiers,
and
finals in one day! Practice began
at 9am and the event came to a close just after 10pm. Talk about a
long day of snowboarding. Most of the days events were broadcast
live to 14 countries and a live web cast.
For more info visit www.ttrworldtour.com.
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FLOW team in Davos CH, @ TTR O'Neill Evolution |
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Thursday, 04 January 2007 |
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The TTR Tour continues on in Europe with the 3rd
, 6th Star event of the season, in Davos Switzerland, at The O'Neill
Evolution! FLOW brings back its
heavy hitter line up for the 6 star, with special invites to Antti Autti, Risto
Mattila, Scotty Lago and as first time TTR qualifier New AM Team Rider Tim
Humphreys. Formally known as The
SB Jam, O'Neill Evolution is one of the premiere snowboard freestyle events in
Europe.
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NXT Series "Front Pod" Upgrade |
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Tuesday, 02 January 2007 |
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| NXT Series "Front Pod" Upgrade |
Reports have been received of some breakages of the
fastening system which connects the front ladder (ratchet) strap to the
binding's baseplate. The part in
question is a metal/plastic T nut into which the ladder strap's Philips head
screw is inserted. We call this
the front pod. See the
image below.
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