In the first phase of the competition, the Finnish rider Ville Uotila scored the highest points with a Switch BS9,BS5 followed by a Switch FS9 Mute, a stunning run which won the heart of the judges and public alike. But Uotila wasn’t the only one pushing the limit, his fellow Scandinavians were killing it.

Joachim Krogstie

In the quarter finals, the riders had to pull their most spectacular tricks to try and nudge out their opponent, since only four riders would be left for the finals. The Finnish rider Ville Uotila was pitched against the Argentinean rider Facundo Vial, Finnish rider Nuuti Niemela was pitched against his fellow countrymen Tommi Rokolampi, the Argentinean Matias Schmitt was against another Scandinavian, Norwegian Joachim Krogstie and last but by no means least, a Finnish rider against a Norwegian rider in the shape of Valtteri Paunonen against Julius Oedegaard.

Matias Schmitt

The finals of the Total Fight 2011 were by far the most entertaining part of the competition, with riders Ville Uotila, Valtteri Paunonen, Matias Schmitt and Nuuti Niemela pulling the day’s most gnarly tricks. At this point in the competition, they each had three opportunities to impress the judges and score points.

Jamie Phillip
Everyone’s favourite, Ville Uotila, had a bad landing in his first round on the Big Air whilst the Argentinean Matias Schmitt made the public stand up in awe with his Double Backflip on the Big Air. But Uotila had no intention on passing up on yet another victory and came back on form with his next round: BS10, BS5 Indy finishing off with a Switch BS9 Mute on the Tank rail.

Julius Oedergaard

And this is how Ville Uotila won his 4th victory in a row as Master of Freestyle in the seventh edition of the Total Fight. The stoked Finnish rider said: “I’m super happy, the park was on top form and I definitely think that the Total Fight should have 5 stars on the Swatch TTR World Tour”

Matías Radaelli

The Fins dominated the podium: 1º Ville Uotila, 2º Valtteri Paunonen, 3º Nuuti Niemela

It’s important to point out the Argentinean rider Matias Schmitt’s amazing performance, he was a non-invited rider and went on to win 4th place in the competition.

TOP 16 FINAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE 2011 TOTAL FIGHT

1 – UOTILA VILLE (FIn-Atomic)
2 – PAUNONEN VALTTERI (Fin-Atomic)
3 – NIEMELA NUUTI (Fin-Battery)
4 – SCHMITT MATIAS (Arg-Slidewayz)
5 – VIAL FACUNDO (Arg-Quiksilver)
6 – KROSGSTIE JOACHIM (Nor-Burton)
7 – OEDEGAARD JULIUS (Nor-Burton)
8 – ROKOLAMPI TOMMI (Fin)
9 – LIPSANEN JANNE (Fin-RipCurl)
10 – RADAELLI MATIAS (Arg-Drake
11 – KORNELIUSSEN ESKIL (Nor-Quiksilver)
12 – KESTILA HANS (Fin-Rossignol)
13 – TORNER CARLES (Spa-Salomon)
14 – SALAS MARC (Spa-Vans)
15 – PHILLIP JAMIE (GB-Slidewayz)
16 – MANICH CARLES (Spa-Nitro)

Kalle Leinonen

The pick of the crop of freeskiers braved the rainy weather conditions for the seventh edition of the Grandvalira Total Fight Masters of Freestyle, southern Europe’s most exciting Freestyle event. All the skiers showed off their incredible skill on the El Tarter snowpark slopestyle, but it was the Finnish rider, Kalle Leinonen, who grabbed the crown with a Switch Bio 9 Critical on the big air, followed by Rodeo 5 critical to japan on the transfer and finished off with a Switch Unnatural 7 Mute, making him the undisputed winner of the competition.

Jaume Puigdengoles

Spirits were high amongst the crowds of locals and ski fanatics who made their way up to the park after a heavy night of partying to the sounds of the San Miguel Night Music Total Fight concert the night before. The spectators cheered and showed their unwavering support to the riders hailing from countries such as Finland, Austria, Andorra, and Spain. Leinonen was accompanied on the podium by fellow finn Verneri Hannula in second place and local Andorran Albert Martinez in third place.

Final Podium

Amazing Park, amazing tricks:
In the last few weeks, the Coliflor Freestyle team of shapers have been working day and night to create the spectacular lines that are now such a customary feature of the Total Fight. The 47 riders who signed up to the competition this year had a choice of 2 lines, the first, the Big Jump, was by far the hardest line with a 20 metre Big Jump, followed by a very technical 18-metre transfer and polished off by a rail.

Tribune

The second and central line was both spectacular and technical, combining big jumps with jibbing. The line started at the level of the half pipe, although the latter wasn’t visible since the shapers filled it with snow for the competition and instead it became a spectacular gap to box.

Scotty jordan warming up

Next on the line was a stunner of a kicker, all of 16 metres, but it didn’t quite do justice to the all imposing kicker that followed it, a monster that kicked the riders up into the air and allowed them to pull their best tricks. This impressive run was finished by another 16-metre kicker and finally a gnarly, technical rail.

The freeskiers really had to pull out all the stops since their chances of getting into the final depended on the quality and creativity of their tricks. After only two rounds, the judges picked the 13 best riders to go onto the next phase. Those picked were: Finn Kalle Leinonen, Spaniard Jaume Puigdengoles, Andorran Scotty Arnold, Andorran Albert Martinez, Austrian Flo Wieser, Spaniard Borja Fernández, Finn Verneri Hannula, Austrian Tobias Gratz, Andorran Toni Riberaigua, Frenchman Hugo Can, Spaniard Pello Osoro, Swiss Manuel Manka and finally the Spaniard Marcos Parera.

Verneri Hannula

A breathtaking final
Nerves were starting to fray as the last remaining riders fought it out tooth and nail for the title of master of Freestyle. The quality and level of riding reached astounding levels in the last parts of the competition, but it was clear from early on that Kalle Leinonen would be crowned winner. With consistently impressive tricks landed to perfection, Leinonen was steadily winning the hearts of the judges and the public, who followed his every line with oooh’s and aahhh’s. Meanwhile fellow finn Verneri Hannula gave Leinonen a good run for his money, but couldn’t quite beat his winning run: Switch Bio 9 Critical on the Big Air, followed by a Rodeo 5 critical to japan on the transfer and finished with Switch Unnatural 7 Mute.

Action packed “après ski”
On Saturday afternoon, once the rain had calmed down, crowds gathered in the El Tarter Snowpark to watch the RedBull sponsored BMX flatland Demo by champion Vicky Gomez. The demo was followed by a acrobatic parapont demonstration. After a little break, the action started up again at 7pm with a nighttime jib session. The evening ended in the tent put up in the El Tarter car park with the San Miguel Night Music Total Fight concert featuring The Pinker Tones, The Right Ons and Barcelona’s Crappy Tuesdays dj set.

Final classification Total Fight 2011 Ski

1º – Kalle Leinonen (FIN – 4Front)
2º – Verneri Hannula (FIN – Atomic)
3º – Albert Martínez (AND – )
4º – Toni Riberaigua (AND – Head)
5º – Jaume Puigdengoles (SPAIN – Grandvalira)
6º – Scotty Jordan (AND – Atomic)
7º – Flo Wieser (AUT – Völkl)
8º – Tobias Gratz (AUT – Atomic)
9º – Borja Fernández (SPAIN – Salomon)
10º – Marcos Parera (SPAIN – Atomic)
11º – Pello Osoro (SPAIN – Armada)
12º – Hugo Can (FRA – )?13º – Manuel Manka (SUI – Völkl)
13º – Manuel Manka (SUI – Völkl)

SNOWBOARD VIDEOS

Grandvalira Total Fight TF011 Part 1

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Grandvalira Total Fight TF011 Part 2

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Ville Uotila, Grandvalira Total Fight 2011 Winner

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FREESKI VIDEOS

Freeski TF011 Part1

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Freeski TF011 Part2

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Grandvalira Total Fight, Presented By Burton & Coca Cola Part 1, Contains runs of (in this order): Eskil Kornelieussen, Facundo Vial, Hans Kestila, Janne Lipsanen, Jamie Phillip, Joachim Krogstie, Julius Oedergaard, Carles Manich, Marc Salas, Nuuti Niemela

Grandvalira Total Fight, presented By Burton and Coca Cola, Part 2 contains runs of (in this order): Matias Radaelli, Tommi Rokolampi, Matias Schmitt, Cris Sörman, Carles Turner, and Valtteri Paunonen.