Scuol, Switzerland – With only a week remaining before the 6Star Burton US Open, which will feature the crowning of the men’s and women’s 2010/11 Swatch TTR World Tour Champion titles, Finnish rider Peetu Piiroinen has once again clinched the men’s title for an incredible third time in a row.nPiiroinen has been an amazing force on the competition scene since he emerged from Finland in the 2008-09 season and is one of very few riders to excel across the board in halfpipe, slopestyle and big air formats. In the women’s champion race, it’s going to come down to slopestyle specialist, Jamie Anderson, and halfpipe expert, Kelly Clark, and will depend on how these two American riders fare at this week’s 5Star Mammoth Grand Prix and the 6Star Burton US Open at Stratton Mountain in Vermont. In addition to the champion race, men will be competing for a TTR Top 5 finish and women will be reaching for a TTR Top 3 finish, which will earn them a piece of the $200,000 end of season prize purse.

With results calculated from the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge, it has been confirmed that no rider can earn enough points to unseat Piiroinen from his World No. 1 position. He has had another stellar season and managed to stand atop four 6Star podiums in halfpipe, slopestyle and big air formats, a feat that no other rider on tour has managed to accomplish this season. Piiroinen is able to push ahead of the pack with his versatile skills in all disciplines and will be awarded for his impressive season at the close of the US Open.

On the women’s side, the race for the TTR Champion title has been narrowed down to just Anderson and Clark. Anderson has a healthy lead, but if Clark can take the win at the 5Star Mammoth Grand Prix halfpipe, she will still be in contention with Anderson for the title at the US Open. Women who finish the season in the TTR Top 3 will receive a portion of the end of season prize purse and the World No. 2 and 3 positions are still up for grabs. Slovenian rider, Cilka Sadar, is currently in World No. 2 and will need to defend her position against the likes of current World No. 3, Sina Candrian of Switzerland, and World No. 4 Kjersti Ostgaard-Buaas of Norway.