Beijing, China – Sven Thorgren is the winner of Saturday’s Air & Style Beijing 2013.

The Swedish rider prevailed in a world-class superfinal of the best four riders with a Backside 1440 Mute over Sage Kotsenburg, Kim Rune Hansen and Torgeir Bergrem. From Round 1 on, Thorgren delivered on the world ‘s biggest artificial snowboard ramp. His victory at the 6Star World Snowboard Tour contest in front of a total of 13,000 thousand spectators pays off with 1,000 points for the World Snowboard Tour ranking and the major share of the contest’s US$100,000 prize money.

“Today ‘s victory is the biggest success of my career. It is a dream come true,” Thorgren said. “Winning with a trick that I never before had landed safely makes this win very special for me.”

Chinese rider He Wei, the first Chinese citizen to ever compete in an Air & Style contest, finished 15^th after losing to Thorgren in Round 2.

The World Snowboard Tour now moves to North America for the 5 Star U.S. Snowboarding Grandprix for a Slopestyle and Halfpipe competition at Copper Mountain, Colo., Dec. 16-22, and at Northstar California Jan. 6-12. Immediately thereafter, Slopestyle riders will return to China for the 5 Star RedBull Nanshan Open before heading to Europe for the 6 Star Burton European Open in Laax, Switzerland.

OFFICIAL RESULTS
TTR World Snowboard Tour
Air&Style Beijing – Beijing, China
Dec. 7, 2013