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Tjäder wins epic Red Bull PlayStreets

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Jesper Tjäder produced an extraordinary series of urban slopestyle routines on Friday evening to win the seventh edition of Red Bull PlayStreets in Bad Gastein, Austria.
Thousands of fans lined the streets of the historic town centre in the Austrian Alps to see Tjäder better his 2015 third place and defeat 18 other riders on the night with a spectacular display of freestyle skiing tricks.

Laurent DeMartin sending a huge bio 9 on the hip!

This year’s course was redesigned to help the riders take their routines to new, exciting levels and the 425-metre white stage duly delivered on that for worldwide fans also watching on Red Bull TV.

Jesper Tjäder flying to victory at the Red Bull Playstreets in Bad Gastein

Eight hundred truckloads of snow were used to create precarious narrow street ramps with the riders starting off high up between Hotel Salzburger Hof and Villa Orania.

They built up speed to take on fearsome obstacles such as the Quarter-Pipe Transfer, the Multi-Hip Jump, the Coping Box, the steep Step Down, and the Transfer Hip, before they hit some rails and the Jägerhäusl finish line.

Lukas Müllauer skied solid and clean all night

The hard-fought opening qualification round soon saw the 19 riders whittled down to 16 with 2014 Sochi Halfpipe gold medallist David Wise surprisingly eliminated.

Sixteen riders went head-to-head next in a bid to cut the field further with Canadian Emile Bergeron and 2009 champion Russ Henshaw shock exits.

Austrians Lukas Muellauer put on a very strong performance at the REd Bull Playstreets Bad Gastein 2017

Austrian Lukas Muellauer treated the home crowd to a dazzling run to beat Cody LaPlante in the quarter-finals with Swiss Laurent De Martin also winning through alongside the top two seeds Andri Ragettli and Tjäder.

Andri Ragettli getting funky on his way to 2nd place!

2015 runner-up Ragettli easily saw off De Martin to seal his place in the final, but Tjäder had to dig deep to defeat Muellauer with a huge score of 250.
Muellauer held his nerve to finish with a well deserved podium place in a scrappy small final leaving Tjäder to post an imposing final score of 242 to just edge out Ragettli by five points and secure his star on the highly prized PlayStreets Wall of Fame alongside previous champions.

Jesper Tjäder's winning run!

Red Bull Playstreets Bad Gastein 2017 Podium

Tjäder, who also won the Best Trick award for his double cork, said: “He’s (Ragettli) been killing it all day and I thought he was going to stomp it.
“I made a small mistake and he made a small mistake too. Could have been any one of us who can take it. I can’t believe it, it’s awesome.”

Here is your chance to re-watch the Red Bull Playstreets in full length once again.

 

The Full replay is also available on Red Bull TV

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February 27, 2017


2017, Bad Gastein, Red Bull Playstreets

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