Risto Mattila (born 4 February 1981,

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er. He is an all-around rider, who has many achievements in

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, big air and in park riding contests. He has also made a name by having shots in the international snowboarding magazines. He is well known as a confident rider and because of his smooth style.

Biography

Mattila was born in Kannus, which is located in

which is well known for its flat surface. Risto started snowboarding at the age of 13 in a small resort called Louekallio, together with Olympic bronze medallist Markku Koski.

Career

During his snowboard career Risto has obtained many good results, including many wins in FIS world cup and other snowboarding invitational contests. Mattila participated in the

2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...

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, finishing 16th in men's halfpipe. He also represented Finland at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...

in Turin, finishing 10th in men's halfpipe. Mattila's 2006–2007 season has started promisingly, and Risto has placed as a second in Air & Style and third in

X-Trail Jam The X-Trail Jam is a Japanese snowboarding contest and one of the biggest of its kind worldwide. It was first launched in the Tokyo Dome is an indoor stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. It was designed as a baseball stadium following its predece ...

, both much respected competitions in the snowboarding world. Mattila also won the 2007 Nissan X-Trail Big Air in Japan Most recently Mattila participated in the 2008

Toyota Big Air Toyota Big Air is a Japanese snowboarding (Straight jump) contest. This contest has been held in the Makomanai Open Stadium, Sapporo, Hokkaido since 1997, and from 2012 at the Sapporo Dome. The organizing office of the event announced on September 3 ...

and placed 2nd to his fellow Flow teammate and friend

Antti Autti Antti-Matias Antero Autti (born 15 March 1985) is a Finnish Snowboarding who won the Men's Superpipe at the 2005 Winter X Games. He is one of two snowboarders, along with Steve Fisher, ever to beat American snowboarder Shaun White in the X Games ...

Off the snow

When Risto is not snowboarding he usually spends time in Helsinki with his friends. He likes Finnish candies, good food, ketchup and movies. His hobbies besides snowboarding are skateboarding, breakdance and tennis.

Career Standings

2001/2002 *2nd FIS World Cup overall Half Pipe *2nd FIS Big Air *16th Salt Lake City Winter Olympics 2003/2004 *World Cup overall winner *1st World Cup Big Air *3rd Big Air *1st Leysin Open slope style *2nd Burton European open slope style *3rd The Arctic challenge Half-pipe 2005/2006 *TTR ranking 2nd *4 World cup wins, *Us Open winner, overall and slope style, *Nippon Open pipe 3rd, *Gravity Games Pipe 3rd, *SB-Jam 3 rd overall and the ruler of the kicker, *Arctic Challenge 3rd Big Air, *2nd Freestyle CH Zurich, *2nd Nokia Air & Style 06 Munich 2007/2008 *Won 07 Nissan X-Trail Big Air Japan, *2nd Toyota Big Air

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mattila, Risto 1981 births Living people People from Kannus Finnish male snowboarders Olympic snowboarders of Finland Snowboarders at the 2002 Winter Olympics Snowboarders at the 2006 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Central Ostrobothnia

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