Malmö
The first Etnies European Open 2002 was a real success. There had never been so many spectators and skateboarders in Malmo before. ³This is not a furniture² was David Luthers favourite sentence at the Bryggeriet skatepark last weekend, when he tried to clear the obstacles from the crowd. Nevertheless, Jurgen Horrwarth paved his way through, won Street and got second in Vert. 176 skateboarder competed three days 142 in Street, 26 in Vert and 7 in the Girls Jam. They came from all over the world: Germany, Norway, Sweden, France, Denmark, England, USA, Finland, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland. Stefan Lehnert from Germany got third after the final in Street on Sunday, second Florentin Marfaing from germany, too, and as said before Jurgen Horrwarth reserved the first place. Terence Bougdour from France saved his third place in Vert, Jurgen Horrwarth got second and Jussi Korhonen from Finland went home with the first place. Giorgio Zattoni from Italy got hurt in the Vert finals, skated the best trick contest and won it with a Varial Mc Twist with a broken wrist. The 18 year old Louise Menke from the Netherlands won the Girls Jam that took place on Sunday. Louise clocked her 45 seconds for tricks like crocked grind, boardslideflip, ollie over the pyramide, bsKickflip over the hip or Kickflip fakie. With no doubt she is the best female skateboarder in Europe right now. Second got Catarina Sterner from Sweden and Ninnie Perraud from Norway shared her happiness about her third place with all the others. On Monday everybody went to the Alis Open Wonderland to Copenhagen. After a couple of hours Bowl Skateboarding Michael Jensen from Denmark not only saved his first place, he also won the Best Trick Contest with a kickflip blunt kickflip out. Second got Christian Brox from Norway and third Nicky Dean Guerrero from Denmark who has been skating for 25 years now. For additional information please contact: monika.bocian@skateboardeurope.com STREET Results 1 jurgen horrwarth germany 2 florentin marfaing germany 3 stephan lehnert germany 4 carl-e heisholdt norway 5 leif kristian thorvik norway 6 mark pulman sweden 7 chris aström sweden 8 filip soderlindh sweden 9 hugo liard france 10 harri puupponen finland 11 jerry svensson sweden 12 fredrik austbø norway Semi-Finalists 13 joel svard sweden 14 stefan jacobsen norway 15 martin gustafsson sweden 16 christian brox norway 17 henning braaten norway 18 jyri pitranen finland 19 troels jorgensen denmark 20 per magnuson sweden 21 jim augustsson sweden 22 emilio arnant england 23 foppa forstery sweden 24 patrick eling germany 25 tomas vintr czech rep. 26 johan linowaad sweden 27 jouni salo finland 28 manual margreiter austria 29 andres skeber finland 30 daniel hakansson sweden Did not qualify for semi-finals 31 miko valli finland 32 juhani salo finland 33 raul fernandes switzerland 34 marc haziza france 35 armin löwenstein germany 36 julien bachelier france 37 dennis laab germany 38 martin pennlöw sweden 39 dominik dietrich austria 40 jean-marc soulet sweden 41 kele rosecrans usa 42 jarkko poropudas finland 43 kilian heuberger germany 44 benni markstein germany 45 oliver gordon austria 46 matt grabowski germany 47 paul verbraak holland 48 vincent bressol france 49 pontus alv sweden 50 samu hirvonen finland 51 stephan günther germany 52 helmut geissler austria 53 fabio fusco germany 54 ivan rivado spain 55 niko ojanen finland 56 jouni leino finland 57 bart naafs holland 58 alexi fräki finland 59 jo lorenz germany 60 jascha muller germany 61 andy scott england 62 phong phu phan germany 63 paco elles germany 64 mischa zwaan holland 65 georges agonkouin france 66 christian jellen germany 67 bjorn holmenäs sweden 68 gianni zattoni italy 69 daniel sjöholm sweden 70 mike montgomery holland 71 petter klemsdal norway 72 benni dannel germany 73 leander geelhoed holland 74 michael nadler austria 75 mattias janota germany 76 troels jorgensen denmark 77 bjorn tjernberg sweden 78 alain goikotxea spain Did not make it to the qualifications 79 norberto mena spain 80 lewis marnell sweden 81 tumo schaldach germany 82 vasek stecher czech rep. 83 vohn mcmillen sweden 84 jon arpi sweden 85 marcus daklstedt sweden 86 chris merkt switzerland 87 alex pason germany 88 ralph wegner germany 89 darwin van potten holland 90 chris larsson denmark 91 johan floren sweden 92 ruben garcia spain 93 ola lowbeer sweden 94 jon pedersen norway 95 allan nissen denmark 96 florian bodenhammer germany 97 Hans Claessens belgium 98 wieger van wageningen holland 99 martin ottosson sweden 100 lars spets sweden 101 martin henriksson sweden 102 soenke mucke germany 103 lowe lederquist sweden 104 sebastian bolinder sweden 105 lars wikman sweden 106 cris dijkman holland 107 stian sannerud norway 108 jimmy anderson sweden 109 sascha biehaule austria 110 ingo naschold germany 111 michal suchopar czech rep. 112 erik letfors sweden 113 hjoar falkeid norway 114 julius haartn finland 115 andre rotters germany 116 philip leander sweden 117 stefan horhager austria 118 david conrads germany 119 mark souman holland 120 alexander hylander sweden 121 daniel nilsson sweden 122 thilo nawrockl germany 123 ben simmons sweden 124 oliver holzhauer germany 125 leo leifert germany 126 lowel seger sweden 127 patrick ahlfeld germany 128 carlito holland 129 maurice broxkes germany 130 shalle hagjhow sweden 131 benny wessler germany 132 jasper tninio finland 133 tatu engestrom finland 134 marcus olafsson sweden 135 nikko patja sweden 136 clement rozoh france 137 jean postec france 138 xavier sarmiento spain 139 jesper svenningsen denmark 140 david engzell sweden 141 daniel talt sweden 142 danny lorenz germany VERT RESULTS 1 Jussi Korhonen 2 Jurgen Horrwarth 3 Terence Bougdour 4 Michael Jensen 5 Giorgio Zattoni 6 Nicky Dean Guerrero 7 Jocke Olsson 8 Andy Scott 9 Steve Bailey 10 Thomas Madsen 11 Jesper Svenningsen 12 Dave Allen 13 Jean Poster 14 Jess Andersen 15 Erwin Prent 16 Emilio Arnanz 17 Marc Haziza 18 Robert Andersson 19 Mattias Nylen 20 Espen Røed 21 Jon Pedersen 22 Andreas Paraskevas 23 Peter Linnell 24 Bo Larsen 25 Thomas Kring 26 Frederik Nilsson Best Trick Vert Giorgio Zattoni (Varial Mc Twist) GIRLS STREET 1. Louise Menke 2. Catarina Sterner 3. Ninnie Perraud 4. Madeleine Uggla 5. Irene Aaseth 6. Steffi Weiss 7. lilly Aminian Alis Open in the Wonderland Bowl Copenhagen 1. Michael Jensen 2. Christian Brox 3. Nicky Guerrero 4. Ronnie 5. Fiske 6. John 7. Sasha Steinhorst 8. Andy Scott