Antti Autti

Antti Aleksanteri Autti (born March 15, 1985 in Rovaniemi, Finland) is a Finnish snowboarding star who shot to fame when he defeated big-name talents Danny Kass, Andy Finch and Shaun White in the Men's SuperPipe at the 2005 Winter X Games to claim the gold. He is the first non-American to win the event. Autti kicked off his final run with back-to-back 1080s, one of the hardest snowboarding tricks, and is only the third snowboarder to land the sequence, behind Kass and Ross Powers. Just two weeks earlier, he was crowned double world champion in Big Air and the Halfpipe at the 2005 Snowboarding World Championships in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.

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March 15 - 1985 - Rovaniemi - Finland - Finnish - Snowboarding - Danny Kass - Andy Finch - Shaun White - 2005 - X Games - American - Ross Powers - Halfpipe - Whistler - British Columbia - Canada

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Born to Yrjö and Katariina Autti, Autti hails from Rovaniemi, a 35,000 population city that sits on the Arctic Circle and is considered the gateway to the Lapland region of Finland. Autti has a younger brother named Tuomas. He started snowboarding in spring 1995 after he saw someone snowboarding while on a skiing vacation with his family.

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Rovaniemi - Arctic Circle - Lapland - 1995 - Skiing

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Since he started competing in 2001, Autti has built an impressive competitive resume and has established himself as a rising force in snowboarding with his technical prowess and impeccable style. He won 4 out of the 5 World Cup Halfpipe competitions he entered in the 2003-2004 season and came in second in the one he did not win, which earned him the title of the 2004 World Cup Halfpipe Runner-up. Autti is also the 2004 WSF World Halfpipe Champion and the 2004 FIS Finnish National Halfpipe Champion. Most recently, he finished third at the 2005 U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships and first in Big Air at the Arctic Challenge, the exclusive snowboarding event founded by Terje Haakonsen. He was also awarded Best Tweak for his switch backside 540, which is his favorite trick.

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2001 - World Cup - Halfpipe - 2003 - 2004 - FIS - Finnish - 2005 - U.S. Open - Arctic Challenge - Terje Haakonsen - Backside

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In April 2005, it was officially announced that Autti will represent Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Because of this honor, he received a piece of land in Rovaniemi, on which he hopes to build a new home.

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April - 2005 - 2006 - Winter Olympics

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Autti is sponsored by Flow, Billabong, Dakine, Von Zipper, Nokia, Sweet and Swix.

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Billabong - Nokia

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