Jakob @ 6th Red Bull Nanshan Open Pic: Lorenz Holder
Beijing, CHINA (December 22, 2008) – In a surprise move set to shake things up at the TTR 4-star 7th Red Bull Nanshan Open, last year’s winner Jakob Wilhelmson has just confirmed he will be returning to Beijing for the third year in a row. The Quiksilver rider posted a fifth place result at the 5th Red Bull Nanshan Open and first place at the 6th, making him one of the Open’s most successful riders. All eyes will be on this local crowd pleaser as he takes his distinctive riding style to the Quiksilver Nanshan Mellow Park this January 10th and 11th to compete for US$25,000 and precious TTR ranking points!
Check out some footage of his winning run and highlights of last year’s open here
www.mellow.net.cn
Jakob joins Markus Keller as a late entry to the event, adjusting the confirmed rider list to the following:
1) Kalle Ohlson (Sweden), Vans/Bataleon/Smith
2) Matevz Petek (Slovenia), Nitro/L1/Dragon
3) Wang Lei (China), Burton/Anon
4) Teo Konttinen (Finland), Quiksilver
5) Werni Stock (Austria), Red Bull/Salomon/Bonfire
6) Peter Koenig (Austria), Forum/Special Blend/Anon
7) Anton Gunnarsson (Sweden), Nitro/Raiden/L1
8) Marc Swoboda (Austria), Red Bull/Nitro/Volcom
9) Tylor Chorlton (Great Britain), Bataleon/Oakley/Vans
10) Freddy Austbo (Norway), Quiksilver/Nixon/Elm
11) Filippo Kratter (Italy), Red Bull/Nitro/Volcom
12) Atsushi Ishikawa (Japan), Quiksilver/Deeluxe/Flow
13) Isao Seki (Japan), Quiksilver/Allien/Deeluxe
14) Yongho Lee (Korea), Salomon/Sugapoint/Electric
15) Jinbae Han (Korea), XXL/Volcom/Grenade
16) Sergey Lapushkin (Russia), Red Bull/DC/686
17) Markus Keller (Switzerland), Red Bull/Nitro/Volcom
18) Mikey Williams (Australia), DC/Electric
19) Andy Lloyd (Australia), K2/Smith/Holden
20) Marco Feichtner (Austria), Ride/686/Deeluxe
21) Jakob Wilhelmson (Sweden), Quiksilver/Libtech/Level