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"\"&lt;p&gt;Sweden is proudly getting ready to host its inaugural TTR THREE(3)STAR Slopestyle event, the Rip Curl Seafun Invitational presented by DVS &amp;#038; Matix, this weekend 16th-18th February 2007, in snow-filled Kungsberget.\\n&lt;p&gt;The first TTR event in Sweden since the sad demise of the infamous &amp;#8216;Battle&amp;#8217; in Falun, the 7th edition of the Rip Curl Seafun Invitational presented by DVS &amp;#038; Matix promises to showcase the best of Swedish snowboarding along with a selection of European known names.\\n&lt;p&gt;Up to 50 open spots are available for Friday&amp;#8217;s qualification round. The top 15 riders from the qualifications will join an invitational crew of 30 for Saturday&amp;#8217;s finals that includes recent 3rd place podium winner at FIVE(5)STAR Crans-Montana Champs Open by Rip Curl, Nils Arvidsson (SWE), along with co-patriots Tobias Karlsson (SWE), Michael Sandy (SWE), Kalle Ohlsson (SWE), Nicky Wieveg (SWE) &amp;#038; wildcard Mattias Nyberg (SWE). Scandinavians are also represented by Finland&amp;#8217;s Jaako Ruha (FIN) &amp;#038; Petja Piiroinen (FIN) whilst Stian Annestad (NOR) carries the flag for Norway. Sublime snowboarders Pacome Allouis (FRA) &amp;#038; Julien Haricot (FRA) also join the field of riders looking to gain a contest win and the 550 TTR Ranking Points available towards their status on the TTR Ranking List presented by Swatch. &lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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