Jakob Wilhelmson wins Quiksilver SnowJam

Swedish style master Jacob Wilhelmson took home the prize money at the 2009 SnowJam in the Cezch Republic . The TTR 3 star slopestyle event was the climax to the 2009 O2 freestyle tour with prize money of $10 000 on offer . The event had the unusual combination of Big Air , Half Pipe and Rails all in one coarse , challenging the riders to show their all round snowboarding ability .

An international field of 24 contestant battled it out on a sunny Saturday in the resort Spindleruv Mlyn in front of a huge crowd . Quiksilver's Martin Cernik (CZE)  traded blow's with Jakob through the rounds and into the final but had to be satisfied with second place after Jakob's Big Air and Rail combintions proved superior . Stefan Karlson (SWE) took third with and outstanding performance in the Pipe but unable to back it up on the rails and Big Air .

Jakob Wilhelmson winning run consisted of a  cab 720- frontside air – backside air - frontside 540 lien (half-pipe) - cab180 tailpress (rail) - backside 900 (Big Air).

In true Czech style the afterparty went on into the early hours with plenty of Vodka at hand!