Background
Mattila was born in Kannus, which is located in Central Ostrobothnia which is well known for its flat surface.
Mattila was born in Kannus, which is located in Central Ostrobothnia which is well known for its flat surface.
He has also made a name by having shots in the international snowboarding magazines. He is well known as a confident rider and because of his smooth style. Risto started snowboarding at the age of 13 in a small resort called Louekallio, together with Olympic bronze medallist Markku Koski.
During his snowboard career Risto has obtained many good results, including many wins in FIS world cup and other snowboarding invitational contests.
Mattila participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, finishing 16th in men"s halfpipe. He also represented Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, finishing 10th in men"s halfpipe.
Mattila"s 2006-2007 season has started promisingly, and Risto has placed as a second in Air & Style and third in X-Trail Jam, both much respected competitions in the snowboarding world. When Risto is not snowboarding he usually spends time in Helsinki with his friends.
He likes Finnish candies, good food, ketchup and movies.
His hobbies besides snowboarding are skateboarding, breakdance and tennis. Standings
2001/2002
2nd FIS World Cup overall Half Pipe
2nd FIS Big Air
16th Salt Lake City Winter Olympics
1st World Cup Big Air
3rd Big Air
1st Leysin Open slope style
2nd Burton European open slope style
3rd The Arctic challenge Half-pipe
2005/2006
TTR ranking 2nd
4 World cup wins,
Nippon Open pipe 3rd,
Gravity Games Pipe 3rd,
Bachelor of Science-Jam 3 rd overall and the ruler of the kicker,
Arctic Challenge 3rd Big Air,
2nd Freestyle Companies of Honour Zurich,
2nd Nokia Air & Style 06 Munich
2nd Toyota Big Air
Flow Snowboarding, Giro, Volvo, Billabong, Doctor Zipe, Northwave Drake Bindings and Boards.