Growing up in Finland’s far north may not have meant huge mountains and deep snow, but for Enni Rukajärvi, the five-minute hot laps at Ruka (her local hill) added up to some explosive riding. Blowing up the competitive scene with both the TTR World Tour Title and Burton Global Open Series title in 2010, Enni kept the heat on in 2011, becoming the first ever rookie to take slopestyle gold at the X Games, placing 3rd in the European X Games slopestyle and wining the Burton US Open slopestyle event. In 2012, Enni followed up her rise to podium fame with a slopestyle silver at X Games, a 2nd at the Burton European Open and a 3rd at the US Open. Enni also won the Rookie of the Year Award at the Transworld Rider’s Poll Awards and ended the Dew Tour season ranked 2nd in slopestyle. Enni is fine living quietly in the small town she grew up in, but with results and consistency like this, there is no doubt she’ll continue making a statement in parks and on podiums around the world.