Paulina Ligocka and Peetu Piiroinen Win Burton European Open Halfpipe Titles

Poland’s Paulina Ligocka (25 years old) and Finland’s Peetu Piiroinen (21 years old) won the 11th Burton European Open halfpipe event today. Each will take home US$ 15.000 in prize-money and also important points towards the BGOS and TTR rankings. Ursina Haller (SUI) and Ilkka-Eemeli Laari (FIN) earned second place and Akiko Miwa (JPN) and [...]

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2010 Burton Asian Open Snowboarding Championships Cancelled

Burton Snowboards announced that they are canceling the 2010 Asian Open Snowboarding Championships due to scheduling conflicts.

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Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships

New Zealand’s largest snowboarding event, the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, came to a close after four intense days of competition. Part of the Burton Global Open Series and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour, the 7th Annual New Zealand Open showcased some the world’s top snowboarders competing in halfpipe and slopestyle [...]

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Live webcast Burton US Open

Webcasts will feature the men’s and women’s quarterpipe, halfpipe and slopestyle semi-finals and finals taking place on March 21 – 22 at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and rider bios) that will allow the viewer to take a more active role.

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Burton Canadian Open – slopestyle results

Mikkel Bang (NOR) and Silvia Mittermueller (GER) have come out on top, winning the men’s and women’s slopestyle competition at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta. After a week of mild temperatures brought on by the Chinook winds, bluebird skies once again illuminated the 600m long slopestyle course that featured street rails, a dance floor, [...]

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Burton Canadian Open online registration dates

Online competitor registration is open for the first-ever Burton Canadian Open, taking place from December 1-7, 2008 at the Calgary Olympic Development Association’s (CODA) Canada Olympic Park in Calgary, Alberta.

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