Tuesday, April 6, 2010
This winter the 19-year old rookie from Finland, Enni Rukajärvi took the snowboarding world by storm by appearing almost out of thin air and dominating the top slopestyle events. Fresh from finishing high school, she begun competing a few years prior at her home mountain and it became clear that she had a talent. With [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, January 17, 2010
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 [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 30, 2009
Volcom Stone’s PBRJ will hit new hills in Europe this winter, with 19 stops from Spain to Finland! This year they also introduce an Open division with cash prizes at each stop. The top 3 riders in every division and the best Girl at each stop will qualify for the European PBRJ Championships in LAAX, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Burton Snowboards announced that they are canceling the 2010 Asian Open Snowboarding Championships due to scheduling conflicts.
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Some early snow has arrived in Europe and the global snowboard circus is getting ready for the 11th Burton European Open (BEO) in Laax, Switzerland, from Jan. 9 – 16, 2010. The BEO is the second stop of the Burton Global Open Series 09/10 and a Swatch TTR 6Star event. It offers riders the chance [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, August 15, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, March 21, 2009
Only a week to go before the BRITS 09 gets underway in Laax, Switzerland and in preparation the pistes are being groomed, fun parks lovingly shaped and the Après Arena’s skilfully assembled. This year will also see the return of the much loved Red Bull Home Run and new for this year the NIKE 6.0 [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, January 29, 2009
The British Snowboard and Freeski Championships and Quiksilver are pleased to announce their continued partnership at this year’s BRITS, when they take the title rights for the Quiksilver Big Air Championships and host the Quik Sessions “Funk Night” in association with Whitelines and headlined by soul loving DJ’s, Funk Royale!
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Sunday, April 25, 2010
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