Burton Snowboards has announced the dates and locations for the upcoming Burton Global Open Snowboarding Championships. In this international event series, both amateur and pro snowboarders have a chance to compete for a world-class title...
This season, a male and a female Global Open Champion will be crowned at the last event, the Burton US Open. Also, the male and female winners of each competition will receive airfare and accommodation at the next contest in the series. The opening event will be in New Zealand, with the promise of Olympic gold medallists and world champions taking part.
The locations and dates are:
New Zealand Open, August 3-5, 2006 - SnowPark, New Zealand
Australian Open, August 25-27, 2006 - Falls Creek, Australia
European Open, January 20-27, 2007 - Laax, Switzerland
Nippon Open, February 20-25, 2007 - ALTS Bandai, Japan
US Open, March 12-18, 2007 - Stratton, VT USA
Read more:
http://www.burton.com/eu/news/news.asp?newsID=804
http://www.snow.co.nz/media/media_newsletters.asp?newsletterId=4519