Burton and Motorola held the first Big Air event in urban China at the weekend, 'Big Air in Beijing'. A snowboard exhibition, the event took place at the Beijing Pop Festival on 9th and 10th September in Chaoyang Park. ...It included some of the world’s top pro riders, like Kazuhiro Kokubu, Tadashi Fuse, Luke Mitrani, Chris Rotax, Yale Cousino, Marko Grilc, Sani Alibabic, Shota Suzuki and Kevin Pearce. Riders showed off their skills in a quarterpipe 60’ in height by 130’ in width. About 30,000 spectators were surrounded by 30 tons of scaffolding and 500 cubic meters of ice and snow. The event marked the first time that a Chinese urban center hosted a snowboard exhibition with international competitors.
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