A record 260 snowboarders from 16 countries have registered to take part in the Burton New Zealand Open from August 7th to 11th. The event is being held at Snow Park NZ in the Cardrona Valley. In addition to top names already announced, such as last year's winners Mason Aguirre (USA) and Kelly Clark (USA), the event has attracted the likes of Ryo Aono (JPN), currently ranked number 1 on the World Cup circuit, Anti Autti (FIN) who scored silver in the US Open Halfpipe and Iouri Podladtchikov (RUS), a silver medalist in the European Open Halfpipe. ...See:
http://www.boarderzone.com/nzopen/