It appears that not everyone is happy about the way the 2012 World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway are going down this week, according to a story on Views and News From Norway. For one thing there’s only one Norwegian in the slopestyle semi-finals.
It was the latest in a string of disappointments for the organizers of the World Snowboarding Championships, being held at Oslo Winter Park in the hills above the capital. They failed to secure a main sponsor, which means Oslo taxpayers look likely to be stuck with a bill of NOK 28 million since city officials agreed to mount a guarantee for that amount. . .
Ticket sales were also a problem according to the story. Organizers who hoped to sell 25,000 tickets had only sold 3,350 by the start of the event and 5,000 as of yesterday. That’s compared to the 270,000 that were sold for the Nordic skiing world championships.
Norwegian snowboarding legend Terje Håkonsen himself had told Aftenposten that his goal was to convince “snowboard haters” that his sport is worthy of respect.
Still think it would be great to be there right now. We wouldn’t be disappointed at all to see it live.
[Link: Views and News From Norway]
