{"id":24677,"date":"2011-08-08T09:00:48","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T16:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=24677"},"modified":"2011-08-08T09:00:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T16:00:55","slug":"burton-new-zealand-open-starts-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=24677","title":{"rendered":"Burton New Zealand Open Starts Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2011-Bnzo-Poster-Lowres\"<\/a>The 2011 Burton New Zealand Open<\/a><\/strong> kicks off August 9, 2011 (which is basically today thanks to the time change) with more than 240 athletes at Cardrona Alpine Resort<\/a><\/strong> in Wanaka, New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Now in its ninth year, the BNZO is offering a NZ$50,000 prize purse for top-placed riders in both events. MINI will also launch this season\u2019s ramped up version of the Creative Use of Space Award (CUOS) that started for the first time at last year\u2019s BGOS events. Worth a total of $85,000, this year\u2019s CUOS will include three key elements: most creatively built slopestyle feature, most creative trick utilizing the CUOS slopestyle feature and most creative halfpipe trick. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Live online coverage of the event begins August 12, 2011 (August 11, 2011 PST) on www.opensnowboarding.com<\/a><\/strong>. Click here to watch it or follow the jump for all the official details including a complete schedule.WORLD CLASS RIDERS ARRIVE IN WANAKA, NEW ZEALAND FOR 2011 BURTON NEW ZEALAND OPEN<\/p>\n

WANAKA, New Zealand (August 8, 2011) More than 240 athletes are preparing for snowboarding\u2019s premier event in the Southern Hemisphere, the 2011 Burton New Zealand Open (BNZO), as they make their way to the Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka. Presented by MINI and taking place from August 9-13, the event will give snowboarding\u2019s top riders a chance to compete in slopestyle and halfpipe events. A live webcast will be showing all the exciting action from the final two days of the BNZO at Redbull.tv and Opensnowboarding.com<\/p>\n

Now in its ninth year, the BNZO is offering a NZ$50,000 prize purse for top-placed riders in both events. MINI will also launch this season\u2019s ramped up version of the Creative Use of Space Award (CUOS) that started for the first time at last year\u2019s BGOS events. Worth a total of $85,000, this year\u2019s CUOS will include three key elements: most creatively built slopestyle feature, most creative trick utilizing the CUOS slopestyle feature and most creative halfpipe trick. If riders didn\u2019t have enough to look forward to, they now have the opportunity to compete for this unique prize roundup kicking off at the BNZO. <\/p>\n

As the first event in the Burton Global Open Series and a 5star event on the TTR World Tour, the BNZO attracts a crowd of top riders from around the world to compete. On the men\u2019s side, the confirmed list includes Canadians Mark McMorris and Charles Reid; Americans Louie Vito, Jarret Thomas, Benji Farrow, Danny Davis and Jeremy Thompson; Japanese riders Kudo Kohei, Murakami Daisuke, Ryo Aono and Taku Hiraoka; Norwegians Ulrik Badertscher, Tore Holvik, Torgier Bergrem, Gjermund Braaten, Stale Sandbech and Torstein Horgmo; BNZO\u2019s 2010 Slopestyle Champion Christian Haller (SUI), BNZO\u2019s 2010 Halfpipe Champion Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI), plus Manuel Pietropoli (ITA) and Marko Grilc (SLO), as well as top local riders from New Zealand and Australia, including Mitchell Brown and Scotty James. <\/p>\n

The women\u2019s list is fully loaded with champions and Olympians including: 2010 BNZO Halfpipe Champion, 2011 BGOS Overall Champion and three-time Olympian Kelly Clark; 2010 BNZO Slopestyle Champion Jamie Anderson, 2011 US Open Slopestyle Champion Enni Rukaj\u00e4rvi (FIN) and two-time Olympians Hannah Teter, Gretchen Bleiler and Elena Hight, as well as Olympians Queralt Castellet (ESP), Soko Yamaoka (JAP), Sarka Pancochova (CZE), Ursina Haller (SUI) and Cilka Sadar (SLO). Also competing are Kaitlyn Farrington (USA), Spencer O\u2019Brien (CAN), Silvia Mittermuller (GER), and New Zealand\u2019s own Rebecca Torr. <\/p>\n

For the final two days of the event, viewers can watch all of these riders battle it out with an action-packed live webcast hosted on http:\/\/www.redbull.tv
\nand www.opensnowboarding.com Up-to-the-minute live scoring, live chat, commentator interaction and real-time ranking, among other features, will all be available when viewers tune in on August 11th and 12th in the Northern Hemisphere and on August 12th and 13th in the Southern Hemisphere.<\/p>\n

In addition, the BNZO will offer a live scoring service, accessible with any mobile phone or web browser. For iPhone users, the Efan iPhone app is available on the App Store free of charge at http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/efan\/id346147348?mt=8 Or you can go to http:\/\/live.eim-solutions.com\/nzo2011 for start lists, results, live scores, live standings, athlete profiles and event details as available.<\/p>\n

The entire event goes LIVE with webcasts on http:\/\/www.redbull.tv and www.opensnowboarding.com during the following times:<\/p>\n

New Zealand – NZST:
\nFriday, Aug 12
\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Slopestyle Finals
\n9:00am \u2013 1:00pm<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug 13
\nMen\u2019s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
\n8:30am \u2013 11:00am<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s & Women\u2019s Halfpipe Finals
\n11:00am \u2013 3:00pm<\/p>\n

US – EST:
\nThursday, Aug 11
\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Slopestyle Finals
\n5:00pm \u2013 9:00pm<\/p>\n

Friday, Aug 12
\nMen\u2019s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
\n4:30pm \u2013 7:00pm<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s & Women\u2019s Halfpipe Finals
\n7:00pm \u2013 11:00pm<\/p>\n

EUROPE – CET:
\nThursday, Aug 11\/Friday, Aug 12
\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Slopestyle Finals
\n11:00pm \u2013 3:00am<\/p>\n

Friday, Aug 12\/Saturday, Aug 13
\nMen\u2019s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
\n10:30pm \u2013 1:00am<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug 13
\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Halfpipe Finals
\n1:00am \u2013 5:00am<\/p>\n

JAPAN – JST:
\nFriday, Aug 12
\nMen\u2019s & Women\u2019s Slopestyle Finals
\n6:00am \u2013 10:00am<\/p>\n

Saturday, Aug 13
\nMen\u2019s Halfpipe Semi-Finals
\n5:30am \u2013 8:00am<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s & Women\u2019s Halfpipe Finals
\n8:00am \u2013 12:00pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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