10th Annual Burton European Open Confirms Top Snowboarders and Music Acts

Shaun White, Jamie Anderson and Cheryl Maas Plan to Compete

UK Band, The Streets, to Perform

INNSBRUCK, AUT (November 13, 2008) – The Burton European Open (BEO) today announced that a number of the world’s top snowboarders plan to compete at this year’s 10th annual event, taking place from January 9-16 in Laax, Switzerland. The BEO is the third Burton Global Open Series event this season and a 6 Star TTR Event that offers top prizes like two new Volvo XC 60s and over $125,000 in prize money.

Among the confirmed invited riders are Burton Global Open Series Champion 07/08 Peetu Piiroinen from Finland, Olympic champion and defending 08 BEO slopestyle winner Shaun White (USA), Mikkel Bang (NOR), who placed second at least year’s Air & Style in Munich, and Swiss style master Nicolas Müller. The women’s line-up is also impressive with TTR World Champion 07/08 Jamie Anderson (USA), BEO 08 halfpipe winner and Olympic gold medallist Kelly Clark (USA), Dutch slopestyle queen Cheryl Maas, Canadian Marie-France Roy, Laax local Sina Candrian and the UK’s outstanding rider Jenny Jones, who came very close to winning the BGOS championship title last year.

For amateur riders who want a chance to compete against the top pros, online rider registration is open until November 20th at opensnowboarding.com.

The BEO’s 10th birthday will not only be celebrated with outstanding snowboarding, but also with legendary parties and live music acts. UK band The Streets will play a live concert on Friday, January 16th at The Riders Palace. Mike Skinner of The Streets just released a new album in September 2008 called “Everything is Borrowed” with the hit-single “I love you more (than you like me)”. The Berlin duo, Stereo Total, will play at the riders’ welcome party on Wednesday night, January 14th. According to the band’s website, “Stereo Total has created a colorful and fascinating universe oscillating between the essential punkrock, disco and electro garage chanson and genius dilettantism.”

Check out all the riders rocking their new Burton Snowboards, Burton Snowboard Jackets and Burton Snowboard Pants, not to mention Jamie Anderson on her new Salomon Snowboard.

If you can’t make it to Switzerland, watch the BEO semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.

Winter Dew Tour Announces Athlete Roster

WORLD’S TOP SNOWBOARDERS SHAUN WHITE AND HANNAH TETER LEAD IMPRESSIVE LIST OF ATHLETES COMPETING ON WINTER DEW TOUR

Winter Dew Tour to Kick Off Dec 18 at Breckenridge Resort in Colorado

NEW YORK – November 12, 2008 – The Winter Dew Tour today announced the world’s top snowboard athletes that will compete for the coveted Dew Cup and a share of the $1.5 million prize purse offered at the end of the three-stop series, which will kick off December 18 in Breckenridge, Colo.

The athlete roster reads like the who’s who of professional snowboarding, highlighted by multiple X Games and Olympic medalists including Shaun White, Hannah Teter, Andreas Wiig, Travis Rice and Gretchen Bleiler.

“I feel like the Dew Tour is gonna be huge and I’m really looking forward to riding on the entire series this year,” said Teter. “The roster of athletes that will be competing on the Winter Dew Tour is sick. It’ll be a fun battle to see who comes away with Dew Cup at the end of the season.”

White, who’s competed in skateboard vert on the Summer Dew Tour, will be the first Summer crossover athlete. White was the Dew Tour season points leader for skateboard vert in 2007, and was awarded the coveted Dew Cup for his efforts. After successful Summer season’s, White will compete in the superpipe discipline on the Winter Dew Tour. The 22-year-old from Carlsbad, Calif. has been a force to be reckoned with in competitive snowboarding since the tender age of 14.

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Ride Snowboards has always been a rider focused, rider driven snowboard company that offers contests like these to stoke out their fellow fans. Ride Snowboards gains true respect in the snowboard industry.  Who wouldn’t want to see their own artwork displayed on their own custom Ride shred stick?  If you didn’t get a chance to see last years entries, you’ll be in for a treat this year.  Some of the applicants are truely talented graphic artists.  Thanks to Ride Snowboards for throwing down yet another inspiring year of fun and shred!

Salomon Snowboards and SkullCandy are bringing in all the top rail riders to compete for cash on a sketchy scaffolding set up in the streets of downtown Portland.  It’s going down on Saturday, November 22nd at Noon on NW 11th and Davis (in front of the Art Institute).  There should be plenty of entertainment, beer, free stuff and really awesome weather.  Come down and hang out with us!

Rumor has it that Burton Snowboards have been making some budget cuts this year due to the down fall brought on by Channel Islands and Alien Workshop ties.  Team members are fearing the worst as riders like DCP, Romain De’Marchi and Elena Hight were dropped from the Burton Global Team this season.  Notice that they are no longer listed in the roster.  Is this an economic recession influence?  Or Burton’s attempt to bring on new found team riders with larger paychecks?  No stories have been confirmed as of yet, but we’re sure to find out where these riders find their new home in the upcoming months.  Gigi Ruf has already made the move over to Volcom Snowboarding.  Will Romain, DCP, or Elena be next?  More to report as the story unfolds…