The Burton Open 2012 was postponed due to warm weather

In a sign that all was not well with early snow conditions in the Swiss Alps, Burton Snowboards and LAAX decided to postpone the Burton European Open from January 2012 to the end of February , “Due to the current weather conditions.”
“Burton and LAAX are committed to providing a very high standard of Slopestyle and Halfpipe snowboarding events. The temperatures at the moment do not allow preparation of a park set-up in time that meets the expectations of organizers and riders. For this reason postponement of the event has been confirmed.” said a statement from Burton in mid-November.
The Burton European Open is now scheduled from Feb. 25th – March 3rd, 2012.

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The Burton NZ Snowboard Open (NZO) have announced that ater three years of tremendous competition at Snow Park NZ, contest will step back across the valley to Cardrona, where it all began.

With Cardrona having invested heavily in new facilities over the past couple of years and with 22-foot pipes now being the ‘standard’ globally for high level events, this is a strategic move for the organisers of the Burton NZ Open.

“We are pleased with the move,” says event manager Reuben Yeoman.

We have enjoyed a great three years at Snow Park NZ and it is with some sadness but also enthusiasm that we have made this move. Cardrona have done a phenomenal job over the past couple of years in bringing their pipe and park up to international competition standard and in doing so have created a great venue for hosting international events. We are simply moving with the times and giving the riders what they want.”

The first stop on both the prestigious Burton Global Open Series and TTR World Tour, the Burton NZ Open will run from Tuesday 11th through to Saturday 15th August. Cardrona offers terrain suited to all ability levels and is famed for its wide open, undulating terrain that is perfect for beginners and intermediates, whilst the Arcadia and Tulips chutes offer extra challenge for more advanced riders. Trails are up to 1.5km (just under a mile) in length, the toughest being the Arcadia chutes. Uplift includes quads and magic carpets for beginners.

The resort is also home to some of New Zealand’s premier terrain parks, with up to four half pipes, a gravity cross and a range of beginner freestyle features.

Cardrona is located in the Crown Range between Queenstown (57kms/60mins) and Wanaka (34kms/35mins) in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Ten years after conceiving the idea of creating a unique format for snowboarding championships, the Burton Burton European Open (BEO) Snowboarding Championships, the fourth event of the Burton Global Open Series 08/09, will celebrate ten candles when the event pulls into Laax, Switzerland from January 9th-16th, 2009.
Ever since it was born in 1998, the BEO has treated guests to world-class snowboarding competitions featuring creative themes like ‘Airlines’ and ‘Casino’, which are a part of every aspect of the event – from the slopestyle course features to the late-night parties. Guests of the 2009 BEO’s big birthday bash can expect many treats, including some of the season’s most exciting halfpipe and slopestyle competitions, legendary parties and hopefully- an epic Laax powder day.

Top riders, amateurs and youth riders from all over the world will again battle for important Burton Global Open championship points and 6Star TTR Ranking Points. Shaun White, Kevin Pearce, Nicolas Müller, Peetu Piiroinen, Jamie Anderson and Mikkel Bang plan to be there to celebrate. In total, More than 400 riders will come to the birthday bash with big bags of tricks for the halfpipe and slopestyle competitions on Crap Sogn Gion at Laax. Finalists will fight for the biggest piece of the US $125,000 prize-money cake.
The BEO kicks off with the junior competition on January 9th and 10th, followed by the men’s and women’s slopestyle finals on January 15th and the halfpipe finals on January 16th. The event will also be broadcast on Go211.com. www.opensnowboarding.com