Mellowparks 9th Red Bull NanShan Open

China’s biggest snowboarding competition of the year and widely reputed with pro-riders as one of the most enjoyable competition trips in existence (I’m talking a week’s worth of luxury hotels, crazy parties, massages, sightseeing and not to mention great food with a big, final dinner at Hatsune!), Mellowparks 9th Red Bull Nanshan Open will held this weekend – Saturday & Sunday, January 22-23 at NanShan Park.

“A 4Star Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour slopestyle event, the competition offers up US$30,000 in prize money and 500 TTR points.”

Held in the NIKE 6.0 Nanshan Park, the event welcomes back last year’s winner Juuso Laivisto (FIN) along with a few other returning riders - Sergey Lapushkin (RUS), David Bertschinger Karg (SUI), Nick Brown (NZ), and Yongho Lee (KOR). With a total of 19 international riders (5 of which are returning), this is sure to be an incredibly siiiick event!

And BIG news this year-  snowboard legend Travis Parker will be joining Ishi (JAP), Marco Huang (CHI) and Alan Wong (USA) among the judges of this competition!

Event Details:

• Date: Saturday & Sunday, January 22-23
• Time: Sign Up starts at 9AM, qualifier competition from 1PM-3PM
• Location: NanShan Park (click here for directions and park details)
• More Info: www.mellowparks.cn

9th Red Bull Nanshan Open Event Rundown

Saturday, 22nd of January 2011

Open to 19 invited international pro riders and 7 qualified Chinese riders. Each rider will have three runs; the best 1 out of 3 counts, and the top 12 will progress onto Sunday’s competition.

09:30 – 11:00 Training
11:00 – 12:00 1st run
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:00 – 13:30 Warm up
13:30 – 15:00 2nd and 3rd runs
15:30 – 15:45 Announcement of 12 finalists

Sunday, 23rd of January 2011

Limited to the 12 qualified riders of the previous day’s event. Each rider will have two runs in the morning, the best 1 out of 2 counts. The top 4 will progress into the afternoon’s super finals for three runs each, best 2 out of 3 counts.

09:30 – 11:00 Training
11:00 – 12:30 Finals (top 12 riders, 2 runs each, best counts)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:30 – 14:30 Super Finals (top 4 riders, 3 runs, best 2 count)
14:30 – 14:45 [live music performance]
14:45 Prize Giving
*all above time schedules are subject to change due to weather conditions, uncontrollable forces or unpredictable difficulties*

JUDGING CRITERIA
Slopestyle (choose your line): Judges will be looking at technical difficulty, execution, amplitude, style and landing. Any trick not landed will not be counted.