Mellowparks: The 10th Annual Red Bull Nanshan Open
Posted: January 13th, 2012 | Author: LumDimSum | Filed under: Hot Tips, Upcoming Events | Tags: 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open, Alan Wong, Eric Zhu, Ingemar Backman, Ishi, Iztok Sumatic, Mellowparks, Michi Albin, NanShan, Nanshan Open, Scotty Wittlake | No Comments »
This weekend is 10 years in the making for the men and women of mellowparks.cn, and a momentous moment for Steve Zdarsky, the Godfather of Snowboarding in China.
The 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open is taking place this Saturday & Sunday, January 14-15 with some of the top riders of the world flying into Beijing for their chance to win prize money totaling USD$50,000!
Attracting widespread international media attention and national TV coverage, mellowparks is making a huge impact on China’s snowboard scene and bringing it to international fame as Asia’s largest slopestyle event of the year with 5Star TTR status.
With event host Eric Zhu introducing riders and explaining each run’s tricks and falls, the event is sure to be pure, non-stop entertainment. This year also welcomes back head judges Iztok Sumatic (SLO) and Ishi (JPN) along with a team of experienced judges: Ingemar Backman (SWE), Michi Albin (SWI), Scotty Wittlake (USA), and Alan Wong (PRC/USA).
With live TV coverage, the event rundown goes like this:
Jan 14, Sat – Competition Day 1
Open to 22 invited international pro riders and 7 locally qualified riders. Each rider will have three runs; the best 1 out of 3 counts, and the top 12 will progress onto Sunday’s competition.
09:30 – 11:00 Training
11:00 – 12:00 1st run
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:00 – 13:30 Warm up
13:30 – 15:00 2nd and 3rd runs
15:30 – 15:45 Announcement of 12 finalists
Jan 15, Sun – Competition Day 2
Limited to the 12 qualified riders of the previous day’s event. Each rider will have two runs, the best 1 out of 2 counts. The top 4 will progress into the afternoon’s super finals for three runs each, best 1 out of 3 counts.
09:30 – 11:00 Training
11:00 – 12:30 Finals (top 12 riders, 2 runs each, best run counts)
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch break and park maintenance
13:30 – 14:30 Super Finals (top 4 riders, 3 runs, best run counts)
14:30 – 14:45 [live music performance]
14:45 Prize Giving 
Winners of last year’s 9th Annual Red Bull Nanshan Open
This Year’s Prize Draw:
1st = US$ 20.000 / 850 TTR points
2nd = US$ 10.000 / 800.95 TTR points
3rd = US$ 5.000 / 765 TTR points
4th = US$ 3.000 / 737.85 TTR points
5th-12th = US$ 1.500 / TTR points
If you can’t make it up to Nanshan this weekend but interested in following the competition, you can watch on CCTV5 during the scheduled time periods, or through live online stream on Sina through this link.
Live TV coverage schedule of the 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open:
Saturday, January 14th, 2012
11:00-12:00 CST (1st run of Qualifier)
13:30-15:30 CST (2nd and 3rd runs of Qualifier)
Sunday, January 15th, 2012
11:00-12:30 CST (Finals)
13:30-14:30 CST (SuperFinals)
Event Details:
- Date: Saturday & Sunday, January 14-15
- 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
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