US Rookies Wrap It Up in New Zealand

The 2010-11 U.S. Snowboarding Rookie crew wrapped up its nearly month long stay in New Zealand recently. During their time in the Southern Hemisphere, the rookies competed in two contests, the Burton New Zealand Open and the 2010 FIS Snowboard Junior World Championships, and managed to get some quality riding time in between the events at Cardrona and Snow Park.

Stylewars Cancelled Due to Blizzard Conditions

Blizzard conditions across all four days of competition forced the Stylewars comp in Falls Creeks, Australia to be cancelled this year.

Thorgren Wins South American Rookie Fest

Swedish ripper Sven Thorgren won the first edition of the Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest, a Swatch TTR 2Star Slopestyle event. With riders from 5 nations, the event was hosted in Valle Nevado, Chile.

Louie Vito Q&A

Halfpipe snowboarder Louie Vito's 2009-10 season kicked off with a different kind of competition on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. But when it was time to qualify for the Olympics, he was a staple at each snowboarding event throwing down double corks on the road to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.

TTR World Tour Heading to Australia

The Southern Hemisphere leg of the Swatch TTR World Tour moves on to Australia next week, where the 4Star Stylewars competition will take place at Falls Creek from August 23rd to the 25th, 2010. A selected number of riders will be making the trek from New Zealand where the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open just wrapped up.

Podladtchikov, Clark Take Burton NZ Open Halfpipe

The final day of the 5Star Burton New Zealand Open went off yesterday, featuring the men's and women's halfpipe finals at Cardrona Alpine Resort. The women took to the pipe first and Kelly Clark (USA) dominated the field for the second consecutive year, finishing in first place. The men's competition kicked off after the women and in the end it was Louri Podladtchikov (SUI) who rose to the top and took home the title.

Slopestyle Finals at the Burton NZ Open

The Burton New Zealand Open Slopestyle finals took place yesterday at Cardrona Alpine Resort with Burton rider Christian Haller (SUI) taking first place in the men's event and Jamie Anderson (USA) winning the women's competition. Haller and Anderson both walked away NZ $6,000 richer for their performance on the challenging Slopestyle course, which was even more tricky with today's variable weather conditions.

Day Two at the Burton New Zealand Open

Competition moved to Cardrona Alpine Resort's 22-foot Olympic size halfpipe for day two of the Burton New Zealand Open. An advancing front of bad weather made conditions a bit challenging, but the riders were out in full force for the halfpipe pre-qualifier and qualifier rounds.

Burton NZ Open Kicks Off with Slopestyle

There was plenty of action on day one of competition at the Burton New Zealand Open with Slopestyle pre-qualifiers and qualifiers taking place under perfect blue skies at Cardrona Alpine Resort.

New Live Scoring System for Burton NZ Open

Following the successful launch of the Snowboarding Live Scoring System at The Oakley Arctic Challenge slopestyle last winter, major events on the Swatch TTR World Tour have agreed to work together to expand and implement the system for all halfpipe, slopestyle and big air competitions for the upcoming 2010/11 season.