The Burton Canadian Open is happening February 2nd to 7th in Alberta. According to the release (below) Canada Olympic Park’s (COP) “22’ halfpipe is one of only three in Canada and was used as the model for the 2010 Olympic pipe at Cypress Mountain.” If, like me, you’ll be stuck in Aus during February, you can catch the live webcast over at Go211.com on the day. It is a TTR 5 star event and has a $50,000 prize purse up for grabs. For more details, check the release below or head over here.
(Photo: 2009 Canadian Open Winner, Mikkel Bang)
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PRESS RELEASE:
Countdown to the Second Annual Burton Canadian Open
With less than a month to go, the countdown has begun for the Burton Canadian Open Snowboarding Championships, taking place from February 2 – 7, 2010 at WinSport Canada’s Canada Olympic Park (COP) in Alberta, Canada. COP’s 22’ halfpipe is one of only three in Canada and was used as the model for the 2010 Olympic pipe at Cypress Mountain.
The third stop on the 2009/2010 Burton Global Open Series and a SWATCH TTR 5Star event, the Canadian Open will include slopestyle and halfpipe competitions, offering riders the chance to earn a piece of the $50,000 prize purse and gain valuable points towards Burton Global Open Series championship titles and the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Tour championship titles.
Competition will get underway on Tuesday, February 2 with men’s halfpipe pre-qualifications and qualifications, followed by the women’s halfpipe qualifiers. Wednesday, February 3 will see men’s slopestyle pre-qualifiers, followed by men’s and women’s slopestyle qualifiers on Thursday, February 4. All eyes will be on the slopestyle course on Friday, February 5 for men’s and women’s slopestyle semifinals.
The 22’ halfpipe will be the setting for Saturday’s men’s and women’s halfpipe semifinal and final competitions on February 6. The competition will wrap up on Sunday, February 7 with men’s and women’s slopestyle finals. Don’t miss your chance to see the Canadian National Team in action, featuring riders like Justin Lamoureaux, Brad Martin, Jeff Batchelor, Dustin Craven, Charles Reid, Sarah Conrad, Mercedes Nicoll, Charmaine Ironside and Palmer Taylor.
An overall male and female Burton Global Open Series Champion will be crowned at the final event, the US Open Snowboarding Championships held in Stratton, Vermont. The top three men and women will take home equal prize money, with first place winning $50,000, second place $30,000 and third place taking home $20,000.
The Burton Global Open Series is also part of the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (TTR), the largest group of independent freestyle snowboard events in the world. TTR ranks riders based on their results at participating competitions and crowns a TTR World Champion at the US Open. For more information on the Swatch TTR World Tour, visit www.ttrworldtour.com.
If you’re coming to Calgary, please visit www.opensnowboarding.com for partner hotel information.
If you can’t make it to Canada, watch the semifinals 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. The 2010 Canadian Open halfpipe and slopestyle action can be seen on The Score on February 28 at 4:00 p.m. EST.
Burton would like to thank WinSport Canada, Go211.com, Paul Mitchell, AMP Energy, Samsung, Travel Alberta, Tourism Calgary, Calgary Hotel Association, Alberta Lottery Fund, Snowboard Canada Magazine, Transworld Snowboarding Magazine and Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour for their support of the Canadian Open.
