Burton NZ Open

Yeah, it’s back.  Burton has single handedly done it again, and he’s gathering the top boarders from around the world and dropping them into a central location: Lake Wanaka, New Zealand.  Drawing in boarders like X Games Champs, Olympic Gold Medalists, and world champs all competing for $100,000 big ones it’s no wonder Burton is so popular.

The competition start on July 30th with both the men’s and women’s half pipe qualifiers.  The next day, the newly designed slope style course followed by the slope style semi finals and finals on August 1st.

On Friday night spectators will be able to watch as both the men and women show their skills on the half pipe while New Zealand’s best DJ’s bust out some sick tunes.  Onlookers will be especially pleased to learn that the stadium that they get to sit on is made entirely of snow.

Huge music, huge names, sponsored by the man who created snowboarding…I can’t think of anything cooler.