Australian & New Zealand Burton Open

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (May 15, 2008) – Registration is now open for the Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships, the country’s top snowboarding competition, to be staged from July 29 to August 2 at Snow Park NZ.

Riders can register at www.opensnowboarding.com and event organisers are encouraging all Slopestyle, Quarter Pipe and Half Pipe riders to sign up for a chance to win great cash prizes. The grand total prize purse for the Burton New Zealand Open is set at $50,000.



Attracting the world’s top professional riders, the Burton NZ Open kicks off the 2009 international snowboard competition series. Below are the dates and locations for all 2008/2009 Burton Global Open Series competitions.

Burton New Zealand Open       July 29 – August 2, 2008    Snow Park, New Zealand
Burton Australian Open           Sept 2 – 6, 2008        Perisher Blue, Australia