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09.11.2007 | Innsbruck, Austria
Top Riders and Music acts confirmed for the Burton European Open 2008!
The Burton European Open (BEO) announces key riders and confirmed music acts for this year's 9th annual snowboard competition, taking place in LAAX, Switzerland from January 11-18, 2008. Snowboard superstar and 2006 Olympic gold medallist Shaun White has confirmed that he will compete in both the halfpipe and slopestyle competitions, and US hip-hop stars CunninLynguist will play live on the evening of Friday, January 18th at the Riders Palace in LAAX.

Also new this week, online competitor registration for the Burton European Open
starts on November 7, 2007. Visit www.opensnowboarding.com to register for a chance to compete against top riders like Shaun White, who recently became the first athlete to win gold medals in
both the Winter X Games and the Summer X Games. Also registered to attend are BEO 2005 slopestyle winner Chris Sörman from Sweden and last year's BEO halfpipe winner Crispin Lipscomb from Canada. Both riders can't wait to return and battle with German rider Christophe Schmidt, 2006 Olympics bronze medallist Markku Koski (FIN), Risto Mattila (FIN) and freestyle.ch 2007 winner and Laax local Stephan "Mu" Maurer. Jenny Jones, British Snowboard queen and currently 4th on the TTR Ranking, has also confirmed, as well as 05/06 Dutch TTR World Champion Cheryl Maas and Sarah Conrad (CAN), who earned second place in the 2007 BEO halfpipe competition.

www.opensnowboarding.com


:: source : burton press