WHAT: Live event webcasts on GO211.com will feature men's and women’s Slopestyle and Halfpipe semi-finals and finals taking place August 13–14 (NZ Time Zone) and 12–13 (US Time Zones) at Cardrona Alpine Resort, New Zealand. GO211.com will be providing live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and rider bios that allow the viewer to take a more interactive role.

WHO: Kazuhiro Kokubo (JPN), Louie Vito (USA), Chas Guldemond (USA), Jack Mitrani (USA), Charles Reid (CAN), Stef Zeestraten (NZL), Shelly Gotlieb (NZL), Kelly Clark (USA) and Jamie Anderson (USA) are just a few of the top riders planning to compete for a piece of the NZ$50,000 prize purse.

WHEN: The entire event goes LIVE with webcasts on GO211.com during the following times:

LIVE WEBCASTS: U.S. Time Zones
Slopestyle, Thursday August 12 2:00 p.m. PST / 5:00 p.m. EST
Halfpipe, Friday August 13 2:00 p.m. PST / 5:00 p.m. EST

LIVE WEBCASTS: New Zealand Time Zone
Slopestyle, Friday August 13 9:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Saturday August 14 9:00 a.m.

LIVE WEBCASTS: Australia Time Zone
Slopestyle, Friday August 13 7:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Saturday August 14 7:00 a.m.

LIVE WEBCASTS: Central Europe Time Zone
Slopestyle, Thursday August 12 11:00 p.m.
Halfpipe, Friday August 13 11:00 p.m.

LIVE WEBCASTS: Japan Time Zone
Slopestyle, Friday August 13 6:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Saturday August 14 6:00 a.m.

(NOTE: times subject to change based on weather or other unforeseeable incidents)

For anyone who misses the live webcasts, highlights of winning runs and full webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing after the event on www.GO211.com and a full replay of the entire webcasts will be replayed in the following time zones:

WEBCAST REPLAY: U.S. Time Zones
Slopestyle, Wednesday August 18 11:00 a.m. PST / 2:00 p.m. EST
Halfpipe, Thursday August 19 11:00 a.m. PST / 2:00 p.m. EST

WEBCAST REPLAY: New Zealand Time Zone
Slopestyle, Thursday August 19 6:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Friday August 20 6:00 a.m.

WEBCAST REPLAY: Australia Time Zone
Slopestyle, Thursday August 19 4:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Friday August 20 4:00 a.m.

WEBCAST REPLAY: Central Europe Time Zone
Slopestyle, Wednesday August 18 8:00 p.m.
Halfpipe, Thursday August 19 8:00 p.m.

WEBCAST REPLAY: Japan Time Zone
Slopestyle, Thursday August 19 3:00 a.m.
Halfpipe, Friday August 20 3:00 a.m.

For more information on the New Zealand Open, visit www.opensnowboarding.com

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After a big meet & greet with all the riders, the legendary Summer Feast had finally begun, and after some first warm up runs, one thing was clear! „This is the best SNOW PARK Bispingen ever“, was the conclusion of the participants! Everyone was stoked about the perfect setup and a successful opening day. And thanks to the local shapecrew around Till Reinken, Jonel Fricke, Benny Urban, Moritz Nolting, Malte Casper, Torge Nagel and Florian Kirch, this was not supposed to remain a one hit wonder. Also on the following days the funpark presented itself in shiny conditions and all the visitors were keen for the upcoming events of the week.

Evening sessions..!

Day two started with a generous and strengthening breakfast and continued with a hilarious freestyle session. By the time the number of motivated freestylers increased and the SNOW DOME Bispingen was getting fuller and fuller. For those who still had too much energy left in the evening, and that was almost everybody, a funny „Jibpark“ had been built on the camping site, right behind the SNOW DOME . The day ended with the „Highest Ollie“ contest, which was won by Kane Holz with an amazing jump, 1.45 meters above the ground!

There comes the sun..!

By wednesday, all campers were happy about the sun finally coming out after some mixed weather conditions at the beginning of the week. Now it was time for the ultimate „camp feeling“ and a tasty BBQ-evening by the catering service of the SNOW DOME Bispingen.

For all the people sitting in the beer garden, not only their juicy steaks made them smile but also the skateboard session on the mini ramp in front of the hall, which continued until the sun was gone.

Sideevents..!

Thursday and Friday were characterized by really hot park-action, fun side events and a board test by Nitro and Vee-Do Balanceboards. Subsequently followed by the „Red Bull waterslide contest“, the „Drinx 4 Trix“ Rail Jam and the obligatory evening „Sunset Session“. The Red Bull event truck was also on site, and contributed to the action with a lot of pretty cool beats. During the water slide contest the riders showed a lot of creativity and some people even used an inflatable armchair to get over the water! No worries, the whole action was captured by filmers and photographers. Even after the sun had disappeared, the party at the Freerider Soundstation went on until the morning hours. Headshaper and speaker Jonel Fricke summed it up with the statement: „Its hard to get something like that up in the mountains, right?!“

Finally Contesttime..!
As the weekend arrived, not only the camping site got more and more busy, but you could also feel the growing tension caused by the big finals of this year´s Summer Feast that were about to start! About 50 riders fought for gold in the categories Snowboard Men (16+), Snowboard Youth (until 15 years), Snowboard Girls and Freeski Men & Girls. On that day the judges definitely had not an easy task, because the riding level was just crazy. Especially on the rails and boxes, due to extensive practice sessions and a lot of runs the weeks before. After the 1,5 hour jam session the judges announced the competitors for the upcoming finals.

The best „Kicker Run“ and the best „Jib Run“ out of three runs counted, and soon afterwards the winners were finally determined. In the category Snowboard Youth the two shred-buddies Jan Mauritz and Tjark Fritsch made rank one and two, shortly followed by Benedikt Wagnitz. Especially in the categories Snowboard Men and Freeskier men it was a close call. Simon Houlind from Denmark finally won the snowboard competition with stylish fs boardslides tailbonk out and technical fs bluntslides 270 out. 

Pricegiving and final party..!
In the evening the winners were honoured with prcious Pro Shape Boards from Santa Cruz, but also the second and third places were quite happy about their prices. Day tickets for the new AREA 47 in the Ötztal valley, new back protectors from Booster and wintertickets for Sölden. The final party at the Dorfwirt, lasted „in usual Bispingen manner“ until the morning hours and continued on the camp site where all campers celebrated until sunrise.

What a week! Every day was a highlight itself. The setup was great and thanks to the shape crew always in top condition. So big thanks to the organizers, the shapecrew and the sponsors who made this gathering possible! But no worries the next event is soon to come! On the 25./26.09.2010 ist party time again when the legendary Fall Weekend will be held in the SNOW DOME Bispingen for the second time.

See you there!

Results:    

Snowboard Youth:

1. Jan Mauritz

2. Tjark Fritsch

3. Benedikt Wagnitz

Snowboard Girls:

1. Sonkey Mamani Bath

2. Pia Gärtner

3. Laura Kunz

Snowboard Men:

1. Simon Houlind

2. Marlon Boeger

3. Henry Wehr

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This week we intensively tuned Betterpark Hintertux! Result: allover new take-offs and steeper landings, extrawide take-offs at pro line! www.betterparks.at

More Info at www.hotzone.tv and www.springclassics.at.




Deutsche Version:

HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Team Rider bei den Spring Classics am Kaunertaler Gletscher

Am 8. und 9. Mai 2010 machte sich HOTZONE.TV Teampapa Lars Oesterle mit den Nachwuchstalenten Georg Huber, Tini Gruber und Thomas Tramnitz aus dem HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Team auf den Weg zum Kaunertaler Gletscher, um den eigens zu den Spring Classics auf Hochglanz polierten Snowpark auszutesten.

Eigentlich hätte man an einem Wochenende im Mai zu den Spring Classics am Kaunertaler Gletscher eher Sonnenschein und Sommercamp Feeling erwartet. Aber der Wetterfrosch prophezeite Schneefall und wechselhafte Verhältnisse. Teammanager Lars Oesterle und seine HOTZONE.TV Nachwuchs Teamrider Tini Gruber, Georg Huber und Tom Tramnitz staunten umso mehr, als sie der Kaunertaler Gletscher am Samstag Morgen mit frischen Neuschnee empfing. Mit einer morgendlichen Aufwärm-Session bei strahlendem Sonnenschein im Powder - und das mitten im Mai - hatte wohl niemand gerechnet. Einige motivierte Snowboarder ließen sich dann am Nachmittag nicht durch Flachlicht und Schneefall erschüttern und freuten sich über die kostenlosen Coaching Sessions mit den HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Teamridern auf der Easy Line und Jibline. Der Anblick des frisch geshapten Snowparks schürte dann am nächsten Morgen die Vorfreude auf einen gigantischen Tag am Kaunertaler Gletscher. Denn nicht nur die Superpipe erstrahlte majestätisch im Sonnenlicht unter knallblauem Himmel. Gemeinsam mit einigen Snowboardern, teilweise von weit her angereist, gaben sich die HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Teamrider eine ausgiebige Session an den Kickern und übertrafen sich gegenseitig mit den schönen 3ern, 7ern oder auch 9ern. Der Nachmittag stand ganz im Zeichen des klassischen Railsports. Bei zunehmendem Schneefall lernten motivierte Coaching Schüler an den Boxen und Rails ihre ersten Boardslides und Backside Lipslides. Der Winter am Kaunertaler Gletscher ist noch lange nicht vorbei! Diesen Eindruck hatten auch die HOTZONE.TV Teamrider, als sie am Sonntag Abend die Heimreise antraten!

Mehr Infos auf www.hotzone.tv und www.springclassics.at.

All jene Rider, die in den letzten Wochen bereits zahlreich ins Kaunertal gepilgert sind um sich nochmal eine gehörige Portionen Park-Action vor Sommerbeginn abzuholen, wissen bereits, was der riesige Park im Kaunertal zu bieten hat – alle anderen sollten schleunigst ihren Stuff ins Auto schmeissen und sind zu den Spring Classics begeben, da dort einiges auf sie wartet um geshreddet, gehittet oder gebonkt zu werden:

Ein abwechslungsreiches Setup, für jeden Ridinglevel, bietet neben klassischen auch kreative und verspielte Obstacles, an denen die Skills noch geschärft werden können. Neben den easy Kickern mit 5-7 Meter Table und Boxen für Beginner, gibt’s eben auch für erfahrene Rider große Absprünge und Rails. Die 2er Kickerline, mit verschieden großen Absprüngen, wurde gerade noch mal neu aufgebaut um die Challenge für jeden Fahrlevel zu erhöhen. Der Park bietet so viele Hits in einer Line und das ganze natürlich täglich frisch geshapt!

Programmtechnisch geben die zwei letzten Wochenenden der Spring Classics auch noch einiges her:

Am 8 und 9 Mai gibt es für motivierte Snowboarder kostenlos was zu lernen, wenn beim HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Coaching Tini Gruber, Lars Oesterle, Georg Huber und Thomas Tramnitz ihre Tricks und Tipps auspacken.

Als Abschluss der Spring Classics werden am 15. Mai bei der „Butter bei die Fische“ Session gute Tricks, stylische Landungen und auch freakige Outfits mit Barem belohnt. Danach geht’s im Tal mit dem legendären Fussballturnier weiter und die motivierten Kicker können hier ihre Skills unter Beweis stellen.

!! AUFGEPASST !!

Auch wenn die Spring Classics mit 16. Mai ein Ende haben, bleibt der Park bis 24. Mai geöffnet und wird weiterhin täglich geshaped.

Mehr Infos zu den einzelnen Programmpunkten unter www.springclassics.at!


Englisch Version:

A huge park, contests, media weeks and powder ... everything a shredder’s heart is longing for is set at the Spring Classics in the Kaunertal!

Mid-April, snowboard contests – the park’s in shape! End of April, media crews are storming the Kaunertal – the park’s in shape! Beginning of May, bad weather brings fresh pow – the park’s in shape! And that goes for the remaining time of the Spring Classics too and therefore guarantees an unforgettable season finale of this year’s winter time.

All the riders, who were at the Kaunertal within the last few weeks to enjoy the park action before summer’s arriving, already know what the massive park has to offer – all of those, who haven’t yet been there, should immediately grab their stuff and get to the Spring Classics as there is lots to shred, hit or bonk:

A diverse setup for every riding level offers classic as well as creative and playful obstacles to improve the shred-skills. Besides easy kickers with 5-7 meters tables and boxes for beginners, there are also big take-offs and rails for the pros. The double kicker combo with its different take-offs, has just been rebuilt to challenge the riders even more. The park offers to ride lots of hits in one line and of course is being reshaped each day.

Entertainment-wise the Spring Classics still have some highlights to offer in the last two weeks:

On 8^th and 9^th May all motivated snowboarders can get tricks and tips at the free HOTZONE.TV Snowboard Pro Coaching when Tini Gruber, Lars Oesterle, Georg Huber and Thomas Tramnitz are showing their moves.

At the final Spring Classics weekend we bring you again the “Butter bei die Fische” session and reward cool tricks, stylish landings or a freaky outfits with cash. And those shredders who couldn’t show theirs skill on the mountain will still get a chance to demonstrate their sportiness at the soccer tournament in the valley.

!! ATTENTION !!

Although the Spring Classics end on May 16th, the park will be open and daily shaped until May 24th.

More information on the program on www.springclassics.at