红牛南山公开赛在这个雪季又将强势来袭，
Now a staple in any up-and-coming contest rider's resume, the Red Bull Nanshan Open's twelfth year is all about continuing what it does best. After last year's successful introduction of a Womens division, 2014 sees the World Snowboard Tour 5Star Event extend this field from 5 to 12 riders and their prize pool boosted to $25,000! Not to be forgotten, the Men's division will be the largest yet with $50,000 up for grabs. Given the ever-increasing fanbase snowboarding enjoys in China and the recent addition of slopestyle to the Winter Olympics, all eyes near and far will be on this classic event. It all goes down this January 10th and 11th at the Nanshan Mellow Park just outside of Beijing, China.
不用再过多介绍红牛南山公开赛了，
在这场盛宴之前将是一月四日举行的第十二届红牛南山公开赛国内选
草根出身... ...
南山公开赛起始于2002年，最早的一小群朋友之间的小型活动，
这么多年的经历，使比赛积累了一本"名人录"，
2014年将是红牛作为冠名商，冠名南山公开赛的第八个年头，
滑手们说... ...
"中国的南山公开赛太棒了。
"中国之行非常的美妙，虽然我摔断了我的鼻梁骨，
"绝对是我参加过的最棒的比赛之一----让你无法拒绝的邀请！
"最棒的旅途:中国南山公开赛！"---- Hampus Mosesson, 2007
Famous amongst riders as one of the most enjoyable contest trips on the World Snowboard Tour, the Open provides a perfect blend of contest riding, cultural immersion and local hospitality. The local Mellowparks.cn park and event crew step it up each year to build one of Asia's top slopestyle terrain parks - combining perfectly shaped jumps with creative jib features in the Nanshan Mellow Park just outside of Beijing. As a true 'by-riders-for-riders' event, the organizers are no desk-jockeys, seen testing the kickers themselves on training day and welcoming the visiting pros with large family-style dinners. It's clear this team shares a strong passion, surrounding the event with a truly friendly and enjoyable atmosphere!
Preceding the main competition is the 2Star 12th Red Bull Nanshan Open National Qualifier on January 4th. The largest 'local' event of the year, the qualifier offers local riders their opportunity to get World Snowboard Tour points on the board. With the top riders progressing through to the 5Star main event, it also offers riders the chance to compete alongside the international pros for even more points and prize money - an honor met with both excitement and nervousness!
A little history...
The Nanshan Open began in over a decade ago when a small group of friends threw the first snowboard competition ever held on Chinese soil, featuring just a handful of riders and a case of beer as the top prize. As the contest evolved and grew the following years, it earned global recognition in 2007 as a 3Star stop on the World Snowboard Tour. The Nanshan Open has 'leveled up' since then to 5Star status is now the largest slopestyle competition in Asia on the World Snowboard Tour.
The event has hosted a who's-who of up and coming riders, including Transworld's 'Rookie of the Year' Austin Smith, female superstars Hana Beaman and Leanne Pelosi, along with the Isenseven, Nitro RoadWarriors and Pirate Movie Productions film crews. Past winners of the event include Jeremy Thompson (2013), Juuso Laivisto (2012 and 2010), Janne Korpi (2011) Freddy Austbo (2009), Jakob Wilhelmson (2008) and Hampus Mosesson (2007), with a 'guest judge' line-up equally impressive with Travis Parker, Michi Albin, Ingemar Backman and Scotty Wittlake.
2014 will be the Open's eighth year with Red Bull as the title sponsor - this long-term partnership has allowed both organizer and sponsor alike to focus on improving the event and raise the bar year after year. The Red Bull Nanshan Open has undoubtedly put China on the snowboarding map, and anticipation is high on what 2014 holds for the event!
What the riders say...
"The Nanshan Open in China was amazing. From the moment we arrived in Beijing we were taken care of so well. Amazing dinners every night, nice hotels and we got to do lots of touristy stuff... The comp was fun too, definitely one of my better snowboarding experiences" - Nick Brown, 2010
"Going to China was awesome. I broke my nose, split it open, jacked my ankle up, but I had a great time. It was a super rad experience."- Hana Beaman, 2013
"One of my TOP events - always so stoked to get an invite and would never say no. It is just an awesome time... You get together with all your buddies from around the world and the snowboard industry, meet in China and have the best seven days that will be in your memories forever..." - Peter König - 2008 & 2009
"Best Trip: China's Nanshan Open" - Hampus Mosesson, 2007
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