Red Bull Nanshan Open
Beijing, China. The Chinese snowboarding cultural revolution gets set to welcome the TTR World Snowboard Tour as Nanshan Ski Resort, Beijing hosts TTR THREE(3)STAR slopestyle contest the 5th Red Bull Nanshan Open, 06th-07th January, 2007.
Joining China’s only pro-snowboarder and three-times Nanshan Open winner, Wang Lei (CHN),
international snowboard slopestyle stars Hampus Mosesson (SWE), Jakob Wilhelmsson (SWE), Aleksi Vanninen (FIN), Danny Larsen (NOR), Marc-Andre Tarte (CAN) and Mone Monsberger (AUT) are among 16 renown invitees vying for 100,000 RMB, 550 TTR Ranking Points and a new position on the TTR Ranking List presented by Swatch.
Saturday 06th January starts the riding proceedings with a jam session at the Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park consisting of ten stand-out riders from the Chinese leg of the Mellow Snowpark Tour that took place earlier in the season. Up for grabs, judged by the invited riders, is the Best Local Rider prize and a place in Sunday 7th January’s finals amongst the international field.
Unique to Beijing, Mellow Constructions relocated over 30,000 cubic metres of snow to bring the Nokia Nanshan Mellow Park up to international standards. From a small local contest to an internationally recognized event, the Red Bull Nanshan Open looks ready to reveal China’s snowboard talent in the globalsearch for TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 0607.
Red Bull Nanshan Open 07 Invited Riders
1/ Wang LEI (CHN) BURTONANONGRAVIS
2/ Jonte EDVARDSON (SWE) NITRODEELUXEANON
3/ Anssi MANNINEN (SWE) ELANDEELUXEONEILL
4/ Andreas ‘Mone’ MONSBERGER (AUT) K2PLANETEARTHVANS
5/ Danny LARSEN (NOR) K2WHITEOUTSPY
6/ Tadej VALENTAN (SLO) ATOMICSESSIONSDEELUXE
7/ Atsushi ISHIKAWA (JPN) NITROQUIKSILVERDEELUXE
8/ J.P. TOMICH (USA) SALOMONQUIKSILVERSMITH
9/ Hampus MOSESSON (SWE) GNUQUIKSILVER32
10/ Austin SMITH (USA) QUIKSILVER
11/ Marc-Andre TARTE (CAN) VOELKLADIDASSP
12/ Jakob WILHELMSSON (SWE) LIBTECHQUIKSILVERLEVEL
13/ Aleksi VANNINEN (FIN) ELAN686SPY
14/ Ruiki MASUDA (JPN) LIBTECHVOLCOMDRAGON
15/ Kalle OHLSON (SWE) BATALEONVANSMITH
16/ Manuel BERNERT (AUT) ROSSIGNOLDC
17/ Naoya HAMA (JPN) SALOMONVOLCOMDRAGON
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