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17th November 2008

 Shaun White, Jamie Anderson and Cheryl Maas Plan to Compete
UK Band, The Streets, to Perform

INNSBRUCK, AUT The Burton European Open (BEO) today announced that a number of the worlds top snowboarders plan to compete at this years 10th annual event, taking place from January 9-16 in Laax, Switzerland. The BEO is the third Burton Global Open Series event this season and a 6 Star TTR Event that offers top prizes like two new Volvo XC 60s and over $125,000 in prize money.

Among the confirmed invited riders are Burton Global Open Series Champion 07/08 Peetu Piiroinen from Finland, Olympic champion and defending 08 BEO slopestyle winner Shaun White (USA), Mikkel Bang (NOR), who placed second at least years Air & Style in Munich, and Swiss style master Nicolas Mller. The womens line-up is also impressive with TTR World Champion 07/08 Jamie Anderson (USA), BEO 08 halfpipe winner and Olympic gold medallist Kelly Clark (USA), Dutch slopestyle queen Cheryl Maas, Canadian Marie-France Roy, Laax local Sina Candrian and the UKs outstanding rider Jenny Jones, who came very close to winning the BGOS championship title last year.

For amateur riders who want a chance to compete against the top pros, online rider registration is open until November 20th at www.opensnowboarding.com.

The BEOs 10th birthday will not only be celebrated with outstanding snowboarding, but also with legendary parties and live music acts. UK band The Streets will play a live concert on Friday, January 16th at The Riders Palace. Mike Skinner of The Streets just released a new album in September 2008 called Everything is Borrowed with the hit-single I love you more (than you like me). The Berlin duo, Stereo Total, will play at the riders welcome party on Wednesday night, January 14th. According to the bands website, Stereo Total has created a colorful and fascinating universe oscillating between the essential punkrock, disco and electro garage chanson and genius dilettantism.

If you cant make it to Switzerland, watch the BEO semi-finals and finals live on Go211.com, where webcasts and highlights of the competitions will also be available for on-demand viewing once the event is over.

For more information about this years BEO Birthday Bash, check out www.opensnowbarding.com.





LINKS:  
www.opensnowbarding.com
www.ttrworldtour.com
www.media.volvocars.com
www.volvocars.com
www.go211.com






About the Burton Global Open Series
The Burton Global Open Series events are the pinnacle snowboarding events of the season. Founded by Jake Burton, the Opens have grown from grassroots events to global spectacles attracting tens of thousands of spectators and riders from around the world. Since the beginning, the Opens have been driven by riders, for riders evolving with snowboarding and riders needs over the years. With events held in Canada, Europe, Japan, the United States, New Zealand and Australia, the Opens set the standard for snowboarding events around the globe. For more information, visit www.opensnowboarding.com


About the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour
The Burton Global Open Series is part of the SWATCH Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour, the largest group of independent freestyle snowboard events in the world. TTR ranks riders based on their results at participating competitions and crowns a SWATCH TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion at the US Open. For more information, visit www.ttrworldtour.com.


About Volvo Car Corporation
Volvo Car Corporation develops manufactures and sells Volvo cars. In 2007, more Volvo cars were sold than ever before - 458,300. Volvo Cars is represented in approximately 100 countries globally. Research and development is located in Gothenburg, with production in Sweden, China, Belgium, Thailand and Malaysia. Volvo Car Corporation employs about 24,000 people. Volvo XC60, a crossover was introduced in March 2008.

Other models in the Volvo range are Volvo XC70, Volvo XC90, S40, S60, S80, C30 C70, V50 and V70. Since 1999, Volvo Car Corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, one of the largest car manufacturers in the world.  For more information visit www.media.volvocars.com or www.volvocars.com


About Go211.com
Go211.com is the leading community and video site for lifestyle sports created by and for action sports athletes and enthusiasts. Its the place to hang with the pros and friends to get behind-the-scenes video, blogs, photos, webcasts and podcasts from featured contributors along with other action sports fans.  Go211.com offers a broad range of exclusive content submitted directly from the athletes.