NZsnowboard.com

9th August 2007

LAKE WANAKA, New Zealand (August 9, 2007) ? The Burton Global Open Series announces live internet streaming and real time scoring for the Burton NZ Open allowing snowboard enthusiasts around the world access to up-to-the-minute information and footage of the Southern Hemisphere?s biggest snowboard competition.

Live streaming of all the action in Snow Park NZ?s halfpipe and Slopestyle course is available at a number of sites around the world including www.snow.co.nz, www.tvnz.co.nz, transworldsnowboarding.com, snowboardermag.com, method.tv and lat34.com

The event?s official web site, www.boarderzone.com/nzopen features live scoring, straight from the judges? computer to the web site after approval from the head judge. The technology is provided by German information management company, EIM Solutions and it is the first time this technology has been used at an event in New Zealand.

?It?s amazing what technology can do,? said event organizer, Reuben Yeoman. ?What this means is someone can be sitting at their desk in the USA, watching the event live and see how each run scores as it happens ? they?ll know more than the riders themselves!?

The Burton NZ Open continues today with the men?s and women?s Slopestyle pre-qualifiers and qualifiers. Tomorrow (Friday) will feature the Slopestyle semi-finals and finals with the Quarterpipe Invitaiton Jam under floodlights in the evening.

For more information on the Burton New Zealand Open head to www.opensnowboarding.com


Media contacts:
Victoria Murray-Orr ? EveNZ
T: +64 3 443 2700
E: vmo@evenz.co.nz

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 opensnowboarding.com

The Burton Global Open Series is part of the 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 TTR World Champion at the US Open. For more information, visit www.ttrworldtour.com.