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Snowboarders Converge at Wanaka for Burton NZ Open

THURSDAY, 31 JULY 2008
Submitted By: Diane Vee Hormillada

Over 200 snowboarders from 17 countries went to Wanaka to participate in the sixth annual Burton New Zealand Snowboarding Open.

At the six-venue global open series, world-class snowboarders go head to head to win one of the most coveted titles in snowboarding as well as the prize purse of (USD) $900,000. Some of the athletes who showed up for the said competition were Wanaka's very own Mitchell Brown, Jamie Anderson, and Juliane Bray.

The Burton NZ Open will be concluded with a halfpipe competition on Saturday, August 2.

For more details on this news, please visit www.odt.co.nz.

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