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Tuesday, 31 March 2009Ride'n’Shoot enters the critical phase: up to the 26th of April 2009, you still have the chance to send in your best Kitzsteinhorn snow park picture of this season and win ! 350 cash. And talking of snow parks: DC Central Park and Roxy Park are ready for a great season’s finish presenting themselves in perfect shape. And with the Glacier Park being open until late May, there’s still two mont hs to shred the kickers and rails of the Kitzsteinhorn!
Ride'n’Shoot is the sickest photo comp of the season! Anybody who wants to take part just has to send his best snow park picture of this season to foto@kitzsteinhorn.at until the 26th of April 2009. The pic must have been taken at the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park in the course of the current season between October 08 and April 09. Every participant is allowed to send three pictures in, each as a JPG with maximum 2 MB. A top-notch jury will judge the pictures: snowboard pro Bjoern Hartweger, freeski pro Patrick Hollaus, snow park specialist Tommi “Mellow" Marsh and photographer Florian Jaeger. The photographers of the best pictures in the snowboard and freeski categories will win ! 350 cash each. Plus, non-cash prizes by DC and Roxy are up for grabs and all participants have the chance to win one of the eleven all-day ski passes for the Kitzsteinhorn that will be raffled. The fat award ceremony will take place at the Castle Kaprun on the 2nd of May 2009 from 11 pm.
Springtime finish at the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park At present, the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park offers perfect conditions for a cool photo shooting. For example, the highlights at the DC Central Park are two pro kickers with 18-metre tables, a 15-metre long and 3-metre wide A-Box and a cliff jump. Here, also the daily Volvo XC ICE CAMP Style Sessions take place: local pros and coaches show riders how to improve their park shredding. The DC Central Park with its 19 obstacles will be open until late April at least – just as the 80-metre long and 5-metre high half-pipe and the Roxy Park at the Sonnenkarbahn. With its four jumps and eleven jib obstacles, the Roxy Park is the perfect park for beginners and intermediates. When the DC Central Park and the Roxy Park will close, the Glacier Park up at the glacier will open its doors again offering several kickers and jib obstacles until late May.
With the legendary X-Over Ride freeride and slopestyle contest on the 11th and 12th of April 2009, the School of Style freestyle & new school camp from the 13th to the 17th of April 2009 and the Ride'n’Roll slopestyle contest on the 02nd of May 2009, enough competitions will happen at the Kitzsteinhorn to once again put down the throttle at the end of the season – with loads of snow and spring sun!
For more details on this news, please visit www.snowpark.kitzsteinhorn.at.
Monday, 30 March 2009Winter Games NZ today announced natural luge has been added to the Winter Games NZ (WGNZ) programme as a demonstration sport on the Southern Hemisphere’s only natural luge track in Naseby, Central Otago.
A variation of the more commonly known Olympic luge that takes place on an artificially refrigerated track, natural luge is the ‘4WD’ of the sport, taking place on an un-banked track with a base of hard-packed snow covered in a layer of ice, enclosed within low wooden walls.
The sport is as exciting for spectators as it is for participants with competitors descending on their back, feet first, expecting to reach speeds of up to 70kph on Naseby’s 360, 10-curve track. The sled is flexible and directed down the course by the skill of the athlete applying pressure to the runners on the bottom of the sled, together with a rein to provide additional steering control.
“We are continually approached by sports wanting to be part of the Games but have been very selective for our first Games,” said WGNZ CEO, Arthur Klap. “However, natural luge has that intrigue factor that will make it a positive addition to the programme. Once again it is the community of Naseby that has taken the initiative and built a track that finishes outside the ice stadium that will host the curling.”
New Zealand Luge president, Geoff Balme, has long been advocating for his sport and is delighted at the sport being included.
“We know that natural luge has wide appeal and the location is just magic,” he said after demonstration sport status was confirmed by the Winter Games NZ board.
The natural luge will be held on Sunday August 23rd with a training day on Saturday 22nd August.
For more details on this news, please contact Victoria Murray-Orr at victoria@wintergamesnz.com or +64 3 443 2700.
Friday, 27 March 2009Boreal Mountain Resort has signed up for Earth Hour in 2009 and will be flipping the switch for climate change. On Saturday, March 28, 2009, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm, the mountain will turn out all non-essential lighting and join millions across the globe in sending a strong message to our national and world leaders that we must take action now on global climate change. Since Boreal has to keep the n ight skiing lights on, Boreal will make up for this energy being used during Earth Hour by flipping the switch on all non-essential lighting for the entire day.
Join us. Find out how you can turn out and take action on climate change by visiting www.EarthHourUS.org.
For more information about Boreal Mountain Resort please visit our website at www.rideboreal.com. For updates and info on snow conditions or rates call 530.426.3666.
Thursday, 26 March 2009It’s spring time at Mountain High and that means Spring-A-Ma-Jig is here! Spring-A-Ma-Jig is Mountain High’s annual spring break celebration with a full lineup of contests, activities, and live performances. Every Saturday and Sunday from March 28, 2009 through Easter guests and Spring-A-Ma-Jiggers are invited to participate in events like Pond Skimming, Frozen T-shirt Contest, and Get Ready to R ock…Band. There will also be special events like the Miss Mountain High Bikini Contest presented by X103.9, Snowboard Magazine BBQ, and Easter Egg Hunt.
Daily events begin at 11am with the Big Ollie contest where skiers and snowboarders see who can ollie the highest. At noon the Tug-O-War begins and at 1pm contestants must break a t-shirt out of a block of ice and put it on before their competitors do in the Frozen T-shirt Contest. At 2pm Get Ready to Rock…Band puts wanna-be rockers in the limelight as they play the video game Rock Band on the main stage in front of adoring fans.
To finish the day guests skim across a 50 foot pond of freezing cold water in the ever-popular Pond Skimming at 3pm. All activities are free and open to anyone with a Mountain High lift ticket. Prizes go to standout performers in each Spring-A-Ma-Jig event.
2009 Spring-A-Ma-Jig Dates:
March 28, 29
April 4, 5
April 11
April 12 (Easter Activities)
Schedule of Events:
(All activities take place each day of Spring-A-Ma-Jig)
11am Big Ollie
12pm Tug-O-War
1pm Frozen T-shirt Contest
2pm Get Ready to Rock… Band
3pm Pond Skimming
Special Events:
Snowboard Magazine BBQ – March 28, All Day!
Product demos, giveaways, and raffles. Anyone who buys lunch at the BBQ gets a FREE subscription to Snowboard Magazine and entry into the product raffle.
Miss Mountain High Bikini Contest Presented by X103.9 – April 5, 12pm
Winner of the bikini contest receives a 2009/10 Season Pass, commemorative t-shirt, Fresh Peaches bikini, and a page in the 2010 X103.9 calendar. Tune into X103.9 for entry details. X103.9 will be broadcasting live from 9am to 12pm.
Easter Celebration – March 23, 8am adults, 10am kids
Bring the kids and the kids at heart to Mountain High’s annual Easter celebration. There will be two Easter Egg Hunts (one for adults and one for kids) and both have a GOLDEN EGG hidden with a free 2009/10 Season Pass inside. The adult Easter Egg Hunt begins at 8am with eggs located throughout the West resort. Children 12 and under can take part in a children’s Easter Egg Hunt beginning at 10am in front of the Children’s Academy.
Bounce Back Days:
Bounce Back Days are Mountain High’s greatest spring deal. Buy an adult 8-hour ticket and get a Bounce Back coupon good for 50% off your next visit any other day this season.
To check out Mountain High’s Spring-A-Ma-Jig video spoof, please visit mthigh.com/video or get additional Spring-A-Ma-Jig details at mthigh.com.
For more details on this news, please contact Laura Johnson at 760.316.7830.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009Three is the magic number and this is the third opportunity of its kind from Nikita offering a couple of lucky ladies the chance to shine among some of our best team riders, in our Spring/Summer 2010 photoshoot that will take place in Miami this spring. Two lucky girls will be picked to join the Nikita team for the photoshoot, earning a spot in all our Spring/Summer 2010 catalogues, websites and perhaps some full page ads in international magazines! Will one of them be …you?!
All you have to do to take part is send in some pictures of yourself as the new Nikita girl! Photos can be as entertaining, wild and creative as you want to make them but most importantly, we want to see what you look like and hear in your own words what you enjoy doing. At the very least we need one full body shot, one portrait shot (of the face!) and details of how tall you are. Make sure to understand that we will be shooting some bikinis as well as our full streetwear line!
Just make sure to get your entries in before 15th April 2009 as the photoshoot will be taking place just following selection, from 4th – 12th May 2009, so we’ll need enough time to get your flights booked and let everyone know you’ll be joining us!
ENTRY DETAILS:
N.B.
Include your name, address, date of birth and contact details
You can send in as many pictures as you want but total file size of all the pictures must not exceed 2 MB
E-mail your entries to internis@nikitaclothing.com before 15th April 2009
Entrants must be able to travel to the photoshoot location from 4th – 12th May 2009
* Please note that entrants must be 18 years old or over and have a valid passport. Your entries may also be showcased via Nikita’s website, Myspace and Facebook.
For more details on this news, please contact Michelle Rushbrooke at Nikita Iceland T: + 3545851000 UK T: + (0) 1206 855 710 or michelle@nikitaclothing.com
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