TERRAIN PARK CONSTRUCTION UNDERWAY FOR BURTON NZ OPEN
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand - July 28, 2006
Three of the world's top terrain park designers are due to commence building the slopestyle course at the Snow Park for next week's Burton NZ Open.
Snow Park's mountain manager Frank Wells, Jeremiah Pedley and Jeremy Carpenter, all of US consultancy company Snow Park Technologies, will begin constructing the course and finish fine-tuning the 150m halfpipe and nine-metre quarterpipe in the lead up to the first competition in the Burton Open international series.
The slopestyle course was designed by Wells, a terrain park guru who has been creating park and pipe features for 14 years. The course starts with an urban stair feature, moving to a variety of rails, down to a 14m jump followed by an 18m jump. Riders complete the course by either taking on a wall ride or a gap-to-rail.
"I think the riders will enjoy the course. It's more of a technical course, not so much a gnarly one. People are going to see some amazing riding," Wells said.
Groomers and snow makers have been working around the clock to make the park and pipes to a world-class standard. Snow for the huge quarterpipe will need to be hand-shovelled into the jump.
"More snow's been made at the park than any other year. We are really excited - this is definitely the best position we've been in as far as having the snow to build what we want. I think it's unprecedented in New Zealand for a snow event," Wells said.
Burton NZ Open event manager Reuben Yeoman said: "It's amazing having this level of talent for the Burton NZ Open. It shows that we will be putting on a world-class event."
The Burton NZ Open kicks off on Thursday August 3, 2006, with the slopestyle event. The halfpipe prelims run on August 4, with the halfpipe finals taking place on August 5. Evening entertainment includes the Gravis Open Sessions on 3 and 5 August featuring top New Zealand bands, King Kapisi, Kora, Sunshine Soundsystem and Shapeshifter as well as an Invitational Quarterpipe Jam at Snow Park from 6pm on Friday 4 August with music by Downtown Brown.
Lake Wanaka, New Zealand - July 28, 2006
Three of the world's top terrain park designers are due to commence building the slopestyle course at the Snow Park for next week's Burton NZ Open.
Snow Park's mountain manager Frank Wells, Jeremiah Pedley and Jeremy Carpenter, all of US consultancy company Snow Park Technologies, will begin constructing the course and finish fine-tuning the 150m halfpipe and nine-metre quarterpipe in the lead up to the first competition in the Burton Open international series.
The slopestyle course was designed by Wells, a terrain park guru who has been creating park and pipe features for 14 years. The course starts with an urban stair feature, moving to a variety of rails, down to a 14m jump followed by an 18m jump. Riders complete the course by either taking on a wall ride or a gap-to-rail.
"I think the riders will enjoy the course. It's more of a technical course, not so much a gnarly one. People are going to see some amazing riding," Wells said.
Groomers and snow makers have been working around the clock to make the park and pipes to a world-class standard. Snow for the huge quarterpipe will need to be hand-shovelled into the jump.
"More snow's been made at the park than any other year. We are really excited - this is definitely the best position we've been in as far as having the snow to build what we want. I think it's unprecedented in New Zealand for a snow event," Wells said.
Burton NZ Open event manager Reuben Yeoman said: "It's amazing having this level of talent for the Burton NZ Open. It shows that we will be putting on a world-class event."
The Burton NZ Open kicks off on Thursday August 3, 2006, with the slopestyle event. The halfpipe prelims run on August 4, with the halfpipe finals taking place on August 5. Evening entertainment includes the Gravis Open Sessions on 3 and 5 August featuring top New Zealand bands, King Kapisi, Kora, Sunshine Soundsystem and Shapeshifter as well as an Invitational Quarterpipe Jam at Snow Park from 6pm on Friday 4 August with music by Downtown Brown.
