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COUNT ON THE
US OPEN TO BE THE YEAR'S BEST SNOWBOARD EVENT
more open info -THE 23RD ANNUAL US OPEN SNOWBOARDING
CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW TOP RIDERS TO COMPETE >>
DANNY
KASS AND GRETCHEN BLEILER WIN US OPEN HALFPIPE
EDDIE
WALL AND LEANNE PELOSI DOMINATE US OPEN RAIL JAM FINALS
Burlington, VT - One look at the numbers below and you'll know you can't
miss this year's 23rd annual US Open, held at Stratton, Vermont from March
18th-20th. With hundreds of riders competing, tens of thousands of spectators
attending and hundreds of thousands of dollars in prizes, this year's
US Open adds up to the best event of the snowboard season.
1 resort has hosted
the US Open for 21 years - Stratton Mountain, Vermont. 2
Volvo V50 Sport Wagons will be given away at the US Open - one to the
female and male Overall US Open Champions. 3
is the number of times reigning US Open halfipipe champion Danny Kass
has won the event. 4
Burton Open Snowboarding Championships currently take place around the
world - one in Europe, one in Japan, one in Stratton, Vermont and one
in New Zealand. 6
Motorola Razr V3 phones with Bluetooth® technology will be given away
to the men's and women's event winners at the Open.
11
is the number of days before the 2005 US Open final events begin. 18
feet is the height of the US Open halfpipe walls. 23
is the number of years Burton Snowboards has been involved in the US Open.30
is the number of kids from 10 cities across North American that Chill,
a non-profit intervention program that teaches kids to snowboard, will
bring to the US Open. 51
Nintendo systems will be available to play the latest and greatest games
at the US Open. 190
sheets of plywood are used to construct the rails, boxes and stairs for
the rail jam and slopestyle events.
250 GORE-TEX®
gloves and 100 GORE-TEX jackets are made for the Open. 350
snow cat hours go into building the US Open rail jam, halfpipe and slopestyle
course. 500
is the number of limited edition US Open t-shirts that will be given to
the first people to show up at the Open on Saturday, March 19th dressed
in old school, day-glo 80's snowboard gear. 500
Paul Mitchell product samples will be given away at the Open.
582 riders are registered
to compete at the Open. 780
bottles of SoBe are consumed
every day at the US Open. 1,200
April issues of FHM magazine featuring the US Open special-section will
be given out at the event. 1992
is the first year Terje Haakonsen won the men's halfpipe event at the
Open. 2790 feet
of steel is used to build the rails and boxes for the slopestyle and rail
jam. 3288 US
Open t-shirts, hats and hoodies are produced for the event. $5,000
is the amount of money Tylenol will award to both the female and male
riders who win the Tylenol Best Trick award in the slopestyle finals.$7,849
is the average retail price of the Ski-Doo Summit snowmobile that will
be awarded to both the female and male US Open Rookie Award winners.
15,000 US Open event
guides are given out to spectators at the event. $20,000
is awarded to each male and female winner of the halfpipe and slopestyle
final events. 25,000
feet of cable is run for filming the event. 30,000
people are expected to attend this year's event. $250,000
is the total amount of money and prizes awarded to winning riders at the
Open. 26,418,000
gallons of water go into snowmaking for the US Open.
109 million households
can get NBC, which is broadcasting the Open on April 9, 2005 from 2:00-4:00pm
EST.
more open
info -THE 23RD ANNUAL US OPEN SNOWBOARDING CHAMPIONSHIPS DRAW TOP RIDERS
TO COMPETE >>
DANNY
KASS AND GRETCHEN BLEILER WIN US OPEN HALFPIPE
EDDIE
WALL AND LEANNE PELOSI DOMINATE US OPEN RAIL JAM FINALS
For
more info check usopen-snowboarding.com
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