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Nanshan Open
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China might
not be the snowboarding capital of the world, but it
sure felt like it this last weekend in Nanshan Ski
Resort. It started off with the qualifying round for the
Nanshan Open on Saturday where the Mellow Park Tour came
to an end. Alan Wong took the grand prize, a trip to
Austria to participate in this years Method Boot Camp
care of Austrian Airlines. He selflessly gave up the
opportunity and surprised China’s best girly Yindi with
the honor so she can visit her sister and ride the big
mountains for her first time.
Next up was the 4th Snickers Nanshan Open, where the ten
best riders from the previous day rode with
International Pros from all over the world. This was the
second year the Nanshan Open invited pros to ride with
Chinese riders, and they made the crowd go wild as they
destroyed the Nanshan Mellow Park. The contest was jam
session format, meaning riders can take as many runs as
they can over a 45 minute period. The pros judged the
locals and the locals judged the pros. We saw the best
riding in the country mixed with mind boggling tricks
from our foreign friends, all this while ‘Reflector’
filled our ears with local Beijing Punk Rock provided by
Gibson.
Andrew ‘Oy’ Wilde was on a Snickers high and was voted
best local with a sick run through the park. He is the
‘rail destroyer’ with his 270 On 270 Off, butter to fs
trailside and other sick combos on the rails and boxes.
We hope he spends his prize money wisely but we know
that he is going to spend it on booze. Other highlights
included Fanlei with his old school tricks like Rocket
Airs and Girlfriend grabs, moves we haven’t seen for way
too long. Yindi, is the only gal in the country pulling
huge 5’s over the big kicker and she took home a top of
the line Nokia mobile for her 4th time this year!
The pros were going off, with a final showdown between
Jonte Edvardson (Sweden) who did the most stylish grabs,
Mone Monsberger (Austria) who rocked the hip with the
biggest airs mainland China has ever seen and Jonas
Emery (Swiss) who just went crazy all day long. They
threw down sick combos and went bigger than we have ever
seen. Jonas was victorious with his one-foot over the
big kicker and he popped off front flips every chance he
got. He’ll be rocking all the way home with his sick new
Gibson E-guitar. Jonte, our undisputed style champion
was going huge over the hip tweaking it like mad, making
every girl want to have his baby with huge, huge, huge
tricks over the corner. Mone on the other hand showed us
a trick never seen before, the “beer-plant” These guys
really gave us a show, and I think we all learned a few
lessons today, especially from the Free-Skier kids who
were going the biggest out of everyone.
This was really the best event China has ever seen and
we thank everyone for coming out! See you next year!
For more information, contact Jessica 010-64413320 or
email to subin@nanshanski.com
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The 4th Snickers Nanshan Open |
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