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Nanshan Open this weekend in Beijing

Thursday, 7th January 2010 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

Local riders at Nanshan, January 2010
Local riders at Nanshan, January 2010
One of Asia's top snowboarding events, the Red Bull Nanshan Open, goes down for the eighth time this weekend. On Saturday and Sunday January 9 and 10, 24 international riders and six locals hit the slopes at Nanshan, just an hour outside of downtown Beijing. There are $25,000 on the line. According to a press release from Mellow Parks, the company that maintains Nanshan's snowboarding runs and puts on the Red Bull Open, the riders also "enjoy a full week's worth of 5-star hotels, foot massages, fine dining, wild parties and sightseeing."

A video team from Niurenku.com, China's new action sports video Web site, went out to Nanshan for the local qualifiers a couple of weeks ago, and produced this video.

Local qualifiers for the 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open are Andrew Wilde, He Wei, Li Jie, Ming Ming, Li Penghuan and Jokey Tong. For more video of the event, check out Niurenku next week, or the Red Bull Open's Sina.com page. For information including schedule, results, directions and transportation, check out MellowParks.cn

Image courtesy of Mellow Parks

Tags: Mello Parks, Nanshan, Niurenku.com, Red Bull Nanshan Open, Sina.com, snowboarding