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Fin First at Nanshan

Monday, 11th January 2010 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

Juuso competing at Red Bull Nanshan Open
Juuso competing at Red Bull Nanshan Open
UPDATE: See Mellow Parks' own highlight video here.

Finaland's Jusso Laiviso was the winner at this weekend's 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open in Beijing. Sergey Lapushkin, of Russia, and David Bertschinger Karg, of Switerland, came in second and third.

The top Chinese rider at the biggest Asian event on the Swatch Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour.was Wang Lei, in ninth place. With he Red Bull Open finished, Nanshan's Fat Saturdays board sessions start on January 23.

Check out this video of some event highlights from Niurenku.com.

Tags: Red Bull Nanshan Open, snowboarding, winter sports

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

Cool stuff: China snowboarding film sneak peek

Monday, 29th June 2009 ~ Maggie ~ Link ~ Comments (0)

mellowparks.cn "happy 牛 year" teaser from Steve Zdarsky on Vimeo.



With the stifling hot temperatures beating down on Beijing lately, it's a good time for daydreaming about all things ice cold. In that spirit, we bring you this promotional video for "Happy 牛 Year," a Chinese snowboarding movie from Melloparks.cn set to hit the streets in December. That's "牛" as in "niu," Chinese for bull, the zodiac sign for 2009. "牛" is also found in the Chinese name for the beverage Red Bull (Hong Niu), a familiar brand in action sports and the title sponsor of the Red Bull Nanshan Open. Quiksilver, Nitro, Dakine and Nanshan Ski are all sponsors of the film. It will be available free at various locations in China, including Quiksilver and Nitro retail locations. Much of the film was shot at Quiksilver Nanshan Mello Park in Beijing.

Tags: Dakine, Melloparks.cn, Nanshan Mello Park, Nanshan Ski, Nitro, Quiksilver, Red Bull, Red Bull Nanshan Open, snowboarding