RIDER INFO AND EVENT FACTS

Rider Info
The Riders Office is placed in LAAX nearby the ground station.

Opening hours: Sunday Feb. 3rd to Saturday Feb. 9th, 2013, from 7.30 AM to 7.30 PM

All confirmed riders have to pass by the Riders Office to pick up the credentials and to register onsite until the deadline, which is always 2 PM the day before the respective competition! If you can´t make it in time send an email to riderreg@burton.com or call +41 81 927 9066 during the Riders Office opening hours.

To book your accommodation, head over to www.laax.com.

For news and rankings during the BEO check www.facebook.com/BurtonEurope.

Event Facts

Title:                                 Burton European Open 2013 Snowboarding Championships presented by MINI
Location:    LAAX, Switzerland
Date:  February 4th to 9th, 2013
Organizer:  Burton Snowboards
Partners: MINI, NOKIA, LAAX, TTR, GoPro, Red Bull
Edition: 14
Tour: World Snowboard Tour
Category:   Open (open for amateurs and pros)
Disciplines: Slopestyle, Halfpipe
Format:     Qualification, semi-finals, finals
Rankings:   Women, men, juniors (up to 14 years)
Prize Money:    US$ 125.00
Contest Location:  Crap Sogn Gion (LAAX)
Program:   February 4th, 2013: qualifications Slopestyle & Halfpipe men & women
  February 5th, 2013: qualifications & semi-finals Halfpipe men
  February 6th, 2013: semi-finals Slopestyle men & women, qualifications & semi-finals Halfpipe women
  February 7th, 2013: finals Slopestyle men & women
  February 8th, 2013: finals Halfpipe men & women
  February 9th 2013: JUNIORS DAY – qualifications & finals Slopestyle & Halfpipe
Riders About 300 Riders
Open Spots Juniors: 50 boys/20 girls
  Slopestyle 80 men/40 women
  Halfpipe 80 men/40 women
Invited Riders:
16 men/8 women per discipline, seeded into the semi-finals
First BEO Winners’99: Sani Alibabic (AUT), Natasza Zurek (CAN), Therry Brunner (SUI)
BEO Winners '12: Slopestyle: Aleksander Ostreng (NOR), Jamie Anderson (USA)
  Halfpipe: Iouri Podladtchikov (SUI), Kelly Clark (USA)
  Juniors Slopestyle: Stian Kleivdal (NOR), Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN)
  Juniors Halfpipe: Kyle Mack (USA), Zoe Kalapos (USA)
Live-Acts: Riders Palace Club
February 7th, 2013: Mambo Kurt (LIVE), Support: The Goldfinger Brothers, 22:00, free entrance
February 8th, 2013:  Left Boy, 22:00, tickets for 30 CHF on www.starticket.ch
February 9th, 2013: Homemade Vol. 3, 23:00, free entrance