While the surf contest circuit is slowly coming to an end, the snowboard circus is about to start again with the first show being the Burton NZ Open in the Cardrona Alpine Resort next week, August 9-13th.

As the kick-off to the Burton Global Open Series and a 5star event on the TTR World Tour, the BNZO will get underway on Tuesday, August 9th with official training in the morning that leads right into Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Pre-qualifiers and Qualifiers, followed by the halfpipe qualifiers the next day. Slopestyle Semi-finals and finals will go down on Thursday and Friday, followed by pipe event on the weekend. Women’s Halfpipe Semi-Finals are set for Friday, August 12th followed by the Finals on Saturday, August 13th while the guys battle it out all in one day on Saturday, August 13th.

For more info and the live webcast, check out opensnowboarding.com