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![]() Burton AM
After a successful kick-off last year, Burton is proud to announce the dates for the Burton AM Tour 2006/07, which hits the UK in November.
Ok guys here we go the Am tour is nearly upon us. YES it’s tomorrow!!! If you are 19 years and under and fancy a full on day hitting up the park at Milton Keynes (including some Black Metal rails) then go to www.burtonamtour.com and check out this wicked competition and register online. Provisional scheduleAll stops of the Burton AM Tour are 1-day-events. You'll have to get up early and have a late dinner that day. Normally the program looks like the following: 08:00-09:00 Inscription of registered riders 08:00-10:00 Inscription of all other riders 10:00-11:00 Training 11:00-11:15 Riders Meeting 11:15-12:30 Jam Session (Heat 1/2/3/4) 12:30-13:00 Free Session 13:00-14:15 Jam Session (Heat 5/6) 14:15-14:45 Judging/Break 14:45-15:00 Warm Up 15:00-16:00 Finals The prize giving will take place after the contest. See you all there. This tour is the place to go for all amateur riders out there, for all of you who are dreaming of becoming a professional snowboarder one day. This is your chance! Show your skills, and not only try to win the Burton AM Tour Champion title, but also collect points for the TTR World Ranking system to be listed on the same ranking that your heroes are on (www.ttrworldtour.com). The Burton AM Tour will start in October 2006 and continues until the end of April 2007. All in all the tour combines 18 tour stops in 15 European countries, also including countries like Latvia, Estonia and Bulgaria. All riders born in 1987 and younger are allowed to participate. We are proud to announce that for the first time Nixon is part of the Burton AM Tour as main sponsor and is also offering an award for the overall standout rider of each event: “Nixon is constantly involved in the Surf, Skate, Snow events and for us to have an opportunity to work with THE snowboard company is great. Supporting grass root events has always been one of Nixon’s key things and what better company to work together with than Burton.” Henning Erlandsen, General Manager Nixon Europe. Ivar Fougstedt, Burton Europe’s Marketing Director, has the following to say: “At Burton we are happy to see that last year’s start of the Burton AM Tour was such a success and it proves to us the kids out there want exactly what this tour offers them. And Burton wants to offer them the platform to grow as riders. Also Nixon’s involvement shows the importance of this grass-roots event series and we are proud to partner up with them for the AM Tour!” Burton AM Tour Calendar 06/07 21.10.2006 Landgraaf, NED 28.10.2006 Les 2 Alpes, FRA 18.11.2006 Milton Keynes, UK 02.12.2006 Madrid, SPA 16.12.2006 Bispingen (Hamburg), GER 13.01.2007 Les Crosets, SUI 20.01.2007 Madesimo, ITA 03.02.2007 Heubach (Masserberg), GER 11.02.2007 Alpe di Siusi, ITA 17.02.2007 Bansko, BUL 25.02.2007 Wildhaus, SUI 03.03.2007 Bialka Tatrzanska, POL 10.03.2007 Milzkalns, LAT 17.03.2007 Kuutsemäe, EST 24.03.2007 Talma, FIN 31.03.2007 Are, SWE 07.04.2007 Mayrhofen, AUT 21.04.2007 Hemsedal, NOR Check out burton.com/amtour for more detailed information for each individual stop. Details from SNO!zone Milton Keynes: The event starts at 10am and ends at 4pm in good time for the Burton Black Metal later that evening. You can register at www.burton.com/amtour A slope ticket for the day is £39 junior and £49 adult. The Burton AM event page can be administered by dunx (Dunx), stu (Stu Brass), spencer (Spencer Claridge) and office (Office). Page views: 4268 |
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