After a decade of driving the Chinese snowboard scene, the Nanshan Open celebrates its 10th birthday in style this January 14th & 15th by gaining 5-star TTR status to become the largest slopestyle snowboard competition in Asia.

The Nanshan Open earns its reputation as one of the most enjoyable contest trips on the TTR World Tour by providing a perfect blend of contest riding, cultural immersion and local hospitality. The local Mellowparks.cn park and event crew step it up each year to build one of Asia’s top slopestyle terrain parks - mixing huge, perfectly shaped jumps with creative and challenging jib features in the Nike Nanshan Park. A true ‘for-riders-by-riders’ event, organizers Steve Zdarsky and Marco Huang can be seen testing the huge kickers themselves on training day, while the rest of their crew always find time to ride and hang with the competitors post-event. It’s clear that the crew shares a strong passion towards the sport - surrounding the event with a truly friendly and laid-back atmosphere, somewhat rare in today’s competitions!

As top snowboarders from all corners of the globe converge on Chinese soil for a shot at the prize, 2012 promises to be the year the 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open reaches new heights for Chinese snowboarding!

As the excitement rises for January's 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open, it is with great pleasure that we can release the rider list! Featuring snowboarders from 12 different countries, including many familiar faces as well as some exciting new ones, the Nanshan Open's 10th incarnation is shaping up to be the most impressive to date! Twelve of the 23 invited riders have participated (and placed highly) in previous Nanshan Opens and are returning hungry for more, including 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open winner Juuso Laivisto and previous Transworld Rookie of the Year Austin Smith (3rd place at 5th Red Bull Nanshan Open). The remaining rider spots feature some of the world's best, including current TTR #1 in Slopestyle Roope Tonteri and Brian Fox! The invited international riders will be competing against a strong Chinese contingent, decided by the local TTR 2Star qualifier this January 7th in which the top six-to-ten local riders will earn the remaining spots!

In addition to the star-studded rider list, equally exciting is the all-star judge line-up! Almost a 'who's-who' of OG shredders from all corners of the globe, it will be Ishi (JPN), Ingemar Backman (SWE), Scotty Wittlake (USA), Iztok Somatic (SLO), Michi Albin (SUI) and Alan Wong (CHN) who will be keeping an eye of things! View the full rider list below, and be sure to check out their individual rider profiles on the mellowparks.cn website by clicking here!

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