TTR #03/2007 New Zealand Open 2007

New Zealand Open 2007

The summer series continued in the southern hemisphere. Snow Park near Wanaka, New Zealand, has become one of the most important summery training spots for the snowboard elite. In the New Zealand winter, the New Zealand Open happened from August 06th to 12th 2007. Here, the world's best snowboarders showed their artistic manoeuvres at the backdrop of New Zealand's unparalleled glacier landscape. This 5-star TTR event saw competitions in half-pipe and slopestyle including riders like Scotty Lago (USA), the strong German Alessandro Boyens (GER), Mason Aguirre (USA) or Mitchell Brown (NZE); at the women's, Torah Bright (AUS), Jenny Jones (GBR), Claudia Fliri (AUT) and Kelly Clark (USA) took part.