BURLINGTON, VT (March 16, 2009) – RJD2 and Santigold will each play a free concert at the Sun Bowl area of Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont during this week’s US Open Snowboarding Championships, which has showcased the world’s most progressive riding longer than any other snowboarding competition in the world.
The RJD2 show will follow the US Open quarterpipe finals on Friday, March 20 when riders like Kelly Clark (USA), Peter Line (USA), Antti Autti (FIN) and Cheryl Maas (NED) plan to compete. Santigold will play a live show on Saturday, March 21 following the US Open halfpipe finals, where many of the world’s best snowboarders like Shaun White (USA), Kelly Clark (USA), Torah Bright (AUS) and Kevin Pearce (USA) and Gretchen Bleiler (USA) will battle for US Open titles.
Come watch some of the world’s best snowboarding and music for free this weekend at the US Open Snowboarding Championships at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont. And for the sake of the environment and a pleasant parking experience, we strongly encourage you to carpool to the US Open. If you have at least four people in your car when you park at Stratton during the US Open finals, you will be entered into the US Open carpool raffle, where three lucky winners will go home with Burton’s 2010 eco-friendly GMP products.
Concert details are below:
FREE RJD2 Concert
Friday, March 20 at approximately 8:00 p.m.
Sun Bowl base area at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont
Get there early to watch US Open quarterpipe finals at 7:00 p.m.
For more information on RJD2, head to: http://www.rjd2site.com/
FREE Santigold Concert
Saturday, March 21 at approximately 4:30 p.m.
Sun Bowl base area at Stratton Mountain Resort, Vermont
Get there early to watch the US Open halfpipe finals at 2:00 p.m.
For more information on Santigold, head to: http://www.myspace.com/santigold
Burton would like to thank GO211.com, Stratton Mountain Resort, SWATCH TTR, Volvo, Amp Energy, Paul Mitchell, Nature Valley, Shiseido, Emergen-C, SteelSeries, Corona, R.E.D., ANON, Analog and Gravis for their support of the US Open.
For more information on the US Open, head to www.opensnowboarding.com <http://www.opensnowboarding.com/>
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