Big Air Snowboarding Comes to New York City – Experience It Live!

• Tweet
• Share
• Email

• Tweet
• Share
• Email

Event Info

Location: East River Park (corner of Houston Street and FDR), NYC
Time: 6PM Thursday February 5th, 2009 (gates open at 3PM)
Admission: FREE

16 of the world’s best snowboarders including Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White, freestyle legend Travis Rice, ultra-progressive phenomenon Pat Moore will compete against each other for $100,000 in prize money in a big air back-country style contest with the majestic backdrop of the New York City skyline. Anthrax and other music acts will perform. This Red Bull Snowscrapers event marks the debut of the largest snowboarding contest held in an urban setting in North America. Three different types of snow will be used and brought onto location.

What this means to Snowboarders in New York City:

We are a rare bunch – freestyle snowboarders in NYC that is – as most of us have little time to spend a weekend traveling to any decent mountains in Vermont. Powdery snow suitable for any jumping is a rare sight in NY/NJ. I used to ride 3-4 times a week (driving to a local mountain in MA for 2-3 hours of night boarding and making the longer drive to Maine or Vermont on the weekends). What kept me going? The air that got under my board! We called ourselves the “freaks of the mountain” because we would be on the jumps course pulling off 360 indynose grabs on the coldest nights or when everyone else has long left.

The opiate that is catching big air is what keeps snowboarding alive and having a big air competition come to NYC is what snowboarders only dream of. Even if you are beginning to snowboard, witnessing big air right in your face is an experience worthy of trekking….all the way to the East River Park for!

For more information visit Red Bull Snowscraper’s official site.
Here’s a recent photo 4 days before the event:

(4 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)

 Loading ...