http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports The latest hot topics, news and updates from the Action Sports world. Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:31:46 GMT Jive SBS 3.0.8 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2009-02-24T20:31:46Z http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/2009/02/24/27th-annual-burton-us-open <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:0cfd8319-97a2-4dec-9cef-b22b2f215468] --><div class='jive-rendered-content'><p>In 1982 a small group of snurfers and snowboarders held the first National Snowboard Championships at a mountain called Suicide Six in Vermont. Jake Burton was at the first event and now he brings the US Open to Stratton Mountain in Vermont on March 16 to 22 for its 27th year of competition and celebration. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>The US Open is the final stop on the Burton Open Global Series and the final stop on the TTR World Snowboard Tour so all the best snowboarders in the world will be there. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>All events are free to the public but after watching the tricks that the world's top riders pull off, you're gonna want to buy a lift ticket and <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.active.com/actionsports/Articles/How_to_Kill_It_in_the_Park.htm">hit the&nbsp; slopes</a> yourself. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>For more information go to <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://opensnowboarding.com/Information.aspx?openid=USO">opensnowboarding.com/</a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p>And to help get you pumped, check out these clips from last year:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&nbsp;</p><p><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7fh62fwfMaU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1"/><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/><embed allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7fh62fwfMaU&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425"></embed></object></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:0cfd8319-97a2-4dec-9cef-b22b2f215468] --> snowboarding snowboard us_open shaun_white Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:33:19 GMT mvalenti http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/2009/02/24/27th-annual-burton-us-open 2009-02-24T20:33:19Z 9 months, 4 days ago 0 http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/comment/27th-annual-burton-us-open http://community.active.com/blogs/actionsports/feeds/comments?blogPost=12667