Back in Asia with Nippon Open

Alts Bandai, Japan – February 17th, 2009: With only a short time left to the Swatch TTR Tour Champion crowning at the 6Star Burton US Open and Roxy Chicken Jam, the race is on. The upcoming 5Star Nissan X-trail Asian Open from February 24th – March 3rd in Alts Bandai, Japan, presents riders with a great chance to climb the world ranking. Countless numbers of top ranked snowboarders including Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), Kevin Pearce (USA), and Jamie Anderson (USA) will be in attendance, all of them eager to pull out their best tricks and go for the Halfpipe and Slopestyle titles and take home two lots of 850 TTR ranking points and some of the

125 000 USD prize purse.