The most important slovakian event, the Snowboard Fest, it’s planned on 24 february 2007 with a nice freestyle show case that will be arranged in Drienica! Snowboard, FMX and live music will be the main featuers of this 2star event, the first in Slovakia! Moreover other nice snowboard events are planned by SAS (Slovakian association)! Follow some info.

Slovakian Snowboard Fest 2007

Ticket To Ride and WSF in Slovakia! Organizers of The Snowboard Fest, one of the biggest and oldest events in Slovakia, did it!

It is a historical moment for Slovakian freestyle snowboarding as it has been accepted by WSF closely cooperating with TTR. Date of the event is set as it was in other years, on 24th of February. Place also stays the same: Drienica near Prešov!

Snowboard Fest became to be one from biggest event in SVK during 6 years of his existence. In 2006 more than 3000 visitors joined this nice event. Started in 1999 like a small local event organized by passionate snowboarders, the first edition accour in front of 800 visitors and all competitors were from Slovakia.

During the next years the event became bigger and better, obtaining a good name also with hight quality of jump. Rusults: more visitors, more competitors also from abroad.

Several added events are planned for that day: FMX exhibition and also a live performance of “AMO”, Slovak Hip Hop band. This event was the first one in Slovak Republic and also in Czech Republic which include FMX on a snow surface!

Event Info Sheet
Name of Event: Snowboard Fest
Star Accreditation: Two (2) Star
Date of Event: 24.02.2007 (Saturday)
Location: Ski resort Drienica, Slovak Republic
Accessory event: Freestyle Motocross on snow (FMX)
Live Concert: AMO (Slovak Hip Hop Band)
Web Address: www.boardcore.sk
Contact Person: Jozef Murín
Email : murin@zoznam.sk
Mobile Phone: + 421 905 944 077
Postal address Boardcore Agency, Obrancov mieru 35, Prešov 080 01, Slovak Republik
Format(s) Big Air
Prize money USD 2500
Number of participating riders: open competition
Entry criteria: 30 Eur, includes free lift ticket, wellness, drink, catering, entry on after party
Sponsors of the Event: Sony Ericsson, Pogo Boardhouse

Slovakian National Snowboard Events 2007

03. 02. 2007 – Kubínska hoľa – Slope Style
10. 02. 2007 – Turík – Jibbing Session
17. 02. 2007 – Valčianska dolina – Slope Style
03. 03. 2007 – Skoč Sy. Medzinárodné majstrovstvá Slovenska – Big Air
10. 03. 2007 – Čierny Balog – Ultimade Challenge – Big Air
24. – 25. 03. 2007 – Jasná Výzva – Big Air

Unfortunatly, due to the lack of snow everywhere, this calendar could have some variation. So before each event check Slovakian association web site www.sas-snowboarding.sk