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Zuoz Rocks Banked Slalom

THE WILD RIDE IN ZUOZ

The “Zuoz Rocks Banked Slalom 4 Charity” on February 16th stands for three things: action, a good time and a good cause. Whilst a good time filled with action doesn‘t need an explanation, here‘s some information on the event!

 

ACTION

Banked Slalom stands for the beginnings of snowboarding: a race against time, where participants have to complete a wild off-piste route. Back to the roots baby!

 

 

A GOOD CAUSE

You‘ll alway come down somehow, but can you get up too? The good cause part is about raising awareness at eye level. And the topic? Surprise Surprise: it’s Sexual Health! So it’s not just about being safe on the mountain, but also at the after party.

 

GOOD TIME

With GummiLove, a good time is guaranteed! To ensure this, there is a big party tent with the band KingZebra rocking it!

 

Programme

  • 09:00 – 12:00 o’clock start numbers issue at the start
  • 09.00 – 12.00 Training
  • 12.00 – 16.00 Race
  • 4:00 pm Ranking at the start
  • from 8.30 pm CONCERT Purtum from 8.30 pm with the legendary KingZebra

 More Information:

gummilove.com/zuoz-rocks-banked-slalom-16-februar/

www.kingzebra.ch

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Banked Slalom Finnish Championships

After a successful Banked Slalom Tour, it’s time for Banked Slalom Finnish Championships second time in a row. Likewise last year, in 2019 Tahko in Nilsiä, Finland is the place where the Finnish champs of this glorious sport will be crowned.

Spring-time in Finland is warm and sunny, so again it will be a great weekend spent with friends in a fun course. There will be divisions for open men and women, grom boys and girls, and also adaptive riders so everybody gets their equal competitions. Join the fun!

Banked Slalom Finnish Championships is organized by Finnish Snowboard Association.
Banked Slalom Finnish Championships is supported by Burton Snowboards, Tahko, Tahko Chalet & SkiOne.fi
More information and timetables will be posted on the event’s Facebook page. 
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Hochkeil Banked is going down on January, 26th 2019!

January is dominated by the joy of snowboarding at our 100% natural snow area Hochkeil. At the kick-off of the Banked Slalom World Tour, we are looking forward to welcome a lot of riders and maybe another snowboard legend. This weekend, the banked slalom race is not just about speed, the average time and the funniest old-school rider are just as awarded as the winners of the “Snurfer Class” without bindings. Kids and Families are welcome! Beside the Banked race you will surely find time for a few runs in the fresh POW at Hochkeil.


Key facts:
Hochkeil Banked Slalom
When: Saturday January, 26th 2019
Where: Hochkeil, Mühlbach am Hochkönig, Salzburg, Austria
Who: All Snowboarders – from kiddies to grandmas

Timetable:
Friday, January 25th
from 1pm: Get together at Arthurhaus hotel
2.3pm – 4pm: Inspection at the Banked Course
5pm: Presentation of the exhibition at Snowboardmuseum at Team-Hostel Hochkeilhaus

Saturday, january 26th
9am – 10.30am: Inspection and training on the Banked course
11am – 3.30am: Hochkeil Banked Slalom race
4.30pm: victory ceremony
Aftershowparty by Sledgehammer Skibikes + Get together at Hochkeilhaus


Starting fee:
– Kids up to 10 years: Euro 5.-
– Youth up to 15 years: Euro 10.-
– Adults 16 years and older: Euro 15.-
+5 Euro for last minute inscriptions on race day

Special lift ticket fees for competitors- SuperSkiCard and SkiAmade tickets are valid at Hochkeil

Find out all the information:

www.facebook.com/events/317747815739815
www.hochkeil.at

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SHRED DOWN – BÄNKED SLALOM

Westendorf will host the Shred Down Bänked Slalom 2019!

Narrow, steep turns are what a Banked Slalom need to allow the best show and fight against time, allowing everybody to challenge their personal limits. It is mandatory to find the perfect combination of physical characteristics, material features, weather conditions and most importantly: the fun of snowboarding is the most important ingredient when riding down a Banked Slalom course.

Perhaps the oldest discipline, in snowboarding history, celebrates another comeback in the Boarders Playground in 2019. Professionals and amateurs will fight for the best time on a very demanding, but fun slalom course. The smallest shredders made the biggest show during last year´s edition and showed their great talent at the Shred Down´s 20thanniversary.

After twenty years of Shred Down, the organizers are still excited to create a snowboard event, able to inspire children and young people to snowboard more and have fun together. Thus, the Shred Down 2019 will again be a cross-generation snowboard competition where the sport, snowboarding, is what truly matters.

Infos und Registration at  www.shreddown.rocks

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WSF Banked Slalom Tour 18/19 Application Open

The WSF Banked Slalom World Tour is back. Launched in October 2014, the BST is an international campaign to promote and celebrate the history of snowboarding. In its second edition, more than 2800 riders took part in the tour that crossed 10 countries worldwide with 22 events and the upcoming tour will be even bigger.

About Banked Slalom
Banked slalom combines the roots of snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding.
The past and the future meet in the banked slalom, the original discipline from where everything started. The WSF Banked Slalom Tour concept is to offer a platform and network within currently existing events and support to create new events.
Banked slalom is an easy way to bring more attention to snowboarding, from the media to new consumers: it is an all-ages discipline, a low risk sport and people have a lot fun competing in contests that do not require professional skills.

How to take part to the WSF Banked Slalom Tour
WSF invites all national associations that already have a banked slalom contest on their schedule to be part of the tour and fill out the attached application form to participate.
WSF also invite all of you to organize a BS contest and get support from us on how to do it. We will give technical support to those who have never organized a BS event, but WSF will also support the pr and communication for those events that are already planned for the season 2018/19.

Please download the application form and consult the general information and event benefits and recommendation. Do not hesitate to contact us here: events@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Please send the application form back to: events@worldsnowboardfederation.org
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Brelok Banked Slalom will take place next March!

“Brelok Banked Slalom” is an event organised by a Polish half-pipe tree time Olimpian Michał “Brelok” Ligocki who is very into promoting snowboarding nowdays in Poland.

The main goal is to have a good time, meet old friends and challenge with them on a friendly and fun banked slalom course. The event is held in Czarny Gron – one of the best Polish ski resort with a very good snowpark too.
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Despite the rain and the bad weather condions in 2017 we had 140 competitors , including Polish snowboard legends and 4 olimpians.
We are going to organise it every year and we want to improve each year organisation, the cours, the prices, and afterparties.
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“Brelok Banked Slalom” is an open event. We are lookin to see You on star.

Check the “Brelok Banked Slalom” facebook page to get all the information.

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SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX

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The SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX will take place from March 2-4, 2018. In its fourth edition this contest, hosted by snowboarding legends Terje Haakonsen & Nicolas Müller, has again the main message on having fun together in the snow. The banked slalom is the archetype of snowboarding which combines high speeds with challenging terrain and banked turns, and is sure to bring together snowboarders of all generations and different riding styles. The event is further complemented with music and entertainment at and around the Indy Bar in the rocksresort and the relaunched Riders Hotel.

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Aged between six and sixty-six years a field of 300 riders and as colourful as the event poster itself is made up of park shapers, pro riders, former world champions, boardercross specialists, alpine legends, leisure boarders, Olympics and, of course, host legends Terje Haakonsen from Norway and Nicolas Müller from Switzerland. Expect thrilling duels in this race laden with banked turns. Time is ticking. With this event, LAAX brings the roots of snowboarding into the present day.

All further information to get on suddenrush.laax.com, or on social media: www.facebook.com/snowparkLAAX and www.facebook.com/LAAX

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The Fourth Annual Transfer Banked Slalom was epic!

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Boom! The Fourth Annual Banked Slalom went off with an absolute bang…and I mean bang! If you were in Thredbo this weekend and took part in the snowboarding celebrations you would know what we’re talking about!

All competitors we’re greeted with perfect conditions on Sunday to hit the course with speed and confidence. It was nothing but blue skies, spring sun and good times up at the all new course location ‘The Playground’. The course offered more long, drawn out turns, allowing for everyone to enjoy the course at their own pace…however by the looks of what went down throughout the day, the only pace everyone had on their mind was…FAST!

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It sure was one gathering of the tribe as the event welcomed every generation of snowboarder to come and get involved and and have a crack at some fast flying action. From grom women to masters men, everyone killed it both on their board and in spirit.

The Fourth Annual Transfer Banked Slalom was lucky enough to host some of the worlds best snowboarders this weekend off the back of Volcom’s event ‘BOARDSTOCK’. The likes of Terje Håkonsen, Pat Moore and Mike Ravelson showed to give the local boys and girls a run for their money and boy did the locals have to run!

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In the Open Women, it was Wiki Jones (fastest women in Thredbo) who took out the event with style, grace and most importantly…SPEED! Wiki was closely followed by the shred mum superstar herself, Abish Bright in second place and Amber Arazny flew through the course to take out third place.

The Open Men’s category was stacked deep with heavy hitters as mentioned above. In first place it was the man, the myth, the legend himself, Terje Haakonsen that was crowned king of the Fourth Annual Transfer Banked Slalom. Terje had local shredders Ryan Tiene and Jye Kearney close on his tail, Ryan just snuck in with second place followed by Jye for third.

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Due to bad weather, the Transfer Banked Slalom has been postponed to Sunday, 17th September!

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Rev your engines!
The tournament of turns is taking place this Friday in the brand new location of Playground at Cruiser to turn and burn your way through the aussie snow gums.

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Pull on the leather gloves, sling yourself into the driver’s seat and get ready to haul arse across the Monaro mile and up to Mount Thredbo for the Australia’s fastest and slowest snowboarders will go bumper to bumper with the world’s best through burns, turns, sweeps and straights. From mild to wild, The Transfer Banked Slalom isn’t just a tournament of turns it’s a celebration of snowboarding.

Have a look at the event website for the latest news: https://www.thredbo.com.au/events/2017/transfer-banked-slalom/ and the blog

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Transfer Banked Slalom is back, August 19!

They call it the days of days for snowboarders, etched from history the Transfer Banked Slalom in Thredbo has carved itself into a highlight of the Australian winter.

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The event embodies the very essence of snowboarding, with the Thredbo event bringing together the snowboard community – the old shredders showing the young guns old school moves while the fit and fearless float effortlessly through the carefully crafted course.

Consisting of berms, turns and jumps riders need to bring their A game to manoeuvre the technical but fun course to cross the line.  Features such as Galina’s Gully, a sweeping section, natural half pipe and a wall ride are sure to test riders on the day.  If there any tip to offer to get you over the line with a chance…wax that board and hold on.

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The good times don’t stop on your last turn, Saturday night head to Poolside at the Thredbo Alpine Hotel where Client Liaison fresh off a sold out national tour will take over the party. From the studio to the top end of town, Client Liaison’s sound plays out like a long lunch followed by a round of cocktails, a definite Thredbo crowd favourite.

The Transfer Banked Slalom is one event the guys at the establishment will never be able to get their hands on, so leave the competitive hunger at home and replace it with an 80’s inspired après outfit and a big smile.

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So what do you need to do now in order of priority to attend the Transfer Banked Slalom?
Lock in the date 19th of August
Book your trip and enter via the Thredbo eStore
Put in your leave form
Practice your turns
Go op-shopping to grab an outfit
Prep yourself for a weekend of fun

Have a look at the event website for the latest news: https://www.thredbo.com.au/events/2017/transfer-banked-slalom/ and the blog