Burton High Fives - Competitions Start Tomorrow

TUNE IN: Watch the Second Annual Burton High Fives snowboarding competition LIVE on www.burton.com/HighFives on September 12 and 13

WHAT: The second annual Burton ‘High Fives’ presented by MINI snowboarding competition, is now underway at Cardrona Alpine Resort in Wanaka, New Zealand. A live webcast of the slopestyle and halfpipe competitions will be on www.burton.com/HighFives with the slopestyle coverage starting 11:00 am (NZST) September 12, and halfpipe coverage starting 8:45 am (NZST) September 13. For viewers, the webcast will include live scoring, real-time standings, run replays, tour rankings, rider interviews and bios, as well as a live webcast schedule and full replays for on-demand viewing.

WHO: 60 of the top riders in the world from over _____ countries will compete including 2014 Olympic halfpipe hopefuls Kelly Clark (USA), Ayumu Hirano (JPN), Kohei Kudo (JPN), Danny Davis (USA), Arielle Gold (USA), Elena Hight (USA), Ellery Hollingsworth (USA), Gretchen Bleiler (USA) and Cilka Sadar (SLO). The sloplestyle is also stacked with riders including 2012 High Fives Slopestyle Champion Mikkel Bang (NOR), Jamie Anderson (USA) Silje Norendal (NOR), Tyler Nicholson (CAN) and Charles Reid (CAN), as well as local favorites Cameron Stavely (AUS), Rebecca Torr (NZL), Christy Prior (NZL), Shelly Gotlieb (NZL) and Stefi Luxton (NZL).

WHEN:    The entire event goes LIVE with webcasts on www.burton.com/HighFives
during the following times:

LIVE WEBCASTS: New Zealand Time Zone Start Time:
Slopestyle Event, Thursday, September 12 11:00 am (NZST)
Halfpipe Event, Friday, September 13 8:45 am (NZST)

LIVE WEBCASTS: U.S. Time Zones (EST) Start Time:
Slopestyle Event, Wednesday, September 11 7:00 pm (EST)
Halfpipe Event, Thursday, September 12 4:45 pm (EST)

LIVE WEBCASTS: Central Europe Time Zone Start Time:
Slopestyle Event Thursday, September 12 1:00 am (CET)
Halfpipe Event, Thursday, September 12 10:45 pm (CET)

LIVE WEBCASTS: Japan Time Zone Start Time:
Slopestyle Event, Thursday, September 12 8:00 am (JST)
Halfpipe Event, Friday, September 13 5:45 am (JST)

Also be sure to check your local TV listings for the 2013 Burton High Fives highlight show, scheduled to air in the U.S. and around the globe later this fall. Get daily updates about the event at facebook.com/burtonsnowboards, twitter.com/burtonsnowboard and @burtonsnowboard on Instagram - hashtag #BurtonHighFives

A big thanks to MINI and Nokia for their support of the second annual High Fives event.

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