Sponsor

Burn Energy Drink

About Burn - Burn Energy drink provides the fuel and the energy to those who want to leave their creative mark on the world. Commencing winter 2009, the Burn Snow project aims to build the foundations for fresh creativity and new concepts within the snowboard community. The program is here to support new ideas, reward passion and nurture riders of this mindset. www.burnenergydrink.it

Valtellina

About Valtellina - Valtellina is a wide region in the Alps that spans over Italy, Switzerland, Lombardy and the Grisons Canton for over 200 km right in the heart of the Alps. A broad and various territory that rises from the 200 m of the Lake Como peak to the 4000 m of the Bernina peak. The large and colorful valley line is tilled with forage and apples; going to the top, it becomes a land of terraced vineyard and woods that then free up the space to Alpine pastures and finally to the majestic peaks and glaciers. The Valtellina valley counts some of the most famous tourist destination like Livigno, Bormio, S. Caterina Valfurla, Madesimo, Aprica and then Teglio, Valdidentro and Valdisotto, the Valmalenco, the Valmasino and the Valgerola only to mention some. Sport, delicious cuisine, culture and tradition, spa, events are only some of the ingredients for a holiday in Valtellina, the heart of the Alps. www.valtellina.it

Livigno

About Livigno - Livigno, right in the heart of the Alps, has been lately the place to discover new winter sports: in Livigno telemark is living a second life, here freestyle has been growing up and snowboarding found its first fans. Livigno has also hosted several editions of the Burton European Open, a big international event, which raised Livigno to the real Mecca of snowboarding on the first years of the new millennium. The snow and the ski-area are the winter's main attractions: Livigno provides to its guests a modern and wide ski-lift network. Nowadays, with more than 115 km of slopes and Swatch Mottolino Snowpark, one of the best in Europe, the "Little Tibet" is a perfect choice for everyone, with or without snowboard, who’d like to enjoy snow, shopping and apres-ski. www.livigno.eu

Burton Snowboards

In 1977, Jake Burton Carpenter founded Burton Snowboards out of his Vermont barn. Since then, Burton has fueled the growth of snowboarding worldwide through its groundbreaking product lines, its team of top snowboarders and its grassroots efforts to get the sport accepted at resorts. In 1996, Burton began growing its family of brands to include boardsports and apparel brands. Privately held and owned by Jake, Burton's headquarters are in Burlington, Vermont with offices in California, Austria, Japan and Australia. www.burton.com

SkiPassion Snow-Ski Area

About SkiPassion Snow-Ski Area - With 31 lift facilities and 115 km of slopes, Livigno's skiing area is ideal for winter sports lovers. The snow is granted from December to May and the north-south disposition allows skiing always in the sunshine. Beside from being a natural field for beginners, it offers also black slopes to expert skiers, where challenges are taken edge to edge like in the Giorgio Rocca slope, named after the famous home champion. Youngsters looking for adrenaline will have also a great variety of choice: three snowparks, among which the multi-awarded Mottolino Swatch Snowpark, various boardercross trails on both mountainsides and other fun areas to discover. www.skipasslivigno.com

Mottolino Swatch Snowpark

About Mottolino Swatch Snowpark - The Mottolino Resort, well known as the Italian resort with one of the best snowpark in Europe, sets its priorities in quality of structures, safety of the riders and fun of the activities. Hometown of three editions of the Burton European Open, Mottolino now provides its park for the 6th edition of the Burn RiverJump, offering a high quality area of 120.000m² that will host the Burn Slopestyle Contest and provides more than 170.000m³ of snow for the structures of the RiverJump. The Mottolino slope, placed next to the start of the gondola, will be reserved for the big evening final: there, the best weasel drivers and shapers will build breath-taking structures with 33.000m³ of snow that Mottolino is providing exclusively for this event. More info:. www.mottolino.com

TTR Pro Snowboarding

About TTR Pro Snowboarding - TTR Pro Snowboarding is a new breed of sports governing body made up of a professional network of events, athletes, nations and industry partners. TTR has been built upon the sport's core values and unique culture with the goal of making snowboarding the most recognized progressive sport in the world. The overall objective is to uphold the progression of snowboarding by providing fair and open competition environments, including innovative judging and ranking systems, that allow for athletes to develop from rookies into world-class athletes. A non-profit organization, the TTR owns and operates the TTR World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Snowboarding Championships. At the end of each TTR World Tour competitive season, TTR awards World Tour Champion titles in each of the following categories: Overall, Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air. For more information visit www.ttrworldtour.com