It’s hard to believe, but the Burton Snowboards US Open Snowboarding Championships turns 30 this year. Officially kicking off on Monday, March 5th and running through Sunday, March 11, the event will once again take over the Sun Bowl area of Stratton Mountain.
So what’s on deck? The best halfpipe and slopestyle snowboarders in the world have confirmed they’ll be competing, including Shaun White (who missed last year’s US Open), Kazuhiro Kokubo (last year’s men’s pipe winner), Iouri Podladtchikov, Louie Vito, Mark McMorris, Danny Davis, Scotty Lago, Sebastian Toutant, Kelly Clark (last year’s women’s pipe winner), Hannah Teter, Enni Rukajarvi, Jamie Anderson and Gretchen Bleiler, to name a few. Check out a full schedule of all the events.
Secondly, in honor of the 30th anniversary, the Burton US Open has stepped up its late-night entertainment to a whole new level. Headlining live acts include popular mash-up artist dream team, Super Mash Bros, performing Friday at the Burton x Mountain Dew Party. And Saturday night, hip-hop superstars Method Man (of Wu-Tang Clan) and Redman (of Def Squad) will perform at the ‘30th Love’ party.
The best part? It’s all FREE. The competition, the live music, the free swag being tossed out by vendors — it’s all at no charge. Thanks, Burton.
Slopestyle finals go down during the day on Friday, March 9th, followed by a retro-themed ‘slingshot’ race for legendary Open competitors called ‘The Washed Up Cup’ taking place on Friday night. On Saturday, the signature US Open halfpipe finals go down, followed by an invitational ‘Night Jam’ being held under the lights on Saturday night. All free.
Can’t make it to Stratton to experience the 30th anniversary of the US Open in person? Tune in to the internets for live webcasting on Redbull.tv. Men’s and women’s finals will also air live on good ol’ fashioned TV on Friday and Saturday on Universal Sports. After the event is over, highlights of winning runs and full webcasts will also be available for on-demand viewing at www.redbull.com/snowboarding-live
For classic US Open photos, event highlights, quotes from the legends, and the boards beneath the riders, go ‘head and download the US Open History iPad App.

Complete event details, including schedules and spectator info are at opensnowboarding.com.