From: Swatch TTR World Tour
The 6th edition of the Burn River Jump, the International snowboard event held by Burton Snowboards in collaboration with Mottolino, APT Livigno and Ski Passion Snow-Ski Area, will kick off on February 21, 2012.A slopestyle contest is scheduled for this amazing snowboard week in Livigno, ranked with Five (5) TTR STARS, which will be attended by more than 100 top world riders. They will face each other in the perfect structures of Mottolino Snowpark, to take home part of the big prize purse and make it to Friday’s night final, the long awaited jump over the Spoel river.
Burke Mountain, in Northeast Vermont, has new ownership with strong ties to the region.
An ownership group made up of principals in Jay Peak Resort,Vermont has purchased neighboring Burke Mountain. Ariel Quiros, who along with Jay Peak president Bill Stenger bought Jay Peak Resort from Mont Saint-Sauveur Valley resorts in 2008, is heading the group, called Q-Burke. Stenger is involved as well.
"This is a separate company with the same ownership principals," says Steve..