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…former Olympic snowboarder and international television commentator to work alongside Dave Duncan of World Cup of Skateboarding August 25-27, 2006 at Stampede Park

CALGARY (Tuesday, August 8th, 2006) – Calgary’s own Tara Teigen has signed on to serve as Co-Host and MC of the Slam City Jam North American Skateboard Championships August 25-27 at Stampede Park.

Teigen will be featured in the Calgary debut of Slam City after serving as a skateboard host for ESPN at X Games 12 in Los Angeles last weekend. She was a Snowboard Analyst for CBC at the Torino Winter Olympics earlier this year and for NBC at the Salt Lake City Games in 2002. She represented Canada in snowboarding at the Nagano Winter Olympics in 1998.

“We’re very excited to have Tara Teigen as Co-Host of Slam City Jam,” said Kleo Landucci, President of Slam City Jam. “Not only does she have great street credentials as a former action sport athlete herself, she brings with her television and announcing experience from some of the biggest events in sports, including the Winter Olympic Games and the X Games. She’ll do a great job for our fans.”

The Olympian will work with World Cup of Skateboarding announcer Dave Duncan, the world’s leading skateboarding announcer, to give a dynamic one-two punch to the proceedings at the Calgary Corral and RoundUp Centre.

Teigen’s resume includes stints with CBC, OLN and Sportsnet in Canada and NBC and ESPN in the U.S. She has called the Winter X Games. Teigen appeared at the Crankworx Mountain Bike Festival last month in Whistler.

As an action sports athlete, Teigen placed 10th at the Winter Olympic Games in 1998. She was a Canadian National Snowboard Team member for three years and in 1997, won the World Cup Overall Champion title for half pipe. In 1998 she won the half pipe competition at the Canadian National Championships and a bronze medal at the US Open.

Teigen is actively involved in action sports above and beyond her roles at events like the X Games and Slam City Jam. She is involved with the Canadian Snowboarding Federation and is the Head Coach at the Camp of Champions, a Ski and Snowboard camp in Whistler, B.C. She attended University of Calgary 1993 -1995 after graduating from Calgary’s John G. Diefenbaker High School.

Three-day SERIES Tickets are available now on line and by phone at www.ticketmaster.ca and at (403) 777-0633. Single-day passes go on sale Friday, Aug. 11th, at all Ticketmaster outlets. The latest event information is available at www.slamcityjam.com.



Published On: 8/11/2006
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Confirmed dates and locations are listed below for the upcoming Burton Global Open Snowboarding Championships, the international event series that gives local, amateur and pro snowboarders an equal shot at a world class title. This season, the contest series will crown its first male and female Global Open Champions at the Burton US Open, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2007.

Burton Global Open Snowboarding Championship Dates:

New Zealand Open August 3-5, 2006 SnowPark, New Zealand
Australian Open August 25-27, 2006 Falls Creek, Australia
European Open January 20-27, 2007 Laax, Switzerland
Nippon Open February 20-25, 2007 ALTS Bandai, Japan
US Open March 12-18, 2007 Stratton, VT USA

"We're expanding the Burton Global Open series to give more people the chance to witness some of the best snowboarding in the world," says Bryan Johnston, Vice President of Global Marketing at Burton. "Each of the Burton Opens will take it to the next level in terms of event execution, TV coverage and podcasting to give riders, spectators and viewers at home the best possible experience."

In addition to having a shot at the Global Open Champion title, the male and female winners of each Open competition will receive airfare and accommodations at the next contest in the Burton Open event series.

More details to come on all Open events as the dates draw nearer.
 
 
 


Published On: 7/17/2006
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so as you all know if u know my favorite snowboarder is Shaun White, He is tottaly awesome and i wanted to give hima  shout out about getting gold in the half pipe in the olympics and getting 1st in both half pipe and slopestyle for the US Open 

SO yea  great job Shaun! 


i am truly inspired and sooooo sad that it is spring!!! But am counting down the days till next season!!!


( and yes im taking soo many ppl snowboardings next season dont forget!!! )

Raman im not taking you snowboarding so mathew can come and you can hook me up with mathew! im taking u snowboarding so we can snowbaord!

And anybody else that wants to go HMU and ill take u!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Published On: 3/23/2006
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For those that missed it, here is some results and facts.

This year the championships took place in the mountains of Vermont.  At Stratton Mountain Resort.

First off, Shaun White broke all known snowboarding records when he won the slopestyle event.  The slopestyle victory for the red tomato was his 12 consective win.  The kid is on fire.Volvo put two C70 convertibles up for the most valuable rider award.  Can you guess what male won?  Shaun White got a new ride as well as Hana Beamen.  Ski-Doo also put to new sleds up for grabs for the Outstanding Rookie Award which went out to Chas Guldemond (who almost took top spot from Shaun...) and Ellery Hollingsworth.  Mathieu Crepel was crowned the global ticket to ride (TTR) tour men's champion.  Congrats Mathieu.

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Shaun White
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Chas and Ellery
©2006 Robb Farrington

The Burton Open started off Friday night with the Quarter Pipe.  It was a night session which meant that the spectors stood out in the freezing cold to cheer on the riders. Danny Davis won it for the mens and Hana Beamen for the females.  Pat Moore and Junko Asazuma grabbed the highest air to take home $2,500 each.
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Men's Quarter Pipe

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Woman's Quater Pipe
©2006 Robb Farrington

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©2006 Robb Farrington
Saturday was halfpipe contest with something over 15,000 spectators out helping the vibe for the riders.  Shaun White looking like he was still in Torino took home first place and Torah Bright winning her first ever US Open medal took home first for the females.

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men's pipe  ©2006 Robb Farrington

Sunday, the last day of the championships, hosted the final contest.  Slopestyle was once again taken down by Shaun White.  Chaz Guldemond almost gave Shaun a run for his money placing second and Jussi Oksanen won the Snickers Best Trick for $5,000 as well as placed third.  Young 17 year old Spencer O'Brien did a repeat of last year to finish just behind Hana Beamen for second place and super young 15 year old Jamie Anderson took home third place.  Tara Dakides won the Snickers Best Trick with a backflip melon grab for $5,000.
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Men's Slopestyle left-right Chas, Shaun and Jussie
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Woman's Slopestyle left to right - Spencer, Hana, Jamie
©2006 Robb Farrington



Published On: 3/21/2006
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My Journal: US OPEN
By: nconnors


So I'm off to Stratton for the US Open!! wish me luck & keep your eyes peeled for me at the bars at night! have a good week & I'll be back on next sunday!!!!

Published On: 3/12/2006
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   so uh, i was reading over my 'future snowboard magazine' and it had a rather interesting list, called the 33 things to do before i die, and well.. i decided i think i want to try my best and complete as much as i could, before i die!.. heres how it goes..
* $ -stands for completed

33)snowboard in the summer
32)ski powder $
31)ride a resort on opening day $ /try to be there on closing day
30)ride with your hero (so uh. leanne, you should come to MB sometime..)
29)spend the night in a snow cave (if i can find one)
28)teach someone how to ride $
27)meet a stranger on the chair (chair?..t-bar count?)
26)have sex in a gondola (....hahaha.nice)
25)ride with your family on christmas day (if its open)
24)call in sick so you can go riding (does it count that i already told my boss that i didn't want to work weekends just so i can board?)
23)watch the us open of snowboarding live
22)see a great photo of yourself riding
21)barrel yourself in powder $
20)jib something
19)jump something that scares you
18)point it (go as fast as i humanly possibly can)
17)ride under a full moon
16)drop into a freshly cut halfpipe (our halfpipes never cut..)
15)make a crappy hill fun $ (my hill IS the shi*ttiest..but i still have fun)
14)bag a first decent
13)build a huge jump with your buddies
12)jump over a human being $ (pics in my gallery..)
11)ride trees in japan
10)rip through a forest scorched by fire
9)see what your made of in alaska
8)experience the mt.baker banked slalom
7)ride in a country where you don't speak the language
6)go catboarding
5)thank whoever introduced you to snowboarding (thank you self!) $
4)learn how to use an avalanche tranceiver
3)nab first chair on a powder day (again, does t-bar count?)
2)road trip
1)GO HELIBOARDING (charmin, i'm waiting for you to be a pilot!)

alright lets just see how much of this list i can complete!! WISH ME LUCK!!

Published On: 2/19/2006
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I'm competing in the US Open for halfpipe!! I'm so excited that I just bust out the good bottle of tequila to celebrate! Thanks for the good stuff, Ben, & thanks to the US Open staff for letting my broke ass in!!

Published On: 2/13/2006
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My Journal: 27/2/2004
By: FuckThaPolice


finaly found a ride to the US OPEN!!!thats right!haha ...filming on a stepdown tommorow..if i dont go to manning....sunday at bigwhite!!!add my msn to get in touch with me...ps:BIG PARTY IN THE MALL TONIGHT !!!there tearin it down so there lettin us party in it(^_^)

Published On: 2/27/2004
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My Journal: 8/3/2004
By: FuckThaPolice


i am no longer going to the us open , we have decided to go to whistler and film

Published On: 3/8/2004
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