As the excitement rises for January’s 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open (TTR 5Star), it is with great pleasure that we can release the rider list! Featuring snowboarders from 12 different countries, including many familiar faces as well as some exciting new ones, the Nanshan Open’s 10th incarnation is shaping up to be the most impressive to date! Twelve of the 23 invited riders have participated (and placed highly) in previous Nanshan Opens and are returning hungry for more, including 8th Red Bull Nanshan Open winner Juuso Laivisto and previous Transworld Rookie of the Year Austin Smith (3rd place at 5th Red Bull Nanshan Open). The remaining rider spots feature some of the world’s best, including current TTR #1 in Slopestyle Roope Tonteri and Brian Fox! The invited international riders will be competing against a strong Chinese contingent, decided by the local TTR 2Star qualifier this January 7th in which the top six-to-ten local riders will earn the remaining spots! In addition to the star-studded rider list, equally exciting is the all-star judge line-up! Almost a ‘who’s-who’ of OG shredders from all corners of the globe, it will be Ishi (JPN), Ingemar Backman (SWE), Scotty Wittlake (USA), Iztok Somatic (SLO), Michi Albin (SUI) and Alan Wong (CHN) who will be keeping an eye of things! View the full rider list below, and be sure to check out their individual rider profiles on the mellowparks.cn website by clicking here! 10th Red Bull Nanshan Open Riders List Atsushi Ishikawa (JPN / 日本) Flow/Quiksilver/Spy Anton Bilare (SWE / 瑞典) Nitro/Rip Curl Austin Smith (USA / 美国) Nike/Nitro Nick Brown (NZ / 新西兰) RPM/Burton/Dragon Nils Arvidsson (SWE / 瑞典) Nitro/Rip Curl Kazushige Fujita (JPN / 日本) Head/Union/Electric Knut Eliassen (NOR / 挪威) Nitro/Smith Nick Hyne (NZ / 新西兰) Ride/Smith/Lower Aljosa Krivec (SLO / 斯洛文尼亚) Apo/Horsfeathers/Deeluxe Sergey Lapushkin (RUS / 俄罗斯) DC/Vivax Lee Yongho (KOR / 韩国) Nike/Salomon/Electric Brian Fox (USA / 美国) Nitro/Quiksilver Teddy Koo (KOR / 韩国) Nike/Salomon/Electric Sam Hulbert (USA / 美国) Ride/Smith/Neff Juuso Laivisto (FIN / 芬兰) Red Bull/Volcom/Ride Joachim Krogstie (NOR / 挪威) Burton/Analog/Anon Maxence Parrot (CAN / 加拿大) Oneill/Ride/Oakley Matthias Weissenbacher (AUT / 奥地利) Quiksilver/Gnu Petja Piiroinen (FIN / 芬兰) Flow/Billabong Antoine Truchon (CAN / 加拿大) Nitro/Oneill/Smith Kevin Backstrom (SWE / 瑞典) Nike/Rome Roope Tonteri (FIN / 芬兰) Burton/Anon
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10th Red Bull Nanshan Open Rider List Released
