WHAT: Go211.com live event webcasts of the 2008 Burton Australian Open Snowboarding Championships. Webcasts will feature the men's and women’s slopestyle and halfpipe semi-finals and finals taking place on September 4 – 5, 2008 at Perisher Blue, Australia. With the entire webcasts produced in Flash, Go211.com provides cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and rider bios) that allow the viewer to take a more active role. This is the first time a live webcast has ever been broadcasted from the remote area of Perisher, Australia.

WHO: Jamie Anderson (USA), Sina Candrian (SUI), Hannah Teter (USA), Lauren Staveley (AUS), Mikkel Bang (NOR), Kevin Pearce (USA), Jye Kearney (AUS), Chas Guldemond (USA), Torstein Horgmo (NOR), Mason Aguirre (USA), Markus Malin (FIN) and Danny Davis (USA)  and are just a few of the top invited riders who plan to compete for a piece of the AUD$50,000 prize purse.

WHEN: Catch the entire events as they go down with LIVE webcasts on Go211.com during the following times: 

LIVE WEBCASTS: Australia Time Zone
Thursday, September 4
Morning Show 9:00 – 9:15 AU
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 9:15 – 9:55 AU
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 10:30 – 11:40 AU
Halfpipe Finals 11:50 – 13:20 AU

Friday, September 5
Morning Show 9:00 – 9:15 AU
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals 9:15 – 11:45 AU
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals 12:00 – 14:00 AU 

LIVE WEBCASTS: European Time Zone
Thursday, September 4
Morning Show 1:00 – 1:15 (CET)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 1:15 – 1:55 (CET)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 2:30 – 3:40 (CET)
Halfpipe Finals 3:50 – 5:20 (CET)

Friday, September 5
Morning Show 1:00 – 1:15 (CET)
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals 1:15 – 3:45 (CET)
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Finals 4:00 – 6:00 (CET) 

LIVE WEBCASTS: Japan Time Zone
Thursday, September 4
Morning Show 8:00 – 8:15
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 8:15 – 8:55
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 9:30 – 10:40
Halfpipe Finals 10:50 – 12:20

Friday, September 5
Morning Show 8:00 – 8:15
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals 8:15 – 10:45
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Finals 11:00 – 13:00

LIVE WEBCASTS: U.S. Time Zones
Wednesday, September 3
Morning Show 7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. (EDT)/ 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (PDT)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 7:15 p.m. – 7:55 p.m. (EDT)/ 4:15 p.m. – 4:55 p.m. (PDT)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 8:30 p.m. – 9:40 p.m. (EDT)/ 5:30 p.m. – 6:40 p.m. (PDT)
Halfpipe Finals 9:50 p.m. – 11:20 p.m. (EDT)/ 6:50 p.m. – 8:20 p.m. (PDT)

Thursday, September 4
Morning Show 7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. (EDT)/ 4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. (PDT)
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Semi-finals 7:15 p.m. – 9:45 p.m. (EDT)/ 4:15 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. (PDT)
Men’s and Women’s Slopestyle Finals 10:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EDT)/ 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. (PDT) 

(NOTE: webcast times subject to change based on weather or other unforeseeable incidents.)

For anyone that misses the live webcasts, both highlights of the winning runs and the full webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing as soon as possible after the event is over on www.Go211.com.

Thanks to Australia Private Networks (APN), Australia’s biggest supplier of satellite broadband, for making this year’s Australian Open webcast possible. Through APN’s expertise and Activ8me brand, the Australian Open is provided with broadband capabilities in a remote location like Perisher.

For more information on the Australian Open, visit www.opensnowboarding.com

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