10th Annual Burton European Open

I just got home from a week in Switzerland hosting the go211.com webcast for the 10th Annual Burton European Open. The Laax resort is a rad resort that caters to snowboarders. Being in the heart of the Alps is not the easiest place to put on an event like the European Open. The staff and everyone involved is super on point with everything. Danny Davis won slopestyle for the guys, while Lisa Wiik took the win for the ladies. In halfpipe, Kevin Pearce won again this year. It was the same situation as last year when Shaun White was in first place and Kevin was last to drop, pulling it all together to take the win. Kelly Clark won with no suprise to anyone. She is better than half of the guys that were in Semi-finals. Weather was great, food was epic, and the webcast was successful, and I had fun hosting with Ed Leigh and Tricia Byrnes.

Northstar At Tahoe

I rode Northstar this past week, and they got some serious snow. It was pretty much bare when I rolled in, but over the course of 2 days they easily got over 3ft of fresh snow. Danny Garrity, Seth Morrill, Brian Kelley, and I rode some closed stuff with some waist deep turns. I rolled in from the Grand Prix for an Oakley meeting, and brought the snow with me. Great conditions, great friends and great sushi. It was nice to take a trip and not have to watch everyone ride. Cheers to Monkey Fairy and the SPT folks.

-Nelson

US Snowboarding Grand Prix Copper CO

I recently just got home from announcing the Sprint US Snowboarding Grand Prix in Copper Colorado. Copper is one of the coolest resorts that I have ever been to. They also have a Woodward training facility that looks really good. The event itself was really great and I worked with long time announcer Mark Sullivan. Louie Vito won the pipe contest with a pretty crazy run of two 10's, two 9's and a straight air. On the Paul Mitchell Progression Session side of things, I was stoked on Tim Humphreys and Kyle Clancy. The set up of the jump was a bit weird with a cliff drop style kicker, and then the jib was a big hitching post. It was also dumping snow the entire time I was there. I want to give a shout out to Eric Webster, Mark Sullivan, Todd Richards and Andrew Mutty for making the event fun.

-Nelson

Oakley Rev Tour Portsmouth

Oakley is known for throwing huge lavish parties, and the Rev Tour stop in Portsmouth NH was no different. The Rev Tour is a super clinic for Oakley dealers and VIP's. There were over 400 people at this stop and everyone recieved free food, drinks, and goggles. Trouble Andrew played for what seemed like 3 seconds, but I was running around keeping people happy and missed most of it. I got on stage and gave away some outerwear kits for the best 80's outfits, as well as a seasons pass to Waterville Valley for the best hair cut. Everyone had a blast and the event was off the hook. http://www.oakley.com/

That's It That's All Premier

In my lifetime, there are 3 snowboard videos that have changed how I looked at the sport. The first was Subjekt Haakonsen, the second was Simple Pleasures, and now That's It That's All. I was up in Burlington VT hosting the premier for the movie, and I was blown away by the riding and film work that was done by Curt Morgan. Travis Rice really hit his mark with the choice of riders and locations to film. Big thanks to Curt, and everyone at Red Bull and Quicksilver for having me host the premier.

Nelson on Fuel TV this week

If you havent checked out The Adventures of Danny and Dingo on Fuel, you should. Its funny and entertaining, and thats what I am looking for in a half hour program. I had a couple clips in episode 2 when Dingo and I were announcing the Union Square Street Sessions in NYC. Check it out if you get a chance. If you dont have Fuel TV, you can check it out on http://www.hulu.com/

http://www.hulu.com/the-adventures-of-danny-and-the-dingo

Enjoy!

-Nelson

Red Bull Soap Box Philly

I recently hosted the Red Bull Soap Box race in Philadelphia. The production was huge, and a crazy amount of people came out dispite the hurricane that was going on. I was one of 4 hosts and I did the pre-interviews of all the teams with Jenny Johnson from NECN. I was posted up at the judges stand during the event with Preston and Steve (local radio personalities) Kevin Robinson, Ricky Oyola, Brianna from Real World Hollywood, and Gary Gardella. Even though I was completely soaked head to toe, I had fun interviewing the judges after each craft and pumping up the Philly crowd. Huge Props to our other hosts, Dave Farra and Jerry Bernardo.