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PR: OBE Announces Extremely Board - Sat April
5th @ Sugar Bowl
(March 10, 1997)
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OBE has events planned at five western resorts
this spring.
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Featuring the 2nd stop on Bud Light's North American Snowboard SeriesThe
1st annual EXTREMELY BOARD festival will take place Saturday April 5th at
Sugar Bowl Ski Resort in Tahoe, CA. The event is an all day sports &
music festival sponsored by KWOD, Bud Light, K2 Snowboards, Airwalk Footwear
& Mountain Dew. Tickets, which are available through Bass & local
board shops, are just $35 & include lift access (a normal ticket at Sugar
Bowl is $41).
Bands confirmed to play on the mountain stage include Suicidal Tendencies,
L7, Goldfinger & local heros 3rd Eye Blind. More bands will be announced
shortly.
Board Stiff also hosts Bud Light's Pro Invitational $60,000 North American
Snowboard Series, the largest cash competition in North America for Big Air
($10,000 local purse). Some of the riders registered for the Sugar Bowl event
include Mike Basich, Jim Rippey, Athena, Omar Lundie, Lance Pitman, Wendy
Powell, Hilary Mayberry, Natasha Zurek, Kevin Scott, Steve Adkins, Morgan
LaFonte, & Todd Richards.
In addition to the snowboarding, there will be a full sized vert 1/2 pipe
built into the mountain with top skateboarders, BMX & in-line skaters.
Shredders include Tony Hawk, Ron Wilkerson, Mike Frazier, Dennis McCoy &
more. Additionally, there will be on-snow dual slalom mountain bike races,
a tremendous consumer trade show & more.
OBE has five Bud Light NASS festivals slated for the spring:
1. BOARD STIFF Sat March 29, Snoqualmie Pass, WA
2. EXTREMELY BOARD Sat April 5, Sugar Bowl, CA
3. SPRING BOARD Sun April 13, Wolf Mountain, UT
4. TOTALLY BOARD Sat April 19, Loon Mountain, NH
5. SNOW JOB Sat May 3, Mount Hood Meadows, OR (FINALS)
For more information, contact On Board Entertainment @
[email protected] or at 415-289-1510
x.7.
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