Manifestazioni sportive / 11.02.2015

Do you want to ride at the Suzuki Nine Knights 2015?

The “Wanna be a Knight?” Online Video Competition is on!

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Do you want to ride at the Suzuki Nine Knights 2015? The “Wanna be a Knight?” Online Video Competition is on!

Livigno (ITA), February 10th, 2015 – Snowmaking has begun at Mottolino Fun Mountain in Livigno, Italy in preparation for the Suzuki Nine Knights 2015, where an innovative castle setup will be awaiting elite freeskiers and snowboarders. The unique session runs from the 5th to the 10th of April 2015 featuring for the first time snowboarders like Halldor Helgason (ISL) and Seb Toots (CAN) alongside skiers such as Jesper Tjäder (SWE) and Gus Kenworthy (USA). The “Wanna be a Knight?” online video competition is looking for fresh talent to complete the roundtable of esteemed knights. If you think you have what it takes, send in a short edit to participate.

The Suzuki Nine Knights 2015 Trailer: bit.ly/NineKnights2015_Trailer

Bringing the two snow sports together was a natural next step for the event, which strives for progression. The “Il Castello” setup is rising to the occasion with more ingenious features and creative transfer options. Confirmed on the snowboard side are Seppe Smits (BEL), Kevin Backsröm (SWE) and Sage Kotsenburg (USA), as well as, skiers Tom Wallisch (USA), Paddy Graham (GBR) and Roy Kittler (GER). Invited filmmakers and photographers will be documenting the week of sunrise, sunset and heli-sessions, whilst the public are invited to join the big showdowns; the Night Time Session on Wednesday 8th April and the Big Air Contest, on Friday 10th April 2015.

Wanna Be A Knight? – Online Video Contest
Both freeski and snowboard categories are open for entries and the expert jury will be handing out 1-2 wildcards to the most impressive entries in each discipline. Send in a max. 2-minute video with your nine best tricks, show us airtime with technique and style. Display your skills on a variety of obstacles and don’t miss the deadline on the 23rd of March 2015. The winners will be announced on the 30th of March. All the competition rules can be found on  www.nineknightssnow.com where you will also see all the entries.

This year there is also another way to get onto the riders list at the Suzuki Nine Knights. There will be a qualifying slopestyle competition held on the 28th of March 2015 in the Mottolino Snowpark in Livigno. One wild card per discipline is up for grabs as well as some contest day invitations. Registration begins 10th of February on mottolino.com.

Follow us:  @nineknights

The Suzuki Nine Queens are also running the “Wanna be A Queen” contest for female riders, to find out more head to www.ninequeens.com.


About Livigno:
Sitting right in the heart of the Alps, Livigno is the place to discover new winter sports: In Livigno, telemark skiing is living a second youth, freestyle has grown up and snowboarding found its first fans. Livigno has also hosted several editions of the Burton European Open, a top international event, which turned the resort into a real Mecca of snowboarding during the first years of the new millennium. The snow and ski areas are winter’s main attractions as Livigno provides an extensive and modern ski-lift network to its guests. Today, with more than 115 km of slopes Livigno is a perfect choice for everyone, with or without a snowboard, to enjoy snow, shopping and après ski.
For more info visit: www.livigno.eu
www.facebook.com/LivignoFeelTheAlps
twitter.com/Livigno
plus.google.com/+livignoeu

About Mottolino Fun Mountain:
Mottolino Fun Mountain is a skiing area of Livigno located in the Italian Alps. It is well known for its prime Snowpark, which has won several awards in Italy in recent years and is rated among the best ones in Europe: covering 120.000 m2 (more than 30 soccer fields) constructed from more than 170.000 m3 of snow. Fun is at the bottom of almost any activity which has led to a great variety over time. Not only has Mottolino hosted the highest music concert in the Italian mountains, the Ice Party, it has also been the home of three editions of the Burton European Open, seven editions of Burn River Jump and many times of the World Rookie Fest. In 2015 Mottolino will host the legendary NINE KNIGHTS freeski event, which will take place already for the fourth time in Italy. The resort will provide enough snow for the shapers to build the massive, enchanted Nine Knights castle, which will remain in the beautiful mountains of the Mottolino skiing resort for a week. Do you want to know more about it?
Check out our brand new webcam on: www.mottolino.com/info/WebCam.aspx?p=P2
For more info visit: www.mottolino.com or www.facebook.com/MottolinoFunMountain

About Suzuki

The Suzuki Motor Corporation is based in the Japanese city of Hamamatsu, and is the world’s leading supplier in the minicar segment. In the 2013/2014 business year it produced 2.86 million vehicles worldwide. The Corporation employs 51,503 people globally and sells its products in 196 countries and regions.

In the 2013/14 business year, the company turned over 2.94 billion yen (€20.7 billion*). With an operating result of around 187.7 billion yen (€1.31 billion*), the Suzuki Motor Corporation saw a 29.9 percent rise in its profits over the previous year. Global sales amounted to 2.66 million cars in the 2013/14 business year. Suzuki maintains 35 main production facilities in 24 countries and regions.

Suzuki’s ‘Way of Life!’ represents the global brand-attributes of enthusiasm, down-to-earthness, quality, sportiness and team spirit. These values express themselves in innovation, products tailored to customer needs, and an impressive set of core expertises including in the offroad and AWD fields, based on a company history stretching back for more than a century.

Suzuki International Europe GmbH, based in Bensheim, Hessen, controls activities throughout Germany in the three business areas of Cars, Motorbikes and Marine. With its 375 employees, the company generated a turnover of €635.6 million in the 2013/14 business year. A total of 27,835 vehicles were newly registered in the year 2014.
* Exchange rate on 31 March 2014: €1 = 142.2 yen






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