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Suzuki Nine Knights Welcomes Snowboarders on Board

The wait is over, finally the news around Suzuki Nine Knights, are confirmed. The most colossal snow structure ever has introduced for 2015 two important changes that will enliven the epic freestyle event, already a winner of many awards. For those who still don’t know what the Nine Knights is about, the Nine Knights is a media event created in 2010 from an idea of the German freeskier Nico Zacek who wanted to gather for a whole week the 9 strongest freeskiers (knights) in the world: hence the name Nine Knights. He wanted to offer them amazing facilities in order to show the world the best of freeskiing. All of it under the eyes of very renowned photographers and cameramen and major trade publications in the world to make sure that the event had a real global resonance.
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The format has always been constant since 2008: a media event dedicated to freeski, on a proper snow castle on which 9 knights challenged themselves shooting their best tricks. Over past 3 years the ski area Mottolino, always receptive to freestyle scent, has been hosting the duel with a structure become as huge as a real fortress: 120,000 cubic meters of snow, part of which preserved year to year, featuring 50 meters jumps.


Photo: © David Malacrida 

Rumors about the event opening to snowboard were in the air already, and it is with pleasure that Nico Zacek’s team now confirms it: from this year also snowboarders shall fly on the magical snow castle! A few names? The X-Games podiums Halldor Helgason (ISL) and Ståle Sandbech (NOR), as well as incredible freeskiers such as Jesper Tjäder (SWE) andGus Kenworthy (USA). But there is much more as the coming edition won’t be just an invitation format only: Mottolino opens also the selections to 40 athletes who will access the qualifications by sending their sport curriculum.


Photo: © David Malacrida 

Applying is really easy: go on http://bit.ly/Nine_Knights_application, download and fill the registration form with your best sport results and most impressive tricks, then send it to info@mottolino.com. Twenty freeskiers and 20 snowboarders (male) will be selected to do their best on Saturday the 28th of March on Mottolino snowpark XL line. For each discipline there will be special awards: a wild card invitation for all the event long and 2 places for 2015 Suzuki Nine Knights final contest!

Source: http://www.mottolino.com

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