WHAT: Live event webcasts on GO211.com. Webcasts will feature the men's and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle semi-finals and finals taking place on August 14 – 15 at Cardrona Alpine Resort in New Zealand. GO211.com will be providing cool interactive technologies (live scoring, live standings, competition rankings and rider bios) that will allow the viewer to take a more active role.
WHO: Mitchell Brown, James Hamilton, Stef Zeestraten, Kendall Brown and Shelly Gotlieb are just a few of the top Kiwi riders who plan to compete for a piece of the NZ$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: New Zealand Time Zone
Friday, August 14
Morning Show 9:20 a.m. – 9:40 a.m. (NZST)
Slopestyle Semi-finals: Women 9:40 a.m. – 10:40 a.m. (NZST)
Slopestyle Semi-finals: Men 11:20 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (NZST)
Slopestyle Finals 1:50 p.m. – 3:20 p.m. (NZST)
End Show 3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m. (NZST)
Saturday, August 15
Morning Show 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. (NZST)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Women 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (NZST)
Halfpipe Semi-finals: Men 11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (NZST)
Halfpipe Finals 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. (NZST)
End Show 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. (NZST)
(NOTE: webcast times subject to change based on weather or other unforeseeable incidents.)
For anyone who misses the live webcasts or the daily replays, both highlights of the winning runs and the full webcasts will be available for on-demand viewing after the event is over on www.GO211.com. A replay of the slopestyle webcast will take place at 9:00 a.m. NZST on Friday, August 21st and a replay of the halfpipe webcast will take place at 9:00 a.m. NZST on Saturday, August 22nd.
For more information on the New Zealand Open, visit www.opensnowboarding.com
About the Burton Global Open Series
The Burton Global Open Series events are the pinnacle snowboarding events of the season. Founded by Jake Burton, the Opens have grown from grassroots events to global spectacles attracting tens of thousands of spectators and riders from around the world. Since the beginning, the Opens have been driven by riders, for riders evolving with snowboarding and riders’ needs over the years. With events held in New Zealand, Europe, Canada, Japan and the United States, the Opens set the standard for snowboarding events around the globe. For more information, visit www.opensnowboarding.com.
About the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour
Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is a non-profit, rider-driven organization with the mission to create the highest quality competitive snowboard environment in the world, using authenticity, accessibility and innovation as guiding principles. Since its foundation, the Swatch TTR Tour has been developing into the most respected snowboard tour worldwide featuring global grass root and key independent freestyle snowboarding events over a ten-month period from Southern to Northern Hemisphere locations. Events are rated via a 1-through-6Star system, with points allocated accordingly, a 6Star event holds the highest (1000 Swatch TTR points). Any rider participating in these events, from up-and-coming to professional talent, earns ranking points and a position on the Swatch TTR World Ranking List. The top male and female rider at the end of the season are crowned Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.
About GO211.com
GO211.com is the leading community and video site for action sports created for and by athletes and enthusiasts. It’s the place to go for behind-the-scenes videos, blogs, and photos from pro athletes and featured contributors along with other action sports fans. GO211.com is proud to offer a broad range of exclusive content submitted directly from the athletes and is proud to host interactive live webcasts of the top events in surf, skate, snow and BMX. The current GO211 Pro Team roster includes: Hannah Teter, Nate Yeomans, Torah Bright, Mikes Losness, Kelly Clark, Jack Mitrani, Andy Finch, Donny Robinson, Christian Hosoi, and Holly Beck, among others.
About Cardrona Alpine Resort
CARDRONA is located in the Crown Range between Queenstown (57kms/60mins) and Wanaka (34kms/35mins) in the South Island of New Zealand. With consistently good weather and reliable snow conditions Cardrona offers superb terrain suited to all ability levels. Cardrona is renowned for its wide open, undulating terrain that is perfect for beginners and intermediates, whilst the Arcadia and Tulips chutes offer extra challenge for more advanced riders. Cardrona is home to New Zealand’s premier terrain parks, with up to four half pipes, a gravity cross and a range of beginner freestyle features. For more information, visit www.cardrona.com
Monday, August 10, 2009
"Drop The Rate Mate" - via @benedict_x on twitter
"Drop The Rate Mate" Campaign Launches. Fights Against Vodafone And Telecom.
The day of expensive mobile charges is over.
Erine Newman (TUANZ CEO), Tex Edwards (2degrees), Sue Chetwin (the Consumer Association) have team up with Matthew Hooton, of public affairs consultancy -Exceltium- to create a web-based campaign urging government action over mobile termination rates.
Inspired by a similar campaign in the UK, 'Drop The Rate Mate' aims to support the Commerce Commission's draft on recommending government regulation on artificially inflated mobile termination rates created by Telecom and Vodafone to prevent competition and maintain their duopoly.
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The day of expensive mobile charges is over.
Erine Newman (TUANZ CEO), Tex Edwards (2degrees), Sue Chetwin (the Consumer Association) have team up with Matthew Hooton, of public affairs consultancy -Exceltium- to create a web-based campaign urging government action over mobile termination rates.
Inspired by a similar campaign in the UK, 'Drop The Rate Mate' aims to support the Commerce Commission's draft on recommending government regulation on artificially inflated mobile termination rates created by Telecom and Vodafone to prevent competition and maintain their duopoly.
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Friday, August 7, 2009
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Seek vs Trade Me - users and page impressions
Seeks 750,000 unique visitors (14.5 million page impressions) vs Trade Me's (510,000 unique visitors) 15 million domestic page impressions. either way its huge for both... but what is the duplication?
See: Trade Me Jobs Beats Seek On Pages for the ther side of the story.
See: SEEK Continues Job Market Leadership with Record Breaking Month for the ther side of the story.
Monday, August 3, 2009
The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary
To see a slideshow of the proposal click here
Paul Sinclar is proposing a managed mountain wildlife sanctuary (The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary).
A subcommittee of the Westland Nature Trust I believe should looking into my proposal.
View The Turiwhate Ecological Island Sanctuary proposal in a larger map
The Aim
• To provide opportunities for West Coast communities to be actively involved in conservation; provide ecotourism opportunities; and educate people about the value of rain forest ecosystems.
• Our short aim over the next 5 years is to expand public support for the project and raise funds to creating a public facility providing an accessible location for people to see, hear and learn about the flora and fauna native to Westland.
• To eradicate Mount Turiwhate of introduced pests and predators, and to prevent the re-invasion of predators to maintain an island refuge.
The Vision
• To establish, and fund a world class eco-sanctuary on Mount Turiwhate for rare and endangered native species of flora and fauna that will be jointly developed by private philanthropists, corporate and government participants.
• To build and maintain a 32km totally pest-proof fence around the forest on Mount Turiwhate
• To eliminate ALL warm-blooded (mammalian) animal pests within the fence.
• To re-introduce threatened species that have been lost from Mount Turiwhate including kiwi, kaka, kokako and kakapo.
• To build visitor access gates and tracks and create a wildlife haven where visitors are welcome.
• To encourage visitors to come and enjoy the vibrant wildlife, and to experience a pest-free New Zealand forest.
• To establish an educational facility for school groups, visitors and researchers to learn about our unique flora and fauna.
• To establish a successful, self-sustaining ecosystem enterprise that ensures the longevity of the project.
Area
• 3800 ha : of Alpine top (1368m) to Podocarps low land forest (100m)
Organisations involved
• The Department of Conservation.
There are plans to build a cycle track along the southern boundary of the sanctuary giving access from the William Stuart bridge over the Taramakau river to the Milltown bridge over the Arahura river and following the Alpine Fault line south to Ross
Skype: Kawhakakid
pscl@clear.net.nz
sincpaul@clear.net.nz
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