The Nikita Chickita Snowdown is an open contest for female snowboarders. There are two categories- women and juniors. Anyone not yet 16 is considered a junior. The contest is held in the Serfaus Park, Austria, on Saturday the 14th of April. The following Sunday is a bad-weather-reserve day. The starting fee will be 15 Euro including a lift ticket.

Saturday:

09:00-10:25 - Open training
10:25-10:30 - Reshape
10:30-12:30 - Quali heats (Women and juniors combined)
12:30-13:00 - Lunch break + reshape
13:00-13:50 - Finals Juniors
13:50-14:00 - Reshape
14:00-15:30 - Finals women
Evening – Grand Finale,

Quali:
1 to 3 heats of 15-20 competitors. Each rider gets 2 runs, better run counts. The best 12 women and the best 6 juniors get through to the finals.

Finals:
The women and juniors will have the same modus: 4 runs per competitor, best two runs count.

Judging criteria:
The judges will look at style, versatility, technique and creativity. A rider who does two, three or even four different runs in the finals will get a higher overall mark from the judges. Provided they are nice and stomped.

For questions on accommodations please contact the Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis Tourism Information Office,

Untere Dorfstrasse 13
6534 Serfaus
Tel: +43 (0) 5476 6239 0
Fax: +43 (0) 5476 6813

Email: info@serfaus-fliss-ladis.at
www.serfaus-fiss-ladis.at

“After two successful years in the US it is time to bring the Nikita Chickita Snowdown to Europe as well.” say’s Nikita´s owner and designer Heida Birgisdottir.

Onboard and Cooler Magazine, Toasted Snowpark Technologies, Serfaus Ski Resort, Blue Tomato and Red Bull team up with Nikita Clothing for the first European Nikita Chickita Snowdown, an open to all girls slopestyle event to be held in Serfaus, Austria April 14-15th 2007.

For more information, visit www.nikitaclothing.com