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"\"&lt;p&gt;Lake Wanaka, New Zealand\\u2014Many of the world&amp;#8217;s top snowboarders will transform Lake Wanaka into a high energy, action-packed snowboarding meccca when the Burton New Zealand Open returns to Snow Park NZ August 3-5.\\n&lt;p&gt;Over the last four years, the Burton NZ Open has come to represent the pinnacle of snowboarding in New Zealand and the Southern Hemisphere, and this year&amp;#8217;s contest features the promise of Olympic gold medallists and world champions in the field for three days of halfpipe, quarterpipe and slopestyle action.\\n&lt;p&gt;New for this year are the Gravis Open Sessions for four nights of some of New Zealand&amp;#8217;s finest musical talent. After an exciting day of competition on the hill, Lake Wanaka&amp;#8217;s town center will rock to the beats of New Zealand&amp;#8217;s urban roots, rock, hip hop and drum &amp;#8216;n&amp;#8217; bass scenes at four full-on after parties from August 2-5 at the Lake Wanaka Centre.\\n&lt;p&gt;Reuben Yeoman, event organizer, said, &amp;#8220;The New Zealand Open is the first stop of Burton&amp;#8217;s Open series before it moves on to Australia, Japan, Europe and the USA. We&amp;#8217;re able to bring new ideas to the table and try new things because of our size, energy and the receptivity of the local scene.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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