Event Information

Title				ISF Snowboard Tour 96/97   
                                JSBA Snowboard Pro-Tour 96/97
                                8th POKKA NITRO JAPAN OPEN
Resort				Kitashiga Hights (Nagano), JPN
Date				Jan. 23 - 25, 1997
Category                        Continental Open
Disciplines			HP, BX
Total Prize Money		HP-JYE1,000,000-	BX-JYE500,000

Entry Fee:	JYE15,000 per discipline (Lift ticket excluded)
Lift Ticket:	JYE2,500 per day (arrival at the race office)
Rules:		According to the ISF Rule 96/97 


Event Information

Accommodation Office before and during the event:	
Kitashiga Hights Ski Resort  
		Phone: +81.269.33.7211       Fax: +81.269.33.6270

Information office before the event:   
Japan Snowboarding Association
		MAC Shibuya Bldg. 4F, 15-10 Nanpeidaicho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150
		Phone: +81.3.5458.2661      Fax: +81.3.5458.2662

Event Office during the event:	
		8th Pokka Nitro Japan Open Race Office
		location: Restaurant 'Hights' at at Kitashiga Hights Ski Resort
		Phone: +81.269.33.7211**	Fax: +81.269.33.6270**
		**Lines will be in service fom January 21 to January 26, 1997.

Time Table
Date		Time		Schedule			Location
Jan. 23 (Thu)	9:00-15:00	HALFPIPE: registration		Race Office 
							       (Restaurant 'Hights)
		13:00-15:00	HALFPIPE: official training	HP course	
		17:00-18:00	HALFPIPE: riders meeting	Restaurant 'Hights'

Jan. 24 (Fri)	9:00-		BX: registration		Race Office 
							       (Restaurant 'Hights')
		8:50-9:50	HALFPIPE: official training	HP course
		10:00-12:45	HALFPIPE: qualification		HP course
		13:00-13:30	HALFPIPE: official training	HP course
		13:45-15:15	HALFPIPE: final			HP course
		15:30-16:00	HALFPIPE: photo session		HP course
		18::00-19:00	HALFPIPE: awarding ceremony	HP course

Date		Time		Schedule			Location
Jan. 25 (Sat)	9:00-		BX: riders meeting		BX starting area
				BX: course inspection		BX course
		10:00-		BX: qualification		BX course
		12:00-		BX: final			BX course
		17:30-18:30	BX: awarding ceremony tba

Note:
1.	All the entry have to be done before 15:00 at the race office.  
	No late entry will be accepted for any reason after 15:00.
2.	Entry fee will not be paid back for any reason.
3.	Lift ticket will be arrival at the race office at the price of 
	JYE2,500 per day.
4.	Information / notification board will be set in the riders meeting 
	room and in front of the race offfice.
Copyright c 1996 to the ISF Event Office.

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