www.snowboard-women.com

For many snowboarders, a competition or snowboarding event is a chance to push their skills to the next level. Now that the sport has become so popular, there are many events exclusive to women snowboarders. These snowboarding events can range from half-pipe and trick competitions, to pure teaching and riding improvement clinics.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming snowboarding events for women. Better yet, get registered and show off your riding skills for cash or prizes, or just sign up for a class to improve your snowboarding!

• Roxy Snow Classic, Bear Mountain, CA - Jan, 20, 2008. All-girls slopestyle contest - everyone who participates gets a goodie bag. Winner is automatically entered into Chicken Jam (below).
• Betties Get On Board, Windham Mountain, NY - Jan, 26, 2008. Kicks off Women’s Week at Windham Mt and is sponsored by ShreddingBetty.com. Special discounted lift tix, gear demos, and swag available to female snowboarders.
• Queen’s Cup Open, Park City, UT - Feb. 22-24, 2008. In a unique format, both skiers and snowboarders, professional and amateur, have been invited to this event featuring a charity Rail Jam to benefit the Women’s Sports Foundation.
• Women’s Park & Pipe Camp, Breckenridge, CO - Feb. 9-10, 2008. Open to ages 13 and up, a camp for intermediate to advanced riders. Gnu pro riders will be there too.
  
• Nikita Chickita USA - Mammoth Mountain, CA - Feb. 9, 2008. A chance for amateur women snowboarders to compete for cash or a one-year Nikita Clothing sponsorship!
• Roxy Chicken Jam, Mammoth Mountain, CA - March 28-30, 2008. Part of the TTR World Tour, featuring champion and pro female riders from around the world in slopestyle and superpipe competitions for a total $150,000 purse. Weekend-long event also features a free concert by the Silversun Pickups on March 29.
• Burton Women’s Learn to Ride Camps - various locations in 2008. Women-only snowboard weekends where females can learn to ride or just improve their skills in a program featuring smaller classes, personal attention and knowledgeable instructors that cater to female learning.

These are some of the bigger or more notable events out there.  Many other women-only snowboarding events and snowboard clinics can be found at the What’sOnSnow web site.  Now go ride!