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Canadian Open Profile

By Steve Cave, About.com

Event Info:

  • Dates - September 30th - October 1st, 2005
  • Entertainment - Concerts start Thursday, September 29th
  • Contests - The Canadian Open features:
    • Men's and Women's street competitions
    • Pro Invitational "Rail Rumble"
    • "Battle of the Bands
    • Pro invitational vert best trick
    • Highest air competition
  • Prize Purse - The total prize purse is $75,000US

Massive New Street Course:

From the Canadian Open site - "We've built a massive new street course! that expands to cover most of the arena's floor with a new main feature: a roll in launch / quarter ramp. Check out the Billabong Street course design."

Battle of the Brands is Back!:

Team Managers need to enter their top skaters in the battle of the brands to bring home the title of best skate team in the world. Each From the Canadian Open site - "Team manager also has the chance to win a piece of the $20,000 that's on the line for the winning teams in the West 49 Battle of the Brands."

Buy Tickets:

Tickets are available from Ticket Master Canada.

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