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Third in a row contest of the best European snowboarders, called the Gillette Carnival Snowboard Session 2010, will be held on 30 January in Rijeka, organized by the Nine Snowboard Club. The competition itself will last for one day and thousands of viewers will have the opportunity of seeing the performances of twenty top snowboarders from ten countries. The competitors will take the viewers’ breath away with their exhibitions and they will also have to impress the jury and earn their place among the top three.

For the purpose of the contest which will be held at the stairs by the Bonavia Hotel, the organizer will bring one hundred cubic meters of snow from Platak and Mrkopalj. After the award ceremony, all viewers are invited to the after party on the Arca Fiumana boat with a rich entertainment programme which will begin at 11 pm.
Apart from promoting snowboarding, the objective is to promote the town of Rijeka as the only town in the region which, alongside the sea, offers its citizens and visitors other types of winter joys, not just skating. This European snow contest is unique for its snow trail which will be located only some 200 meters from the sea. This will be the third contest in a row with the objective of starting a tradition and organizing a recognizable event which will attract numerous fans of this sport, and those who are about to become that, and, since we know how difficult it is to get a large number of people to the snowboarding trail, this is one of the ways to bring at least a small part of this winter sport from the mountain to the very centre of the town.