8/18/11
–
Registration
is
live
for
The
North
Face
Open,
the
season
finale
of
the
2011
Unified
Bouldering
Championship
Pro
Tour. The
competition,
taking
place
September
23-24,
will
be
featured
as
the
headlining
sport
at
the
Nor’easter
Outdoor
Sports
+
Music
Festival
in
Burlington,
Vermont.
All
registered
UBC
athletes
receive
free
weekend
passes
to
the
festival
that
includes
performances
by
Rjd2,
G.
Love
&
Special
Sauce,
and
Okkervil
River
in
a
lineup
of
more than
20
bands.
In
addition
to
the
musical
performances
the
festival
will
showcase
a
UCI
sanctioned
Cyclocross
Race,
the
Ridiculissma
costumed
run
through
Burlington,
kayaking
events
and
sport
clinics
and
demos.
This
marks
the
second
year
in
a
row
that
the
UBC
Pro
Tour
season
finale
is
the
featured
sport
at
the
Nor’easter.
As
Pete
Ward,
managing
partner
of
NE2C
Productions
explains,
“Having
the
sport
of
climbing
be
a
major
draw,
maybe
THE
major
draw,
at
a
festival
like
the
Nor’easter
says
a
lot
about
how
far
climbing
has
come
and
it’s
also
a
reminder
of
the
enormous
opportunities
that
lie
ahead.
We
all
learned
a
lot
about
what
is
ultimately
possible
for
our
sport
at
the
EMS
Pro
in
Central
Park.
With
the
mainstream
recognition
that
came
from
that
event
and
the
subsequent
news
that
the
IOC
is
considering
climbing
to
be
an
Olympic
sport,
the
time
for
climbing
to
put
it’s
best
foot
forward
is
right
now
and
The
North
Face
Open
will
do
just
that
in
front
of
thousands
of
Nor’easter
attendees
and
in
one
of
the
most
gorgeous
outdoor
cities
in
the
entire
northeast.”
A
$10,000
cash
purse
will
be
at
stake
on
this
final
stop
of
the
2011
UBC
Pro
Tour.
Coverage
of
The
North
Face
Open
will
be
broadcast
live
on
the
internet
in
full
HD
on
ubcprotour.com.
(Broadcast
times
TBA)
The
following
UBC
Pro
Tour
stop
will
be
ABS
National
Championships
in
February,
2012.
