The 4th annual Burton Rail Days presented by MINI. Completely FREE and open to the public, this year’s event will once again take place at Roppongi Hills Arena in the heart of Tokyo and feature 16 of the best international rail riders, including Jeremy Jones (USA), Zak Hale (USA), Mark Sollors (CAN), Alek Ostreng (NOR), Frank April (CAN), Lasse Ihalainen (FIN), Yuma Abe (JPN) and newcomer Shoma Takao (JPN), who earned a competition spot after winning the event’s new online video contest. 

For the past three years, Burton Rail Days has drawn a record-breaking crowd for the world-class snowboard street competition, which starts at 5:00 pm (JST) on Saturday, November 15th when top invited riders will battle it out for a piece of the $27,000 prize purse. Created by Snow Park Technologies, the Burton Rail Days course is one of the industry’s most innovative street snowboarding set-ups with a design that encourages each rider’s personal creativity and gives spectators the chance to get close to the action. Not only is the course design next level, it’s also a work of art thanks to Japanese artists Kane, Kazzrock and Kress Eye who are painting the massive Burton Rail Days course. Check out a video of the artists at work to get a taste of what the finished design will look like.