05 April 2014, Stuben/Arlberg. The World’s Biggest Longboard and Old-School Snowboard Event celebrates its 15th Anniversary!

Who would have thought during the first Longboard Classic that this event still stokes snowboarders fifteen years on?! The once small event was created based on having fun snowboarding. It has grown into the world’s largest snowboard race in terms of attendance. A yearly growing number snowboarders make the pilgrimage to the Arlberg to become part of the “Woodstock of Snowboarding”! Snowboard legends from all corners of the world love it as much as snowboard pioneers and today’s groms!

This year we are particularly happy to welcome Chuck Barfoot from Santa Barbara/USA to the Longboard Classic. Back in the late 1970s Chuck regularly surfed with Tom Sims and built his own boards. Chuck is one of the four Godfathers of Snowboarding – next to Jake Burton, Tom Sims and Dimitrij Milovitch.

In April 2014, the race will once again kick off on Saturday. It begins with a Le-Mans-style mass start on the Albona Ridge up on 2,408 meters of altitude. The participants battle for the titles LBC Masters, Old School and No School. However, it is not so much about making it onto the podium as it is about meeting old friends, making new ones and enjoy snowboarding together with like-minded people. That’s the essence of the LBC!
Hard facts

Event:                             Longboard Classic
Date:                              Saturday, 05 April 2014
Location:                       Stuben am Arlberg (Austria)
Format:                          Le Mans mass start – Top to Bottom Snowboard / Longboard Race
Categories:                    Masters, Old School, No School 
On Stage:                      Mortal Kombat Soundsystem, A NUDE A
Special Guest:               Chuck Barfoot, USA – Godfather of Snowboarding
Entry Fee:                      Euro 50 (including day pass,  event shirt, lunch and one drink)
Number of spectators:    Not many - whoever shows up will take part!
Credo:                         The Longboard Classic is the Woodstock of Snowboarding for soul surfers, longboarders, off-piste enthusiasts and snowboard legends from all over the world, who want to ride with friends, have fun and celebrate the spirit of snowboarding.

 During the film night on Saturday true snowboard history gems will flicker on the screen! You can look forward to some rare snowboard flicks! Longboard Classic veterans already know what goes down afterwards: a real snowboard party – loud, wild and all night long! Party with your friends!

Optional advance registration is possible on the LBC Facebook page. The official registration will take place on the event day in the big tent from 7.30 to 10.30 in the morning.

More information on the program, accommodation as well as photos, clips and a hall of fame from the past 14 years on www.longboardclassic.com.