This week there are some fun winter events that I’m looking forward to.

First, we have Red Bull’s SnowScrapers. 24 snowboarders competing for $100,000 in East River Park on Thursday at 6pm, with snowboarding starting around 6:30pm. It will air on NBC Sunday at 5PM

I’ve been to a one of their extreme sporting events before, and it’s definitely a good time.

Winter Jam 2009 is also happening at Hudson River Park on Saturday. I went last year when it was in Central Park. I’ve read that this year in addition to sledding/tubing, there will be snowboarding and icewall climbing.