Saturday, 5 June 2010
World Snowboard Federation\TTR

Here's a good news!

 

Barcelona - May 24^th, 2010

World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR Pro Snowboarding today announce the creation of the World Snowboarding Championships.  A new world-class snowboarding event, the World Snowboarding Championships will be held every four years and will feature men’s and women’s halfpipe and slopestyle disciplines.  The first event is planned in Oslo, Norway, for the 2011/2012 season and will create an environment  for the best freestyle riders to compete for world snowboard champion titles in both halfpipe and slopestyle formats.

 

The concept for the World Snowboarding Championships was developed by a group of international representatives of the sport from the 2008 WSF General Assembly in France, to be shared with the snowboard community at the 2009 WSF & TTR General Assemblies in Austria. It is a joint project of the World Snowboard Federation and TTR World Tour and, with a unanimous vote at the General Assembly 2010, the application for the Norwegian capital, Oslo, has been accepted to hold the inaugural event in 2012. The proposal was put forward by a consortium of the Norwegian Snowboard Federation, the Arctic Challenge organizers and the hosting resort Tryvann.

 

“The creation of the Snowboarding World Championships is a great step forward for the TTR and the world of snowboarding as a whole,” says Reto Lamm, President of the TTR World Tour.  “We look forward to putting on a world-class event to push the progression of the sport and provide a global platform to showcase the best riders in the world.” 

 

“Oslo 2012 World Snowboarding Championships will be a unique and inspiring expression of our sport” says Marco Sampaoli, Vice-President of the WSF. “Moreover the integration of WSF National Snowboard Association in the qualification system will push the development of the sport from the roots on a world wide level.”

 

The municipality of Oslo will back the project with $4.3-million USD for the event and another $1.3-million USD for preparations. The final decision whether the event will take place is pending approval by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment for the expansion plans of the event arena at Tryvann Vinterpark.

 

After the 2011/2012 event, the World Snowboarding Championships will continually change locations every four years and will take applications from cities around the world to host future events. Other details surrounding the event, such as qualifications, prize money and event schedules will be determined over the next six months and will be released as they are finalized.

 

 

ABOUT THE WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION
WSF is the only international organisation working uniquely to develop and support snowboard at all levels, including competitions and education, disable and adaptive snowboarding, activities for riders of any age. WSF is a network of national snowboard associations cooperating worldwide for the development and promotion of the sport. Members find in WSF a source of inspiration and support to their activities. WSF can create added value for everybody involved in snowboard on national level and offers ideas, handbooks and initiatives, the result of an organization whose components share the same goal: progression of snowboarding at all levels. Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

 

 

ABOUT SWATCH TTR:

Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Swatch Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour is a non-profit, rider-driven organization with the mission “to create the highest quality competitive snowboard environment in the world, using authenticity, accessibility, innovation as guiding principles”. Since its foundation, the Swatch TTR Tour has been developing into the most exposed snowboard tour worldwide featuring global grass root and key independent freestyle snowboarding events over a ten-month period from Southern to Northern Hemisphere locations. Events are rated via a 1-through-6Star system, with points allocated accordingly, a 6Star event holds the highest (1000 points). Any rider participating in these events, from up-and-coming to professional talent, earns ranking points and a position on the Swatch TTR World Ranking List. The top male and female rider based on an average of their best six results of the season (5+1 system) is crowned Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion. For more information visit www.ttrworldtour.com.