2002:
The Ticket to Ride was established to become the most innovative and grass-roots tour connecting the most prestigious independent snowboard events worldwide.

2002/03 season:
The 2002/2003 tour was comprised of 9 events around the globe with the Arctic Challenge, founded by snowboard legend and TTR co-founder Terje Haakonsen, as the final stop. Each event leading up to the Arctic Challenge awarded one TTR Medallion to the top rider, who was then invited to compete directly at the Artic Challenge.

1. Nissan X-Trail Jam
2. Nokia Air & Style
3. O’Neill SB Jam
4. Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships
5. Champs Open
6. Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding
7. The Battle
8. Quiksilver Slopestyle Pro
9. US Open Snowboarding Championships

As the pinnacle of the TTR Tour, the Arctic Challenge also crowned the winners of the 2002/2003 TTR Pro Snowboarding Series. Until the introduction of the Womens TTR Tour in 2005/06, no female riders competed on the TTR Tour.

Slopestyle: Shaun White
Quarterpipe: Travis Rice
Halfpipe: cancelled due to bad weather conditions

2003/04:
The same events sent their medallion holder to the final TTR event, the Arctic Challenge where the following TTR winners were crowned:

Quarterpipe: Travis Rice
Halfpipe: Andy Finch

2004/05:
Due to bad weather conditions, two out of three TTR finals at the Arctic challenge had to be cancelled.

Slopestyle: cancelled
Quarterpipe: Markus Keller
Halfpipe: cancelled

2005/06:
The 05/06 season saw the introduction of the TTR Star Tier system (1 – 6Star levels) and TTR’s own Ranking System, as well as, the launch of the first TTR website (www.ttrworldtour.com) and the official Women’s Tour. These additions lead to a valuable statistical data and with more events on the Tour (67 events in total), the TTR continued establishing its credibility as a globally recognized independent snowboard Tour.
The launch of the TTR World Ranking list on December 5th, 2005 resulted in the crowning of the first-ever TTR World Tour Champion at the US Open Snowboarding Championships.

05/06 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Mathieu Crepel (FRA)
05/06 TTR World tour Champion (women): Cheryl Maas (NED)

5 and 6Star events in 2005/06:

6Star events
Nokia Air & Style Games
O’Neill SB Jam
Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships

5Star events
Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships
Nissan X-Trail Jam
Nescafe Champs Open
The Arctic Challenge

2006/07 season

In 06/07, 146 results were registered from 4 formats (Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Quarterpipe and Stadium Slopestyle) equating to 2981 riders from 35 Nations receiving end of season world ranking recognition.

06/07 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Shaun White (USA)
06/07 TTR World tour Champion (women): Torah Bright (AUS)

The 5 and 6Star events in 2006/07:

6Star events
Nokia Air & Style Munich
Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships
Nissan X-Trail Jam
O’Neill Evolution
Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe (women only)
Roxy Chicken Jam US (women only)

5Star events
Chevrolet Grand Prix
O’Neill Pro Freestyle
Crans Montana Champs Open presented by Rip Curl
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships
The Oakley Arctic Challenge
Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl
World Superpipe Championships

The 06/07 season opened the flood gates for increased tour interest, highlighted by an overflow of media enquiries, rider requests and event applications confirming the models success.

2007/08 season

In 07/08, 176 results were registered from 4 formats (Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Quarterpipe and Stadium Slopestyle) from events in 27 nations from 4 continents. The ongoing increase of riders participating each year reached another maximum in 07/08 with a total of 3417 riders (2706 men, 711 women) from 41 nations.

07/08 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Kevin Pearce (USA)
07/08 TTR World tour Champion (women): Jamie Anderson (USA)

The 5 and 6Star events in 2007/08:

6Star events
Nokia Air & Style Munich
Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships
Nissan X-Trail Jam
O’Neill Evolution
The Oakley Arctic Challenge
Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe (women only)
Roxy Chicken Jam US (women only)

5Star events
Chevrolet Grand Prix
Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl
Nissan X-Trail Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships
World Superpipe Championships
Burton Abominable Snowjam
Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships
Billabong Air & Style
Honda Session at Vail
 

At the General Assembly in May 2008, measures were taken to further foster the progression of the Tour and, thus, the development of the snowboard sport itself. Among those were the introduction of the season-end bonus points system and the increase in number of determining results for a rider’s final ranking from an average of six to eight.