INNSBRUCK, AUT (26 Sep, 2008) The Burton AM Tour, one of Europe’s largest amateur freestyle snowboarding contest series, has launched into its fourth season. This winter, the tour will shake twelve resorts in twelve different countries. The Swatch TTR 2-star events give young riders born 1989 or later the chance to show their freestyle skills and put themselves on the map of European snowboarding. With the new main sponsor Volvo Cars the contest series will step up the quality and maintain the unique atmosphere of the past years.

The first three stops of the tour will be indoor events, the first taking place on 15 November 2008 in Bispingen, Northern Germany. All 2009 stops will see sunlight, starting on 24 January 2009 in Flachauwinkl, Austria. Read the rest of this entry »

September 6th, 2008: The Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour welcomes its new brand partners for the 08/09 season aboard. The Industry Partner program works in partnership with the most trusted and dynamic brands of the snowboard industry to further push the development and progression of snowboarding.  Opportunities for our Industry Partners range from permanent brand visibility via the TTR advertising campaign, TTR video products and their own partner bio page on www.ttrworldtour.com.We would like to thank all of our industry partners for supporting the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour and wish them a successful winter season 08/09! Check out the bio pages of our partners to find more information on the companies, wallpapers and season stats of their team riders on the Swatch TTR World Tour. Read the rest of this entry »

New super-pipe at the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park
Three snow parks plus super-pipe at the „Kitz“ • Glacier Park to open in October

A super-pipe is the newest addition to the Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Park in Kaprun, Salzburg County, Austria. Additionally, in the 2008/09 season the three snow-parks DC Central Park, Roxy Park and Glacier Park will be optimised and the Easy Cross will be installed at a new location.

As soon as the snow conditions allow, from late December 2008 or January 2009 the freestyle set-up at Kitzsteinhorn will be enriched by another highlight: then, a 150-metre super-pipe with 5.5-metre walls will be built at the Sonnenkarbahn slope. Apart from the altitude (2,650 m), snow cannons will guarantee for enough snow. The pipe is exposed to the North to keep down solar radiation and to ensure the same conditions at both walls. The pipe will be prepared with a Zaugg PipeMonster. Read the rest of this entry »

Lifestyle telecommunications company Boost Mobile is proud to announce the list of the world’s best pro snowboarders who will be making their way to Perisher Blue’s front valley for the fourth-annual Boost Mobile Sno Sho presented by Samsung.

The exclusive invitational event, running from August 29-30 and boasting $30,000 in prize money, offers a world-class field of 22 invited snowboarders a chance to compete in the premier event on the Australasian snowboard calendar.

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Wanaka, New Zealand (Friday 15th August 2008):  Canadian snowboarder Sebastien Toutant has claimed both the Open Men’s and Junior Men’s divisions of the Swatch TTR 3Star Billabong Big Air event at Snow Park in Wanaka, New Zealand.  

2007 Swatch TTR Champion and current World No. 1 Jamie Anderson (USA) also joined Toutant on the winners list after dominating the Open Women’s division to retain her number one spot on the current tour ratings.

After early qualifying rounds were postponed on day one of the Billabong Snow Stock festival, light winds and intermittent cloud set the scene for the second day, allowing organizers to complete the Billabong Big Air and the Nixon Quarter Pipe Throw Down.

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Wanaka, New Zealand (Thursday 14th August 2008): OVER 70 Snowboarders from 12 countries have descended on Snow Park in Wanaka, New Zealand to contest day one of the Billabong Snow Stock.

Early clear skies set the scene for Qualifying in the 3Star Swatch TTR Billabong Big Air event, before strong winds blew in and forced a postponement of the opening round.

54 of 60 riders in the open men’s division completed their first of two runs but gale force NW winds made it impossible for the final four riders to complete their opening runs.  Read the rest of this entry »

Wanaka, NZ - 13th August 2008):  THE field is completely full for the open men’s division of the 3Star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour rated Billabong Big Air, which is part of the Billabong Snow Stock in New Zealand this week.

Over 70 local and international riders have descended on Snow Park, Wanaka for the two-day event, which incorporates the Billabong Big Air, along with a Nixon Quarter Pipe Throw Down and a Panasonic Night Fight rail jam. 

Snow Park is looking as good as ever and the world’s best riders are ready to hit whatever gets thrown at them to win over $15,000 in cash and prizes, including a Panasonic Big Screen TV.

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This year again and before their Christmas gifts delivery, Santa Claus and his assistants, promised us that they will be present on Sunday, December 21st, 2008, to help us prepare the World Snowboard Day magic potion.

The ingredients to make a successful WSD:
Combine good snow and nice weather,Mix well with conviviality and good spirit,
Add more than 15 countries,60 resorts and a hundred of motivated organizers, And you will obtain a crazy World Snowboard Day!!! Read the rest of this entry »

The most joyful news is that the owners of SKI Drienica brought in the slope approx 700 tons of soil just because of this event and with construction equipment they built a good foundation for a quality kicker that has good parameters and safe landing. Thus, SKI Drienica is becoming the first Slovak resort to boost SNB FEST and to support snowboarding in Slovakia.It`s very likely, that this kicker will be built already a few weeks in advance so riders have enough time to practise. Current parameters of the building are : table length 20m, width 12m and height 6m, which is a great foundation covered with technical snow. Read the rest of this entry »

Whilst the pipe was being blazed by the prequalifiers, the slope course was tested out for the first time. The course consists of a 3-option stair set to start with into a tall rail or giant water tank jib. Then you lock yourself in for the first 50ft kicker , into a 65ft kicker, the flow continues into a 2 options either a flat down or down round bar and finally finishing with a fs or bs wall ride option. Read the rest of this entry »