Air + Style Munich Cancelled, Updated Result Requirements

Innsbruck - October 15th, 2008: After a successful Southern Hemisphere leg, the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour is getting ready to kick off the Northern Hemisphere season.

TTR is looking forward to a winter packed with motivated and talented snowboarders eager to battle for the Swatch TTR Tour Champion titles. The Tour will also see the celebration of two 6Star event anniversaries: the Burton European Open and the Oakley Arctic Challenge will both celebrate their 10th birthday.

Despite all the good news, in September, TTR learned about the cancelation of the prestigious 6Star event Air & Style Munich and the Slopestyle format of the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge (the Quarterpipe format will still take place). In response to these cancelations, the TTR Board has decided to assign a 6Star level to the O’Neill Evolution Quarterpipe format. The number of results needed for a top spot on the TTR World Ranking List has been reduced to 7 instead of 8 results. The Slopestyle format of the O’Neill Evolution, however, will keep its 5Star level.

TTR also has some exciting news from the 6Star event Nissan X-Trail Jam in Japan, which has announced a confirmed riders list last week. Among the ten invited riders: 07/08 Swatch TTR Tour Champion Kevin Pearce, co-founder of the TTR Terje Haakonsen and some of the top ranked riders from the 07/08 season. Go to ttrworldtour.com for a complete riders list. The event will once again have one combined TTR result from the Big Air and the Quarterpipe formats.

For up-to-date news on TTR events, riders and rankings go to ttrworldtour.com.

ABOUT THE SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR:
Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the SWATCH 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 popular 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 Swatch TTR 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 seven results of the season is crowned SWATCH TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.