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J.Anderson won Roxi Chicken Jam

A rock-steady slopestyle victory went to 16-year-old Jamie Anderson (USA) this weekend as the Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour first all-girl 6(SIX) Star event of the season, the Roxy Chicken Jam Europe, proves women’s snowboarding hits a new level.

Blessed with blue skies and a fun crowd at the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier Park, Kaprun, Austria, Saturday’s main session of 25 top female riders took advantage of the purpose-built slopestyle park featuring a multitude of kickers, rails and boxes to push their creativity, variation and style in a best-run-counts jam. Jamie Anderson (USA) consistently impressed the judges with her solid tricks and consistent runs claiming the 4th Roxy Chicken Jam Europe title with a frontside boardslide-to-fakie, cab 540, frontside 360 and a huge McTwist at the quarterpipe, winning a Gibson guitar, 10,000 euros and 1000 TTR Ranking points, catapulting her into the TTR World Nr 1 position.

Last year’s Roxy Chicken Jam Europe winner and TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion Cheryl Maas (NED) deservedly took second place with a smooth frontside boardslide-to-fakie, Cab 180 on/backside 360 down the butter-box, huge backside 720 at the big kicker and a backside air at the quarterpipe. The unstoppable Jenny Jones (GBR) gained a podium third with her best run: a boardslide-to-fakie, huge backside 360, frontside 540 nose-grab ending with a backside air at the quarterpipe.

Adding to previous wins in the earlier leg of the Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour, new TTR Ranking Top 5 entries come from Silvia Mittermueller (GER) newly-ranked at TTR World Nr. 4 and British top rider Laura Berry (GBR) who launches into TTR World Nr. 5 position. The excitement resumes after the Christmas break until the next 6(SIX) Star pinnacle event on the Women’s TTR World Snowboard Tour, the unmissable O’Neill Evolution, Davos, Switzerland, 02nd January, 2007.

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Events World Rookie Tour

Livigno World Rookie Fest 2007, 27-31 January

WSF proudly present the World Rookie Tour 2007 in Italy, Korea and Austria. The first date will be next january from 27 to 31 in Livigno. After the excellent edition of last season, Livigno WRF is now bigger with one extra day and a nice program for the rookies. Follows all the info.

Snowboard League proudly presents Livigno World Rookie Fest 2007, 27-31 january, Italy.

In Livigno will start the WSF World Rookie Tour 2007, with a TTR 3 Star Slope Style assigning the title of European Rookie Champion, 550 TTR points and a ticket for a main TTR event. Other WRF 07 will be in Korea, and finals in Austria. All WRF are reserved for riders, male and female, born from 31 august 1988.

WRF is more than a competition!
The program of Livigno WRF, includes an international slope style contest, an half pipe jam, avalanche & rescue clinics, social dinners, a meeting with an international team manager, photo contest and a final party. We attend team from 12 different national and super high level of riding.


Livigno Snow Park: top park for top rookies!
Thanks to the cooperation with Livigno, the Pro Snow Park will be reserved to the rookies for the entire competition. The slope will consist of many jumps and rails and some secret extra features! Like in the last edition, every riders will have the possibility to express his top level in this european top park. For reports, rankings, pics and video about Livigno World Rookie Fest 2006 check www.snowboardleague.com.

About World Snowboard Federation and World Rookie Fests: from rookie to pro system
World Snowboard Federation (WSF), is a non profit international organization that take care of the snowboard culture after ISF collapse. Many projects born and develope thanks to WSF network of national snowboard association. World Rookie Fest was created in 2003 in Norway, becoming a World Tour in 2006. In each date, rookie teams arrive from many nations around the world, making this event an international meeting totally dedicated to yougsters. WRF consist of sport, competition, fun, social and educative activities. And snowboard progression…from rookie to pro level.


2006 norwegian winner Ulrik Badertcher // Bobby Witty from USA

EVENTO INFO SHEET
WORLD ROOKIE FEST . LIVIGNO . ITALY

Event WSF World Rookie Fest in Livigno
Location Livigno (Italy)
Date January 27–31, 2007
Event Mode Slope Style (3 Star), Half Pipe Jam (Best Run Session)
Age groups Born from August 31th 1988 and up
Prize European Rookie Champion Title
Tickets to TTR Best rider will enter a main TTR event
Qualified Riders National rookie team riders from WSF member nation (list on
www.worldsnowboardfederation.org)
Inscription By returning the Registration Form attached
to marco@snow-park.it before January 20th 2007
Entry fee 50€ included lift tickets to be paid cash upon registration at Race Office in Livigno
Accomodation Livigno Touristic Office will provide housing for riders and coaches at a discounted price. Specify in the inscription that you need accomodation and, few days before arriving, you wil receive your booking details by mail or directly at the race office.
Invited riders Best 10 male of Livigno WRF 06 will get free accomodation
(rank avaible on www.snowboardleague.com)
Judging Will be accomplished by official headjudges and snowboard experts.
Park Shaping Livigno Snowpark Crew
Transportation A taxi service is avaible from Bergamo-Milano to Livigno.
Note for media Accreditated media will receive free lift tickets (contact marco@snow-park.it)
TV Production & Pics few days after the event, a TV production and many pictures will be avaible (contact marco@snow-park.it)
Confirmed Sponsor Livigno, Snow-Park.it, OnBoard Italia, TRT, Blue Tomato
Organization WSF World Rookie Fest Organizing Committee and Snowboard League
Official website www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

Contact
Marco Sampaoli
email: marco@snow-park.it
mobile: +39.340.3285569

Note about Inscription Criteria
Only riders, male and female, born from 31 august 1988 and up are admitted
Riders will be devided in 2 age groups: born before/over 1992
Only riders from WSF member nations are admitted
National secretary or national coaches are allowed to send their riders inscription
No limits in the number of riders admitted at the event.

PROGRAM FOR LIVIGNO WORLD ROOKIE FEST 2007
27 jan 2007 – Arrival Day
10.00-22.00 Registration of riders, coaches and media. Payment of entry feee. Bibs and gifts distibution at Race Office
21.30 Press and Coach Meeting

28 jan 2007 – Opening Day
8.30-11.30 Warm up in Slope Style
12.30 Half Pipe Jam (Best Run Session)
14.30 Avalanche Clinic at the bottom of the pipe
15.30 Half Pipe Prize Giving at the bottom of the pipe
20.30 Coach Meeting
21.00-22.00 Social Meeting

29 jan 2007 – Qualification Day
8.00 – 12.00 Training and Qualification in Slope Style
13.00 –16.00 Photo Contest around Livigno
20.30 Coach Meeting
21.00 Video review of Photo Contest and Daily video about the qualification

30 jan 2007 – Finals Day
8.00 – 12.00 Training and Finals (60’ of jam session)
14.00- 15.00 “become a pro” meet an international team manager
21.30 Prize giving for Photo Contest and World Rookie Fest
22.00 Party

31 jan 2007 – Reserve or Departure Day
Departure or Reserve day for competition


Norwegian team check the slope // Avalanche Clinics

INSCRIPTION FORM
 National Team Inscription
Name of National Association:
Name of coach/team manager:
Mail & Mobile Phone of coach:
How many people need accomodation?
Riders information (for each rider: Name, Surname, date of birth, email, mobile)
1st rider
2nd rider
3rd rider
4th rider
5th rider
6th rider

MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM
Media Accreditation Request
Name of Media
Nationality
Contacts (mail, telephone)
Media Crew Info (for each person: Name surname, email, mobile)

CONTACTS for info, inscription and media
Marco Sampaoli
WSF Board of Directors
marco@snow-park.it
skype: marcosampaoli
mobile: +39.340.32.85.569

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World Snowboarding

TTR Women Tour Ready to Start

RE-LOCATION PAYS OFF AS AUSTRIA PRESENTS PERFECT CONDITIONS FOR FIRST WOMEN’S SIX(6) STAR EVENT ROXY CHICKEN JAM

Innsbruck, Austria. Blue skies and park perfection are on the cards this weekend for the season’s first all-girl SIX(6) STAR event, the Roxy Chicken Jam Europe at the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier Park, Kaprun, Austria, 15th-17th December, 2006.

Risking re-location havoc due to poor snow conditions in the originally planned location of Engadin/St.Moritz, organizers have spent the last ten days ensuring the snowboard capital of Salzburg County, Kaprun, is ready to welcome the world’s best female riders on one of Europe’s best parks.

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Italian Shaper Clinics 06.07

The italian snowboard association (FSI) presents a shaper formation program for season 2006.07. Started in 2004, this project now arrive to the 3rd edition. It’s based on 3 differnet level of clinics: base, advanced and professional bulding&management of a snowpark area. The professional part will be developed in future in cooperation with WSF and other national snowboard associations.


images from italian “base shaper” clinics 2006

Italian shaper clinics will be from 15 to 18 december in Solda (Bolzano, Ita) and from 19 to 21 january 2007 in Chiesa Val Malenco (Sondrio, Ita). For more info www.fsi.it or segreteria@fsi.it.


students at the final test to obtain their “base shaper deegre”

Other national snowboard associations run similar projects. Snowpark are an important part of our sport and help strongly the local promotion and development of snowboard culture. For further info about national activities, check the list of the member nations and express your questions to the contact persons.

after the pratical test the “base shaper clinic” is over

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World Snowboarding

Nissan X Trail in Tokyo

On 9-10 december the TTR World Pro Tour will move to Tokyo for the first 6stars event of the season.

5.12.2006

By: TTR press office

TTR tour drama continues with back-to-back 6(SIX) Star snowboard action in Japan

The TTR tour drama continues with back-to-back 6(SIX) Star snowboard action as the Tokyo Dome, Japan gets ready to welcome Nicolas Mueller (SUI), Travis Rice (USA), Risto Mattila (FIN), Antti Autti (FIN), Shaun White (USA), and the world’s top riders to battle for a further 1000 TTR points at the Nissan X-Trail Jam, on 9th-10th December, 2006.

Following last weekend’s history-making 6(SIX) Star Nokia Air&Style, the stars of snowboarding are making their way from Germany to Tokyo to an anticipated weekend audience of 75,000 Japanese fans. Construction works has all-but completed on the Big Air and Quarterpipe set-up with 400 tons of shredded ice and 800 people working around-the-clock to ensure this will be the best Nissan X-Trail Jam to date.

Rider line-up includes the Top 5 riders of last year’s TTR Ranking List – Nissan X-Trail Jam 05 defending champion Nicolas Mueller (SUI); TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion 05/06 Mathieu Crepel (FRA); Finnish sensations, Risto Mattila and Antti Autti who, at the Tokyo Dome last year, took 2nd and 4th place respectively; and TTR 05/06 World Nr. 4, Andy Finch (USA). Fresh from his victory podium at the Nokia Air&Style, Travis Rice (USA) joins Olympic Halfpipe superstar Shaun White (USA); ultimate pipe-machine, Danny Kass (USA); Olympic bronze medalist, Markku Koski; and Heikki Sorsa looking to improve his third place at Nissan X-Trail Jam 05. Top international wildcards join six Japanese riders pre-qualified from a field of 16.

The combined result from both Quarterpipe and Big Air will accumulate to give an overall result to crown the victorious 6(SIX) Star Nissan X-Trail Jam title-holder with its all-important 1000 TTR points. Possible TTR Ranking List new placings, based on an average divisible by ‘6’ contest results, include a tightly-run competition between 9th ranked Mueller who could move into TTR World Nr. 2 by taking a title win, and 11th ranked Mattila, who could launch himself into TTR World Nr. 3 with a victory. Rice, White, Autti and Crepel all have the possibility to hit TTR Top 5 with the event win. The fierce competition between the world’s best riders is already in hot pursuit as they ride towards the desirable TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion title.

NISSAN X-TRAIL JAM RIDER LIST (16)

Nicolas MUELLER (SUI) BURTONARCUSNOKIA
Mathieu CREPEL (FRA) ROSSIGNOLQUIKSILVER
Risto MATTILA (FIN) FLOWBILLABONGSMITH
Antti AUTTI (FIN) BILLABONGFLOW
Travis RICE (USA) OAKLEYLIBTECHDC
Shaun WHITE (USA) BURTONVOLCOMOAKLEY
Heikki SORSA (FIN) BURTONOAKLEYGRAVIS
Andy FINCH (USA) PALMERRIPCURL
Markku KOSKI (FIN) QUIKSILVER32LIBTECH
Danny KASS (USA) QUIKSILVERGNUGRENADEVANS

+ 6 Japanese Riders from a 16-rider field qualification

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World Snowboarding

Travis Rice won the A&S06

Travis Rice takes the 2006 Nokia Air and Style with a broken board! In the biggest spinfest yet seen, Travis Rice proved he’s got the skills to pay the bills, taking out heavy hitters Antti Autti, Risto Mattila and David Benedek in a breathtaking All-or-Nothing superfinal.

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Events World Rookie Tour

Czek Snowboard Tour 2006.07

Czech Snowboard Association present a nice calendar, full of freestyle competition, both for senior riders with the 4×4 Czech Cup, than for the youngster with the Czech Rookie Cup. Follows complete calendar with contact of the Czech national secretary for further informations.

4X4 Czech cup of freestyle snowboarding

4×4 Local nomination to Neklid
27.1. Saturday Horni Misecky Local SS
28.1. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Rejdice Local
3.2. Saturday Severak 4×4 local SS
4.2. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Dolní Morava Local
10.2. Saturday Bila 4×4 local SS
11.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
17.2. Saturday Dolni Morava 4×4 National SS
18.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
24.2. Saturday Rejdice 4×4 National SS
25.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
3.3. Saturday Neklid 4×4 National SS
4.3. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Spindleruv Mlyn Local
10.3. Saturday Sumavsky Spicak 4X4 Local SS
11.3. Sunday

17.3. Saturday
18.3. Sunday

24.3. Saturday
25.3. Sunday
4×4 super final National TTR/WSF 2 STAR
31.3. Saturday Spindleruv Mlyn 4×4 final SS
1.4. Sunday Spindleruv Mlyn 4×4 final HP

28.4. Saturday Cup Ceremony Prague

Czech Rookie cup

28.1. Sunday Horni Misecky Czech Rookie SS
11.2. Sunday Bila Czech Rookie SS
18.2. Sunday Dolni Morava Czech Rookie SS
25.2. Sunday Neklid Czech Rookie SS
Czech Rookie Cup super final National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
24.3. Saturday Spindleruv Mlyn CRC final SS
25.3. Sunday Spindleruv Mlyn CRC final HP

SS – Slopestyle TTR/WSF – Ticket to Ride/World Snowboard Federation
HP – Halfpipe

Contact and Info:
Jaroslav Bocek
Association of Czech snowboarding
email: info@snowboarding.cz
Mobil: +420 724 921 236
WEB: www.snowboarding.cz

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Events

Russian BGV Winter Festival 2007

The BVG Winter Fest is the main event of the Russian Calendar, the only 3 stars competition of the sovietic snowboard season! It a huge meeting hosted in Magnitogorsk from 9 to 11 febbrary, with freestyle showcase, entertaining program, fireworks, famous musician live concerts and a very good selection of riders! Follows all the info about the BVG Fest 07.

The winter BGV festival appeared in February 2002 at the rise of popularity skiing and snowboarding sport in Russia. Five years ago starting of such a project as BGV became the real revelation for the most progressive part of the population not only in the Ural region. Every year the number of guests and riders of the festival from different parts of Russia who want to assure that BGV is really the best extreme party is becoming more and more. Annual improvements of organization of the festival and snow-park, sport and entertaining programs strengthen its status of the best event in format of x-games in the country.

The distinction of BGV from other similar events is combination of sport competitions with entertaining programs. It’s impossible to imagine BGV without participation of pro-riders and sports stars. The festival wouldn’t be the real BGV without concerts of famous Russian musicians, ritual bonfire, fireworks and etc.

BGV is the only winter festival in Russia which has 3 stars and this are all the event info:

Star Accreditation: Three(3) Star
Date of Event: 09 – 11.02.2007
Location: Magnitogorsk, Russia
Web Address: www.bgv.ru
Contact Person : Vlada Soldatkina
Email :vlada@paramon.ru
Phone : +7 912 310-41-90
Postal address 454080, Russia, Chelyabinsk, Prospect Lenina, 78/b
Format(s) Slopestyle
Prize money EUR 10,000
Number of Participating Riders and entry criteria: by ranking, max.70
Sponsors of the Event:VW, 686

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TTR New Web Site

www.ttrworldtour.com

For immediate release: 30/11/05

BRAND SPANKING NEW TTR WEBSITE IS LAUNCHED!
Sexy beyond belief! Not only new graphics, but complete interactive rider and event stats and everything else you could ever want from the world’s one and only independent freestyle snowboard tour!
Read more….

Downloadable PDF of full release available on link above.

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Roger Hjelmstadstuen as new Norwegian head coach

After teen years as a pro Roger Hjelmstadstuen (27) is probably more stoked on snowboarding than ever. And that is exactly why he now is taking on new challenges becoming head coach for the Norwegian National snowboard team. Roger teams up with new sports manager Vidar Nyhus (38), and The Norwegian Snowboard Association (NSA) is confident that the new duo will secure spot on development for young Norwegian talents and elite riders in the years to come.

– We are incredible happy to get them on board, says Annika Johnsson, General Secretary of the NSA. – Since former head coach Petter Levin ended his career at the Norwegian team after Torino, we’ve spent a lot of time developing a new team structure, as well as finding the right people.

Roger Hjelmstadstuen aiming for more snowboard happiness

The mellow Scandinavian, who along with epic video parts is known for spinning his way up on the podium in Japan and USA, was roaming around back home in Lillehammer planning for a new pro season when the opportunity unfolded.

– I was super stoked on the idea right away. Being a snowboard pro for a decade I knew that at one point I had to start thinking about doing something new. I am so glad I found a way to use what I have learned all these years – at the same time that I have a lot to learn, says Roger.

– I think the most fun part of my new job will be to help young riders that want to become the best, and give them what they need to get there, he says. – Now I hope that Vidar and I can pass on the fun of snowboarding to the younger generation! Roger concludes.

Building a new Norwegian national team
– Along with established pros such as Kjersti Buaas, Andreas Ygre Wiig, Fredrik Austbø and Mikkel Bang, there are also plenty of Norwegian riders knocking at the door, says Roger Hjelmstadstuen. – We’re going to broaden our perspective a bit and put more weight on slope style, not only half pipe and boarder cross.

– At this point we carefully need to look more at every single rider, boys and girls, Roger explains; – It will be key to find motivated riders that want to become a little bit better every day for the next four years. If so, then we will do all we can to support them to get where they want.

The New Norwegian National Snowboard Team will be announced soon!