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WSF and TTR Pro Snowboarding GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015

Winter is almost over here in Europe and while the Northern Hemisphere is about to hand on the baton to the Southern Hemisphere, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR Pro Snowboarding announce that the GA 2015 will take place in Vienna (AUT) at the end of May, from Friday the 29th to Sunday the 31st.

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Dear WSF Members and Friends,

Thanks to the close cooperation with TTR Pro Snowboarding, the WSF General Assembly 2015 will have many joined sessions and a super nice program with new topics to reveal.

NSAs, event organizers, WSF friends, people interested in the development of national and international snowboarding are welcome to take part at the GA 2015 that will take place at Fleming’s Hotel (Wien-Westbahnhof, Neubaugürtel 26-28, 1070 Wien, Austria) from Friday the 29th to Sunday the 31st of May.

People who are responsible for grass root development and for regional and national level events are strongly invited to take part to GA to share their own experience and support the development of snowboarding.

GA 2015 AGENDA

Friday, 29th of May 2015

09:00 WSF Board of Directors (BoD) Meeting
11:00 Strategy meetings WSF BoD and TTR BoD
12:30 Lunch
13:30 WSF GA: Welcome / short recap of 2014.15
14:30 Workshop on events and rankings
15:30 WSF committee meetings

· Education and grass roots
· Judge Committee
· Event Committee

16:30 Panel on grass root development
17:30 WSF/TTR joined session: WCS Yabuli 2016
18:30 End of meetings
20:00 Common Dinner with TTR

Saturday, 30th of May 2015

09:00 WSF/TTR Joint Session (WCS 2016 / Future Plans) big room

· Future Tour Structure
· Future Organizational Structure
· Integration of riders interests
· Education & Judging

12:30 Lunch
14:00 WSF GA: Proposal and Approvals
15:00 WSF GA: Elections of the BoD
16:30 TTR GA & Votes
18:00 WSF BoD meeting with new elected BoD
20:30 Dinner & Party

Sunday, 31st of May 2014

11:00 WSF and TTR individual meetings
13:00 GA closed

ACCOMODATION

Fleming’s Hotel Wien-Westbahnhof, Neubaugürtel 26-28, 1070 Wien, Austria
www.flemings-hotels.com

single room: 119 Euro per night, incl. breakfast and WIFI
double room: 135 Euro per night, including breakfast and WIFI

Contact for hotel booking:
wien@flemings-hotels.com

For room reservations please use above email address or phone number and identification code World Snowboard Federation. Hotel rooms are reserved for WSF GA attendees until 28th of April 2015 – after this deadline people are still able to book but there is no guarantee for reserved room in this hotel anymore.

If you have any questions or would like to bring forward proposals, please get in contact with Anna-Maria: annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org (deadline April the 20th, 2015)

WSF Press Team
e-mail: press@worldsnowboardfederation.org
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website: worldsnowboardfederation.org

About the World Snowboard Federation

The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organization exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels. Program areas include: competitions, Para-Snowboard, judge and shapers, education and certification, and snowboard activities for riders of every age. The WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. NSA members can find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. The WSF collaborates with the TTR Pro Snowboarding. Through this collaboration and coordination of events at the World Snowboard Tour, the WSF and the TTR want to create an environment that fosters the development of competitive snowboarding. In February 2012, the WSF and the TTR hosted the inaugural World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway, an elite level event to be held every four years in alternating cities around the world.

About TTR Pro Snowboarding and the World Snowboard Tour
TTR Pro Snowboarding strives to promote competitive snowboarding in representing the interests of a professional network of events, athletes, national sport associations and industry partners. A Non-Profit organization, TTR Pro Snowboarding owns the World Snowboard Tour, the World Championships of Snowboarding in partnership with the WSF, and the global ranking system – the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPLs). Through TTR’s four-tiered tour structure, it encourages, develops and supports rider progression from rookies to world-class athletes, where the Elite level, WST Pro Series events are the ultimate pinnacle of snowboarding.

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World Snowboard Tour Calendar 2014/15

More than 250 events worldwide / New four-level World Snowboard Tour system with Regional, National, International and Elite level / New World Snowboard Tour Pro Series / More consistency and transparency.

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Based on four event categories, Elite, International, National and Regional, the new tour structure provides more transparency and a clear career path, allowing riders to climb the ranks from Rookie through to Elite level events, under one unified system. The World Snowboard Tour (WST) events on the Elite level form the brand new World Snowboard Tour Pro Series, in which only the best riders from around the world will compete for the Pro Series Champion titles in Slopestyle (m/f) and Halfpipe (m/f). The riders field of Pro Series events will be composed of Qualified Riders, determined by the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPL) in the respective discipline, Series Wildcards, determined by a committee selected by the Global Snowboarders Alliance (GSA), and Event Wildcards, allocated by the event organizer on a per event basis. This makes for a more consistent starter field than in the past, allowing more tension and transparency for the Tour´s global audience. With the new Tour structure and the launch of World Snowboard Tour Pro Series, competition snowboarding is another step closer to a rider-friendly and transparent Tour for all participants.

Regretfully the organizer of Winter X-Games Aspen has decided to part ways with the World Snowboard Tour this season. Furthermore, Air+Style has not yet confirmed its membership in this year´s Tour. This means that Air+Style in Beijing, China, this weekend December 5th – 6th 2014, will not be part of the World Snowboard Tour and the results will not count for the World Snowboard Tour Pro Series ranking. But the individual results will count for the WSPL World Snowboarding Points List. Should Air+Style come to a positive conclusion, which would very much be welcomed by TTR, the Air & Style Innsbruck and the Air & Style L.A. will be acknowledged as part of the World Snowboard Tour Pro Series.

Reto Lamm, President of TTR Pro Snowboarding: “With the new and improved tour concept of the World Snowboard Tour we are pushing further towards a unified environment in competitive snowboarding. Even if we failed in hitting the jackpot, as we did not reach an agreement on commercialization between the top events and IMG, we implemented much of the plan we had presented at the TTR General Assembly in Barcelona. The four levels of events make the tour more transparent and understandable for media, public and riders: The Regional level consists of local events with local impact, National level events will be national event series, national championships and other events in one country, high-profile international events will be found in the International level of the tour, who prepare the riders for the next and final stage. The highest Elite level forms the World Snowboard Tour Pro Series, which combines the best riders in the world as well as the best events worldwide, including significant prize money, TV and global media coverage, coupled with first-rate, progressive venues. The situation for the sport would of course be better, if Air+Style as well as X-Games and Dew Tour decided to join the Tour. This would do the sport, the riders and themselves a great service.”

World Snowboard Tour Pro Series to kick off at Burton European Open presented by MINI in Laax, Switzerland
The first official stop of the World Snowboard Tour Pro Series will be one of the highest profile events of the year, the infamous Burton European Open presented by MINI in Laax, Switzerland. From January 29th – February 1st 2015, riders, industry leaders and spectators will gather at the all new Superpipe and an innovative Slopestyle course on Crap Sogn Gion.

Immediately following BEO, it’s off to the United States to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association´s Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain, US (February 2nd – 7th 2015), the Slopestyle and Halfpipe event at the esteemed Unbound Park. The final stage of the World Snowboard Tour Pro Series 2014/15 will be held at the Burton US Open presented by MINI in Vail, US from March 2nd – 7th 2015, where this season’s Halfpipe and Slopestyle Pro Series Champions will be crowned.

All World Snowboard Tour Pro Series events at a glance:

Burton European Open by MINI, Laax, Switzerland – 29. January – 1. February 2015 HP/SS

Grand Prix, Mammoth, US – 2. – 7. February 2015 HP/SS

Burton US Open by MINI, VAil, US – 2. March – 7. March 2015 HP/SS

New additions on the International level
The International level of events on the World Snowboard Tour is showcasing a number of well-known regulars as well as some new entrants. The RedBull Nanshan Open in Beijing, China from January 13th – 19th 2015, Poney Session in St. Lary Soulan, France from March 4th – 8th 2015 and Total Fight in Grandvalira, Andorra from March 26th – 28th 2015 will all be part of the new International event level among other established contests. New additions to this year´s calendar are the Russian Grand Prix in Moscow, Russia from January 8th – 11th 2015 as well as the Ale Invite by Kevin & Tor near Gothenburg, Sweden on February 28th 2015, both featuring exciting Big Air set-ups. With the Grand Prix at Copper, US from December 1st – 6th 2014 and the Grand Prix at Park City, US from February 23rd – March 1st 2015, two full blown Slopestyle and Halfpipe events will provide North American riders ample opportunity to qualify for the 2016 Pro Series.

National and Regional level events stand strong
TTR has also renewed it’s partnership with the World Snowboarding Federation (WSF) for another three years. WSF and its member nations are responsible for managing and overseeing the National and Regional level events on the Tour, supporting the grassroots events and amateur contest riders. Entry level contest series like the World Rookie Tour, QParks Tour, Chill and Destroy Tour, and US Revolution Tour confirmed at National and Regional levels, support the growth and development of the sport and competition snowboarding, by encouraging rider participation and establishing a viable rider career pathway. Together, the TTR and the WSF will work to guarantee a high standard of riding, course safety and course creativity and event calibre throughout all levels of the tour.

All upcoming events of the WST 2014/15 can be found here: www.worldsnowboardtour.com/events

About TTR Pro Snowboarding and the World Snowboard Tour
TTR Pro Snowboarding strives to promote snowboarding competition and represents the interests of the sport’s stakeholders. A new breed of sport’s governing body, TTR represents a professional network of events, athletes, national sport associations and industry partners. Since its initiation in 2002, TTR has become a key player in snowboarding and an important voice for the sport, it’s athletes and it’s stakeholders. Built upon the sport’s core values and unique culture, the TTR provides the structural foundation for the sport from Rookie to Elite level through a credible and internationally accepted event categorization system. A Non-Profit organization, TTR owns and operates the World Snowboard Tour, the Global Ranking System and the World Championships of Snowboarding. The World Snowboard Tour is the home to over 250 events per year, and through it’s global competition standards – from formats and sanctioning, to judging and safety – and by publishing the widely respected World Snowboarding Points List (WSPL), TTR brings transparency to the sport, offering a fair, un-biased, global ranking platform in the freestyle disciplines of Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air. It’s four-tiered tour system offers unique rookie-to-pro opportunities for upcoming riders, where the Elite level events on the WST Pro Series are the ultimate pinnacle of snowboarding.

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Mel Simmons named as Partner Relationship Manager at TTR

Snowboarding veteran and long-time judge Mel Simmons from New Zealand will join TTR’s team in the Munich office in the newly created role as Partner Relationship Manager. In this position she will be the point person for World Snowboard Tour operations as well as coordinate the relationships with TTR’s key partners: events, riders and industry. Many of her responsibilities she will take over from Fabia Grüebler, who decided to leave TTR after more than three years as Tour Director.

TTR President Reto Lamm:
„First of all I would like to thank Fabia for the great work she has done in the past three years to develop the Tour. She has truly made an impact and has also become the face of the tour to the riders and events. Leading the tour restructuring over the last two years and establishing better relationships with the event organizers and the riders through supporting the setup of the Global Snowboarders Alliance (GSA) from TTR’s side were her major achievements. With the tour development continuing we decided to create a new role, that is dedicated to managing relationships with all key stakeholders of the tour. We are thrilled to get Mel on board with the World Snowboard Tour. Not only has she a deep passion and understanding of the sport, but she is also highly respected within the community through her work as a judge at major events and her pivotal role in the setup of the GSA. Through her position as Tour Coordinator for the Southern Hemisphere events in 2011/ 2012, she has a connection to our organization that goes way back.“

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Event Application for REGIONAL and NATIONAL Level

The Northern Hemisphere is about to kick off its season soon. We hereby provide you the necessary infos on how to get your events part of the World Snowboard Tour (WST) and its  international ranking systems.

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The WSF continues working together with TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner of the World Snowboard Tour and World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPL). The WSF, as service provider, has been granted the exclusive and world-wide right to approve any events for the World Snowboard Tour on REGIONAL and NATIONAL level in collaboration with the TTR Tour Management. WSF works closely with the National Snowboard Association (NSAs) and the NSAs should play an active role in evaluating, coordinating and handling all events on these levels in the country. Please make sure that you get an overview of all events at the lower level in your country and make sure they are all registered as WSF-events.

World Snowboard Tour 2.0
During this year’s General Assembly in Barcelona, the TTR members decided that the World Snowboarding Tour will restructure both the tour and its ranking system. The restructuring process has been keeping us very busy this summer to ensure all details are awarded the proper attention. The proposed transition to the new structure and its ranking system is scheduled for Nov 1st, 2014. All events that took place this season (2014/15), including all events after the Burton US Open in Vail, will be included in the new tour structure when the transition is made. During the development stage of the new 4-Level event structure, we have been working closely with the Global Snowboarders Alliance (GSA) Board to ensure that the riders have an input and a voice pertaining to any improvements that they would like to see in the tour. Currently we are still in the middle of talks with the current 6-Star level event organizers and IMG regarding a “Pro Series”. The new ranking system will continue to utilize the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPL) to determine seeding and rider competition eligibility.

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Event requirements
All the requirements for the event levels can be found HERE.  Please study this form carefully; all event applications will be evaluated according to these requirements.

The WSF and the WST logos should be included in all promotional material for the event such as posters, banners, bibs, backdrop walls etc.

WSF Logos: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/xdownload-data/WSF_Event_Kit.zip
WST Logos: http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/add-snowboarding-event/event-organizer-downloads/

SERVICES FOR REGIONAL AND NATIONAL EVENTS

Event Benefits
WSF is working generously in providing the nations and event organizers qualitative services for their REGIONAL and NATIONAL level events. The event benefit document gives a detailed overview about the profits you may get from your events by both: WSF as well as being part of the World Snowboard Tour.

National ranking and WSF Rookie Ranking
The national rankings as well as the World Rookie Ranking will from now on be integrated in the WSPL and the season ranking of the World Snowboard Tour.
WSF offers the separation of Grom (under 16) and Rookies (under 18). The ranking will be used as a qualification to the WSF World Rookie Tour Finals in Ischgl.
More information about how to prepare results for these rankings will be sent out soon.

WSF Event Ranking Fees
REGIONAL: 100 Euro
NATIONAL: 700 Euro
WSF is offering a discount for tours to the NSAs– please have a look at the EVENT REQUIREMENTS for more details.

Application
Download HERE your event applications. Its’ easy: Just fill out the single columns with event information and send them to the WSF Event Coordinator.

Invoicing
You will all receive an invoice based on the number of events approved.  Results from events will not be uploaded until fee is paid successfully. Thank you for your understanding.
All information / applications to be sent to events@worldsnowboardfederation.org

Appoint a person responsible for all about ranking
It is absolutely necessary that you all appoint a person responsible for coordinating and operating all about ranking. This person must be responsible for
•    World Snowboard Tour Event applications WSF
•    All about result list for uploading to events@worldsnowboardfederation.org
•    Information about changes and cancellations of events
•    Communication with WSF and event organisers
•    Photos and reports to WSF press office to silvia@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Please inform about name and contact information as soon as this person is appointed!!!

WSF welcomes all nations to be part of the rankings and if you have questions, please let us know.

RIDE ON

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Minutes of WSF General Assembly 2014

Have a look here if you missed the General Assembly of WSF that just happened in Barcelona (ESP) few weeks ago and do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

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WSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014 – THE BIGGEST EVER

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WSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014  – THE BIGGEST EVER
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR Pro Snowboarding hosted once again their General Assemblies in Barcelona and breaking news have been revealed.

About 100 people from the international snowboarding scene around the globe took part in the meetings and many inputs have been given to WSF and TTR to push snowboarding in a new direction.

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BIGGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL GA IN THE HISTORY OF WSF
For WSF, it was the biggest GA ever, with people from as many countries as never before: 25 nations welcomed the new National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) that will be part of WSF starting from the coming up season: Iceland, Mongolia and the re-organized Czech Republic association are the three new WSF members, of 44 members in total.
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PROMISING FUTURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SNOWBOARDING SCENE
Updates for the upcoming World Championships of Snowboarding 2016 in Yabuli have been shared and input from all the delegates have been given on future strategies for a closer cooperation between WSF, TTR and the riders.

Remi Forsans, CEO of Outdoor Sports Valley, presented super interesting results from a survey about the European snowboard market that automatically generates the future goals of WSF: Freeriding, Banked Slalom and recruitment of kids.

TTR announced their plans about the new structure of World Snowboard Tour 2.0 which has been actively supported by the pro-riders Ståle Sandbech, Torstein Horgmo and Kjersti Buaas who were joining the meetings announcing their plans of establishing a Riders’ Association.

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As well, the WSF and TTR GAs also welcomed the FIS delegation to share their vision for the future of snowboarding.

“The annual WSF General Assembly hosted in conjunction with our partner organization TTR World Snowboard Tour is a unique opportunity for the development of the independent snowboard communities” stated Marco Sampaoli, World Snowboard Federation President. “The GA in Barcelona offered 70 delegates from all over the globe, representing National Snowboard Association, industry, media and event organizers a change to shape the future of our sport and create great networking moments.”

NEW WSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014.15
The WSF is happy to announce the newly elected and very internationally Board of Directors for the upcoming season:

Marco Sampaoli (ITA)    President
Meinhard Trojer (AUT)   Vice-President
Cecilia Flatum (NOR)     Vice-President
Shigeru Ishihara (JPN)  Treasurer
Miriam Hanna Deller (CHN)        Board Member
Gian Luca Zanetti (ITA) Board Member
Sandro Garcia (PER)              Board Member
Olle Danielsson (SWE)   Deputy Board Member

10th BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR
Next season, the World Rookie Tour will celebrate the 10th anniversary with special features.

Stay tuned on the new WSF website for upcoming news about the snowboard scene and to read the minutes of the WSF GA that it will be online soon.

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WSF and TTR Pro Snowboarding GA 2014

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One week left to the General Assembly 2014 in Barcelona (30th May – 1st June 2014) where more than 20 nations from all the world will sit together to plan the next year season.
Welcome the new national associations, present the World Championships of Snowboarding (WCS) in Yabuli 2016, the launch of the new WSF website and Remi Forsans from OSV (Outdoor Sport Valley) are just few of the topics in agenda.
Download here the official document and get in contact with us if you would like to take part to GA.

Please note that slight modifications of the program might occur. if you plan to visit us to attend a specific meeting, please get in contact with: annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org