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WSF and TTR General Assembly Report

WSF GA 2015 just ended here in Vienna and 2 busy days quickly passed away for the people who attended its 14th edition: representatives of 21 nations coming from all around the world came together to discuss the current state and the future of snowboarding.

DAY 1
Marco Sampaoli presented the highlights of the 2014/15 season including the 10th anniversary of the World Rookie Tour and the huge success of the WSF Banked Slalom Tour, made of 21 events held in 8 nations.

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The panel discussions and workshops included also presentations by WSF Judges coordinator Iztok Sumatic and IJC founding member Tom Wagener and the South America Tour: NSA’S remain in their highly important role as networking resource, education platform, athlete sponsorship and more.

DAY 2
WSF GA day 2 kicked off with a joint session with TTR Pro Snowboarding: Anna-Maria Strittmatter and Boris Kilvinger presented their study on Freestyle Snowboarding, followed by Reto Lamm and Dirk Lösch discussion about the current state of TTR: promises and positive ideas are marking a new chapter for the World Snowboard Tour and a new approach is working towards creating more “quality glue” that holds snowboarding together.

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Meinhard Trojer explained the qualification criteria for the Yabuli Championships in 2016 and, at the end of the day, Henning Andersen and Hilde Rasch took the stage to talk about the upcoming XGames in Oslo.

NEW WSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015.16

Saturday afternoon, votings took place and a new board had been elected with a brand new president:

Meinhard Trojer (AUT) President
Cecilia Flatum (NOR) Vice-President
Marco Sampaoli (ITA) Vice-President
Ishihara Shigeru (JPN) Treasurer
Miriam Hanna Deller (CHN) Board Member
Sacha Giger (SUI) Board Member
Robert Joncas (CAN) Board Member
Gian Luca Zanetti (ITA) Deputy Board Member

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Stay tuned on WSF website for upcoming news, photo gallery and to read the minutes of the WSF GA that it will be online soon.

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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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2015 General Assembly Updates

The 2015 GA is underway with representatives of more than 20 nations coming together to discuss the current state and future of snowboarding. Topics include riders interests, events, judging, rankings, education and more. Stay tuned to further updates and news!

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WSF General Assembly 2015 Countdown

In less than 15 days the world of snowboarding will meet in Vienna to discuss about the future of the sport. WSF encourage the NSA delegates responsible for events and grass root development to join the following two interactive sessions:

Open Workshop on Event, Judging and Ranking (Friday, 29. May. 2:30pm) 

The workshop hosted by the WSF Event and WSF Judge Committtee serves as an open discussion platform for all competition format and judging related topics. All interested parties are invited to attend or, if this is not possible, submit their questions and suggestions beforehand. The questions will be discussed in an open forum. Wherever possible, immediate solutions will be found and answers will be given. All other areas that are identified will be prepared as part of the committees and updates will follow in fall 2015.

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Panel on grass root development (Friday, 29. May. 4:30pm)

In the panel, the work on grass root development in the different countries will be addressed extensively. By releasing a document on how to develop of a strong snowboard community, the WSF Education Committee will make the experience gained by “model of best practices” available to all WSF members. The panel aims at exchanging experience and expertise in order to motivate all NSAs be active in this field.

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Beside those 2 important sessions, the agenda of the weekend includes various meetings of common interest for all: NSAs, riders, TTR delegates, event organizers, and snowboard industries. Please read the schedule below:

Program for the weekend
Location: Fleming’s Hotel Westbahnhof, Vienna, Austria

Friday, 29th of May 2015

09:00 WSF Board of Directors (BoD) Meeting
11:30 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, judging and rankings
16:30 Panel on grass root development
17:30 WSF/TTR session: WCS Yabuli 2016
19:00 End of meetings
20:00 Common Dinner with TTR at Restaurant Steman

Saturday, 30th of May 2015

09:00 WSF/TTR Joint Session
– Status WSF / Status TTR
– Future Tour Structure
– Integration of riders interests
– Judging & Education
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 at Restaurant: Heuriger Hengl-Haselbrunner

Sunday, 31st of May 2014

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

If you are not able to attend, you can submit your questions to annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org

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WSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2015

The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) announces that the General Assembly will be held in Vienna, Austria from the 29th to the 31st of May, 2015.

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After the biggest GA ever of last year, WSF is pleased to inform you that WSF General Assembly 2015 will take place in Vienna, Austria (29th- 31st of May, 2015).

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Together with our long-standing partner TTR Pro Snowboarding, the WSF/TTR GAs are going to have a very interactive program involving NSAs, event organizers, riders and stakeholders from all areas of international snowboarding… and you can’t miss it!!!

The new partner Freeride World Tour will join the WSF GA too and there is going to be a dope session about the world of freeriding.

For more information please feel free to send an e-mail to: annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org

WSF and its Team wish you a Happy New Year.

WSF Press Team
e-mail: press@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Twitter: twitter.com/WorldSnowFed
inkedin: linkedin.com/groups/World-Snowboard-Federation-WSF-8203426
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.