2002


The Ticket to Ride was established by Terje Haakonsen, key event organizers and brand representatives and aimed to become the most innovative and grass-roots tour connecting the most prestigious independent snowboard events worldwide.


2002/03 Season


The 2002/2003 tour was comprised of 9 events around the globe with the Arctic Challenge, founded by snowboard legend and TTR co-founder Terje Haakonsen, as the final stop. Each event leading up to the Arctic Challenge awarded one TTR Medallion to the top rider who also received an invite to compete at the Artic Challenge.

2002/2003 Events
:
Nissan X-Trail Jam


Nokia Air & Style


O’Neill SB Jam


Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships


Champs Open


Vans Triple Crown of Snowboarding


The Battle


Quiksilver Slopestyle Pro


US Open Snowboarding Championships

As the pinnacle of the TTR Tour, the Arctic Challenge also crowned the winner of the 2002/2003 TTR Pro Snowboarding Series. Until the introduction of the Women’s TTR Tour in 2005/06, no female riders competed on the TTR Tour.

2002/2003 TTR Champions
:

Slopestyle: Shaun White


Quarterpipe: Travis Rice


Halfpipe: cancelled due to bad weather conditions


2003/04 Season


In the 2003/2004 season, the TTR was comprised of the same nine events. The nine TTR medallion winners from these events received invites to the Arctic Challenge, which was once again the final event of the TTR series.

2003/2004 TTR Champions:

Quarterpipe: Travis Rice

Halfpipe: Andy Finch


2004/05 Season

The 2004/2005 season was the last TTR season with only nine events and the Arctic Challenge as the final event. Big changes and expansion were on the horizon for the 2005/2006 season.

Due to bad weather conditions, two out of three TTR finals at the Arctic challenge had to be cancelled.

2004/2005 TTR Champions:

Slopestyle: cancelled


Quarterpipe: Markus Keller


Halfpipe: cancelled


2005/06 Season


The 05/06 season saw the introduction of the TTR Star Tier system (1 – 6Star levels) and TTR’s own Ranking System, as well as, the launch of the first TTR website (www.ttrworldtour.com) and the official Women’s Tour. The star tier event system allowed for more structure within the tour and opened room for more events to be included in the TTR system. With more events on the tour (67 events in total), the TTR continued establishing its credibility as a globally recognized independent snowboard Tour. The launch of the TTR World Ranking list on December 5th, 2005 resulted in the crowning of the first-ever TTR World Tour Champion at the US Open Snowboarding Championships.

05/06 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Mathieu Crepel (FRA)


05/06 TTR World tour Champion (women): Cheryl Maas (NED)

5Star and 6Star events in 2005/06:

6Star Events
:
Nokia Air & Style Games

O’Neill SB Jam

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships


5Star Events
:
Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships

Nissan X-Trail Jam

Nescafe Champs Open

The Arctic Challenge


2006/07 Season


In 06/07, 146 results were registered from 4 formats (Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Quarterpipe and Stadium Slopestyle) with 2981 riders from 35 Nations receiving end of season world ranking recognition.

06/07 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Shaun White (USA)


06/07 TTR World tour Champion (women): Torah Bright (AUS)

The 5 and 6Star events in 2006/07:

6Star Events
:
Nokia Air & Style Munich

Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships

Nissan X-Trail Jam
O’Neill Evolution

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships

Roxy Chicken Jam Europe (women only)

Roxy Chicken Jam US (women only)

5Star Events
:
Chevrolet Grand Prix

O’Neill Pro Freestyle

Crans Montana Champs Open presented by Rip Curl

Nissan X-Trail
Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships

The Oakley Arctic Challenge

Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl

World Superpipe Championships

The 06/07 season opened the floodgates for increased tour interest highlighted by an overflow of media inquiries, rider requests and event applications confirming the model’s success.


2007/08 Season


The 07/08 season saw added incentive for riders with the introduction of TTR End Of Season Prize Purse worth $250,000.  In 07/08, 176 results were registered from 4 formats (Slopestyle, Halfpipe, Quarterpipe and Stadium Slopestyle) from events in 27 nations from 4 continents. The ongoing increase of riders participating each year reached another maximum in 07/08 with a total of 3417 riders (2706 men, 711 women) from 41 nations.

07/08 TTR World Tour Champion (men): Kevin Pearce (USA) $50,000
07/08 TTR World tour Champion (women): Jamie Anderson (USA) $50,000

5 and 6Star events in 2007/08:

6Star Events
:
Nokia Air & Style Munich

Burton European Open Snowboarding Championships
Nissan X-Trail Jam

O’Neill Evolution

The Oakley Arctic Challenge

Burton US Open Snowboarding Championships

Roxy Chicken Jam Europe (women only)

Roxy Chicken Jam US (women only)

5Star Events

Chevrolet Grand Prix

Ästhetiker Jam Wängl Tängl

Nissan X-Trail
Nippon Open Snowboarding Championships

World Superpipe Championships

Burton Abominable Snowjam

Burton New Zealand Open Snowboarding Championships

Billabong Air & Style

Honda Session at Vail


At the General Assembly in May 2008, measures were taken to further foster the progression of the Tour and, thus, the development of the sport of snowboarding itself. Among those were the introduction of the season-end bonus points system and the increase in number of determining results for a rider’s final ranking from an average of six to eight.

2008/2009 Season


In November 2008, due to the cancellation of three 6Star events, the Air & Style in Munich, the Slopestyle at the Oakley Arctic Challenge in Oslo and The Session in Vail, the decision had to be made to reduce the number of determining results from eight to seven.  Despite the cancellation of three premiere events, the TTR had its most successful season to date with record number of participating riders and building recognition in the mainstream worldwide.  In 08/09, 187 results were registered in four formats.  Participation levels continued to increase with a total of 4,207 riders (822 women and 3385 men) from 25 different countries.

08/09 Men’s TTR World Tour Champion: Peetu Piironen (FIN) $50,000

08/09 Women’s TTR World Tour Champion: Kelly Clark (USA) $50,000

5Star and 6Star Events in 2008/2009:

6Star:

Nissan X-Trail Jam
O’Neill Evolution
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe
Burton European Open
Billabong Air + Style Innsbruck
The Oakley Arctic Challenge
Burton US Open
Roxy Chicken Jam US

5Star
Burton New Zealand Open
Burton Australian Open
Burton Canadian Open
Crans-Montana Champs Open
Red Bull Snowscrapers
Rock The Spot
Nissan X-Trail Asian Open
The Intelligent Design

2009/2010

The 2009/2010 season was arguably the busiest year in freestyle snowboarding history with the regular TTR season operating alongside the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.  This is also the season when the game changed in halfpipe riding with many riders like Shaun White, Luke Mitrani and Louie Vito unveiling new double-cork tricks at the 2009 5Star Burton New Zealand Open.  While this new type of trick blew minds throughout the snowboard industry, it had other riders trying to play catch-up in the off-season on air-bags and foam pits in order to stay on top of the progression.  The 2009/10 season became a year of double-cork madness both in the pipe and on the slopestyle course.  Peetu Piiroinen once again put on an amazing performance throughout the season and took down his second back-to-back TTR World Tour Champion title along with a Silver Medal at the Vancouver Olympic Games.  And, Enni Rukajarvi came out of nowhere to officially make a name for herself.  She took down podiums around the world at women’s events and was awarded the women’s TTR World Tour Champion title.

09/10 Men’s TTR World Tour Champion: Peetu Piiroinen (FIN) $50,000
09/10 Women’s TTR World Tour Champion: Enni Rukajarvi (FIN) $50,000

5Star and 6Star Events in the 2009/2010 Season:

6Star:
Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck
O’Neill Evolution
Roxy Chicken Jam Europe
Burton European Open
The Oakley Arctic Challenge
Burton US Open
Roxy Chicken Jam USA

5Star:
Burton New Zealand Open
Burn River Jump
Burton Canadian Open
Burton Asian Open (cancelled)

2010/2011

The 2010/11 season was jammed packed full of action around the world with a starting point in Whistler in North America, taking a turn down to New Zealand for the Southern Hemisphere season, made a stop in Beijing, China, headed to Europe for an intense run then ended up back in North America finishing up at the old faithful Burton US Open.  Many younger riders were on the come-up in the 2010/11 season and were dominating podiums everywhere they went.  Guys like Sebastien Toutant (CAN), Eric Willett (USA), Seppe Smits (BEL), Sage Kotsenberg (USA) and Mark McMorris (CAN) were showing up at every slopestyle and big air event they could and were going for broke landing technical mind-bending versions of double-cork tricks.  However, the jack-of-all-trades, Mr. Peetu Piiroinen, gave these guys a run for their money with podiums across the board in big air, slopestyle and halfpipe to take down his third-straight TTR World Tour Champion title of his career.  The women’s side of the tour was also nail-biter with Kelly Clark (USA) winning just about every single halfpipe competition she entered in the 2010/11 season.  But, she had to deal with the versatility of Jamie Anderson’s (USA) skills who is a master on the slopestyle course and also drop into the pipe.  Jamie finally clinched her second TTR World Tour Champion title of her career at the 6Star US Open.

10/11 Men’s TTR World Tour Champion: Peetu Piironen (FIN) $50,000 (third straight title-win)
10/11 Women’s TTR World Tour Champion: Jamie Anderson (USA)  $50,000 (second career title-win)

5Star and 6Star events in the 2010/11 Season:

6Star:

Burton US Open
The Oakley Arctic Challenge
Nike 6.0 Air & Style Munich
Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck
Burton European Open
O’Neill Evolution
Oakley and Shaun White Air & Style Beijing

5Star:

Billabong Ante Up
Burton New Zealand Open
Nescafe CHAMPS Leysin
Burton Canadian Open
Burn River Jump
US Snowboarding Grand Prix