The World Snowboarding Points Lists are calculated weekly on Thursday for Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines for both men and women. A rider’s position on the Points Lists is determined by calculating an average of a rider´s points of his/her best results over a 52 week period. The number of best results counting per discipline are as specified below:    

World Snowboarding Slopestyle Points List: Average of Best 4 results in last 52 weeks

World Snowboarding Halfpipe Points List: Average of Best 3 results in last 52 weeks

World Snowboarding Big Air Points List: Average of Best 3 results in last 52 weeks

The points used for the calculation are based on the TTR Points System. All events are categorized in 6 different points categories (1-6Star level events). The points levels of the non-TTR event results are determined and approved by representatives of the sport of snowboarding based on criteria like rider field and course set-up (i.e XGames would be weighted as a 6Star result).

The invited rider protocol guarantees the TTR Top10 Men and Top5 Women in the respective disciplines direct seeding into TTR 5Star and 6Star events. The TTR Points List as of 3 months before the event start date determines which riders are eligible for direct seeding. TTR 5Star and 6Star events must grant entry to eligible riders 4 weeks before the event. If the rider does not confirm his attendance within the 4 weeks before the event, the organizer can re-allocate these spots as Wild Cards.

The qualified rider protocol provides priority access to the TTR Top250 Men and Top125 Women on the respective points list at all 4Star, 5Star and 6Star events that feature open qualifications. Available qualified entry spots at events are limited by the total spots available at the event and are assigned based on a rider´s position on the points list at the cut-off date. To determine the eligible riders, events will use the most recent points list available when registration closes for an individual event. Riders who missed the registration deadline can´t request entry under this rule, it is up to the rider to register on time.

Example: Event A has an open slopestyle qualification with 80 spots available on the start list. The registration deadline is November 30^th, 2011. The event will use the TTR Slopestyle Points List as of Thursday, November 24^th to determine the qualified riders.

Scenario 1: 120 riders out of the Top250 have registered by the deadline.

The top 80 riders out of the 120 registered riders are selected for the event, The rest of the riders remain on the wait list and gets contacted in order of position if riders cancel their entry.

Scenario 2: 60 riders out of the Top250 and another 40 with either no rank or a position lower than 250 have registered by the deadline.  The 60 riders ranked within the top250 and the next 20 highest positions are selected for the event.