The 06/07 season features an enlarged Six(6) Star Tier of 'uber Pro' level events on the TTR World Snowboard Tour. The Six(6) Star series now offers more riders the opportunity to post Championship points in all three Northern hemisphere continental regions. Featuring the 'Who' Who' of professional snowboarding, the biggest prize purses,...
The Five(5) Star events are second to none. All are established, core respectedcontests that carry serious weight and prestige and significant points earning potential. First place at a Five(5) Star event carries roughly the same TTR Championship points as 4th place in a Six(6) Star event. Translated, the Tour Championship lead, and Top...
The bread and butter of the TTR World Snowboard Tour, the Four(4) starevents have a proven track record featuring epic riding structures and creativecontest formats. Seen as stepping stone for riders vying for contest berthsin higher tier events, or breaking grounds for up and coming rookies. Thetrue Pro/Am level on the TTR tour,...
What they might lack in big budget TV Productions or hundred thousand dollarprize purses, the Three(3) Star events make up for in balls to the wallriding. The entry level on the professional tour, these events are riderdriven and rider run so the focus is on one thing and one thing alone - hardcore riding! They constitute the Am/Pro...
Until TTR World Snowboard Tour season 0607 there was a distinct focus on men on the TTR tour and, even though women categories were included in many of the events, their results were not largely communicated. The primary reason being that all women events or event categories associated with existing TTR events required a women specific focus, the resources for which were not available to the TTR structure to date.
Furthermore, a strong growth and participation at independently organized women only events has been out of reach for both event organizers and the TTR Society. An alignment towards the TTR structure, with women specific communication and distribution via the common and established tour branding was imminent to allow maximized benefit and paralleled growth in credibility, distribution reach and balanced growth.
