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2nd December 2008

 Innsbruck/Austria - The Swatch TTR World Tour is set to detonate over the coming weeks with both the 6Star Nissan X-Trail Jam and 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam firing up and getting the season underway in the Northern Hemisphere.

The Roxy Chicken Jam is taking place from December 12th to 13th, 2008 in Kaprun, Austria and as always, the worlds top female athletes will be pushing womens snowboarding to new heights. Meanwhile, round the other side of the globe, some of the TTRs most progressive male athletes will be gathering in Japan for the Nissan X-Trail Jam, a battle of style and amplitude in the Colosseum that is the Tokyo Dome.

The womens Roxy Chicken Jam has got a reputation as being one of the female athletes favorite Swatch TTR event. A lot of the athletes have been have been training hard over summer, putting in the hours, and are now keen to get out there to step it up. This year, Europes big guns like Sina Candrian (SUI), Conny Bleicher (GER), and Silvia Mittermller (GER) will be flying the flag for Europe looking for those early season points, but its definitely not going to be a walk in the park for them, with previous TTR Champions Torah Bright (AUS), Cheryl Maas (NED) and Jamie Anderson (USA) in the mix.

The mens Nissan X-Trail Jam in Japan has a reputation as a place of superlatives and if history is any indicator, were assured of seeing a showdown of epic proportions when the Swatch TTR superstars go head to head on December 12th 14th, 2008. Current World No.1 Chas Guldemond will be out in force, especially after his successful Southern hemisphere season, and hes excited for the event. Its pretty crazy, everybodys got some pretty crazy tricks and when you get us on huge big jumps its going to be nuts, he says.

Also be watching out for Sebastien Toutant (CAN) and Travis Rice (USA) as they attempt to stomp the trick everyone is talking about: the always spectacular Double Cork.

TTR will deliver updates from both events on a daily basis with news, interviews and blogs. Daily X-Trail Jam coverage begins Thursday, December 11th 2008 only on www.ttrworldtour.com. For a tease of whats to come for the 2008  Nissan X-trail Jam, check: http://stream.ttrworldtour.com/mov.php?mid=204&aid=204&cat=00001&br=256   







LINK:   www.ttrworldtour.com




ABOUT SWATCH TTR:
Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the SWATCH TTR World Snowboard Tour is a non-profit, rider-driven organization with the  mission to create the highest quality competitive snowboard environment in the world, using authenticity, accessibility, innovation as guiding principles.

Since its foundation, the Swatch TTR Tour has been  developing into the most exposed snowboard tour worldwide featuring global grass root and key independent freestyle snowboarding events over a ten-month period from Southern to Northern Hemisphere locations.

Events are rated via a 1-through-6Star system, with points allocated accordingly, a 6Star  event holds the highest (1000 Swatch TTR points). Any rider participating in these events, from up-and-coming to professional talent, earns ranking points and a position on the SWATCH TTR World Ranking List. The top male and female rider based on an average of their best seven results of the season is crowned SWATCH TTR World Snowboard Tour Champion.