O'Neill Evolution 2009

5-10 January

RIDERS

The top 10 riders from the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour will be invited to the 6-star O’Neill Evolution in addition to 6 wildcard invitees. These 16 riders will meet the 16 qualifiers from the open qualifications..

The seeded riders will be announced during the coming weeks.

FORMAT

In a break from the norm, The O’Neill Evolution will be using a new heat
system – based on that of a surf contest. 4-man heats will start in the round of 32 snowboarders, and from the round of 18, this will be down to 2- man heats to determine the finalists and the winner.

Changing over to this K.O. system will guarantee an exciting contest with a clear undisputed winner.

PROGRAM

Mon 05 Jan Training
Tue 06 Jan Training
Wed 07 Jan Slopestyle Qualification
Thu 08 Jan QP Qualification
Fri 09 Jan Slopestyle Finals
Sat 10 Jan QP Finals

LIVE

The O’Neill Evolution will be broadcast live at www.oneilltv.com, www.freecaster.tv and www.tv.mpora.com

TTR heads to China
The Mellow Park crew is famous for delivering perfect Slopestyle courses, which will ensure some awesome performances from the top snowboarders in attendance at this event. With 500 ranking points and $25 000 USD available, this competition is sure to be one that puts China on the map -5Jan09
6*TTR O'Neil Evolution days away and watch live!
With the New Year now ushered in, the anticipation is building in the Swiss mountain town of Davos for the TTR 6-Star O’Neill Evolution and you can watch it all LIVE on this website! -5Jan09
10th Burton European Open Confirms Top Riders
Olympic gold medalist Shaun White will be joined by an armada of former BEO winners including Keir Dillon, Nicolas Müller, David Benedek. For the ladies Kelly Clark is joined by Jamie Anderson and the only invited Brit Jenny Jones -18Dec08
Roxy Chicken Jam cancelled due to high winds
Winds gusting up to 140 km/hour and flat light combined caused the Swatch TTR 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam to be called off. Event organizers cancelled the competition after assessing the difficult weather conditions -15Dec08
Big Air at the 6Star TTR X-Trail Jam in Japan
With the previous day’s Quarterpipe session locked away, thousands of stoked out Japanese snowboard fans packed the Tokyo Dome for the legendary Big Air competition of the phenomenal 6Star Swatch TTR Nissan X-Trail Jam. In an outstanding final Norwegian rider Torstein Horgmo managed to pull out the best tricks of the night to win the second of two formats -15Dec08

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1. Guldemond Chas 689.15
2. Stephan Maurer 557.64
3. Torstein Horgmo 556.01
4. Janne Korpi 523.00
5. Charles Reid 499.93
6. Luke Mitrani 495.37
7. Kevin Pearce 467.16
8. Chris Sörman 437.80
9. Markus Malin 389.75
10. Ville Uotila 386.69
SWATCH TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR TOP5 WOMENS
1. Anderson Jamie 670.95
2. Lauren Staveley 339.23
3. Michaela Davis-Meehan 337.66
4. Kara Rennie 322.59
5. Sina Candrian 310.36
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2. Burton (681.80)
3. Billabong (395.51)
4. Flow (336.13)
5. Rip Curl (297.20)
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1. DC (621.57)
2. Burton (541.56)
3. Billabong (340.62)
4. Flow (265.52)
5. Voelkl (123.44)