The TTR World Tour is a partnership of snowboarding events that gives amateur as well as professional snowboarders a way to compete for a world ranking. The tournament is highly respected because it’s the only one of its kind that utilizes multiple contests throughout the world to reach a rankings consensus—sort of like a BCS for snowboarding.
Over 350 contests comprise the world tour. The ultimate prize is measured in millions of dollars, but many competitors compete for the exposure and the chance to make their mark in the snowboarding community. The tour prides itself its innovative approach to a growing sport and believes that the growing popularity of the sport is due in part to the somewhat openness to new formats and concepts.
Jordan Garay has been eagerly anticipating his chance to join the tour and this year it comes. He’s spent hours training and getting himself to a competitive level. He’s anxious to compete against some of the world’s best as he carves a name for himself in the world of snowboarding. In particular, he will be competing at the Honda Session in Vail, Colorado. The Honda session is an invitation only men’s only event in which riders compete for several hundred thousand dollars in prize money. It’s one of the largest races on the TTR World Tour circuit and draws a huge crowd of onlookers each year.
The sport of snowboarding is a favorite of adrenaline junkies. It combines elements of skiing with elements of skateboarding. Once an obscure sport limited mostly to the X-Games crowd, it has seen its popularity grow considerably as an Olympic sport for the past four Olympics. It’s now a mainstream sport commonly seen on ski slopes.
If you would like more information about the TTR World tour, you can visit the website at http://www.ttrworldtour.com.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Jordan Garay on Building an Internet Presence
In today’s society, an internet presence isn’t a frivolous waste of time, it’s a necessity. With employers increasingly looking to the internet to get a better understanding of prospective employees and their characters, it’s important to effectively convey who you are. Jordan Garay wants the world to know that he’s passionate about sports and donating to medical research.
As an athlete preparing to spend 2012 on the competitive circuit at the world level, Jordan Garay feels a positive internet presence is more important than ever. He wants those aspiring young athletes who may look up to him to see him as a mentor. He wants to influence other positively. The message that he wants to send to those who want to know more about him is that hard work is important in achieving one’s goals. One must be willing to put in lots of sweat equity to get what one wants. Just dreaming alone won’t get you there.
Jordan Garay feels that using social media to convey who one is a great way for others who may not have the opportunity to meet you to still feel inspired by you. Sometimes just finding that you have that one thing in common with another person is enough to push you over a tough hump. Jordan hopes that those who read about his donations to medical research will also feel inspired to become involved in their community and support those organizations that work to spread awareness for those causes they support. It’s certainly one thing to say one supports a cause. But to put your money where your mouth is proves to be a challenge indeed for many. Jordan Garay believes that we aren’t just who we say but what we do.
One place where Jordan Garay sees other students faltering in their internet presence is in being careful about not letting college antics become the overpowering image attached to your name. Be careful about photos that you post on Facebook and with whom you share them. Also, be careful about getting involved with word battles on Facebook and Twitter. All too often, those types of spats are viewed as immature and trivial. By maintaining a positive internet presence, it’s easy to share who we are with the world.
As an athlete preparing to spend 2012 on the competitive circuit at the world level, Jordan Garay feels a positive internet presence is more important than ever. He wants those aspiring young athletes who may look up to him to see him as a mentor. He wants to influence other positively. The message that he wants to send to those who want to know more about him is that hard work is important in achieving one’s goals. One must be willing to put in lots of sweat equity to get what one wants. Just dreaming alone won’t get you there.
Jordan Garay feels that using social media to convey who one is a great way for others who may not have the opportunity to meet you to still feel inspired by you. Sometimes just finding that you have that one thing in common with another person is enough to push you over a tough hump. Jordan hopes that those who read about his donations to medical research will also feel inspired to become involved in their community and support those organizations that work to spread awareness for those causes they support. It’s certainly one thing to say one supports a cause. But to put your money where your mouth is proves to be a challenge indeed for many. Jordan Garay believes that we aren’t just who we say but what we do.
One place where Jordan Garay sees other students faltering in their internet presence is in being careful about not letting college antics become the overpowering image attached to your name. Be careful about photos that you post on Facebook and with whom you share them. Also, be careful about getting involved with word battles on Facebook and Twitter. All too often, those types of spats are viewed as immature and trivial. By maintaining a positive internet presence, it’s easy to share who we are with the world.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Jordan Garay on Being a Student
These days, being a college student involves more than hitting the books. Employers expect to hire graduating college seniors who have some experience in the world as well as the workplace. A high GPA no longer guarantees one a fairly decent job. More and more, experience that highlights character is becoming increasingly important. Like so many of his classmates, Jordan Garay finds being a college student challenging, but he hasn’t let that distract him.
Instead, Jordan has worked to make being a student a way to develop himself and his goals. Although he’s focused on the academic side of his education, he’s equally vested in the life experiences that build character. He’s become a proponent of community involvement, donating to charities. He is particularly drawn to those organizations that support medical research.
He has also focused on building his character through sports. He’s used the opportunities that come with training and bettering oneself as a competitor to better himself as a person. He firmly believes that the same discipline required to be an athlete translates into the classroom through schoolwork. Sometimes weekends are filled with hundreds of pages of reading and several papers worth of homework. Completing assignments well and on time is essential to academic success. The same can be said for athletes. Athletes must be ready for a competition. They must prepare themselves both mentally and physically.
Jordan Garay is a great example of a renaissance student. He’s enveloped the world around him and incorporated it into academic success. By doing this, he has built a character with a story that future prospective employers will be able to read. In having a better understanding of who Jordan Garay is as a person, the company that hires him can be confident that it’s hiring someone who is a great fit.
Instead, Jordan has worked to make being a student a way to develop himself and his goals. Although he’s focused on the academic side of his education, he’s equally vested in the life experiences that build character. He’s become a proponent of community involvement, donating to charities. He is particularly drawn to those organizations that support medical research.
He has also focused on building his character through sports. He’s used the opportunities that come with training and bettering oneself as a competitor to better himself as a person. He firmly believes that the same discipline required to be an athlete translates into the classroom through schoolwork. Sometimes weekends are filled with hundreds of pages of reading and several papers worth of homework. Completing assignments well and on time is essential to academic success. The same can be said for athletes. Athletes must be ready for a competition. They must prepare themselves both mentally and physically.
Jordan Garay is a great example of a renaissance student. He’s enveloped the world around him and incorporated it into academic success. By doing this, he has built a character with a story that future prospective employers will be able to read. In having a better understanding of who Jordan Garay is as a person, the company that hires him can be confident that it’s hiring someone who is a great fit.
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