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.
