After the shocking news of the only all girls 6star TTR event in Europe, the Roxy Chicken Jam, being cancelled, the competition season will be much shorter and more intense, coming to a close at the 6Star Burton US Open in March for both men and women. The 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge will feature a women’s slopestyle competition, the 6Star O’Neill Evolution will run both pipe and slopestyle for women and the 5Star Nescafé Champs Leysin will also feature women’s slopestyle.
On a 4Star level, the Horsefeathers Pleasure Jam in Austria and the Ride Shakedown in the US will be open for girls as well as boys, and the final of the Billabong Flaunt It series has moved up to a 4Star status, while the rest of the series will be spread around the US and Canada with 3Stars. In addition, some girls-only events will be running strong on the 3Star level and include the RipCurl Sista Sessions in Mayrhofen, Austria on 19-23rd January and Catfight (previously known as Girlsessions) in Levi, Finland on 23-27 March 2011.
New 1Star events to join the tour include the Playground Jam in Avoriaz, France, Twisted Sisters in Tahko, Finland and Princess of the Park in Tignes, France. Also on the Swatch TTR Tour this season is the Ladies First Challenge, a series of girls only events in Switzerland, which will now be 1Star events finishing off with a 2Star final. There is also a brand new FB fanpage for these events “WSF Women Snowboard”.
