2008 USA Roxy Chicken Jam: Rider List Announced

 

Can Bright Claim Second Successive Tour Title In Mammoth?

 

Mammoth, USA – With the Burton US Open spectacle ending last weekend, it is now time for the women to shine at the decisive 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam. The best and most progressive female snowboarders in the world are gathering at Mammoth Mountain, California, USA on March 28-30th 2008 for the final competition of the Women’s TTR World Tour. In a Slopestyle and Superpipe grand finale, the Roxy Chicken Jam offers a 25% point bonus, giving a staggering 1250 points to each winner, ultimately crowning the women’s TTR Tour Champion and dispersing $110 000 USD to the Women’s TTR Top 5.

 

The championship battle will feature four exceptional snowboarders all going for number one in the Halfpipe, in an extremely close race with end results impossible to foresee. 06/07 Tour Champion Torah Bright (AUS) will attempt to hold her Tour Lead and claim her second successive TTR Tour Title, as she fends off her relentless adversaries, TTR World No. 2 Jamie Anderson (USA), TTR World No. 3 Kelly Clark (USA) and TTR World No. 4 Jenny Jones (GBR). All four riders have been shuffling in the TTR Top 5 since the last Roxy Chicken Jam in Kaprun, Austria, each proving their worth, claiming numerous Title wins and never backing down. But their season long efforts all boil down to the final women’s competition, as there are currently only 30 TTR ranking points between TTR No. 1 and No. 4, making this final bout incredibly tight.

 

In addition, with the TTR Top 5 Women earning portions of the TTR $110 000 USD prize purse, a handful of other strong riders will be clashing, looking for a highly coveted place within the TTR Top 5. Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas(NOR) will try and hold her TTR No. 5 position in the Halfpipe, as Sina Candrian (SUI), Ellery Hollingsworth (USA) and Cheryl Maas (NED) put forth their best to knock Kjersti from the Top 5. Alongside the invited riders, the event also holds thirty open spots in both Slopestyle and Halfpipe for riders looking to qualify their way to the top and challenge the champs. Of course things could change dramatically following the Halfpipe event, setting things up for an edge-of-your seat Slopestyle finale. 

 

The 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam offers up a $40 000 USD total prize purse for the Slopestyle and Superpipe competitions. To keep things fun, the all-women’s event features a unique mascot contest, where riders must arrive fully decked out in a mascot costume and compete against ‘the chicken’ in a Mascot Superpipe Contest. The winner takes home $4000 USD with another $1000 USD going to the best mascot costume of the day.

 

Stay on top o the action by tuning to ttrworldtour.com for fresh updates from Mammoth, USA on the Swatch TTR 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam. Brush up on your 07/08 Tour knowledge by reading the news studying the rankings, commenting on the blogs, and watching the exclusive videos and rider interviews. Get ready as the Women’s tour comes to a close and the crowning of the women’s 07/08 Swatch TTR Tour Champion becomes a reality.

 

Invited Riders List for 6-Star Roxy Chicken Jam:

 

Slopestyle

 

Jamie Anderson     USA       
Hanna Beaman      USA       
Torah Bright           AUS       
Kjersti Buaas         NOR       
Sina Candrian        SUI       
Erin Comstock       USA       
Tara Dakides          USA       
Tania Detomas        ITA       
Kimmy Fasani         USA       
Lisa Filzmoser         AUT       
Claudia Fliri             AUT       
Laura Hadar             USA       
Ursina Haller             SUI       
Elena Hight              USA       
Jenny Jones             GBR       
Isabell Lalive             USA       
Cheryl Maas             NED   
Anne-Flore Marxer     FRA       
Vicci Miller                GBR       
Silvia Mittermueller     GER       
Spencer O’Brien        CAN       
Heidi Paumola           FIN       
Leanne Pelosi           CAN       
Meri Peltonen            FIN       
Chanelle Sladics       USA
Amber Stackhouse    USA
Alexis Waite             USA
Lisa Wiik                  NOR

 

Halfpipe

 

Molly Aguirre                   USA
Elizabeth Beerman           USA
Gretchen Bleiler               USA
Juliane Bray                     NZE
Torah Bright                     AUS
Kjersti Oestgaard Buaas   NOR
Sina Candrian                  USA
Kelly Clark                       USA
Sarah Conrad                   CAN
Tania Detomas                 ITA
Yuki Furihata                   JPN
Ursina Haller                    SUI
Elena Hight                      USA
Ellery Hollingsworth          USA
Jordan Karlinski               USA
Paulina Ligocka               POL
Cheryl Maas                    NED
Mercedes Nicoll               CAN
Katie Ormerod                 GBR
Heidi Paumola                 FIN
Meri Peltonen                  FIN
Manuela Pesko               SUI
Hannah Teter                  USA
Lisa Wiik                        NOR

Tuesday, March 25th 2008 @ 03:54 PM.
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