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Ticket to Ride Returns for 2005

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The first TTR Pro Series events kick off!

It's is a busy month for professional snowboarding. Both Japan and Austria will be simultaneously launching the first TTR Pros Series events with Switzerland seamlessly closing the 2004 year and welcoming the new tour season with the third TTR Pro Series event of the 2005 Pro Series calendar.

First 3 TTR Pro Series events:

1. ‘The Nokia Air and Style Festival'
Location: Casino Arena>Seefeld>Tirol>Austria.
Date: 10/11 December 2004
Info:  www.air-style.com

2. ‘The Nissan X-Trail Jam'
Location: The Tokyo Dome>Japan
Date: 11/12 December 2004
Info:  www.x-trailjam.net/en/index.html

3. ‘The O'Neill SB-Jam'
Location: Jakobshorn>Davos>Switzerland
Date:  28-1 January 2005
Info:  www.sb-jam.com

Qualifiers to the above from 03/04 TTR Qualifying Events(TTRQE):

1. Chris Patsch:  Won Ticket from ‘Aesthetiker Tour' to ‘The Nokia Air and Style'
2. Alex Schmaltz:  Won Ticket from ‘Aesthetiker Tour' to ‘The Nokia Air and Style'

Who gets a "Ticket to Ride?"(TTR)

Top pre-selected places from each TTR Pro Series event receive a "Ticket to Ride".  The Tickets secure entry into 2005's season final "The Arctic Challenge"(TAC) event in Tromso and Lofoten, Norway on the 29th March - 5th April, 2005. Info:  www.the-arctic-challenge.com

*The 2005 TTR Pro Series calendar:

(*excluding above 3 listed events)

‘The Honda Session' Presented by Salomon
Location: Vail, Colorado USA
Date: 14th-16th January, 2005
Info: www.sessionvail.com

‘Burton European Open'
 Location: Laax, Switzerland
Date: 15th-22nd January, 2005
Info: www.burtoneuropeanopen.com

‘14th Nescafe' Champs Open Leysin'
Location: Leysin, Switzerland
Date: 3rd-6th February, 2005
Info: www.nescafechamps.ch

‘Billabong World Junior Pro'
Location: Les 2 Alpes, France
Date: 1rd-5th March, 2005
Info: www.billabong.com

‘The Battle'
Location: Falun, Sweden
Date: 17th-19s March, 2005
Info: www.thebattle.info

‘US Open Snowboarding Championships'
Location: Stratton Mountain, Vermont, USA
Date: 14th-20th March, 2005
Info: www.opensnowboarding.com

"The Arctic Challenge"(TAC)
Location:  Tromso and Lofoten, Norway
Date:  29th-5th April, 2005
Info:  www.the-arctic-challenge.com

Stay tuned on: Seefeld, Tokyo and Davos in the next weeks as World Class Snowboarding and Five Star Entertainment unfolds!

The TTR Society

www.ttrprosnowboarding.com

Next TTR press release:  10th December 2004

Press:

MMG / Dani Kiwi Meier
Phone: +33 630 500 705
Email:  kiwi@manamediagroup.com
Skype: danikiwimeier