CAMP A

Send It With Transworld Snowboarding and the Helgason brothers during Camp A from June 24-July 1.

TransWorld Snowboarding magazine’s staff is heading up north to join the campers and pros at the Camp of Champions. TWS Photo editor, videographer Joe Carlino, and associate editor will be there documenting the park sessions. It’ll be a guaranteed media blitz with an entourage of pro boarders from their new feature film, "In Color", alongside to make sure this session is a guaranteed banger. Campers will get the chance to hop in front of the TransWorld cameras or even just join the crew for camp webisodes, photo galleries, and updates on all the camp activities. Join ‘em for runs in the park, paintball skirmishes, as well as many other camp exploits. TWS is in the house so grab your gear and get stoked!

Camp A - 5 Star TTR Big Air Event

In addition to our Send It With athletes Billabong is proud to present Billabong ANTE UP, the first 5 Star TTR World Tour Men’s event of the 2010-11 tour year, taking place in the Camp of Champions terrain park in Whistler June 26th-30th, 2010!

May 3,2010

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Billabong is proud to announce the Billabong Ante Up, a 5 Star Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour event, taking place June26‐30th in the Camp of Champions terrain park at Whistler Blackcomb. The event will kick off the Swatch TTR World Snowboard tour for the ’10‐’11 season in North America, and will also be a qualifying event for the 6 Star Billabong Innsbruck Air and Style event taking place Feb. 5th, 2011.

Billabong Ante Up will be a Big Air event, with the jump being built by Vancouver 2010 Olympic halfpipe builder Steve Petrie of Arena Snowparks. With $50,000 USD in prize money, and a batch of 5 Star TTR points on the line, Billabong Ante Up will be drawing athletes from across the globe to compete in late June up on the Blackcomb Glacier. The event will feature 50 riders, with the top 10 Swatch TTR World Tour finalists from the 2009/2010 season receiving automatic invites. The remaining spots will be filled through a registration/selection process that will take place online at www.billabong.com/anteup. Registration is open May 3rd to May 24th, with a list of qualified riders available on the website May 31st, 2010.

Additionally, there will be the Push.ca Rail Feature on course after the Big Air jump. While not part of the overall judging for TTR points, riders that choose to hit the feature will all vie for additional awards.

"Having this event in the summer is going to be killer. Everyone loves summer riding, and especially in a place like Whistler. To partner with the Swatch TTR World Tour and all our sponsors was an easy decision, and we’re stoked to be getting the world’s best riders together for this great event,"says Risto Scott, Marketing Director at Billabong Canada.

For more info, you can go to:
www.billabong.com/anteup
www.ttrworldtour.com

or contact:
Risto Scott: risto@billabongcanada.com
Jim Kempton: jkempton@billabong‐usa.com

ABOUT SWATCH TTR:

Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Swatch Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour is a non‐profit, rider‐driven organization with the mission “to create the highest quality competitive snowboard environment in the world, using authenticity, accessibility, innovation as guiding principles”. Since its foundation, the Swatch TTR Tour has been developing into the most exposed snowboard tour worldwide featuring global grassroot and key independent freestyle snowboarding events over a ten‐month period from Southern to Northern Hemisphere locations. Events are rated via a 1‐through‐6Star system, with points allocated accordingly, a 6Star event holds the highest(1000points). Any rider participating in these events, from up‐and‐coming to professional talent, earns ranking points and a position on the Swatch TTR World Ranking List. The top male and female rider based on an average of their best six results of the season (5+1system) is crowned Swatch TTR World Snowboard Champion. For more information visit www.ttrworldtour.com