(openPR) - Innsbruck, Austria. The British Snowboarding Championships (The Brits) TTR THREE(3)STAR Event took place in Laax, Switzerland 10th-17th march 2007 under blue skies and spring like conditions allowing the best British riders to throw down.
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As the TTR accepts only two results from any one event, the Halfpipe results counted for TTR Ranking Points but the Big Air and Slopestyle results were combined to give an overall result for these formats.

In the women’s Big Air competition, Posy Dixon (GBR) was the only girl to brave the largest jump to secure her a spot in the final, with Jo Chastney (GBR) qualifying through in top spot after landing a stylish backside 180 Japan. In the women’s final, it was Chastney (GBR) pulling out a super stylish backside 180 double shifty to take the women’s title. Second place went to Lesley McKenna (GBR) and third place going to Posy Dixon (GBR). In the men’s final the trick of choice was the corked 720, with Simon Brass (GBR) stomped effortlessly to take top spot and the men’s Quiksliver British Big Air
title. Second place went to Gary Greenshields (GBR) and third place went to Tom West (GBR).

Day three of The British Snowboard Championships (The Brits), TTR 3(THREE) STAR event saw the UK’s leading male and female snowboarders take on Laax’s 6m high superpipe . In the women’s Halfpipe final, taking bronze was Maria Cork (GBR), with a smooth run packed full of hits. Laura Hill (GBR) came through ensuring she took the silver medal. Going huge, Lesley McKenna’s (GBR) winning run included a big backside air, frontside 540 and a smooth 360 on her final hit, meaning she retained her title for the third consecutive year. In the men’s Halfpipe final, Gary Greenshields (GBR) took bronze with a smooth and fluid run. Second spot went to GB team member, Sam Cullum (GBR), whose successful run included a huge corked frontside 720 on his first hit, looking like it was going to clinch the top spot. But Sam’s GB teammate, Angus Leith (GBR), who was launching out of the pipe, threw down a solid and technical run including a frontside 540, followed by a big Japan air, to frontside 720 and cab 540 to finish.

The final day of competition brought about yet more sunshine as the Animal British Slopestyle Championships got underway with a record number of 101 competitors with the younger generation of shredders impressing all. In the women’s final, Posy Dixon (GBR) utilised the slopestyle course to the full and threw down a stylish and technical run to secure her the gold and the glory. Second place went to Lucy Passmore (GBR) finishing off her run with a method and nose grab over the kickers. With a super stylish rail run, Laura Hill (GBR) bagged the bronze.
In the men’s competition a new BRITS record was set when 13 year old Jamie Nicholls (GBR) qualified in top spot into the senior men’s final, being the youngest competitor to do so in the history of the BRITS after he threw down a cab 540 and backside 720 indy over the big kickers. In the final, riding with a broken board after he snapped the tail in the qualifiers, Ryan Davis (GBR) took first and the Animal Slopestyle Championship title. In second position, narrowly missing out on the gold, was wonder kid Jamie Nicholls (GBR) who threw down a sweet run and Nelson Pratt (GBR) rounded out the top 3 to clinch the bronze.

On the TTR Ranking List presented by Swatch, the event’s most successful rider was Jamie Nicholls (GBR). His outstanding performance all week long saw him move up to TTR World n°56 after the Halfpipe format and after his 2nd place in the combined Slopestyle and Big Air formats gave him 3 .
Lesley McKenna (GBR) had managed to further increase her ranking and moved up from TTR World n°9 to TTR World n°7 position the Women’s TTR Top 10.

Halfpipe Results Top 3 Women
1/ Lesley McKenna (GBR) NIDECKERROXY
2/ Laura Hill (GBR)
3/ Maria Cork (GBR)

Halfpipe Results Top 3 Men
1/ Angus Leith (GBR) ROME
2/ Sam Cullum (GBR) ARCUSDCOAKLEYRIDE
3/ Maria Cork (GBR)

Big Air & Slopestyle Combined Results Top 3 Women
1/ Posy Dixon (GBR) ROME
2/ Lucy Passmore (GBR)
3/ Laura Hill (GBR) DCCAPITA

Big Air & Slopestyle Combined Results Top 3 Men
1/ Gary Greenshields (GBR) BURTONANALOGGRAVIS
2/ Jamie Nicholls (GBR) BONFIRENIKE6.0SALOMON
3/ Josh Wolf (GBR)

Notes to the Editor:
Founded by Terje Haakonsen and industry innovators in 2002, the Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour is a non-profit, rider-driven organisation that aims to represent the progression of snowboarding. To create a clear rookie-to-pro structure, the TTR World Snowboard Tour is based on global grass root and key independent freestyle snowboarding events. Events are rated via a 1-through-6 Star system, with points allocated accordingly, a 6 Star event holding the highest. Any rider participating in these events, from up-and-coming to professional, will earn TTR Ranking Points and a position on the TTR Ranking List presented by Swatch. The top male and female rider is crowned Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour Champion.

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