Featured Events - 01/2009

In its twelfth year, the U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix, Televised on NBC Sports, is the exclusive snowboard tour in the United States. Featuring the top riders in the world competing for over $300,000 in cash prizes.

GRAND PRIX REGISTRATION INFORMATION 2008-2009
Pre-qualified riders will be emailed registration info(check pre-qualified tab)
- Registration start October 3, 2008
- $ 150 per event
- Field Size for all events: 90 Men, 40 Women
- Must be a USSA and FIS member to compete. Click here to become a member
- Must register 1 month prior to first official training day of competition

More info can be found at http://www.ussnowboarding.com/grandprix/

RIDERS

The top 10 riders from the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour will be invited to the 6-star O'Neill Evolution in addition to 6 wildcard invitees. These 16 riders will meet the 16 qualifiers from the open qualifications..

The seeded riders will be announced during the coming weeks.

FORMAT

In a break from the norm, The O'Neill Evolution will be using a new heat
system based on that of a surf contest. 4-man heats will start in the round of 32 snowboarders, and from the round of 18, this will be down to 2- man heats to determine the finalists and the winner.