Format
The Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012 consists of two parts: the Qualification, and the Main Contest. Twelve riders compete in the Qualification, consisting of two runs each, and receive a cumulative score from those two runs. The four riders with the highest cumulative scores qualify to compete in the Main Contest. The Main Contest runs in a head to head, single elimination format, with each rider getting three runs per round. The highest scoring run is the only score that counts toward winning the round. The challenging rider goes first in the first two runs of each round, but the rider holding the highest score for the round so far, goes first for the third run of the round. The head to head format leads to the final four riders competing in the Super Final, where these four riders compete for 1st through 4th place.
Setup
total length: about 150m
start height: 50 m above level zero
length inrun: 75m
gap: about 8m
leap: about 30m
drop height: 19m
landing height: 16.5m
width inrun: 6.5m
width landing: 21m
slope inrun: 42°
start height: 50 m above level zero
length inrun: 75m
gap: about 8m
leap: about 30m
drop height: 19m
landing height: 16.5m
width inrun: 6.5m
width landing: 21m
slope inrun: 42°
Snowmass: 700 cbm
Construction time: about 10 days
Construction time: about 10 days
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Judging
The judging panel consists of 3 judges. Each of the 3 judges gives scores from 0 to 100. The maximum combined score for one run then is 300. Riders can only perform a trick twice per round. If they do the same trick a third time, that third score will not count.
The Judging Team
They decide between victory and defeat at Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012:
Daniel "Kiwi" Meier - Head Judge
He decides between victory
and defeat. Since 1999 Daniel "Kiwi" Meier is the head judge at the
Air & Style contests. As a former professional snowboarder with great
experience in judging he can handle the tough decisions which are expected from
a head judge.
Ingemar Backman
In 1994 Ingemar
Backman won the Air & Style in Innsbruck. Now he is part of the judging
panel at the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012. The
Swede superstar is famous for setting the world record “highest air” out of a
quarter-pipe in 1996 and knows what it takes to get on the podium.
Pascal Imhof
Former pro-rider Pascal Imhof is living in
Grindelwald in the heart of the Swiss Alps. He is dedicated to snowboarding and is
still shredding more than 80 days a season. Since a request by Daniel Kiwi
Meier in 2006, Pascal is a regular member of the judging panel at several
6-Star TTR-Events.
Heinz Löhle
In 2003 Heinz Löhle had his debut at the Air & Style in Seefeld. Now he has another debut at the Air & Style 9 years later. But now he is part of the judging panel and this time it is the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012.
Ring of Glory
The Ring of Glory is one of the most valuable trophies in snowboarding and only the winner of the Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012 will get it. The 825-sterling sliver ring is a handcrafted custom product with a colorit imprint.
Prize money split
The Riders of the Billabong Air & Style recieve a total prize money of
€ 75.000. The prize money split displays the shares for each rank.
A specially made and hand-crafted Nixon x Air & Style Magnacon will also be part of the overall prize for the winner. This prized watch features a unique 6-hand Swiss Made chronograph, a titanium carbide coated case with sapphire crystal and is custom laser etched with Air & Style legendary wings.
TTR Big Air World Snowboard Tour Big Air Champion
The Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck-Tirol 2012 is the final 6star event of the TTR Big Air World Snowboard Tour in the season 2011/12. Not only the ‘Ring of Glory’ will be awarded to the winner of the Billabong Air & Style on 4th of February at the Bergisel stadium, but also the TTR Big Air World Snowboard Tour champion will be crowned.
TTR WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR
Founded by industry innovators and event organizers in 2002, TTR (Ticket To Ride) PRO SNOWBOARDING is a non-profit, rider-oriented organization that owns and operates the TTR World Snowboard Tour and the TTR World Ranking System. TTR Pro Snowboarding is the credible and authentic home of competitive freestyle snowboarding and has created the highest quality competitive snowboard environment in the world by providing best-in-class competitions, judging programs and ranking systems, allowing riders to progress into world-class athletes and become stars of their sport. Events on the TTR World Tour are rated on a 1Star-through-6Star system, where all competing athletes earn TTR world ranking points based on their result and the star level of each event; a 6Star event holds the highest allocation of ranking points. The TTR awards the following World Tour Champion titles, based upon the TTR World Tour Ranking lists, at the last 6Star events of each season: Overall World Tour Champion, Slopestyle World Tour Champion, Halfpipe World Tour Champion, Big Air World Tour Champion (men-only). With both halfpipe and slopestyle disciplines being practiced on the Olympic-level, TTR Pro Snowboarding strives to foster the massive athletic progress of snowboarding while preserving the unique characteristics and interests of this young freestyle sport and its athletes.