World Snowboarding Points Lists

The World Snowboarding Points Lists are calculated every Thursday for Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air disciplines for both men and women. A rider’s position on the Points Lists is determined by calculating an average of a rider´s points of his/her best results over a 52 week period. The number of best results counting per discipline are as specified below:

• World Snowboarding Slopestyle Points List: Average of Best 4 results in last 52 weeks
• World Snowboarding Halfpipe Points List: Average of Best 3 results in last 52 weeks
• World Snowboarding Big Air Points List: Average of Best 3 results in last 52 weeks

The points used for the calculation are based on the World Snowboarding Points System. All events are categorized in 6 different points categories (1-6Star level events). The points levels of the non-World Snowboard Tour event results are determined and approved by representatives of the sport of snowboarding based on criteria like rider, field and course set-up.

World Snowboard Tour Seeded Rider Protocol

The seeded rider protocol guarantees the World Snowboard Tour Top 10 Men and Top 5 Women in the respective disciplines direct seeding into World Snowboard Tour 5Star and 6Star events. The World Snowboarding Points List, as of 3 months before the event start date, determines which riders are eligible for direct seeding. World Snowboard Tour 5Star and 6Star events must grant entry to eligible riders 4 weeks before the event. If the rider does not confirm his attendance within the 4 weeks before the event, the organizer can re-allocate these places as Wild Card entries.

World Snowboard Tour Qualified Rider Protocol

The qualified rider protocol provides priority access to the World Snowboard Tour Top 250 Men and Top 125 Women on the respective points list at all 4Star, 5Star and 6Star events that feature open qualifications. Available qualified entry places at events are limited by the total spots and are assigned based on a rider´s position on the points list at the cut-off date. To determine the eligible riders, organisers will use the most recent points list available when registration closes for an individual event. Riders who missed the registration deadline can´t request entry under this rule, it is up to the rider to register on time.

Example: Event A has an open slopestyle qualification with 80 spots available on the start list. The registration deadline is November 30th, 2012. The event will use the World Slopestyle Points List as of Thursday, November 24th to determine the qualified riders.

• Scenario 1: 120 riders out of the Top 250 have registered by the deadline. The top 80 riders out of the 120 registered riders are selected for the event, The rest of the riders go onto a waiting list and are contacted in order of position if a rider cancels their entry.
• Scenario 2: 60 riders out of the Top 250 and another 40 with either no rank or a position lower than 250 have registered by the deadline.  The 60 riders ranked within the top 250 and the next 20 highest positions are selected for the event.