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At the brand new location and excellent re-designed course construction in Saalbach Hinterglemm in Austria, the 6Star Roxy Chicken Jam began the showdown with a seriously high level of riding. 36 girls who had traveled from all over the world had to ride it out for the 6 top spots qualifying for tomorrow finals.

The qualification winner Charlotte Van Gils (NED) was riding strong all day but it was her last run that landed her the deserved top spot and she was all smiles. Her run consisted of a fs boardslide, huge straight air, fs 720, bs 360 and on the kinked butter box an uber smooth fs180 to 50/50 to to 180 off. Qualifying in second place Cecilia Larsen from Sweden was only a few points behind, she stomped a cab 540, bs 360, 50/50 to backside grab on the up gap box and a bs swich 50/50 on the last box.

Tomorrow the six qualified riders will join the likes of current Swatch TTR World No.1 Sarka Pancochova (CZE) and Cheryl Maas (NED) to battle it out for this coveted 6Star title on the Swatch TTR Tour and the 1000 TTR Ranking points.

The 6 Qualified riders
1. Van Gils Charlotte (NED) 349 points
2. Larsen Cecilia (SWE) 347 points
3. Frost Claire (SCO) 329 points
4. Sadlowski Diana (POL) 313 points
5. Paumola Heidi (FIN) 310 points
6. Pribosic Urska (SLO) 287 points


With only a few weeks to go before the Olympic Winter Games 2010 will start and being a 6-star event of the TTR Women’s Snowboard Tour, the Roxy Chicken Jam 2010 is the perfect opportunity for the world’s best female snowboarders to show their tricks under competitive conditions and to determine their position among competitors. Hence, the current leader of the Swatch TTR Women’s Ranking List, Sarka Pancochova (CZE), showed already today during the training her skills. Double Roxy Chicken Jam winner, Cheryl Maas (NED), the fourth of the TTR ranking, Lisa Wiik (NOR), or stars like Kjersti Buaas Oestgaard (NOR), Sina Candrian (SUI), Tania Detomas (ITA) and Lisa Filzmoser (AUT) from Wels in Upper Austria will try to capture a place on the podium for the local Austrians.

Apart from the sporting highlights at the snow park, concerts and DJ sets will make the Roxy Chicken Jam a big freestyle festival. Prior to the prize-giving, Innsbruck’s Wax Wreckaz DJ crew will drop some heavy beats at the Reiterkogel valley station. After the award ceremony, the electro underground collective Bunny Lake from Vienna will rock the crowd. Finally, an after-show party will top off the weekend.