X-Trail Jam

Nissan X-Trail Jam
purpose	Winter sports , snowboard
Chair:	Reto Lamm , coordinator Aki Sekiya , chairman
Establishment date:	1999
Seat :	Tokyo , Japan
Website:	www.x-trailjam.net (Japanese)

The X-Trail Jam is a snowboard competition that has been held annually in the Tokyo Dome in Japan since 1999 . With 75,000 visitors (year 2005) it is the largest event in the snowboard sector and one of the most important competitions of the Ticket to Ride World Snowboard Tour .

description

The X-Trail Jam is a 6-star competition of the Ticket to Ride World Snowboard Tour (TTR) and is most valuable for the riders in terms of points, along with other 6-star events. The winner receives 1,000 TTR points, which are important in relation to the World Cup. The main focus of the competitions are the Big Air ( Straight Jump ) and the Quarterpipe , which are held in the Tokyo Dome , the largest hall in Japan, which can accommodate a total of over 100,000 spectators. The competition is planned and coordinated by the Swiss snowboard legend Reto Lamm from Pontresina together with the sponsors from Japan. He was the initiator of this largest indoor snowboard event in the world and shaped it through his contacts in the global snowboard scene. The occasion arose at the time through a collaboration between Reto Lamm, Nippon TV and Nissan. Reto Lamm was the first winner of the Air & Style Contest in Innsbruck (today Munich), ISF World Champion 1995 in the halfpipe. Today he is also President of the Ticket-to-Ride Organization (TTR), which was also launched on the initiative of him and some helpers from the scene as well as friends in Switzerland. The car brand Nissan is the main sponsor and invests exceptionally high sums in the contest, which is now the largest of its kind in the world. The steel frame specially developed for the event, on which the ramp, jump and landing area are located, is 38 meters high and was co-developed by Reto Lamm. The Japanese entertainment industry integrates the latest technologies, making the event an unusually celebrated highlight for the sport. Several giant screens, laser shows , pyro effects and LED installations adapt the course to the Japanese entertainment standard. In Japan, compared to traditional sports , snowboarding enjoys an exceptional status in the sport and is extremely revered. The X-Trail Jam has therefore been completely sold out for several years.

Results

X-Trail Jam 2001

Held on February 3rd and 4th, 2001 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: approx. 58,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Michi Albin	332	Darius Heristchian	241	Lukas Huffman	163
Quarter pipe	Terje Håkonsen	761	Keir Dillon	732	Trevor Andrew	728

held on December 1 and 2, 2001 in the Tokyo Dome, Japan Spectators: approx. 60,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Jonas Emery	312	Haku Suzuki	308	Giacomo Kratter	295
Quarter pipe	Terje Håkonsen	348	Shaun White	316	Keir Dillon	310

X-Trail Jam 2002

Held on December 14th and 15th, 2002 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: approx. 70,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Travis Rice	340	Haku Suzuki	327	Terje Håkonsen	297
Quarter pipe	Heikki Sorsa	-	Gian Simmen	-	Terje Håkonsen	-

X-Trail Jam 2003

Held on December 13-14 , 2003 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: approx. 70,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Gian Simmen	343	Haku Suzuki	337	David Carrier Porcheron	321
Quarter pipe	Terje Håkonsen	305	Travis Rice	296	Markku Koski	286

X-Trail Jam 2004

Held on December 11th and 12th, 2004 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: approx. 75,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Heikki Sorsa	315	Andy Finch	246	Travis Rice	228
Quarter pipe	Andy Finch	351	Travis Rice	339	Terje Håkonsen	323

X-Trail Jam 2005

Held on December 10th and 11th, 2005 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: 75,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Nicolas Müller	346	Heikki Sorsa	341	Risto Mattila	336
Quarter pipe	Terje Håkonsen	334	Nicolas Müller	332	Andy Finch	323

X-Trail Jam 2006

Held on December 9th and 10th, 2006 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: 75,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Travis Rice	377	Mathieu Crepel	340	Shaun White	175
Quarter pipe	Shaun White	363	Antti Autti	349	Risto Mattila	347

X-Trail Jam 2007

Held on December 8th and 9th, 2007 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: 75,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Risto Mattila	331	Travis Rice	229	Mathieu Crepel	224
Quarter pipe	Travis Rice	360	Andy Finch	356	Kevin Pearce	319

X-Trail Jam 2008

Held December 12-14 , 2008 in the Tokyo Dome , Japan . Spectators: 75,000

discipline	1st place	Points	2nd place	Points	3rd place	Points
Straight jump	Torstein Horgmo	359	Peetu Piiroinen	338	Shaun White	324
Quarter pipe	Shaun White	384	Chas Guldemond	352	Peetu Piiroinen	352
Combined	Shaun White	1000	Peetu Piiroinen	942.30	Chas Guldemond	900

X-Trail Jam 2009

Due to the economic crisis and other factors, Nissan had to lay off several thousand employees in the previous year. Funding for the event would have been possible in principle, but the competition was not held out of respect for the now unemployed.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Aki Sekiya, X-TRAIL JAM office, list in email dated February 15, 2008

Web links

• Official X-Trail Jam Homepage (Japanese)
• Ticket To Ride World Tour website
• Website Reto Lamm