Download Wildcard Application here!

In principle, there are only two wildcards for each contest for men and women, but because several riders have qualified for WSC multiple times, their extra spots reverts back to wildcards which can be passed out to different riders. Additonally, if a qualified rider gets injured prior to WSC and cannot attend, their spot will also revert back to a wildcard. The wildcards are strictly for top riders that have been injured or for other reasons have been disconnected from the competition scene. Therefore, please do not apply for a wildcard if you are not a well established international competitor.

The TTR and WSF have established an independent wildcard committee in order to determine which rider will be granted wild card spots at the World Snowboarding Championships 2012. The committee consist of 6 members (3 from TTR and 3 from WSF) with in depth snowboard know-how.

The WSC wildcard process will be as follows:

A Wildcard committee will be appointed made up of representatives of TTR and WSF. This committee will be responsible for selecting the male and female riders that will get Wildcards to participate in the WSC.

All riders interested in getting a Wild Card will be required to submit a Wildcard Application which can be downloaded from the WSC website.

Applications must be sent to wildcard@wsc2012.com.

Applications will be accepted now and to January 23^rd 12pm, 2012.  The first round of wild card decisions will be made on Jan 10, 2012.  The Final list of wildcards will be announced on January 30^th.

Any spots that are open after January 30^th will be filled on a rolling basis.

NOTE TO ALL RIDERS THAT ARE COMPETING IN DEW TOUR AND WSC, AND ARE IN THE TTR TOP 20 MEN AND TOP 10 WOMEN RANKING:

WSC has been working with Dew Tour to minimize overlap of Dew Tour ans WSC. All Halfpipe riders are encouraged to book flights out of Salt Lake City on Saturday afternoon/evening so that they arrive into Oslo on Sunday evening. Halfpipe riders will have official practice on Monday before they need to compete on Tuesday in HP Qualifications.

Slopestyle riders are encouraged to book flights out of Salt Lake City on Sunday afternoon/evening so that they arrive into Oslo on Monday evening. Slopestyle riders will have official practice on Tuesday before they need to compete on Wednesday in Slopestyle Qualifications.

All riders that participate in the Dew Tour finals in Utah are highly encouraged to book their flights now so that tey can guarantee their on-time departure on Saturday and Sunday as soon as Dew Tour competition is over. Flights out of Salt Lake City to Europe are quite limited and will book up fast, so time is of the essence to finalize flight plans. All of the major flights out of Salt Lake City to Oslo (on Saturday, Feb 11th and Sunday, Feb 12th) are listed here for your convenience.

AA and Star Alliance (longhaul)

AA3767 F6 A5 P5 Y7 B7 H7 K7 /SLC 1 ORD 1530 1935 Salt Lake-Chicago

SK 944 A0 C9 D9 J9 Z9 Y9 S9 /ORD 5 CPH 2205 1320+1 Chicago-Copenhagen

SK1458 C9 D9 J9 Z9 Y9 S9 B9 /CPH 3 OSL 1415+1 1525+1 Copenhagen-Oslo, arrives Feb 13th

Skyteam (Delta, Air France)

AF8991 J9 C9 D9 I9 Z9 Y9 B9 /SLC 2 CDG 1650 1125+1 Salt Lake City-Paris CDG

AF2374 J4 W9 S9 A9 Y9 B9 M9 /CDG2G OSL 1555+1 1820+1 Paris CDG-Oslo, arrives Feb 13th

Oneworld (AA and British Airways)

AA3764 F6 A5 Y7 B7 H7 K7 M7 /SLC 1 LAX 1620 1715 Salt Lake-Los Angeles

AA6179 F7 A6 J7 R7 D7 I7 Y7 /LAX B LHR 2035 1450+1 Los Angeles-London Heathrow

AA6406 J7 R7 D7 I0 Y7 B7 H7 /LHR 5 OSL 1700+1 2010+1 London Heathrow-Oslo, arrives Feb 13th

Star Alliance (late version)

UA6266 B9 M9 H9 Q9 V9 W9 S9 /SLC 1 SFO 1815 1929 Salt Lake-San Francisco

UA8882 F0 C4 D4 Z0 B4 M4 H4 /SFO I MUC 2105 1725+1 San Francisco-Munich

UA9226 C4 D4 Z4 B4 M4 H4 Q4 /MUC 2 OSL 1940+1 2155+1 Munich-Oslo, arrives Feb 13th

Download Wildcard Application here!