Norwegian Domination at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011

With 5 riders on the podium, Norway conquered the title of best team at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011, hosted in Livigno, Italy, at the Mottolino Snowpark. Norwegian rising star Emil Andre Ulsletten resulted the best rider of the event and won, among the many prizes, his ticket to ride for the Oakley Arctic Challange in Oslo. Anna Gyrmati from Hungary won the girl category and got a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Sessions in Austria.

(photos Eleonora Raggi)

As in the past edition, the Protest World Rookie Fest resulted a great platform for future stars of snowboarding, and it bring together in Livigno almost 100 selected riders from 15 nations. With a world class snowpark and the best under 18 years old riders from all over, the Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno resulted again as the most awaited snowboard youth event of the season and bring in Livigno medias, team managers and snowboard fans from all Europe. Special guest of the event and Yeti of the Final Day was Roope Tonteri, former WSF World Rookie Champion, who stomped amazing tricks cab1260.

Among the Rookie section, reserved for riders born in 1993, 1994 and 1995, the norwegian rippers dominate the male category conquering first, second and third places. Emil Andre Ulsletten won the event with a sick run including fs1080, cab1080, boardslide 450out on the cannon-ball and switch bs900. He won a ticket to the Oackley Arctic Challange in Oslo, a filming trip to Chile, a photoshooting with Onboard Europe, Surf Camp in Santander by www.surftolive.com . On the male rookie podium other 2 norwegians: Peder Midttomme and Havard Bergheim. All of them won also tickets to the Ride Shakedown in Garmish and to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria. The best girl was the hungarian Anna Gyrmati, who was awarded with a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Session in Austria and in inviation to a photoshooting with Cooler Magazine. Second girl on the podium was Katarzyna Rusin from Polland, and third Nora Thompson from Norway.

(photos Eleonora Raggi)

Among the Grom category, borned in 1996 and up, new mini-rockers surprised the spectatores with amazing tricks including backside and frontside720, bs900 and cab540. Seamus O’Connor from Ireland resulted the best, followed on the podium by switzerland Lucien Koch and norwegian Mons Roisland. Maria Delfina Maiocco from Italy, aka “Bibi”, won the grom girls category and got her ticket to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl. Second was Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic and third Chloe Sillieres from France.

Among the many prizes, all the podium riders, both grom and rookies, male and females, are now qualifed for the 4star Protest World Rookie Finals, to be held in Ischgl, Austria, from 6 to 10 april 2011, and 6 of them got invited for free.

To remember that the Protest World Rookie Fest is a Climate Neutral Event. It measures its own carbon footprints and then take action by reducing emissions and offsetting unavoidable emissions by purchasing credits from Renewable Energy from Wood Biomass based in Tirano, a few kilometers from Livigno.

(photos Eleonora Raggi)

Results of the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011
Livigno, Italy
3Star Swatch TTR Slopestyle

ROOKIE MEN FINAL RESULTS
1 ULSLETTEN EMIL ANDRE NOR 1993
2 MIDTTØMME PEDER NOR 1993
3 BERGHEIM HÅVARD NOR 1993
4 HAGEN OLE CHRISTIAN NOR 1995
5 STAUB JOEL SUI 1994
6 ÖBERG TOBIAS SWE 1994
7 ÖBERG ROBIN SWE 1994
8 KOMULAINEN ANTTI FIN 1993
9 LAMBERT TEEMU FIN 1994
10 FYKSE ØIVIND NOR 1994
11 IMBODEN YANNICK SUI 1993
12 ELGEMEERS ASTON NED 1993
13 BOESIGER JONAS SUI 1995
14 KRIZ DUSAN CZE 1995
15 LUHTANEN SAMI FIN 1993
16 VEDDEGJERDE JONAS NOR 1994
17 MIKYSKA MARTIN CZE 1994
18 GRIGIS MARCO ITA 1995
19 POHJONEN TUOMAS FIN 1995
20 SÄISÄ TIMMY SWE 1993
21 MÄKÄRÄINEN VESA FIN 1993
22 BRÅTHEN MATTIAS NOR 1994
23 BAUME LUCAS SUI 1995
24 MOSCARDINI DANIEL ITA 1995
25 ELMQVIST SANDVIK ANTON SWE 1994
26 HANDLE JOHANNES AUT 1993
27 VAN DEURSEN STEF BEL 1995
28 KUNDRATITZ PHILIPP AUT 1995
29 BRIDGAM NICHOLAS ITA 1993
30 SAVOLAINEN NIKO FIN 1995
31 BISA MICHAL CZE 1995
32 AUGUSTINUS JESSE NED 1995
33 CARLQVIST JESPER SWE 1995
34 MAQUIGNAZ FILIPPO ITA 1994
35 HAFSTEINSSON HELGI NOR 1993
36 BONAPACE ALESSANDRO ITA 1994
37 AKADA YUYA JPN 1995
38 MULLE LARS SUI 1995
39 HARSHEIM HELGE OLSEN NOR 1995
40 MAFFEI ALBERTO ITA 1995
41 DIOLI NICOLA ITA 1993
42 MYHRE VERBJØRN NOR 1993
43 MACCIOTTA YOURI ITA 1993
44 PILTTI ELMERI FIN 1994
45 VIEIDER HANNES ITA 1993
46 SUUA ANDERS NOR 1995
47 GIACOMELLI ALESSIO ITA 1994
48 GREGUSSEN TORMOD NOR 1993
49 PLANCHON ALBERTO ITA 1994
50 NORENGEN CHRISTIAN NOR 1993
51 MELCHIONNA MARCO ITA 1995
52 HAMARI TIMO FIN 1995
53 HERNES HÅKON NOR 1993
54 LINDQUIST SIGURD NOR 1994
55 DE BUCK SEBBE BEL 1995

ROOKIE WOMEN FINAL RESULTS
1 GYARMATI ANNA HUN 1993
2 RUSIN KATARZYNA POL 1994
3 THOMPSON NORA NOR 1993
4 BARENGO VALENTINA ITA 1995
5 AUGUSTINOVA DIANA CZE 1995
6 BONNAUD ALICIA FRA 1993
7 ROFNER BIRGIT AUT 1995
8 ROFNER STEFANIE AUT 1994
9 GODINO MARTINA ITA 1994
10 MERKHOFFER MELINA GER 1994
10 SANSONI GAIA ITA 1994
12 FUSTINI SILVIA ITA 1993
12 CAU ARIANNA ITA 1994

GROM MEN FINAL RESULTS
1 O’CONNOR SEAMUS IRL 1997
2 KOCH LUCIEN SUI 1996
3 ROISLAND MONS NOR 1997
4 HABLÜTZEL DAVID SUI 1996
5 PORKERT ONDRA CZE 1996
6 BILLTOFT LUDWIG SWE 1996
7 STAUB LOU SUI 1996
8 SCHÄRER MICHAEL SUI 1996
9 MOUTON BORIS FRA 1997
10 PROSDOCIMI FABIO SUI 1996
11 KRAL JAKUB CZE 1996
12 LESTAGE KÖNIG BENJAMIN SWE 1996
13 PORKERT DAN CZE 1996
14 ZULIAN EMIL ITA 1997
15 HED EDWIN SWE 1997
16 PAJER MIKOLAS CZE 1997
17 HOLSTENSON JONATAN SWE 1996
18 CISAR TOMÁŠ CZE 1996
19 FORS EDVIN SWE 1996
20 SCHIAVINA SAMUELE ITA 1996
21 BRITTON KYLE BEL 1996
22 DEMARTINI ERIC ITA 1996
23 GERRITSEN JEREMY NED 1996
24 MAURI MICHELE ITA 1997

GROM WOMEN FINAL RESULTS
1 MAIOCCO MARIA DELFINA ITA 1996
2 VOJACKOVA KATERINA CZE 1997
3 SILLIERES CHLOE FRA 1998
4 MENDAY BECKY GBR 1998
5 FORTUNA ALICE ITA 1997
6 GALLINA FRANCESCA ITA 1996