The most classic snowboard contest will land again in Alto Adige – Sud Tirol on Sunday the 24th February 2013 with the second edition of the Obereggen Banked Slalom. With its unique format, this event will offer a special Sunday for riders of any level: from rookie to masters, men and women,amateur and pro.
Free registration, gifts and pictures for all the participants, prizes in snowboard equipment Oakley, Nitro and Protest for the winners in each category, salami and cheese snack for everybody offered by Neuro Shock Snowboard Store, surfcamps by SurftoLive, a super fun banked slalom course will ensure a great day for all the riders: Obereggen Banked Slalom will be the snowboard event of the year for the Ski Center Latemar!
Get your spot for the Obereggen Banked Slalom directly Sunday morning 24th Febbruary at the Snowpark House! Get your number and free gifts and enjoy the funniest event of the season: 2 runs each rider to challenge for the official event rank in each age group. The helmet is mandatory to compete!
PROGRAMM Saturday 23th Febbruary
11.00-12.00 AM course inspection
Sunday 24th Febbruary
9.30-11.00 registration at the snowpark house in Obereggen
11.00 -14.00 contest
14.00-14.30 Salami & Cheese snack
14.30 prize givings at the snowpark house
Age groups (for each one both Male and Female categories)
Kids (up to 10)
Grom (11-14)
Rookie (15-18)
Senior (19-29)
Master (30-39)
Legend (40-49)
Kahuna (50-59) Matusalem (over 60)
Open Class (no age limite, riserved to sponsored riders) Para-Snowboarder (rider with permanent phisical disabilities)
The World Snowboard Federation welcomes four new member nations which have been approved by the WSF Board of Directors 2012 / 13.
The brand new launched China SNOWboard Association CSbA (中国单板协会) which is patroned by the industry veteran Wang Lei, is now part of the WSF family.
“The support of talented young riders from China to enter a global stage is a top priority. Holding a World Rookie Tour event and other TTR sanctioned events for the local community in China in the near future gives us a promising kickstart”
comments Wang Lei, President of CSbA, on the latest efforts in pushing Chinas presence in an evergrowing global Snowboarding Circuit.
WSF proudly announces its first member on the African continent: Snowsports South Africa.
Buidling up a national snowboard Association in Bulgaria, Freestyle Sport Ltd will strengthen the snowboard development in Eastern Europe.
With its entrance in WSF, the Lithuanian National Ski Association is making the Baltic group in the WSF membership complete.
The new member nations are holding the status of “affiliated” members. The official voting for membership will take place during the GA 2013 in Prague, CZE. With 41 members on five continents, WSF is steadily working on developing snowboarding in all parts of the globe.
It was the loudest Monster Energy Ride in Batics Tour`13 weekend this season: Riders from all Baltic countries gathered in Lemberga Hute, Ventspils, Latvia for 2 tour stops in one weekend!
The biggest cash prizes ever of 4000 Euros, crowning the Latvian freeski and snowboard slopestyle champions, awarding the best rookies in the Baltics, an amazing shaped park…
The Latvian Championship and A.Lembergs Grand Prix will happen on Saturday 16th of February 2013, but the best rookies in Baltics will be crowned on Sunday 17th in „Burton Rookie Tour” at Lemberga Hute, Ventspils, Latvia.
4000 Euros in total!!! – the biggest cash prizes ever will be shared between the best 4 riders in each snowboard and freeski group in A.Lembergs Grand Prix. There will be special prizes for spectators as well, so come and cheer for your favourite riders in Baltics. The Latvian Champions (citizens of Latvia only) will be crowned in snowboarding and freesking that will get great prizes from Sportland shop.
As usual, the competitions will go on in slopestyle discipline. But for the first time, the Latvian Championship/A.Lembergs Grand Prix will be ranked as a TTR World Snowboard Tour 2star event.
The 2nd edition of the „Burton Rookie Tour” will gather not only the best Baltic rookies-snowboarders, but also Men Open and Men Pro group riders for an exciting slopestyle competition! The event is ranked as a TTR World Snowboard Tour 1star event! NO registration fee, NO lift fee! Snowboard service for FREE for participants – special offer by our partners Burusports shop – the first snowboard shop in Latvia! Amazing prizes from Burton and Burusports are waiting to be spread!
So get ready for intense competitions, great prizes and lots of fun!
The second edition of the French Fries Rookie Fest, the French stop of the World Rookie Tour went down 9th and 10th of February 2013 in Avoriaz, France.
72young snowboarders from all over Europe competed all weekend to get their qualifications for thefinals of the World Rookie Tour in Ischgl, Austria – the Rookie World Snowboard Championshipsorganized by the World Snowboard Federation in cooperation with the World Snowboard Tour.
Rookies
The Rookies competed (15, 16 and 17 years old) on the perfectly shaped ArareSnowpark. Thevictory trophy went to the Norwegian Marius Bakken, followed by the second placedJonas Bösiger from Switzerland and theSwedish Anthon Bosch on the third place. The best French rider finished as 5th:Matteo Cuny from La Clusaz.
Lou Staub, SUI showed the best trick with a double back flip and won the “guettho blaster“ Pioneer!
The leading Rookie Girls were the two French Lucile Lefevre (1st) and Agathe Le Cornec (2nd)followed by Nathalie Silkstone from England.
Groms
On the Chapel snowpark, the Groms (14 years and below)impressed with their best tricks. The Belgian Steff Vandeweyer won the Groms contestwith a 360 nose bong over the H and saved the ” most stylish trick Arnette”. The second place went to his compatriot Flor De Laat. third the French Sacha Moretti from France became third and also won the «guettho blaster» Pioneerwith a “Cab under flip” as best trick of the day.
Being only 8 years old and therefore youngest snowboarder of the event, LoicDeschauxqualified for the finals.
The Groms girls winning title went to Chloe Sillieres from France. Thalia Larochaix, FRA and AylaThidling, GBR became second and third.
The first three in each category (Rookie girls and boys, Grom boys and girls) are qualified for theVölkl World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR.
2013 World Rookie Tour Calendar Transilvania Rookie Fest – Arena Platos, Romania – 4.6 January 2013 – 2*TTR // DONE WSF World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 12.16 January 2013 – 2*TTR // DONE French Fries Rookie Fest – Avoriaz, France – 9.10 February 2013 – 2*TTR Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – 2* TTR East Rookie Fest – Spidleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 8.10 March 2013 – 2* TTR Indy Park Banzai Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 March 2013 – 2* TTR West Coast Rookie Fest – Tahoe, California – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR Volkl Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR Shooting + Camp – Val Senales, Italy – 24.28 April 2013 – Shooting & Training Camp Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – August 2013 – 2* TTR South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – August 2013 – 2* TTR
If you dream to become a professional snowboarder your future starts at the World Rookie Tour!
ABOUT WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organization exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels. Program areas include: competitions, Para-Snowboard, judge and shapers, education and certification, and snowboard activities for riders of every age. The WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. NSA members can find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. The WSF collaborates with the TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and the TTR World Ranking System. Through this collaboration and coordination of events at the TTR World Snowboard Tour, The WSF and the TTR want to create an environment that fosters the development of competitive snowboarding. In February 2012, the WSF and the TTR hosted the inaugural World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway, an elite level event to be held every four years in alternating cities around the world. Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
About TTR Pro Snowboarding & World Snowboard Tour TTR Pro Snowboarding is a non-profit organization that oversees a professional network of events and athletes. Our objective is to develop and showcase the sport of snowboarding while facilitating a fair and open competition environment that includes innovative judging and ranking systems. We encourage riders to develop from rookies into world-class athletes through our Star rating system. TTR Pro Snowboarding owns the World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Championships of Snowboarding. The World Snowboard Tour includes Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, and awards Championship titles in each discipline. www.worldsnowboardtour.com
With winning the World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2013, Ole Christian Hagen directly qualified for the upcoming Ästhetiker Winter Mäsh. The 2-man team snowboard contest is going down 13th to 15th of February 2013 in Saalbach Hinterglemm, AUT.
“Team Captain Ole Christian Hagen has selected riding partner Anders Suua to create a Norwegian rookie powerhouse team. Underdogs to hero’s? We’re about to find out…
Considering the level of riding that has been put on the ground at the World Rookie Tour events in the past couple of years, it was not too difficult to offer a direct qualification spot to the winning rider at this year’s WRT in Livigno, Italy. If you wanted some young guns, it’s a damn fine place to start. Christian Haller, Roope Tonteri, Gjermund Bratten and Mathias Wiessenbacher being previous winners.
And if you have any concerns the Rookies are up to the task, maybe think again. Ole Christian took out the World Rookie Fest event with a winning run of Cab 7 to Switch b/s 9 to f/s 1080 to back 9…! Not a bad days work! The direct qualification made him the Captain of Team Rookie, with the difficult task of choosing his riding partner and team mate. He’s came back to us with a compatriot from Norway, Anders Suua – who by the way, is even younger!
One thing that is for sure, there is something in the water up there in Scandinavia… It is a Viking invasion.“
Between 1st and 3rd february, Arena Platoș, Romania, was the venue for Arena Freestyle Open, 1 star World Snowboard Tour slopestyle competition.
The event was also the first stage for the national slopestyle championship, which is made from three stages, all under the wing of WSF. 68 atheltes from all over Romania battled their way for the winnings on all three categories, groms, rookies and adults, boys and girls. This was a record participation for this kind of events in Romania, showing a big improvement from the last years. Next stop for the World Snowboard Tour in Romania will be Five-O Jibstars in Cavnic, between 15 and 17 march 2013.
The joint meeting of WSF and EuroSIMA Mountain Division on Februrary 4th in Munich, Germany gathered both delegates from The National Snowboard Associatons and managers from international snowboard industries.
“This meeting should give the possibility to share ideas and cooperate for common projects”
Marco Sampaoli, WSF president
The International Sporting Goods Trade Show (ISPO) 2013 in Munich, Germany offered the chance for the members of the World Snowboard Federation and the Mountain Division of the European Surf Industry Manufactors Association (EuroSIMA) to come together and discuss topics of common interests.
In an interesting talk about how snowboard federations could work together with the industries, ideas for common projects in the future were brought up. One main topic was dealing with the question what could be done to attract more kids to snowboarding. With this brainstorming meeting, the WSF-EuroSIMA-working-group gained a bunch of innovational suggestions for new concepts waiting to be worked out and presented to the international snowboard community.
The report of the World Snowboard Day 2012 by EuroSIMA showed that the interest and pleasure for snowboarding is there all over the world. With 41 members on five continents, WSF is steadily working on developing snowboarding in all parts of the globe.
Check out the Agenda for the
World Snowboard Federation & EuroSIMA Mountain Division 2013 ISPO Meeting
With its growing network of National Snowboard Associations, WSF is working global with members all over the World. After a successful introduction of the South America Snowboard Tour, Asia and Africa have become more close to WSF with new member NSAs from China and South Africa, while membership applications from Hong Kong and Mongolia are in process.
How To Work Together For A Better Snowboard Environment
Joint projects between industries and National Associations can create opportunities for the snowboard development. In which areas can we work together in order to help each other goals? Open discussion lead by Marco Sampaoli.
Kids and Competitions: a Way To Get More Youngsters On The Snowboard?
The World Rookie Tour (WRT) is an established working program and a link between amateurs / kids and pros. Is the WRT a good way to attract more kids on snowboard? Are there other youth activities that WSF could support in order to help making the snowboard sport being more interesting for young people? Open discussion lead by Marco Sampaoli
Conversation on “How to increase youth participation in Snowboarding” -2013 EuroSIMA MD discussion and action plan – Lead byRémi Forsans and Iker Aguirre
That’s the priority of our collective strategy for the next year, and we have to work collectively on action plans to reinforce the youth participation, and the Snowboarding initiations and accessibility for beginners and youth generation.
2013 European On Snow Demo Tour : dates, confirmations and evolutions –Clive Ripley will present a report with the third organizers.
Snow Avant Premiere, Shop First Try and Pro Shop Test report
2012 World Snowboard Day (Report) Presented by Franck Laporte Fauret and Stephanie Godin
The EuroSIMA Staff will present the report of this last edition (Participation, figures, ambassador, new partners)
Discussion: The FIS World Snow Day is really focused in its communication towards kids and youth, we don’t have to let them all these opportunities. Even if we still have problems regarding Snowboards Instructors in Europe, we must involve all our efforts with riders, Clubs, associations and brands events to offer free Snowboards lessons for the kids through this unique event.
2013 European Snow Forum Update – Presented by Clive Ripley
Clive will present his proposal for 2013 edition, and the different alternatives of format and dates.
Bigger and better than ever: the third annual German Snowboard Championships Halfpipe & Slopestyle will once more go down on 22rd/ 23th of February 2013 in Oberstdorf.
The slopestyle contest will take place at Fellhorn Park. National as well as international rookies and pros will show their sickest tricks on the perfect setup to earn some valuable points for the World Snowboard Tour ranking. All riders and spectators can definitely look forward to an amazing weekend!
Both contests are open to everyone – no matter if you are male or female, have a German passport or not. If you know how to strap your feet to a snowboard, feel free to sign up and shred in one of the categories: male/ female under 15 years or male/ female over 15 years. The number of riders is limited to a total of 50 riders for each contest. Therefore be quick and check www.redbull.de/dmsnowboard for registration and infos!
Besides the points for the World Snowboard Tour ranking there will be given away prizes worth 20.000€.
The German Snowboard Championships 2013 are supported by MINI, Red Bull, O´Neill, Pleasure, Oberstdorf, Snowboard Verband Deutschland, Das Höchste and Pipe Aid
Hard Facts
Event: German Snowboard Championships 2013
Date/ Location: Feburary 23rd 2013/ Slopestyle at Fellhorn
Startplätze: 50 riders total in each contest
Categories: Under 15 years male/ female and over 15 years male/ female
HP Contest on 23rd of February at Nebelhorn cancelled, Slopestyle Contest Date changed from 24th to 23rd of February!
Due to the weather conditions in the past weeks at Nebelhorn, it was not possible to guarantee the construction of the halfpipe on time and in perfect shape for the contest.
The Slopestyle contest at Fellhorn Park is still on. Not as planned on Feb 24th but on Feb 23rd! The setup consisting of a kicker with a 13m table, kicker with 16m/ 9m table, funbox with a flatrail, O´Neill downrail and MINI wallride as well as an endsection with an uprail-quarter-downrail combo will guarantee a couple of creative runs for the riders.
New Schedule
Friday, 22.02.2013 11:00 – 16:00 Practise Slopestyle, Fellhorn Park 19:00 Pleasure Stammtisch with live music at Out of Bounds Shop, Oberstdorf
Saturday, 23.02.2013 09:00 – 10:00 Practise Slopestyle, Fellhorn Park 10:15 – 13:00 Qualification, Fellhorn Park 13:30 – 15:15 Final, Fellhorn Park 16:30 Prize giving und BBQ at Out of Bounds Shop, Oberstdorf 21:00 Heimatabend – the official after contest party at Hörbar, Oberstdorf
In August 2012 some of the best riders from the World Rookie Tour ejoyed a trip to Australia – a final prize of the season. They joined the 2012 Australia Rookie Fest 3star Slopestyle and unique experience in this wild land.
A TV Show about snowboarding, skateboarding, surfing, Nature and friendship with some of the most talented young snowboarder and upcoming stars.
Transilvania Rookie Fest – Arena Platos, Romania – 4.6 January 2013 – 2*TTR World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 12.16 January 2013 – 2*TTR French Fries Rookie Fest – Avoriaz, France – 9.10 February 2013 – 2*TTR Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – Halfpipe 2* TTR East Rookie Fest – Rejdice, Czech Republic – 8.10 March 2013 – 2* TTR Indy Park Banzai Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 March 2013 – 2* TTR West Coast Rookie Fest – Tahoe, California – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2013 – Training Camp Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – August 2013 – 2* TTR South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – August 2013 – 2* TTR
If your dream is to become a professional snowboarder
your future starts at the World Rookie Tour!
Follow the Yeti online @ web: worldrookietour.com and worldsnowboardfederation.org facebook fan page: facebook.com/worldrookietour vimeo channel: vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour Mpora WRT channel: mpora.com/worldrookiesnowboardtour/ ABOUT WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organization exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels. Program areas include: competitions, Para-Snowboard, judge and shapers, education and certification, and snowboard activities for riders of every age. The WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. NSA members can find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. The WSF collaborates with the TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and the TTR World Ranking System. Through this collaboration and coordination of events at the TTR World Snowboard Tour, The WSF and the TTR want to create an environment that fosters the development of competitive snowboarding. In February 2012, the WSF and the TTR hosted the inaugural World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway, an elite level event to be held every four years in alternating cities around the world. Official website:
About TTR Pro Snowboarding & World Snowboard Tour TTR Pro Snowboarding is a non-profit organization that oversees a professional network of events and athletes. Our objective is to develop and showcase the sport of snowboarding while facilitating a fair and open competition environment that includes innovative judging and ranking systems. We encourage riders to develop from rookies into world-class athletes through our Star rating system. TTR Pro Snowboarding owns the World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Championships of Snowboarding. The World Snowboard Tour includes Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, and awards Championship titles in each discipline. www.worldsnowboardtour.com
The Monster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour`13 Stop3 gathered around 70 riders from 4 countries – Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania and Russia for the „Ignalina Snowpark Opening” – last weekend in Lithuania, Lietuvos žiemos sporto centras supported by the coolest local shop Boardsports.lt and the Lithuanian National Skiing Association.
The snowpark was perfectly built by Baltic Snowpark Agency and riders did appreciate it! Some teams like RXT from Estonia already came to practice the day before, while only a few local riders where there comparing to the competition day – when it felt like there is someone on each obstacle of the snowpark all the time. There were so many obstacles that it was tricky for the riders to choose the best line and land all tricks. The audience got to see great riding and high level tricks from all groups.
We would like to point out one rider: Indrek Tamm from Estonia, who showed once again an amazing run winning the 3rd consecutive RIB Stop in row in the category Snowboard Men Open! He is definititely leading at the moment – let’s see if anyone can change it during the next stops! For many riders it was not easy to keep the same style and tecnique in the qualifications and finals, so there were a lot of changes. However, we also saw amazing determination – many must have noticed Aidas Kukenys black eye and broken board, but he did not give up after the hard crash and stepped up to the 2nd place in the finals.
Before the finals an „AERODIUM Fly High” contest for snowboard kids group took place, where all results were super close.But the winner isKaur Piirsalu EST beating all others and getting free flight in AERODIUM vertical wind tunnel.
While judges were finalizing the results, everyone could participate in the “Best Trick Competition” on the stair set up to get another free flight from AERODIUM and a special TTR World Snowboard Tour souvenir.Although there were many riders doing all kind of crazy tricks, landing them was not as easy. The Best trick prize went to Karina Vitina, LAT as she landed her trick nice and clean – BS Tailpress 270 Out on stair set up downbox! Right after the prize giving, many riders were heading home, so there was no big afterparty together this time, but we are all looking forward to the next BIG EVENT, when two stops ofMonster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour`13 will happen in one weekend.
While judges were finalizing the results, everyone could participate in the “Best Trick Competition” on the stair set up to get another free flight from AERODIUM and a special TTR World Snowboard Tour souvenir.Although there were many riders doing all kind of crazy tricks, landing them was not as easy. The Best trick prize went to Karina Vitina, LAT as she landed her trick nice and clean – BS Tailpress 270 Out on stair set up downbox! Right after the prize giving, many riders were heading home, so there was no big afterparty together this time, but we are all looking forward to the next BIG EVENT, when two stops ofMonster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour`13 will happen in one weekend.
This is the second season when all high level snowboard and freesky competitions in the Baltic States are unitd in one tour – the Monster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour’13. After an incredibly successful tour in the first season, the tour meant to be back – more riders, more stops, more prizes and more fun! The next two Monster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour’13 stops will happen in one weekend – 16th and 17th of February 2013, Lemberga hute, Ventsils, Latvia which are going to be the Latvian Championships as well as the Burton Rookie Tour event. Follow updates under www.rideinbaltic.eu
Watch the rider’s level and what’s happened the last year during French Fries Rookie Fest 2012.
After this stop the World Rookie Tour will move to Mnt. Bondone, Italy, for the second edition of Trentino Rookie Fest, the only halfpipe event in the World Rookie Tour 2013.
The winner of the Halfpipe in Monte Bondone will be awarded with a wild card for The Arctic Challenge to compete in one of the most exclusive event on the planet.
World Rookie Tour 2013 – Events Calendar Transilvania Rookie Fest – Arena Platos, Romania – 4.6 January 2013 – 2*TTR World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 12.16 January 2013 – 2*TTR French Fries Rookie Fest – Avoriaz, France – 9.10 February 2013 – 2*TTR Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – Halfpipe 2* TTR East Rookie Fest – Spidleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 8.10 March 2013 – 2* TTR Indy Park Banzai Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 March 2013 – 2* TTR West Coast Rookie Fest – Tahoe, California – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2013 – Training Camp Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – August 2013 – 2* TTR South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – August 2013 – 2* TTR
If you dream to become a professional snowboarder
your future starts at the World Rookie Tour!
Follow the Yeti online @ web: worldrookietour.com and worldsnowboardfederation.org facebook fan page: facebook.com/worldrookietour vimeo channel: vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour Mpora WRT channel: mpora.com/worldrookiesnowboardtour/ ABOUT WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organization exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels. Program areas include: competitions, Para-Snowboard, judge and shapers, education and certification, and snowboard activities for riders of every age. The WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. NSA members can find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. The WSF collaborates with the TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and the TTR World Ranking System. Through this collaboration and coordination of events at the TTR World Snowboard Tour, The WSF and the TTR want to create an environment that fosters the development of competitive snowboarding. In February 2012, the WSF and the TTR hosted the inaugural World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway, an elite level event to be held every four years in alternating cities around the world. Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
About TTR Pro Snowboarding & World Snowboard Tour TTR Pro Snowboarding is a non-profit organization that oversees a professional network of events and athletes. Our objective is to develop and showcase the sport of snowboarding while facilitating a fair and open competition environment that includes innovative judging and ranking systems. We encourage riders to develop from rookies into world-class athletes through our Star rating system. TTR Pro Snowboarding owns the World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Championships of Snowboarding. The World Snowboard Tour includes Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, and awards Championship titles in each discipline. www.worldsnowboardtour.com
The winner of the Halfpipe rookie event in Monte Bondone, Italy, will win an exclusive wildcard for the legendary Arctic Challenge 2013 in Oslo, Norway.
Trento, Italy – January 23rd 2013
The Black Yeti will come back again in Monte Bondone, Italy, for the second edition of the Trentino Rookie Fest, the only halfpipe event in the World Rookie Tour 2013. The event partnered with the legendary Arctic Challenge in Oslo, Norway, which will be an only halfpipe competition for the edition 2013. The winner of the Halfpipe in Monte Bondone will be awarded with a wild card for The Arctic Challenge to compete in one of the most exclusive event on the planet.
“Rookies are an important factor for progression! TAC has always looked for the new hopefuls and has an history of many rookies that are big names today such as Eero Ettala, Kazu, Mattieu Crepel and Shaun White” said Terje Haakonsen, snowboard legend and founder of The Arctic Challenge. “The rookie level is very high today and Rookie Fests have also sent already in the past some very talented guys who have done well at TAC.” Terje concluded.
The program of 2013 Trentino Rookie Fest includes an Halfpipe contest for the TTR World Snowboard Tour, a night session and many lifestyle activities such as a visit to the city of Trento, night walk in the forest, film premiere about the Australia Rookie Trip 2012 and a final party. The Trentino Rookie Fest will offer the chance to climb the World Rookie Rank and compete with the best Halfpipe young riders of the Alps.
Event Program
Thursday 14 February – Arrival Day , Registration , Event presentation at Hotel Montana.
Friday 15 February – Training & Qualification + Visit to Trento.
Saturday 16 February – Training & Finals + Night session + Final Party
Sunday 17 February – Reserve Day or Departure Day
Prizes
1 wild card to The Arctic Challenge 2013 in Oslo, Norway
2 all inclusive tickets for the Volkl World Rookie Finals 2013 in Ischgl, Austria
2 all inclusive tickets for the World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2014
1 all inclusive invitation to the Rookie Shooting in Val Senales, Italy in 24.28 April 2013
3 surfcamp in Santader offered by Surftolive.com
Goodies offered by the sponsor Blue-Tomato and 100-one.
All the podium riders will be qualified for the Volkl World Rookie Finals 2013 in Ischgl, Austria
Entry Fee
All inclusive package including hotel*** in half board from 14 February (check-in day) until 17 February (check-out day) including 3 days and 1 night lift ticket and event pass _ 300€
Only 3 days lift ticket (from 15 untill 17 february) and event pass _ 100€
Transilvania Rookie Fest – Arena Platos, Romania – 4.6 January 2013 – 2*TTR // DONE
WSF World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 12.16 January 2013 – 2*TTR // DONE
French Fries Rookie Fest – Avoriaz, France – 9.10 February 2013 – 2*TTR
Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – 2* TTR
East Rookie Fest – Spidleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 8.10 March 2013 – 2* TTR
Indy Park Banzai Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 March 2013 – 2* TTR
West Coast Rookie Fest – Tahoe, California – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR
Volkl Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR
Shooting + Camp – Val Senales, Italy – 24.28 April 2013 – Shooting & Training Camp
Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – August 2013 – 2* TTR
South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – August 2013 – 2* TTR
If you dream to become a professional snowboarder your future starts at the World Rookie Tour!
ABOUT WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organization exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels. Program areas include: competitions, Para-Snowboard, judge and shapers, education and certification, and snowboard activities for riders of every age. The WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. NSA members can find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. The WSF collaborates with the TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner and operator of the TTR World Snowboard Tour and the TTR World Ranking System. Through this collaboration and coordination of events at the TTR World Snowboard Tour, The WSF and the TTR want to create an environment that fosters the development of competitive snowboarding. In February 2012, the WSF and the TTR hosted the inaugural World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo, Norway, an elite level event to be held every four years in alternating cities around the world. Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
About TTR Pro Snowboarding & World Snowboard Tour
TTR Pro Snowboarding is a non-profit organization that oversees a professional network of events and athletes. Our objective is to develop and showcase the sport of snowboarding while facilitating a fair and open competition environment that includes innovative judging and ranking systems. We encourage riders to develop from rookies into world-class athletes through our Star rating system. TTR Pro Snowboarding owns the World Snowboard Tour, the TTR World Ranking System and the World Championships of Snowboarding. The World Snowboard Tour includes Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air events, and awards Championship titles in each discipline. www.worldsnowboardtour.com
Day 3 at the 2013 WSF World Rookie Fest saw many of the most talented under 18 years snowboarders, challenging difficult weather conditions with wind and snow falls. Ole Christian Hagen from Norway and Valentina Barengo from Italy won the title of the event, one of the most wished awards in youth snowboard competitions. The video from finals is already available online.
After 2 lucky qualification days, where snowy forecast turned in clen sky, the snow falls arrived over Valtellina, creating difficult condition for the finals of the 2013 WSF World Rookie Fest in Livigno. Winds and clouds didn’t scare the 42 finalists (16 male rookies, 12 male grom, 8 female rookie and 6 female grom) which were more than motivated to shred the Mottolino Snowpark even with a low visibility and some powder snow on the slopes. A real challenge for these young riders.
Among the girls Talie Larochaix from France won the grom category, while Valentina Barengo from Italy resulted the winner among the female rookies with a solid run including rotations on every kickers of the largest line in the slopestyle. “It is my third and last year as a rookie and winning here in Livigno is like a dream come true” said Valentina after the prize giving ceremony.
The male grom section showcased an insane level of riding since the qualifications where Norwegian ripper Marcus Kleveland stomped a bs double cork 1260. In the finals the challenge for the first place was beetwin Marcus and his team mate Isak Ulstein which resulted the best and conquered the top of the podium. Third place for Tit Stante from Slovenia, another name to remember.
In the male rookie category the battle for the title was amazing with several changes in top positions during the 3 final runs. The Norwegian Ole Christian Hagen conquered his second victory in Livigno, followed on the podium by Simon Bürki from Swiss and Rowan Coultas from Great Britain.
For the 8th time in the history of the World Rookie Fest, Norway resulted the best team of the event.
With 138 riders from 16 nations, and 8 nations rappresented on the 4 podiums, the 2013 WSF World Rookie Fest in Livigno resulted the largest and most international youth snowboard event ever organized in the history of World Snowboard Federation and TTR World Snowboard Tour. This event is the place to be if your are looking for tomorrow snowboard stars.
Below you can check the final results in each category.
Stay tuned for the next WSF World Rookie Tour stops in Avoriaz, France (8.10 February) and the only halfpipe event of the series, Trentino Rookie Fest in Monte Bondone
WSF World Rookie Fest 2013 Final Results
GROM GIRLS Rank Last Name First Name Nationality Sponsor Birthdate Best Run 1 Larochaix Thalie FRA roxy, vonzipper 14/gen/99 93,0 2 Kjoell Eilertsen Hanne NOR roxy 23/03/1999 84,0 3 Yanez Antonia CHI oakley,roxy, bataleon,columbian 5/ott/99 64,0 4 van Turnhout Isis NED ride, eletric,brunotti 27/ago/99 52,0 5 Bösch Justina SUI 17/feb/99 41,0 6 Suffys Manon BEL o’neill, capita 17/nov/99 dns 7 Veselkova Sara CZE burton 13/ago/99 8 Favari Vittoria ITA 25/set/98 9 Kralj Eva SLO 4/ott/00 10 Verdnik Kaja SLO 23/feb/99 11 Erta Jazmine ITA 3/set/99 12 Puono Giorgia ITA 8/gen/98
ROOKIE GIRLS Rank Last Name First Name Nationality Sponsor Birthdate Best Run 1 Barengo Valentina ITA burton,117 snowboard 17/12/1995 120,0 2 Djukic Lea SUI roxy 08/12/1996 107,0 3 Barnhoorm Babs, NED oìneill,k2,eletric 22/04/1997 101,0 4 Petrig Ramona SUI nitro,esperantoshop,number1 04/03/1997 72,0 5 Sternat Johanna AUT flow,smith,the planet sport 29/04/1995 71,0 6 Medlova Zuzana SLK o’neill 18/12/1997 55,0 7 Augustinova Diana CZE nikita,vans,spy 28/09/1995 48,0 8 Smans Loranne BEL roxy 30/10/1997 dns 9 Ileby Camilla NOR even,vision of norway 12/09/1995 10 Herleiksplass Karoline, NOR 21/10/1997 11 Whitehead Laura AUS 31/10/1997 12 Locatin Giorgia ITA nitro, raiden 00-00-1997 13 Fortuna Alice ITA yes, flox,prosport 14/04/1997 14 Petrig Celia SUI nitro 28/02/1995
GROM BOYS Rank Last Name First Name Nationality Sponsor Birthdate Best Run 1 Ulstein Isak NOR burton 02/03/1998 251,0 2 Kleveland Marcus NOR volcom,nitro,redbull,eletric 25/04/1999 226,0 3 Stante Tit SLO elan,686,adidas 11/ott/98 169,0 4 Perchla Stefan NOR 28/05/1998 158,0 5 Eckhoff Mathias NOR quicksilver 10/01/1999 108,0 6 Framarin Loris ITA 16/mar/98 92,0 7 Olivieri Federico ITA 26/ago/98 91,0 8 Dekkers Wes NED nitro,adidas 28/gen/98 89,0 9 Grünwald Max GER volkl,bluetomato, quicksilver,contour,abs,icebraker 29/mag/01 88,0 10 Liviero Nicola ITA nitro,neff,giro, centone,the garden 23/apr/99 86,0 11 Gjerdalen Bendik NOR quicksilver 26/01/1998 dns 12 Khadarin Vladislav RUS dakine 22/feb/98 dns 13 Gray Nathan 28/nov/00 14 Rummens Jens BEL imperium 6/ago/99 15 van Bouwhorst Ziggey NED flow,picture,amplifai,skydome,nxtz,pow,oakley 20/lug/98 16 Bastiaansen Erik NED flow,oxbow,nxtz, pow 23/feb/98 17 Zambotti Samuel ITA 16/mar/98 18 Stock Andreas AUT 6/mar/98 19 Perseus Oliver SUI 9/lug/99 20 Cédric Neff SUI duda,neff 4/ago/01 21 Guinand Gabirano SUI 25/giu/98 22 Lien Vetle K NOR 26/11/1998 23 Camenzind Samuel SUI 19/gen/01 24 Gauger Wendelin SUI rossignol 16/mar/00 25 Larochaix Noé FRA nitro,vonzipper 12/apr/01 26 Smans Mattice BEL rome sds, errybever 14/dic/01 27 Gschaider Simon AUT nitro, threesixty,glooryfie 22/ago/98 28 Rupp Elias SUI 7/feb/01 29 Van Hoof Ilias BEL 5/mag/99 30 Balloni Andrea ITA – 11/giu/98 31 Zilio Simone ITA 9/mar/98 32 Chiodo Niccolò ITA 5/apr/98 33 Yanez Benjamin CHI oakley,nitro,fil 25/set/03 34 De Laat Flor BEL capita, union, protest,slopeboardshop 15/gen/99 35 Yanez Alvaro CHI oakley 14/apr/02 36 Joannas Alessandro ITA fanatic 14/nov/99 37 Van Hoeij Dennis BEL – 22/ott/00 38 Preissinger Maximilian AUT 5/lug/98 39 Vandeweyer Stef BEL 686,vans,flow,yeti shop 6/ago/99 40 Meyer Maxim NED airblaster,sendbox, dragon,32,libtech,bigairbag,revert 20/ott/98 41 de Vries Maxim NED vans 30/gen/99 42 Ochsenbein Ali SUI nitro,backdoors snoboardshop 20/mar/99 43 Hürlimann Basil SUI protest, rodix 5/giu/98
ROOKIE BOYS Rank Last Name First Name Nationality Sponsor Birthdate Best Run 1 Hagen Ole Christian NOR dc vonzipper 09/11/1995 314,0 2 Bürki Simon SUI nitro,pow,l1,ashbury 22/02/1995 294,0 3 Coultas Rowan GBR 289,0 4 Kundratitz Philipp AUT 15/11/1995 274,0 5 Bösiger Jonas SUI salomon,protest, smith,level,360shop 05/04/1995 259,0 6 Røisland Mons NOR DC,sweet,oakley 28/01/1997 250,0 7 Staub Lou SUI nitro,dakine,tsg, g-shock 03/07/1996 247,0 8 Plank Benno ITA nitro,giro,fakieshop 01/07/1995 238,0 9 Stecher Men Duri SUI 09/04/1997 200,0 10 Grøn Petter NOR 11/08/1996 169,0 11 Kleivdal Stian NOR billabong,k2, vonzipper 29/04/1997 168,0 12 Hokkanen Aki FIN nitro, panda 04/04/1995 162,0 13 Prietl Florian AUT moreboards 12/01/1996 148,0 14 Burch Dario SUI duda, ride 15/03/1997 141,0 15 Savolainen Niko FIN nikita,vans,spy 17/03/1995 31,0 16 Eilertsen Haakon Kjoell NOR burton 03/02/1997 dns 17 Suua Anders, NOR bataleon,ripcurl,neff,advita 05/11/1995 18 Ehrler Lukas SUI rossignol,protest, smith drake,notrhwave,clast 28/01/1997 19 Eichmann Luc SUI 31/10/1995 20 Porkert Ondrej CZE nagget, flow, bern, oakley, cpanzi,amplifai, snowpanks 02/08/1996 21 Tschoder Roland AUT ride, volcom,hotzone, dregon,graunded 30/04/1996 22 Eckert Luis GER svd,head,oakley 05/08/1996 23 Lerånd Kristoffer Lysklett NOR 686 stepchild 20/05/1995 24 Tischendorf Fridtjof Sæther NOR quicksilver 24-03.1997 25 Johannessen Simen NOR 23/12/1997 26 Kralj Kos Max SLO freestyle, snbshop, 13/09/1997 27 Hörtnagl Roland AUT arnette,billabong, dakine,northwave,drake 15/04/1995 28 Porkert Daniel CZE nagget, flow, bern, oakley, cpanzi,amplifai, snowpanks 02/08/1996 29 Maffei Alberto ITA neff,nitro,raiden,giro,tailgrab,the garden 11/05/1995 30 Menth Ralph SUI nitro,l1,ashbury, pipeline 02/07/1997 31 Liberatore davide ITA 00-00-1995 32 Baratti Brando ITA ride 22/05/1996 33 Hübert Thomas Golfetto NOR even vision wolf boizin 01/12/1995 34 Gennaro Lorenzo ITA 04surf shop, garagebar, 117 30/06/1997 35 Bosch Anthon SWE burton, contour 16/04/1996 36 Van Deursen Stef BEL burton,vaks,airhall, slopeboardshop 17/06/1995 37 Bakken Marius NOR volkl,roquel,arnet, mondo 23/09/1996 38 Pohjonen Tuomas FIN volcom, eletric,bluetomato, rome 03/06/1995 39 Pecchio Dylan ITA 28/10/1995 40 Sire Martin Garnås NOR 19/10/1996 41 Zulian Emil ITA 00-00-1997 42 Annen Pascal SUI duda,nitro 26/02/1996 43 Taccini Federico ITA 02/06/1995 44 Guischardaz Lodovico ITA 04/01/1995 45 Kordiak David SLK o’neil 26/07/1997 46 Zebe Max ITA analog,fakie, f-tech,spy 04/11/1996 47 Blaster Tim SUI 07/09/1996 48 Lindmoser Alois AUT burton,vizel wear 12/02/1997 49 Vaagland Sigurd NOR 26/10/1995 50 Karolcik Boris SLK horsefeaters 27/08/1996 51 Vyslozil Lorenz AUT 02/10/1995 52 Pardini Gian Luca ITA 04/07/1996 53 Sundfør Fredrik NOR 21/10/1995 54 Dutton Luke RSA boardriderasilum,rosesnowboard, skullcandy,burton 27/05/1996 55 Gjersvik Herman NOR 22/02/1996 56 Wild Felix GER rome, eletric,quicksilver 20/10/1997 57 Schumy Mark AUT rome, smith, celtec 29/04/1995 58 Pedersen Vebjørn NOR 28/03/1995 59 Terlizzi Gionata ITA – 12/05/1997 60 Haugrud Johan Sortåsløkken NOR rome 09/11/1995 61 Sudiro Erik ITA 30/11/1996 62 Grünfelder Anton ITA 16/12/1995 63 Indrist Gabriel AUT salomon,viewpoint 10/09/1997 64 Höflich André GER svd,nitro,volcom,fiveskateshop,adidas 28/04/1997 65 Ganz Nicola ITA nitro, raiden 00-00-1997 66 Demartini Erik ITA – 16/08/1996 67 Bonomo Nicolo ITA blackhole 27/03/1997 68 Errichiello Giacomo ITA
Day 2 at the 2013 WSF World Rookie Fest was another great day of riding, sun and fun at the Mottolino Snowpark. The day program was dedicated to the qualifications of the Heat 2 where 68 male rookies challenged for the 16 spots in the finals. Watch here the first video from the 2013 WRF in Livigno featuring the best moments of day 1 and day 2.
The weather conditions were preatty good, and the snowy forecast turned into an almost sunny day, Among the best tricks of the day, double backside rodeo, frontside 1080 and Swiss rising start Simon Bürki resulted the best riders in the field.
During the first 2 days of the event the program included the film premiere from the Australia Rookie Trip 2012, a Yoga Session and a Welcome Party to offer all the partecipants a unique lifestyle experience and opportunity to meet all the other people of the WRF crew and know each other more.
Tomorrow finals will see the top 16 male rookies from monday Heat 2, and 12 male grom, 8 female rookies and 6 female groms from Sunday Heat 1 (see the qualification results from Heat 1 here).
Watch here the video with the best moment of the day 1 and day 2 at the World Rookie Fest 2013 in Livigno.
DAY 2 QUALIFICATION RESULTS HEAT 2 ROOKIE BOYS
Rank Last Name First Name Nationality Best Run 1 Bürki Simon SUI 297,0 2 Hagen Ole Christian NOR 287,0 3 Kundratitz Philipp AUT 230,0 4 Prietl Florian AUT 226,0 5 Plank Benno ITA 224,0 6 Staub Lou SUI 221,0 7 Coultas Rowan GBR 217,0 8 Bösiger Jonas SUI 214,0 9 Kleivdal Stian NOR 211,0 10 Grøn Petter NOR 210,0 11 Burch Dario SUI 206,0 12 Røisland Mons NOR 202,0 13 Hokkanen Aki FIN 196,0 14 Eilertsen Haakon Kjoell NOR 188,0 15 Stecher Men Duri SUI 187,0 16 Savolainen Niko FIN 186,0 17 Suua Anders, NOR 184,0 18 Ehrler Lukas SUI 183,0 19 Eichmann Luc SUI 181,0 20 Porkert Ondrej CZE 180,0 21 Tschoder Roland AUT 178,0 22 Eckert Luis GER 172,0 23 Lerånd Kristoffer Lysklett NOR 169,0 24 Tischendorf Fridtjof Sæther NOR 166,0 25 Johannessen Simen NOR 159,0 26 Kralj Kos Max SLO 156,0 27 Hörtnagl Roland AUT 155,0 28 Porkert Daniel CZE 150,0 29 Maffei Alberto ITA 148,0 30 Menth Ralph SUI 148,0 31 Liberatore davide ITA 142,0 32 Baratti Brando ITA 140,0 33 Hübert Thomas Golfetto NOR 139,0 34 Gennaro Lorenzo ITA 138,0 35 Bosch Anthon SWE 137,0 36 Van Deursen Stef BEL 123,0 37 Bakken Marius NOR 116,0 38 Pohjonen Tuomas FIN 115,0 39 Pecchio Dylan ITA 114,0 40 Sire Martin Garnås NOR 109,0 41 Zulian Emil ITA 107,0 42 Annen Pascal SUI 102,0 43 Taccini Federico ITA 95,0 44 Guischardaz Lodovico ITA 94,0 45 Kordiak David SLK 92,0 46 Zebe Max ITA 91,0 47 Blaster Tim SUI 86,0 48 Lindmoser Alois AUT 83,0 49 Vaagland Sigurd NOR 81,0 50 Karolcik Boris SLK 76,0 51 Vyslozil Lorenz AUT 74,0 52 Pardini Gian Luca ITA 68,0 53 Sundfør Fredrik NOR 66,0 54 Dutton Luke RSA 62,0 55 Gjersvik Herman NOR 61,0 56 Wild Felix GER 48,0 57 Schumy Mark AUT 30,0 58 Pedersen Vebjørn NOR 24,0 59 Terlizzi Gionata ITA 22,0 60 Haugrud Johan Sortåsløkken NOR 21,0 61 Sudiro Erik ITA 19,0 62 Grünfelder Anton ITA DNS 63 Indrist Gabriel AUT DNS 64 Höflich André GER DNS 65 Ganz Nicola ITA DNS 66 Demartini Erik ITA DNS 67 Bonomo Nicolo ITA DNS 68 Errichiello Giacomo ITA DNS
Blue Sky and a perfect Mottolino Snowpark welcomed the day 1 at the 2013 WSF World Rookie Fest in Livigno. With 138 registered riders it is the largest only youth snowboard event organized in the history of World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR World Snowboard Tour.
As the number the partecipation was more than the expectation, the program needed to be changed and the day 1 was used for training and qualification for the Heat 1, including male groms and all the girls. The riding level was extremely high already during the first training run and it culminated in an incredible run by 13 years old norwegian ripper Kleveland Marcus: switch backside 900, front side 720, backside double cork 1260 and cab 540. The feeling from the spectators was more to watch a pro event than a rookie slopestyle.
Stay tuned for the daily updated about thi leggendary rookie event.
WSF WORLD ROOKIE FEST 2013 LIVIGNO – MOTTOLINO SNOWPARK
DAY 1 – QUALIFICATION RESULT HEAT 1
HEAT 1 – GROM GIRLS Rank – Last Name – First Name – Nationality 1 Larochaix Thalie FRA 2 Yanez Antonia CHI 3 Kjoell Eilertsen Hanne NOR 4 Suffys Manon BEL 5 van Turnhout Isis NED 6 Bösch Justina SUI 7 Veselkova Sara CZE 8 Favari Vittoria ITA 9 Kralj Eva SLO 10 Verdnik Kaja SLO 11 Erta Jazmine ITA 12 Puono Giorgia ITA
HEAT 1 – ROOKIE GIRLS Rank – Last Name – First Name – Nationality 1 Barengo Valentina ITA 2 Petrig Ramona SUI 3 Djukic Lea SUI 4 Smans Loranne BEL 5 Barnhoorm Babs, NED 6 Sternat Johanna AUT 7 Medlova Zuzana SLK 8 Augustinova Diana CZE 9 Ileby Camilla NOR 10 Herleiksplass Karoline, NOR 11 Whitehead Laura AUS 12 Locatin Giorgia ITA 13 Fortuna Alice ITA 14 Petrig Celia SUI
HEAT 1 – GROM BOYS Rank – Last Name – First Name – Nationality 1 Kleveland Marcus NOR 2 Ulstein Isak NOR 3 Khadarin Vladislav RUS 4 Gjerdalen Bendik NOR 5 Eckhoff Mathias NOR 6 Stante Tit SLO 7 Perchla Stefan NOR 8 Framarin Loris ITA 9 Dekkers Wes NED 10 Liviero Nicola ITA 11 Grünwald Max GER 12 Olivieri Federico ITA 13 Gray Nathan FRA 14 Rummens Jens BEL 15 van Bouwhorst Ziggey NED 16 Bastiaansen Erik NED 17 Zambotti Samuel ITA 18 Stock Andreas AUT 19 Perseus Oliver SUI 20 Cédric Neff SUI 21 Guinand Gabirano SUI 22 Lien Vetle K NOR 23 Camenzind Samuel SUI 24 Gauger Wendelin SUI 25 Larochaix Noé FRA 26 Smans Mattice BEL 27 Gschaider Simon AUT 28 Rupp Elias SUI 29 Van Hoof Ilias BEL 30 Balloni Andrea ITA 31 Zilio Simone ITA 32 Chiodo Niccolò ITA 33 Yanez Benjamin CHI 34 De Laat Flor BEL 35 Yanez Alvaro CHI 36 Joannas Alessandro ITA 37 Van Hoeij Dennis BEL 38 Preissinger Maximilian AUT 39 Vandeweyer Stef BEL 40 Meyer Maxim NED 41 de Vries Maxim NED 42 Ochsenbein Ali SUI 43 Hürlimann Basil SUI
The French stage of the World Rookie Tour will be held again this year in the beautiful resort of Avoriaz. A slope Style contest for the World Snowboard Tour will qualify 12 snowboarders for the Volkl world Rookie Finals in Ischgl Austria, the most important event for young snowboarders in 2013.
For several season the World Rookie Tour offers young snowboarders a real chance to become pro, a springboard that exploited snowboarders like Peetu Piiroinen, Gjermund Braaten, Sven Thorgen, roope Tonteri and many others.
Gifts fro French Fries Rookie Fest in Avoriaz:
2 tickets for the finals in Ischgl in Austria (accomodation, breakfast, dinner, skipass and contest fee with a value of €350 each). these invitations will be dedicated to the best Rookie boy and the best grom boy in Avoriaz.
Best trick “you Know my steez” Pioneer Steez will offer 2 ghetto blaster for the best trick every day http://www.pioneer-steez.com/eu/fr/
Pay your style “Arnette”. arnette will offer a goggles to the more stylish rider of the weekend.
The top 3 in each category (boy rookie, girl rookie, grom boy, girl grom) is directly qualified for the finals in Ischgl in austria (not for free).
For the third time, Romania hosted a World Rookie Tour event, the most important international series for youngsters. The “Transylvania Rookie Fest” was the kick off event of this season 2013 World Rookie Tour.
Over 20 young snowboarders from Romania, Austria and Czech Republic landed in Arena Platoș, Sibiu region in Romania, for the third edition of Transilvania Rookie Fest, the most important competition in Romania for snowboarders under 18 years old.
The Transilvania Rookie Fest took place, as in the past edition, in the Arena Platoș Fun Park. “We created this modern fun-park because to encourage young people to practice freestyle snowboarding and we’re glad to host the third edition of this competition” says Martin Freinademetz, organizer and multiple world and European champion on snowboard. “I hope snowboard to become more known and practiced in Romania thanks to events like the Transilvania Rookie Fest.”
Transilvania Rookie Fest began Friday, January the 4th 2013, with competition entries and technical meeting. On Saturday the young riders showned their best during a full day of trainings and competition. The riding level was extremely good for the the Romanian standards and the Austrian competitors won almost every cathegory in the event. 2013 TRANSYLVANIA ROOKIE FEST RANK: Rookie boys 1. Prietl Florian – AUT 2. Reitsamer Simon – AUT 3. Buchacher Christian – AUT
Groms Boys 1. Gscherder Simon – AUT 2. Kaspar Daniel – CZE 3. Kaufman Moritz – AUT
Rookie girls 1. Rofner Birgit – AUT 2. Thurnes Sarah – AUT
World Rookie Tour 2013 – Next stops: WSF World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 12.16 January 2013 – 2*TTR French Fries Rookie Fest – Avoriaz, France – 9.10 February 2013 – 2*TTR Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – Halfpipe 2* TTR East Rookie Fest – Spidleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 8.10 March 2013 – 2* TTR Indy Park Jam Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 March 2013 – 2* TTR West Coast Rookie Fest – Tahoe, California – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR Volkl World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – July 2013 – Training Camp Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – August 2013 – 2* TTR South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – August 2013 – 2* TTR
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