Category: World Rookie Tour

The Black Yeti will hit Eastern Europe on 22. – 24. of March 2013 to welcome the world’s best rookies at the East Rookie Fest in Rejdice, Czech Republic. A slopestyle contest (including a half pipe in one run) will qualify all podium riders for the Volkl World Rookie Finals in IschglAustria, the most important event for young snowboarders in 2013.

OFFICIAL PROGRAM EAST ROOKIE FEST

Friday 22nd March

10.00 – 19.00 Riders registration at race office (Rejdice, Snowpark) near from entrance on chairlift).

10.15 – 14.30 Official training in Slopestyle

14.30 Race and Press office – PUB Hospudka (Bottom of the main slope)

19.00 Coach and riders meeting + Welcome FREE drinks and snack (race office)

Saturday 23rd March

9.00 Riders registration at race office / TRAINING

1.00 Riders and coaches meeting (platform of Big Air)

11.30 Start event

16.00 –17.00 Ceremony and prize giving

18.00 Office is closed

20.00 PUB Hospudka – TENT PARTY NIGHT, DJ´s, free food and for adults free beer

Sunday 24th March

Reserve Day

Info and inscriptions

info@snowboarding.cz

phone: +420 777 277 646

Prizes
– 3 free ticket to the 3STR “Volkl World Rookie Finals 2013” in Ischgl

– All podium riders are qualified to the 3STR “Volkl World Rookie Final 2013” in Ischgl

– Many prizes from sponsors etc…

Age Groups
WSF rookie events are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st of January 1995 to 31st of December 1997) and Grom (born from 1st of January 1998 and up), both boys and girls.

Entry Fee

15€ (included – snowpark entrance for two days (skipass), welcome coffee and snack opening, Saturday party, welcome present pocket from sponsors, free cookies, fruits and drinks in Race office all day long)

Accomodation

3* – 35€ night with half board (5km from snowpark);

2* – 25€ night with half board (snowpark place)

Hotel reservation: info@snowboarding.cz, +420 777 277 646

Sponsors

Protest, Red Bull, Sape, Wellness Radlice, Lagoon Letnany, BlueTomato, Mpora

Media Partners

Onboard Snowboarding Magazine, Freecaster.tv, Tacky, Freeride.cz, Board, Freemagazine, Cooler

Official home page www.worldsnowboardfederation.org and ERF event www.snowboarding.cz

Contacts

Event Director CZE – ERF
Jarda Bocek – World Snowboard Federation, Board of Directors
jarda.bocek@snowboarding.cz Mobile: +420 777 277 646

PR/Media Manager CZE – ERF
Marek Teyssler – media@snowboarding.cz

PR/Media – International
Marco Sampaoli (World Snowboard Federation, President)
marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org Mobile: +39.340.3285569

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 – Rejdice, Czech Republic – 22.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR

Bulgarian Rookie Fest – Pamporovo, Romania – 23.24 March 2013 – 2* TTR
Indy Park Banzai Rookie Fest – Nokoma, Japan – 19.20 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!

The 2013 WSF annual General Assembly will be held together with TTR Pro Snowboarding in Prague, Czech Republic, from Friday 31th of May to Saturday 1^st of June 2013.

WSF invites all delegates of the National Snowboard Associations, event organizers and members of WSF to attend the 2013 General Assembly. The General Assembly will be held in the Hotel Panorama Prague www.panoramahotelprague.com which offers special packages for all the participants of the General Assembly.

A formal invitation with a detailed agenda will be sent out soon.

Provisional program of the GA 2013:

Friday, May 31^st 2013

Arrival Day

15:00 Welcome & opening of the GA

19:00 Common Dinner & social activity

Saturday, June 1^st 2013

9:00 to 13:00 GA

13:00 to 15:00 Common Lunch / Break

15:00 to 18:00 GA

20.00 Common Dinner

Sunday, June 2^nd 2013

Committee meetings & social activity

For questions, booking requests & proposals please contact

Anna-Maria Strittmatter, WSF Administration annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org

ABOUT THE 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 World Snowboard Tour and Swatch have got together to produce five free episodes documenting some of the highlights from the history of competiting snowboarding.

Scuol, Switzerland – February 29th 2013

For competitive snowboarding, 2013 has been a year for reminiscing and good times; from legends’ sessions at O’Neill Evolution and the historical 20^th Anniversary of Air&Style, to a genuine retro look and feel etched all over the Burton European and US Open. We also saw legends like Gian Simmen saying goodbye to the competition scene and moving on to new chapters in their lives.

In celebration of it all, the World Snowboard Tour has put its efforts in creating an interactive timeline, with the purpose to educate all enthusiasts on where it all began and how it’s still pumping.

Release Dates:

Episode 2 – Comps Get BIG – Friday 8th, March

Episode 3 – Comps Get Seriously BIG – Friday 15th, March

Episode 4 – The New Millennium – Friday 22nd, March

Episode 5 – Triple Corks and The Future – Friday 29th, March

Watch here:

www.facebook.com/worldsnowboardtour/app_150492135108912

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

Check out the video of the 2013 French Fries Rookie Fest in Avoriaz, France. 72 young snowboarders from 11 nations all over Europe and North America, competed at the second edition of French stop of the World Rookie Tour to get their qualification for the Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria.

2013 French Fries Rookie Fest in Avoriaz from Board.tv on Vimeo.

The Rookies contest for 15 to 17 years old riders, happened on Saturday at the “Arare Snowpark” and Norwegian Marius Bakken resulted the winner, followed on the podium by Swiss talent Jonas Bösiger and Swedish ripper Anthon Bosh. The best trick of the day was a double back flip by the Swiss Lou Staub who was awarded with a “Guettho Blaster” byPioneer! Among the Rookie girls, French got both first and second place with Lucile Lefevre and Agathe Le Cornec, while the third place went to Nathalie Silkstone from England.

Sunday saw the Groms contest for under 14 years old riders at the “Chapel Snowpark”. The best rider of the day resulted Steff Vandeweyer from Belgium, followed by his team mate Flor De Laat. Third on the male grom podium the French rider Sacha Moretti. Among the grom girls Chloe Sillieres from France was first, second Thalia Larochaix and Ayla Thidling third from England.

All the podium riders in each category (Rookie girls and boys, Grom boys and girls) are qualified for the Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria, from 3 to 7 April 2013.

Watch all the pictures from Avoriaz at the following link:
facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.565710796775079.132414.127519233927573

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facebook fan page: facebook.com/worldrookietour
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Mpora WRT channel: mpora.com/worldrookiesnowboardtour/

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 // DONE
Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – 2* TTR // DONE
East Rookie Fest – Czech Republic – New date and location: Rejdice, 22.24 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 – CANCELLED
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

The Burton Rookie Tour gathered 57 snowboarders from all Baltic countries for an interesting slopestyle competition won by Karina Vitina, Matis Maltsar, Indrek Tamm, Emils Kaupers and Motiejus Morauskas. Impressive riding level by rookies, chilled out atmosphere, great snowpark and amazing prizes worth more than 2000euro from Burton – thank you all for awesome weekend!!!

While the majority of the riders were slowly getting ready, RXT team from Estonia was already in the park for the warm up and it was worth it: Especially for Matis Maltsar, EST, who won this competition in Men Pro group, leaving behind Valters Osnieks, LAT, in 2nd, Toms Petrusevics, LAT, in 3rd and Janis Sarans, LAT, in 4th place.

It was an unbelievable victory for Indrek Tamm, EST, in Men Open group again, making him the the only rider in Monster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour`13 winning 5 stops in the row ever!

In the women’s group, the audience got to see some hard crashes, but also excellent runs by all riders. However, Karina Vitina, LAT, took the 1st place on the podium again, after having won the Latvian Championship and A.Lembergs Grand Prix the day before. Karina`s victories has definitely moved her up to 1st place in the overall ranking.

The „AERODIUM Fly High” prize – free flight in vertical wind tunnel – went to the rider from Estonia: Jorma Voik, who was noticed by judges by the impressive hight of his jumps!

As the idea of the „Burton Rookie Tour” is to support young talents to become the future pros, the special prize from Burusports shop – Skullcandy headphones – went to the youngest rider from Estonia, RXT team. Another funny award was given to the fastest rider that could run up the slope to get it! In the prize giving, everyone was stoked about Burton goodies and „Burton cheques” worth 1500euro in total to be exchanged to Burton staff in Burusports and other shops in Baltics selling Burton.

Thank you all for coming! Thank you all for making „Burton Rookie Tour” happen! Special thanks go to Burton, Burusports shop, Ventspils and Lemberga hute for hosting event and all other partners that are helping to fullfil the goal of Monster Energy Ride in Baltics Tour`13 this season – more riders, more stops, more prizes and more FUN!

RESULTS

Snowboard Women

1.Karina Vitina, LAT

2.Johanna Linda Pihlak, EST

3.Modesta Morauskaite, LTU

4.Mara Zalite, LAT

Snowboard Men Pro

1.Matis Maltsar, EST

2.Valters Osnieks, LAT

3.Toms Petrusevics, LAT

4.Janis Sarans, LAT

Snowboard Men Open

1.Indrek Tamm, EST

2.Edgars Kelers, LAT

3.Hugo Pihlak, EST

4.Arturs Lacis, LAT

Snowboard Juniors

1.Emils Kaupers, LAT

2.Kert Talu, EST

3.Egert Piik, EST

4.Markuss Brieze, LAT

Snowboard Kids

1.Motiejus Morauskas, LTU

2.Kaur Piirsalu, EST

3.Romet Jurgenson, EST

4.Karel Parn, EST

All results and photo gallery: http://www.rideinbaltics.eu/burton-rookie-tour/

Photos by Edijs Udalovs

Contacts:

Ieva Melko

RIB Tour`13 Communication Manager

+371 26395392

ieva@rideinbaltics.eu

www.rideinbaltics.eu

The finals day at the 2013 Trentino Rookie Fest in Monte Bondone halfpipe saw the victory of the swiss riders Yannick Hermann and Verena Rohrer. Among the many prizes, Yannik was awarded with a ticket to “The Arctic Challenge”, the most exclusive halfpipe snowboard event of the saeson, to be held in Oslo, Norway, in March 2013.

Participants from all over Europe showcased an high level of riding in the final day. Among the male rookie, the best rider resulted Yannick Hermann from Switzerland, with clean and high runs. Second and third on the podium Luis Eckert from Germany and Max Kralj Kos from Slovenia. Among the male groms another rider from Slovenia stand up and get the title in his category: Tit Stante. Swiss Cedric Neff got second and italian rising star Nicola Liviero got the third place on the grom podium. Among the girls, Verena Rohrer from Swiss resulted the best rookie, while Kaja Verdnik from Slovenia won the grom section.

Among the many prize for the best riders of the event, a ticket to “The Arctic Challenge” in Oslo, Norway, several invitations to the Volkl World Rookie Finals 2013 in Ischgl, Austria, Surfcamp by Surf To Live in Spain, ticket to the next season 2014 Trentino Rookie Fest in Monte Bondone and other snowboard goodies offered by the event sponsor Blue Tomato, Protest and Snowpark.it. All the riders on the podium, both male than female, grom and rookie, get qualied for the end of season 2013 Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria. The event gave points for the TTR World Snowboard Tour as a 2star Halfpipe competition.

Watch here the pictures from the finals and from the prize giving:
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.568169466529212.132654.127519233927573&type=1

Watch here the video from finals:
https://vimeo.com/59891057

For info and media request:
mail: rookie@worldsnowboardfederation.org
phone: 0039.331.9027656

Follow the World Rookie Tour online @
web: www.worldrookietour.com and www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour

Vimeo channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour

Mpora WRT channel: www.mpora.com/worldrookiesnowboardtour/

Pictures by Fizza

If you dream to become a professional snowboarder your future starts at the World Rookie Tour!

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 // DONE
Trentino Rookie Fest – Monte Bondone, Italy – 14.17 February 2013 – 2* TTR // DONE
East Rookie Fest – Czech Republic – New date and location: Rejdice, 22.24 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 – CANCELLED
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

ABOUT THE WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION

WSF is the only international organisation working uniquely to develop and support snowboard at all levels, including competitions and education, disable and adaptive snowboarding, activities for riders of any age. WSF is a network of national snowboard associations cooperating worldwide for the development and promotion of the sport. Members find in WSF a source of inspiration and support to their activities. WSF can create added value for everybody involved in snowboard on national level and offers ideas, handbooks and initiatives, the result of an organization whose components share the same goal: progression of snowboarding at all levels. 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 most classic snowboard contest will land again in Alto Adige – Sud Tirol on Sunday the 24^th 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)

Watch here the video from edition 2012: http://www.board.tv/2012/03/28/obereggen-banked-slalom/

INFO LINE

Mail editor@snowpark.it – phone 0039.331.9027656

HOTEL BOOKING
Associazione Turistica Val d’Ega

www.valdega.com – info@valdega.com – tel 0039.0471.616567

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.

Check Out All WSF Members:

http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/modules.php?name=Nsa&file=nsa

Contacts:

China: Miriam Deller miriam.deller@corepowerasia.com

South Africa: Peter Peyper peter@snowboarder.co.za

Lithuania: Remigijus Arlauskas remigijus.arlauskas@spaineta.lt

Bulgaria: Ivan Furkov team@funpark.bg

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!

Read the full report of the contest here

http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/article1076-latvian-champions-were-crowned-at-ride-in-baltics-tour.html

This is what you are going to expect

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!

Latvian Championship / A.Lembergs Grand Prix

More info: http://www.rideinbaltics.eu/lat-champa-lembergs-grand-prix/

Online registration: http://www.rideinbaltics.eu/online-registration/

Online registration: http://www.rideinbaltics.eu/burton-online-registration/

Contacts:

Ieva Melko

RIB Tour`13 Communication Manager

+371 26395392

ieva@rideinbaltics.eu

www.rideinbaltics.eu

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.

72 young snowboarders from all over Europe competed all weekend to get their qualifications for the finals of the World Rookie Tour in Ischgl, Austria – the Rookie World Snowboard Championships organized 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 Arare Snowpark. The victory trophy went to the Norwegian Marius Bakken, followed by the second placed Jonas Bösiger from Switzerland and the Swedish 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 contest with 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» Pioneer with a “Cab under flip” as best trick of the day.

Being only 8 years old and therefore youngest snowboarder of the event, Loic Deschaux qualified 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 the Völkl World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR.

Download the whole result list here:

www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/xdownload-data/Results%20WRT%20avoriaz%202013.pdf

Pictures by Jim Tabernet

Official website : http://www.mysnowboarding.fr/snowboarding/WRT_Avoriaz.html

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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 13^th to 15^th 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.“

More info:

http://wintermash.com/news/archive/2013/february/article/team-profile-rookie-fest-ole-christian-hagen-and-anders-suua.html?tx_ttnews[day]=08&cHash=5931b49539eac3acb84c19f5d024ef07

Check out Ole Christian’s winning ride at the World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2013

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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.

See ya all there!

Ranking snowboard girls

Ranking snowboard groms

Ranking snowboard rookies

Ranking snowboard adults

Rank		Bin nr	Points
1	Voinescu Vlad	37	54.9
2	Ilie Stupar	11	52.9
3	Teodorescu Daniel	24	50.8
4	Adrian Pop	14	47.9
5	Craciun Adrian	30	44.6
6	Gherghelah Adolf	8	42.9
7	Bob George	21	41.8
8	Magyari Peter	19	39.2
9	Dodo Gabor	22	34.7
10	Popa Mihai	38	31.8
11	Verza Andrei	5	31.7
12	Florin Cucuruzac	10	30.9
13	Vasiu Alexandru	1	30.6
14	Verza Sorin	6	29.2
15	Flavius Nedelcu	39	26.4
16	Peter Tapalaga	15	26.3
Ideas, Innovations & Interacting: WSF Meets the Industries Posted on February 8, 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 Munich, Germany January 4th , 2013 ________________________________________________________________________________ Agenda 4 to 5 pm: WSF Meeting, presented by Marco Sampaoli, President 5 to 6 pm: EuroSIMA Mountain Division Meeting presented by Remi Forsans, President ___________________________________________________________________________ WSF Meeting WSF Going Global 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 _________________________________________________________________________________ EuroSIMA Mountain Division Meeting Conversation on “How to increase youth participation in Snowboarding” -2013 EuroSIMA MD discussion and action plan – Lead by Rémi 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. Discussions and questions —————————————————————————- Find more information: EuroSIMA: http://www.eurosima.com/home-1.html WSF member list: http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/modules.php?name=Nsa&file=nsa World Rookie Tour: https://www.worldrookietour.com/ World Snowboard Day: http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/article1050-another-great-success-world-snowboard-day-2012.html ISPO: http://www.ispo.com/sports-business-connected/ The Tour News Calendar Ranking Contacts