Le finali 2018 del World Rookie non potevano cominciare meglio! Ieri 10 aprile, Kaprun ha dato il benvenuto a 141 rider provenienti da 24 nazioni diverse, come Nuova Zelanda, Australia, Usa, Canada, Giappone, Finlandia e Lituania.
Per il secondo anno consecutivo, le finali del più grande tour di contest che coinvolge giovani snowboarder, sono ospitate nel prestigioso snowpark di Kitzsteinhorn, dove i migliori rider di tutto il mondo non vedono l’ora di cimentarsi in trick e divertirsi tanto, tantissimo.
Durante la registrazione e la cena di apertura al Jufa Hotel, tutti i Rookie e i Grom hanno avuto l’opportunità di incontrarsi per la prima volta e di riunirsi con i loro amici a giro per il mondo.

Oggi è stato giorno di allenamento e qualificazioni femminili di Slopestyle nel meraviglioso Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark. Nel pomeriggio, i Rookie e i Grom hanno partecipato al seminario di pronto soccorso che si è tenuto dalle 17.00 alle 18.00 presso l’Hotel Jufa, dove un EMT ha mostrato come comportarsi in caso di incidente.

Il Black Yeti augura buona fortuna!

Guarda il programma completo di oggi.

Mercoledì 11 aprile 2018 – Traning Day + SS Girls Quali Day

– 09:00 – 12:00 Traning Slopestyle per tutti i rider – 09:00 – 13:00 Traning Halfpipe per tutti i rider – 12:00 – 12:30 Slopestyle reshape – 12: 30-13: 00 Warm up Girls Slopestyle
– 13:00 Qualificazione femminile Slopestyle
– 17:00 – 18:00 Workshop di primo soccorso presso l’Hotel Jufa
– 18:00 – 19:30 Cena
– 20:00 Risultati delle qualifiche femminile Slopestyle e Coach e Rider Meeting

Clicca qui  per vedere le foto del giorno di arrivo.

Scarica la lista della qualificazioni femminili Slopestyle qui.

Guarda anche il video qui.

Ph: Gustav Ohlsson
Video: Andreas Monsberger
 

Everybody knows it, every kid loves it, and every champion was here! The 2018 World Rookie Tour, along with locations and formats, is as follows:
 

2017.18  World Rookie Tour – Calendar

NZ Rookie Fest. Cardrona, New Zealand. October 05-08, 2017. Halfpipe and Slopestyle DONE

World Rookie Rail Jam. Modena, Italy. October 26-28, 2017. Urban Rail Jam DONE

Corvatsch Rookie Fest. Corvatsch, Swiss. December 13-17, 2017. Slopestyle DONE

Deejay Xmasters World Rookie Fest. Livigno, Italy. January 20-25, 2018. Slopestyle DONE

Bulgarian Rookie Fest. Pamporovo-Mechi Cal, Bulgaria. January 26-28, 2018. Halfpipe and Slopestyle CANCELLED

USASA Grom Fest. Keystone, USA. February 10, 2018. Slopestyle DONE

Pila Rookie Fest by DEEJAY Xmasters. Valle d’Aosta, Italy. February 22 -25, 2018. Slopestyle DONE

USASA Grom Fest. Breckenridge, USA. February 25, 2018. Halfpipe DONE

Indy Park Rookie Fest. Nekoma, Japan. March 03-04, 2018. Slopestyle DONE

Oslo Rookie Fest. Oslo, Norway. CANCELLED

Mammoth Rev Tour Rookie Fest. Mammoth Mountain, California. March 15-16, 2018. Halfpipe and Slopestyle DONE

World Rookie Finals. Kitzsteinhorn, Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria. April 10-15, 2018. Halfpipe and Slopestyle 

If you dream to become a professional snowboarder, then your future starts from Rookie Fest!

ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation and its National Snowboard Associations. It consists of a selection of high quality International events, the so called “Rookie Fests”, reserved for riders under 18’s only, in Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The World Rookie Tour consists not only of competitions: it also features loads of other activities to help rookies to grow in the field of professional snowboarding, such as photo & video shootings, avalanche and rescue clinics, meetings with photographers and international team managers, parties and English talks. Since year zero it awards tickets to world class events such as The Arctic Challenge, The Air & Style, The World Snowboarding Championships, invitations to professional snowboard photo & video shootings, and freeride trip in Chile. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champion at the end of season, at the World Rookie Finals, a unique event where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun.

More information at www.worldrookietour.com.

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: Halfpipe, Big Air and Slopestyle competitions, Banked Slalom, 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 nations and by working towards the same goal: progression of snowboarding from the ground up. Amateur and Pro Riders alike need to be members of the WSF to support the sport of snowboarding and enjoy the advantages of being a WSF Member.

ABOUT THE WORLD SNOWBOARDING

World Snowboarding promotes competitive snowboarding in representing the interests of a professional network of events, athletes, national sport associations and industry partners. A Non-Profit organization, World Snowboard Federation owns World Snowboarding, which administrates the widely respected global ranking system and the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPLs). By offering a fair, unbiased, global ranking platform, and through maintaining global competition, course-build, safety and judging standards, World Snowboarding brings transparency to the sport, across the freestyle disciplines of Halfpipe, Slopestyle and Big Air. Through World Snowboarding’s four-tiered Regional to Elite level tour structure, it encourages, develops and supports rider progression from rookies to world-class athletes, where the Elite level, WST events are the ultimate pinnacle of snowboarding competition.

Press Office World Rookie Tour

Marco Sampaoli – marco@moonsrl.it – tel +39.059.9783397