World Rookie Fest slope style showcase snowboard’s future in Livigno pro park, with a final jam session dominated by norwegian team riders: Stian Aanestad was declared winner!
During the 90 minutes jam session, the champion title was assigned to well known rookie Stian Aanestad from Norway, impressive both on rail and jumps: he show triks like bs900 to sw-bs900 on the jumps and solid style on rails. Here follows a short report, while on on www.snow-park.it is possible to dowload several pictures and videos.
Today in Livigno top rookies from all over the world, express a very high level of riding, getting the attention of several media and photographers, providing us a good example of rookie to pro system.
After a days of training and another one for qualification, on last part of this competition all the riders were able to express their best, showing really good tricks and a very positive attitude. During final jam session also fs1260, cab9, fs1080 and technincal triks on rails to. In 90 minute jam session every rookie express his talent and after the slope style competition was close and all the crew move to the city hall for prize giving to assign several tickets for supporter TTR events: Champs Open by Rip Curl, Aesthetiker Waengle Taengle, Billabong World Pro Junior, Xbox Byg Day Out and Spring Battle.
Stian was definetly the best rider of the day, followed by the very good rookie from Sweden Nils Arvidsson with goodfs1080 and bs900, and another norwegian to close the podium: Brathen Gjermund with nice bs900 and cab900. In the girls category a nice challange was beetwin the norwegian talent Kari Ospel Maeland and the french youngster Alicia Bonnaud (next to 14 years!) who obtain the first place in women category. Also the groms express a really good level, with the first place from norwegian youngster Stale Sandbech.
WORLD ROOKIE FEST 07 – LIVIGNO
ROOKIES RESULT (rank-bib-surname-name-nat-sponsor)
1 44 AANESTAD STIAN NOR BURTON
2 8 ARVIDSSON NILS SWE RIPCURL-NITRO-SMITH-DVS
3 53 BRATHEN GJERMUND NOR BURTON
4 47 NERAKER SIMEN NOR NIKE-SMITH-DAKINE-F2
5 69 PIIROINEN PETJA FIN FLOW-OAKLEY-BILLABONG
6 94 DE LANGE WOUTER BEL NITRO-ANIMAL
7 49 FROSHAUG HENRIK NOR –
8 98 REYNDERS CHRISTOPHE BEL FLOW-BILLABONG
9 92 SMITS SEPPE BEL –
10 42 SCUDERI FREDRIK NOR ROSSIGNOL
11 62 NIEMELA NUUTTI FIN BURTON-DRAGON-LEVI
12 52 FOSSHEIM SIMON NOR FLUX-FRONTLINE
13 73 LAPUSKI SERGEY RUS 686-ATOMIC-SPY
14 41 SIWERTZEN STIAN NOR INTERSPORT-MUM&DAD
15 71 GIANCALEONI GIORGIO ITA BURTON-ANON
16 96 BRONCKAERS KEVIN BEL ROME-686-GIRO-SMITH-GRAVIS
17 72 DONZELLI MARCO ITA NITRO-SPORTIME-UTOPIA-KOOKA
18 31 FURSINGER JULIAN SUI ZIMSTERN-K2
18 35 FASSNACHT FABIAN SUI ONEILL-SANTACRUZ
20 64 TURUNEN PETTERI FIN QUICK
21 68 IKONEN SAMI FIN BURTON-DRAGON
22 65 TASKINEN TOMI FIN FLOW
23 70 PIETROPOLI MANUEL ITA BURTON-OAKLEY-REDBULL
24 6 BACKSTROM KEVIN SWE BURTON-ANON-DER
25 63 RINTALA RONI FIN BURTON-DRAGON
26 50 SANDBECH STALE NOR OAKLEY-SANTACRUZ-LEVEL-SESSION
27 9 EDMAN JAKOB SWE DVS-OAKLEY-KW-FRONTLINE
28 16 SKOTTHEIM JOHANNES SWE NITRO-SMITH-JOFA
29 48 MITDAL STIAN NOR –
30 56 VAN STRATEN ROCCO NED PROTEST
31 93 SMITS ANTHONY BEL BURTON-RED-ANON-HOTZONE
32 54 SOLEROD ODD ROAR NOR –
33 15 LANDMARK SEBASTIAN SWE RIDE-JOFA-DRAGON-
34 7 LEJKNER LUDWIG SWE BURTON-RED-ANON-GRANADE
35 36 FRANC PHILIPPE SUI NITRO
36 51 BRAATHEN THEODOR NOR –
37 61 DLAUHY ROMAN CZE BURTON-NIKESB-REDBULL
38 34 BOSCACCI NICOLA SUI FSSI
39 10 QVIST ANDERS SWE –
40 11 BJORNSTROM ISAK SWE –
41 38 PIRCHER SIMON AUT VOLKL-VOLCOM-DEELUXE-LAGOSH-REDBULL
42 99 MC VANIE JAMES GBR –
43 58 BUZZONI LORENZO ITA RIDE-BEAR-DC-DEFCON-COAL-UNION-SMITH
44 33 EGLOFF PHILIPP SUI DAPR
45 59 BERGMANN DEREK CZE NITRO-ELECTRIC
46 20 REGNIER NIELS FRA NITRO-VONZIPPER-DAKINE
47 19 SIMERAY ANTHONY FRA FLOW
48 95 SHACKLETON JACK GBR NIKE 6.0-SOUTNIK
49 40 SALMINA MARVIN AUT ATOMIC-REDBULL-UNION-
50 26 SCHERRER JAN SUI ONEILL-SWATCH-FORUM
51 12 BERGSTROM ARVID SWE DOCTORZIP
52 5 BARMASSE ROLAND ITA BATALEON
53 60 PAULICEK DANIEL CZE BURTON-SITOUR-SPORTS ACADEMY
54 45 MYHRE RUUD CHRISTIAN NOR –
55 23 PERSICO TANO SUI –
56 28 HANDLE JOHANNES AUT –
57 14 BILARE ANTON SWE –
58 32 GATTIKER SASCHA SUI QUICK-LIBTECH-DELUXE-TSG
59 17 KLUIVERS MIKE NED FLOW
60 43 SEATRE HAAKON HIDEM NOR –
61 57 AFELTOWICZ MACIEJ POL DAD&MOM
62 37 KRUMMENACHER FLORIAN SUI K2-DC
63 4 TOMMASETTI EMANUELE ITA ANALOG
64 25 LUGGEN LEVI SUI ELAN-VOLCOM
65 67 LANSIO NIKO FIN OAKLEY-FLOW
66 46 CHRISTENSEN CHRISTIAN NOR MORRAMI
67 18 MAXIME BERARD FRA –
68 39 PRIBIK THOMAS AUT ATOMIC
69 13 LANDMARK PHILIP SWE SALOMON-BONFIRE-OAKLEY
70 78 NEILSON MATTHEW GBR SOGNATURE SNOWBOARD
71 79 TERRAN LEE GBR QUICKSILVER-RIDE
72 74 BARROW JAMIE GBR –
73 76 JACKSON OLIVER GBR –
74 91 SHACKLETON HENRY GBR NIKE60-SNOZONE
75 22 PASQUALINI LUCA SUI –
76 75 COURTER-JONES LEWIS GBR –
77 1 WITTY BOBBY USA SANTACRUZ-686-ADIDAS-32
78 2 SWEIGARD TRESTEN USA FORUM
79 3 FRASSY JEAN-CLAUDE ITA APO-32-SPLIT-M6
80 21 TURIN ANTHONY FRA –
81 24 IMHOF TOBIAS SUI HEAD
82 27 DEL PONTE PAOLO SUI TISNOWBOARDING
83 29 EGGEL ROGER SUI BURTON-ANON-32
84 30 TOMAMICHEL MADIAN SUI NITRO-ELECTRIC-INTOL
86 66 KUUSISTO ALEKSI FIN BATALEON-ELECTRIC-IGNITE-DC-BERN
87 97 SLEECKX YANNICK BEL –
GIRLS RESULT (rank-bib-surname-name-nat-sponsor)
1 90 BONNAUD ALICIA FRA RIDE
2 85 OSPEL MAELAND KARI NOR STATIC-NEFF
3 80 PODGORA ANNA POL SUBINDUSTRIES-DRAKE-GRANADE-32
4 82 WALKER NADINE SUI –
5 83 AUBRY EMILIE SUI ROXY-LEVEL
6 81 GSPONER NICOLE SUI –
7 84 PURTSHERT NADJIA SUI ONEILL-ROSSIGNOL
8 88 RICHARDSON EMILY GBR FORUM-SPECIALBLEND-NIKITA
9 89 CULLUM REBECCA GBR NIKE-ATOMIC-DRAKE-NORTHWAVE
10 86 KWEICIEN KATARZYNA POL –
11 87 OLECH ADRIANNA POL –
GROMS RANK (selected from general rank)
1 50 SANDBECH STALE NOR OAKLEY-SANTACRUZ-LEVEL-SESSION
2 26 SCHERRER JAN SUI ONEILL-SWATCH-FORUM
3 20 REGNIER NIELS FRA NITRO-VONZIPPER-DAKINE
4 60 PAULICEK DANIEL CZE BURTON-SITOUR-SPORTS ACADEMY
5 28 HANDLE JOHANNES AUT –
6 91 SHACKLETON HENRY GBR NIKE60-SNOZONE
7 75 COURTER-JONES LEWIS GBR –
txt: Marco Sampaoli
photo: Eleonora Raggi e Marco Sampaoli
