The furious Black Yeti will lead the best rookies from all over the World to “The Conquer of the Snowboard Age”, competing for the title of World Rookie Champion 2009. Showcasing snowboarding future stars, the World Rookie Tour 08.09 will give to young people a fair opportunity to enter the professional level and win amazing prizes during a series of international junior events from 1star to 4star level.
World Rookie Tour 2008.09 – The Conquer of the Snowboard Age
Italy, November 9th, 2008
The furious Black Yeti will lead the best rookies from all over the World to “The Conquer of the Snowboard Age”, competing for the title of World Rookie Champion 2009. Showcasing snowboarding future stars, the World Rookie Tour 08.09 will give to young people a fair opportunity to enter the professional level and win amazing prizes during a series of international junior events from 1star to 4star level.
The Rookie Tour started last summer with the Australian Junior Series and is now ready to kick off in the Northern Hemisphere with stops in Europe and Asia, for a full season calendar. The Tour will culminate in april 2009 with the Swatch TTR 4star “Protest World Rookie Finals 09” in Ischgl, Austria.
The format of “Rookie fest” was consolidated throughout the years and it includes slope style competitions, sport, fun, didactical activities and moments for the getting together riders of different nationalities. The “World Rookie Tour” is a perfect example of the “rookie-to-pro structure”, which has been working so well also thanks to the great cooperation between WSF and TTR. These rookie fests are not just competition: they feature a bunch of other activities to help rookies grow in the field of professional snowboarding, such as photo&video shootings, avalanche and rescue clinics, meeting with photographers and international team managers, parties and big prizes.
The range of prizes riders can win taking part to the Rookie Fests can be: “Protest Rookie Surf & Beach Camp” for summer 2009 in France, an interview on On Board Europe and Tacky, tickets to top class snowboarding events in the world, an invitation to the Pirate Movie Production with photo & video shooting and many other amazing prizes to support the carrier of the best rookies who wish to become professional riders.
International Rookie Fest Stops
Protest World Rookie Fest – Livigno, Italy – 3Star – 17.21 january 09
North Face Korean Rookie Fest – Phoenix Park, Korea – 2Star – february 09
Protest Balkan Rookie Fest – Kopaonik, Serbia – 2Star – 20.22 february 09
Protest East Rookie Fest – Splinderuv Mlyn, Czech Republic – 2Star – 6.8 march 09
Protest World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 4Star – 15.19 april 09
In addition local rookie stops at 1Star will be organized by WSF National Snowboard Association all over.
The title of World Rookie Champion will be awarded to the winner of the Protest World Rookie Finals reserved to the top riders from previous Rookie Fests, plus selected riders from National Snowboard Associations and the top 30 riders from the upcoming World Rookie Rank. All rookie stops are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st january 1991 to 31st december 1993) and Grom (born from 1st january 1994 and up), both boys and girls. All contest of the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the Swatch TTR Ranks and for the new World Rookie Rank developed by WSF in association with the Swatch TTR.
Full list of rookie events, further press release for each stop, details on the World Rookie Rank will be soon available on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
For info and media request
Marco Sampaoli
WSF Board of Directors
marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
mobile: +39.340.32.85.569
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