Ole Christian Hagen from Norway and Madison Alexis from Australia won the third edition of the TTR 3Star 2012 Australian Rookie Fest in Thredbo, the kick off event of the World Rookie Tour 2012/2013. Even if wind storms with heavy snow falls obliged to re-schedule the slopestyle competition to the reserve day, in the finals rookies from Australia and Europe shred the park for the third edition of this nice event and showcased a great level of riding.
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Around thirty riders from Norway, England and Australia shredded the rail and the two kickers of Thredbo Snowpark showcasing a great level of riding and many good tricks. Among the many prices, 2 tickets for a Red Bull Stunt Plane Flight and tickets to the 2013 World Rookie Final scheduled in Ischgl, Austria, at the end of winter season 2013.
Riders meeting before competition
The most impressive grom girl of the event was Cassandra Fortune from Australia who got first over Zahra Kell and Mahalah Mullins, respectively second and third. Among the grom boys the best one resulted the australian talent Joshua Vagne while Matthew Cox got second and Bodhi Kuwalia third. Madison Alexis won in the rookie girls category followed on the podium by Georgia Baff and Laura Whitehead.
Norwegian rising star Ole Christian Hagen, already winner of the leggendary 2012 Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno, won the male rookie category with an impressive style and tons of good tricks on both rails and jumps. Local heroes Declan Vogel-Paul and Billy Hayman got second and third in the rookie male category.
Ole Christian Hagen winner of the Australian Rookie Fest 2012
In the next days the Black Yeti will move to Valle Nevado, Chile, for the third edition of the Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest. The event was previously scheduled from 14th to 19th of August but it has been postponed due heavy storms from 23rd to the 26th of August 2012. All the information about this upcoming event are available on www.worldrookietour.com or on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org.
2012 Australian Rookie Fest Full Results
Rookie Boys
(rank-bib-name-nation)
1 21 Ole Christian Hagen (NOR)
2 22 Declan Vogel-Paul (AUS)
3 25 Billy Hayman (AUS)
4 8 Rowan Coultas (GBR)
5 1 Joel Cantle (AUS)
6 7 Daniel Klein (AUS)
7 11 Harry Green (AUS)
8 23 Adam Lambert (AUS)
9 24 Lewis Courtier-Jones (GBR)
10 13 Angus Waddington (AUS)
11 4 Nicholas Masjuk (AUS)
12 20 Adam Dickson (AUS)
Rookie Boys
Rookie Girls
(rank-bib-name-nation)
1 10 Madison Alexis (AUS)
2 28 Georgia Baff (AUS)
3 26 Laura Whitehead (AUS)
Biba Turnbull former winner rewards the Rookie Girls
Grom Boys
(rank-bib-name-nation)
1 5 Joshua Vagne (AUS)
2 29 Matthew Cox (AUS)
3 18 Bodhi Kuwalia (AUS)
4 27 Luke Harvey (AUS)
5 2 Valentino Guseli (AUS)
6 16 Callum Masjuk (AUS)
7 15 Ashe Zephyr (AUS)
8 30 James Findlay (AUS)
Grom Boys
Grom Girls
(rank-bib-name-nation)
1 3 Cassandra Fortune (AUS)
2 14 Zahra Kell (AUS)
3 6 Mahalah Mullins (AUS)
4 9 Georgia Crisp (AUS)
Grom girls
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