Two new riders won the 10th edition of World Rookie Fest: rookies Mikko Rehnberg and Ramona Petrig outstood with unique style during the finals. Highlights video with winners’ runs are online.
Swiss TeamTen years now and the biggest edition ever: with 151 riders from 18 nations, divided into the 4 categories Rookie and Grom both Female and Male, Black Yeti’s tenth birthday has been celebrated in the best possible way. After Norwegian team’s nine consecutive victories as Best Team, it would be taken for granted for the 33 present people to double it, but Swiss changed the things with 4 riders on the podium, equally distributed among boys and girls.
Rookie Podium
Despite the initial forecast, weather conditions went even better than expected: the wind calming down and the sun popping out to warm up the riders, all the event took place following the program, from qualifications to finals. The first heat on Monday was reserved to male rookies, in order to select the best 16 for the finals, out of the 62: people around could take their breath away in front of the 14 and 19 metres jumps with tricks such as DoubleBackCork 10, Switch Bs 9, Fs 10 and pretty stylish jibbing down the perfectly shaped bigger lines of Mottolino snowpark. In the afternoon a special moment was dedicated to the past ten years of World Rookie Fest with a special guest: the Olympic athlete and former WRT rookie Seppe Smits talked about his experience with World Rookie Fest since the first edition in 2006, introducing the video ‘A Decade of Rookie Fest’ and first cutting the giant Black Yeti cake, among a standing ovation.
Mikko RehnbergTuesday was dedicated to the second heat, where female rookies and all the groms expressed their best to be qualified for the finals over the day after: 12 girls between rookies and groms, as well as 12 male groms were selected to show the world who will be the future pro riders.During the afternoons several lifestyle activities carried on: the avalanche clinic offered a comprehensive explanation about the use of artva equipment while freeriding and how to behave in case of avalanche, with a practical lesson on how to find and rescue a person covered in snow. The yoga lesson is the traditional meeting organised every year by WRF to teach the guys how to find their deep concentration and energies, in order to carry out a complete training.
Rookie PodiumAnd eventually, the finals! Mikko Rehnberg (Fin) took first place among the male rookies, followed by Haakon Kjoll Eilertsen (Nor) and Erik Bastiaansen (Ned). Respectively: Mikko shot a best run of Switch Bs DoubleCork 10 – Half Cab Tail touch on the mushroom – Fs 10 mute from toes; Haakon and Erik outstood with Bs DoubleCork 10 and Fs 10. How to go unnoticed? The girls made their way through the podium with Bs and Fs 3 over the XL jump of 19 metres, Ramona Petrig (Sui) earning the highest step followed by Katerina Vojackova (Cze) and Thaile Larochaix (Fra) as 2nd and 3rd place.
Ramona Petrig
The Grom category could see the youngest riders competing to draw the future: under 14 female grom Lucy Sylvestre (Fra) won with her Bs 3 and male grom Wendelin Gauger (Sui) got first with a best run of Switch Bs 5 – Fs 3 out of the cannon – Fs 7.
All the athletes on the podium will be qualified for the Volkl World Rookie Finals 2015 and they will get points for the World Snowboarding Points Lists and for the World Rookie Rank.
Video highlights with the winners’ run are online!
All the pics are online at the following links:
http://bit.ly/WRF15_day2
http://bit.ly/WRF15_day3
http://bit.ly/WRF15_finals
You can read the complete ranking here: http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/xdownload-data/WRT2015/WRT_Livigno_2015_Final_Results.pdf
RESULTS
GROM GIRL
Bib Rank Last Name First Name Nationality
120 1 SYLVESTRE LUCY FRA
127 2 BURRI ARIANE SUI
126 3 KRALJ EVA SLO
118 4 IINA PUHAKKA FIN
123 5 NYMOEN INGVILD NOR
128 6 WICKI BERENICE SUI
124 7 HERLEIKSPLASS ELISE SELJEVOLL NOR
133 8 GENNERO EMMA ITA
130 9 POPPE EVY BEL
122 10 VAN DER LINDEN MANON NED
132 11 VACHET GAIA ITA
125 12 MISUND INE MARIE NOR
129 13 HILL MAISE GBR
155 14 VOJACKOVA KRISTINA CZE
156 15 VOJACKOVA KAROLINA CZE
119 16 DE JONG JAQUELINA NED
ROOKIE GIRL
Bib Rank Last Name First Name Nationality
150 1 PETRIG RAMONA SUI
134 2 VOJACKOVA KATERINA CZE
131 3 LAROCHAIX THAILE FRA
136 4 PIKKUJÄMSÄ ELLI FIN
147 5 HERLEIKSPLASS KAROLINE NOR
146 6 KJOLL EILERTSEN HANNE NOR
140 7 LOCATIN GIORGIA ITA
142 8 BARHOORN BABS NED
145 9 WOLD MOEN LINE NOR
138 10 ZOPPI MARGOT FRA
139 11 GREGORI JENNIFER ITA
137 12 LACARERE EMMA FRA
144 13 NYMOEN KRISTINE NOR
149 14 FRISVOLD NORA LIBERG NOR
135 15 PARKKISENNIEMI EMMI FIN
148 16 ANDERSEN NORA NOR
141 17 TONDI CLAUDIA ITA
143 18 VAN TURNHOUT ISIS NED
GROM MEN
Bib Rank Last Name First Name Nationality
102 1 GAUGER WENDELIN SUI
103 2 BOLL MORITZ SUI
83 3 FRICZ BOTOND HUN
101 4 FISHER FLORIAN SUI
96 5 WOLF CASPER NED
104 6 JORDENKHANGSAR DAWA SUI
69 7 HRSTIKA LADISLAV CZE
64 8 VAN HOEIJ DENNIS BEL
77 9 GUETL LEON GER
107 10 NEFF CEDRIC SUI
63 11 KAUFMANN MORITZ AUT
71 12 SALAC KRISTIAN CZE
67 13 PETROV KAMEN BUL
65 14 SMANS MATTICE BEL
97 15 VAN DE NOORT JOEY NED
84 16 KRISTJANSSON MARINO ISL
93 17 MORAUSKAS MOTIEJUS LTU
110 18 DENDA JEREMY SUI
73 19 BARTET TITOUAN FRA
82 20 LECHNER CHRISTOPH GER
88 21 FRAMARIN LEO ITA
70 22 BRZA MARTIN CZE
109 23 ANDENMATTEN MIKA SUI
62 24 RAINER OLIVER ITA
74 25 LAROCHAIX NOE FRA
100 26 MEKINC NAJ SLO
79 27 STEINDL PAUL GER
81 28 VOGT NIKLAS GER
108 29 GREUTER THIERRY NOAH SUI
87 30 KERSCHHACKL MARCO ITA
106 31 CAMENZIND SAMUEL SUI
86 32 DE FEO MILCO ITA
66 33 DE SLOOVER JULES BEL
68 34 PAULICEK ADAM CZE
112 35 FRIOBJORNSSON BENNI ISL
89 36 CHITTARO CESARE ITA
95 37 WOLFS SEM NED
114 38 LOTORTO ALESSANDRO ITA
111 39 VAN HOEIJ DYLAN BEL
113 40 KRISTJANSSON ATLI ISL
92 41 POZZI MICHELE ITA
94 42 VEBRA GYTIS LTU
91 43 INVERNIZZI FERRO GIORGIO ITA
151 44 BRCIC DANTE CRO
115 45 GRASSIS MARCELLO ITA
152 46 FRANCHI SAMUEL ITA
85 47 ROSSI EDOARDO ITA
90 48 REGAZZO LUCA ITA
75 49 VICKTOR NOAH GER
98 49 VAN DER VELDEN NIEK NED
99 49 FURUHOLMEN KRISTIAN NOR
105 49 RUPP ELIAS SUI
ROOKIE MEN
Bib Rank Last Name First Name Nationality
15 1 REHNBERG MIKKO FIN
41 2 KJOLL EILERTSEN HAAKON NOR
33 3 BASTIAANSEN ERIK NED
54 4 BREMNER FINDLAY GBR
16 5 THELEN AXEL FIN
46 6 POPP LARS SUI
51 7 MENTH RALPH SUI
4 8 LINDMOSER ALOIS AUT
35 9 ECKHOFF MATHIAS NOR
34 10 VAN BOUWHORST ZIGGEY NED
48 11 STECHER MENDURI SUI
23 12 ZULIAN EMIL ITA
37 13 STEEN FINMARK FERDINAND NOR
58 14 GENNERO LORENZO ITA
39 15 SKJELLANGER TVEITEN SINDRE NOR
52 16 BURCH DARIO SUI
45 17 KHADARIN VLADISLAV RUS
25 18 FRAMARIN LORIS ITA
18 19 RINNEKANGAS RENE FIN
47 20 EHRLER LUKAS SUI
50 21 SUTTER GIAN ANDREA SUI
10 22 KASPAR DAN CZE
11 23 PAJER MIKI CZE
55 24 COCKRELL BILLY ENG
22 25 OLIVIERI FEDERICO ITA
60 26 AMSUESS MORITZ AUT
38 27 TAMBINI MATS NOR
80 28 VOCKENSPERGER LEON GER
8 29 VANDEWEYER STEF BEL
24 30 SPRINGETH SEBASTIAN ITA
3 31 SEEHAUSER SIMON ITA
9 32 RUMMENS JENS BEL
26 33 ZILIO SIMONE ITA
12 34 WIDERCRANTZ WALTER FIN
59 35 AMERIO GIOVANNI ITA
14 36 RAUTIAINEN ROOPE FIN
53 37 LANDMARK JESPER SWE
19 38 NEVAKIVI ALEKSI FIN
2 39 WOERNDL FLORIAN AUT
13 40 HALMES SASKA FIN
7 41 VAN HOOF ILIAS BEL
154 42 PRENTICE RAYMOND GBR
49 43 IVANOV VICTOR SUI
61 44 INDRIST GABRIEL AUT
43 45 SAMUELSEN JORGEN NOR
28 46 FUSER ELIA MANUEL ITA
40 47 WICHSTROM TEIGLAND MATHIAS NOR
21 48 DILITTA ENZO FRA
44 49 GILLUND EIRIK NOR
36 50 LEENDERTS EMIL NOR
56 51 IRONSIDE GLEN ENG
31 52 DUDENAS AUGUSTAS LTU
42 53 HERNRIKSEN MARTIN NOR
20 54 TOURKI LIAM FRA
29 55 RAVAGNI MICHELE ITA
5 56 GSCHAIDER SIMON AUT
27 57 DE MARTIN FILIPPO ITA
30 57 BAKSEVICIUS GABRIELIUS LTU
6 59 DE LAAT FLOR BEL
17 59 MUSTONEN VILLE FIN
32 59 DE VRIES MAX NED
153 59 KARTTUNEN ALESSANDRO FIN
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