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World Rookie Fest – Snowboard
Livigno, Italy – 15.19 January 2022 – Slopestyle

World Rookie Fest – Freeski
Livigno, Italy – 18.22 January 2022 – Slopestyle

DOWNLOAD HERE INFO SHEET AND ACCREDITATION FORM

Hurry up for registration: it is only one month to the 2022 World Rookie Tour kick-off event: the legendary World Rookie Fest at the premium freestyle terrain Mottolino Snowpark. Livigno is ready to welcome the international young stars of snowboarding and, for the first time ever, of freeskiing.

As always, the program of 2022 World Rookie Fest will include many activities: avalanche clinics and yoga sessions, artistic workshops, night rail jams, video premieres, apéritifs and parties that will complete the busy competitive program.

Need some more clues? Two Rail Jams will welcome all the athletes, with two separate events: 16^th for the snowboarders and the 20^th of January for the freeskiers, both at the Snowpark 2.0.

In addition, Mottolino Fun Mountain has already setup the BigAirBag on which all the athletes could rehearse new tricks and improve their skills with a safe and pleasant flight. Many of the world’s best freeskiers and snowboarders from all over the world will take advantage of the exclusive training opportunity to get in shape for the first World Cups of the season and the season highlight, the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Now is the time to fight in Italy and win tons of huge prizes: Surf Camps in Spain offered by www.surftolive.com, many prizes from sponsors Nitro, Volkl, Marker, TSG, Jail Jam, Boardriding.com, for the Best Snowboard Team an invitation for the “Red Bull Hammers with Homies” world finals, and last but not least, all snowboards and freeskiers who will get on the podium will be qualified for the World Rookie Finals Snowboarding 2022 in Kitzsteinhorn, Zell Am See-Kaprun and for the World Rookie Finals Freeskiing 2022 in Madonna di Campiglio.

One month to go for the 2022 World Rookie Tour kick-off event, and the community of snowboarding and freeskiing comes together to celebrate the best young riders in the world! Are you ready to know the new stars? Save the dates and do not miss the opportunity to experience one of the best winter adventure of your life!

COVID-19 INFO
For all the foreigners’ athletes coming to World Rookie Fest in Livigno we recommend to fill in the official questionnaire of Italian Government in order to know what are your obligations entering in Italy.

You can find the English version of the questionnaire at this link: https://infocovid.viaggiaresicuri.it/index_en.html

For all who want to be better informed, download here a detailed document about all the rules you must respect in Italy about vaccination.

Registrations and Information:
registration@worldrookietour.com
Phone +39 059.9783397 or +39.340.3285569

All tour events, including the finals, will follow all future directives on Covid19 prevention, to ensure the safety of riders, coaches, companions and staff.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM WORLD ROOKIE FEST 2022
(In this first phase, this program could be modified)

Age Groups
2021/2022 World Rookie Tour events are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st of January 2004 to 31st of December 2006) and Groms (born from 1st of January 2007 and up), both male and female. All contests in the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the World Rookie Rank.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by Black Yeti company in collaboration with National and International Sports Associations and it is made possible by Red Bull, Völkl, Marker, Union Bindings, TSG Protection, Level Gloves, Surftolive.com, Jail Jam, Elle-Erre Easy Flag, Nitro Snowboards, and Moon. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Sequence Magazine, Boardriding.com, Prime Snowboarding, Prime Skiing, Sourge Skateboarding, and Quattro Media.

For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version here.

Follow the World Rookie Tour
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Facebook: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
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If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,
then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!

Great debut for the World Rookie Tour Surfing in Forte dei Marmi

 

Nimbus Surf Hero, first event of the World Rookie Tour Surfing, took place in Forte dei Marmi in excellent sea conditions. After an extension of the waiting period, the ideal conditions for the green light on the weekend of 4 and 5 December finally appeared, with the arrival of a consistent, stable and, above all, measured swell: in fact, in the U18 competition phases some set touched 2 meters.

Saturday 4th December was marked by a clearly winter weather. Rain and cold, put a strain on athletes and staff, but the quality of the waves allowed the entire part of the race dedicated to female U16 and U18 athletes to be held, and the preliminary rounds for the males began as well.

On Sunday 5th December the sun shone on the competition field, giving an unforgettable day to all present, marked by excellent overhead waves that allowed the athletes to express their technical skills to the fullest. The favorable weather and wave conditions, and the high technical level of all the participants, gave a day of sport and entertainment to the large audience.

Among the Under 18 men Ian Catanzariti from Ostia got the better of Tommaso Noah Pavoni in a stiff heat. Third place for Filippo Marullo and fourth place for Francesco Lazzarini.

As for the women’s U18 title, the assignment was merged together with the U16 title. Francesca Valletti triumph in both categories, second classified U16 and U18 Marta Begalli, third classified U18 Chiara Gugliotta and third classified U16 Viola Devita.

In the U16 category Lorenzo Cipolloni triumphed, over Samuele Ricci by only half point, while Filippo Soliera was third. Fourth place for Leonardo Santoliquido, who had to leave the competition field due to a knee injury.

The men’s and women’s U14 and U12 categories still remain to be played. The call to the next swell is expected, perhaps already at the end of this week.

Thanks to the collaboration between Black Yeti and Nimbus Surfing Club in Marina di Pietrasanta, the historic Nimbus Surf Hero event, now in its sixth edition, has allowed the debut of the World Rookie Tour in Surfing, a sports sector in which it will certainly return more structured starting from 2022.

For all the photos of the day CLICK HERE

Photo Credits: Tommaso Pardini

For the Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard calendar, check the latest version online here.

Marina di Pietrasanta and Forte dei Marmi, Tuscany – 4.5 December 2021

Thanks to the collaboration between Black Yeti and Nimbus Surfing Club in Marina di Pietrasanta, the most important international tour for young athletes who want to earn a place in the world of action sports, is making its debut in the world of surfing. In fact, the time has come for the Black Yeti to dive into the sea, with the first ever surfing event in the history of the World Rookie Tour, the Nimbus Surf Hero.

Today it’s finally official: the waiting period is over and the forecast of a storm towards the weekend has turned on the green light for the start of the “Nimbus Surf Hero” competition. On Saturday the 4^th and Sunday the 5^th of December the event will start for the U18 and U16 age groups, while for U16 and U14 the light is still yellow with a possible call for Monday December the 6^th.

120 young pre-registered surfers will flock from all over Italy, the older ones ready to battle in the iconic competition field provided by the organization: the legendary Forte dei Marmi jetty, where many Mediterranean great surf comps took place since the ’80. The base camp of the event will be hosted at the Nimbus Surfing Club in Marina di Pietrasanta, for registrations, awards and other scheduled side activities.

Precisely to enhance an area rich in art and culture, the first in each category will be rewarded with a work by the painter Vincenzo Ganadu, an icon of surf art.

Foto di Tommaso Pardini, fotografo ufficiale dell’evento

In the year of surfing’s debut as an Olympic discipline at the Tokyo 2021 Games, the Black Yeti can only feel proud to expand into new seas and welcome young surfers with open arms.

Follow us on WRT social pages for live updates on this event and, in the meanwhile, enjoy the event teaser at this link www.instagram.com/reel/

For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version here.

 All tour events, including the finals, will follow all future directives on Covid19 prevention, to ensure the safety of riders, coaches, companions and staff.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by Black Yeti Company in collaboration with National and International Sports Associations and it is made possible by Red Bull, Völkl, Marker, Union Bindings, TSG Protection, Level Gloves, Surftolive.com, Jail Jam, Elle-Erre Easy Flag, Nitro Snowboards, and Moon. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Sequence Magazine, Boardriding.com, Prime Snowboarding, Prime Skiing, Sourge Skateboarding, and Quattro Media.

 

Follow the World Rookie Tour
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If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,
then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!

From 17th to the 19th September Black Yeti was in Sofia, for the first WRT skateboard event in Bulgaria!

World Rookie Fest – Snowboard
Livigno, Italy – 15.19 January 2022 – Slopestyle

World Rookie Fest – Freeski
Livigno, Italy – 18.22 January 2022 – Slopestyle

DOWNLOAD HERE INFO SHEET AND ACCREDITATION FORM

The Black Yeti returns to the always-perfect Mottolino Snowpark in Livigno doubling up in style: not just the snowboard contest, in fact, the World Rookie Fest 2022 will also host freeskiers for the first time.

Since 17 years World Rookie Fest has been synonymous with aggregation, fun, international competition and friendship, and represents one of the most prestigious youth snowboard events on the planet. For this reason, starting from the 2022 edition, the Black Yeti wanted to extend the invitation to this iconic event, also to the freeskiers community.

A WHOLE WEEK OF ACTIVITIES ON THE SLOPES AND IN TOWN
As an almost twenty-year tradition dictates, this event will be accompanied by countless collateral activities that will make the stay in Livigno an unforgettable experience not only for the athletes, but also for the companions and the public. In fact, the competition days will be accompanied by a rich lifestyle program to guarantee all participants 7 unforgettable days of stay in Livigno.

Avalanche clinics and yoga sessions will be our strong points for the full week, in addition, artistic workshops, night jams, video premieres, apéritifs and parties will complete the busy competitive program that will allow you to discover the Champions of tomorrow.

For snowboarders, the week will start with the Nitro Rail Night Session with € 1,000 in prize money, while local hero Ian Rocca will offer a special welcome to freeskiers.

Finally, Mottolino will make available to the competing athletes several training sessions on the Big Air Bag in order to fill the program on the slopes even on days without competitions, and to have the opportunity to train together with many qualified athletes for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics.

AMAZING REWARDS
All snowboards and freeskiers who will get on the podium of the respective rookie, grom, male and female categories, will be qualified for the World Rookie Finals 2022 which will take place in Kitzsteinhorn Zell am See-Kaprun for snowboarding, and in Madonna di Campiglio for the Freeski.

In addition, Surf Camps in Spain offered by our partner www.surftolive.com and many prizes from sponsors Nitro, Volkl, Marker, TSG, Jail Jam, Boardriding.com and others to be defined. Finally, a special prize will be reserved for the Best Snowboard Team of the event: they will be invited to participate in the world finals of the new “Red Bull Hammers with Homies” team contest.

LIVE STREAMING
Who will not have the pleasure of spending a week with us in Livigno, will be able to watch snowboard and freeski finals live thanks to our historic media partner www.boardriding.com.

For those who did not know the technical level of this competition, at the following link you can see the highlights of the latest edition: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour/386666187

ALL-INCLUSIVE PACKAGES
Thanks to the collaboration with the Livigno tourism office, athletes, companions and friends, can join the event with several all-inclusive packages from 3 to 7 nights (in half-board and double room) including 3 to 6 days lift tickets, contest registration (only for athletes), WRF event pass to all side activities and parties

For single room extra cost: 20€ per night

For no-show not communicated at least 5 days in advance a penalty of the full amount of the reservation will be charged to the national snowboard association or club.

EARLY BIRD BOOKING: for bookings received and paid the latest by December the 10th of 2021, a discount of 30€ per rider will be applied on packages A-B-C-D and of 50€ on package E.
No discount for coach/parents.

IMPORTANT: if you have any special request for your accommodation, different check-in/check-out dates, accommodation in apartment (for 7 nights only), specific hotel, just contact us and the Livigno Tourist Office will take care of all your requests! 

Registrations and Informations:
registration@worldrookietour.com
Phone +39 059.9783397 or +39.340.3285569

All tour events, including the finals, will follow all future directives on Covid19 prevention, to ensure the safety of riders, coaches, companions and staff.

PROVISIONAL PROGRAM WORLD ROOKIE FEST 2022
(In this first phase, this program could be modified)

 

Age Groups
2021/2022 World Rookie Tour events are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st of January 2004 to 31st of December 2006) and Groms (born from 1st of January 2007 and up), both male and female. All contests in the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the World Rookie Rank.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by Black Yeti company in collaboration with National and International Sports Associations and it is made possible by Red Bull, Völkl, Marker, Union Bindings, TSG Protection, Level Gloves, Surftolive.com, Jail Jam, Elle-Erre Easy Flag, Nitro Snowboards, and Moon. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Sequence Magazine, Boardriding.com, Prime Snowboarding, Prime Skiing, Sourge Skateboarding, and Quattro Media.

For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version here.

Follow the World Rookie Tour
Web: www.worldrookietour.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
Instagram: www.instagram.com/worldrookietour @worldrookietour #worldrookietour
Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour
email: info@worldrookietour.com

 

If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,
then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!

World Rookie Freeski Finals
Madonna di Campiglio, Italy – 20.24 March 2022 – Slopestyle

World Rookie Snowboard Finals
Kitzsteinhorn Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria – 26 March.2 April 2022 – Slopestyle and Halfpipe

Black Yeti announces dates and locations for the 2022 snowboard and freeski finals of the World Rookie Tour. Madonna di Campiglio in Italy, Trentino, and Kitzsteinhorn Zell am See-Kaprun in Austria, are thrilled to host hundreds of young aspiring professionals, making them live one of the most unforgettable experiences of their sports lives.

World Rookie Tour is an unmissable opportunity for those who want to transform their passion into a well-defined professional career. World Rookie Tour can confirm that even in 2022: our World Rookie Champions of snowboard and freeski, both male and female, will have a place secured in the next season of the FIS World Cup Tour, and many other incredible prizes to support their career. The future is here at the World Rookie Tour!

World Rookie Freeski Finals | 20.24 March 2022
Madonna di Campiglio and Black Yeti launch a historic partnership, setting the location for the next World Rookie Freeski Finals for the three-year period 2022-2024. Trentino is therefore preparing to become the main theatre in which young talents of international freeskiing will be able to compete for access to the professional world, in one of the best snow parks in the Alps. During the event, the partnership with local realities will be strong, with which it will be possible to discover the area and experience a unique travel experience of its kind.

World Rookie Snowboard Finals | 26 March – 2 April 2022
On the snowboarding side, finals will be back in style to the historic location of Kitzsteinhorn Zell am See-Kaprun, for a seven-day contest and non-stop activities. A unique program will include halfpipe and slopestyle contests, many workshops and side events, while the convenient option of staying all at the same hotel, the Jufa Hotel, will still be valid. If you want to be present, participate and see the future of snowboarding with your own eyes. Kaprun is where you need to be.

For the finals qualification criteria, the age groups and the general rules of the World Rookie Tour 2022, visit the link The Tour – World Rookie Tour

The rest of the World Rookie Tour 2022 event calendar will be announced shortly.

All tour events, including the finals, will scrupulously follow strict Covid prevention protocols, to guarantee riders, coaches, companions and staff the best possible safety conditions.

Follow the World Rookie Tour
Web: www.worldrookietour.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
Instagram: www.instagram.com/worldrookietour @worldrookietour #worldrookietour
Vimeo: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour
email: info@worldrookietour.com   

 

ABOUT WORLD ROOKIE TOUR
The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard, Ski and Skateboard Associations, and selected action sports agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard events and it consists now of a selection of high-quality International events for snowboard, Freeski and skateboard, 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 action sports, 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 X Games Norway, Audi Nines, The Arctic Challenge, The Air & Style, The World Snowboarding Championships, Red Bull Roller Coaster, Simple Session, Mystic Sk8 Cup, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and shooting trip all around the world. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champions at the end of the season, during the World Rookie Finals, a unique event format where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun. More information at www.worldrookietour.com.

ABOUT BLACK YETI ssd
The Black Yeti is an amateur sports club dedicated to the realization of snowboard, Freeski, and skateboard projects for boys and girls up to 18 years of age, in Italy and abroad. One of the most successful projects is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 3.000 young athletes from 30 nations to the events called “Rookie Fest”, organized all over the world: Italy, Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The Rookie Fests program includes not only the competition but also many side activities such as avalanche and rescue clinics, workshops, and English talks.

World Rookie Tour Media Manager
Marco Sampaoli – marco@moonsrl.it – Tel +39.059.9783397 or +39.340.328.55.69

World Rookie Tour Event Coordinator
Meinhard Trojer – meinhardtrojer@powdern.com – Tel +43.650.56.37.424

Japanese Sasaki Raimu and Aoi Ishimaru are the 2021 World Rookie Skateboard Champions
October the 3rd 2021, Innsbruck, Austria.

From the heart of the Alps, Innsbruck, Austria, hosted the 2021 edition of the World Rookie Skateboard Finals and welcomed 70 skateboarders from 17 different nations, pre-selected throw a series of 10 WRT qualifying events across Europe and Japan.

In the unique environment of the WRT events, the WRT Sk8 Finals offered a 3 days program in the beautiful city of Innsbruck, Austria, including city tour, street sessions, art experience, safe sex workshops, and, of course, a high-level international skateboarding competition in the amazing Skatehalle, the huge indoor skatepark facility in the Tirol Capital City.

Raimu Sasaki from Japan resulted in the best skateboarder in the comp field and won the title of 2021 World Rookie Champion. Raimu showcased consistent runs and a huge portfolio of solid tricks such as switch fs 270 to fs feeble, to bs smith, and to fs bluntslide to fakie on the handrail. Raimu was awarded an invitation to iconic events Simple Session in Tallin and Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague. Swiss Noel Scharer conquered 2^nd place in the rookies and local hero Santino Exenberger from Austria got 3^rd.

Japanese Toe Sasaki (Raimu brother) was the best in the Grom Category and conquered the title of 2021 World Grom Champion with tons of technical tricks including bs noseblunt slide, kickflip bs lipslide, and kickflip to fs boardslide on the handrail. Andres Gramaglia Fusconi from Italy resulted in 2^nd in the male grom category and Rocco Muller from Switzerland 3^rd.
In the girl comp, Japanese Aoi Shimura was the best in the rookie category and won the 2021 World Rookie Champion title with Caballerial on the Hip, feeble grind on the straight rail, and fakie 50-50 on the small Hubba. Liv Broder from Swiss was not only the best in the female grom category but also the most ranked girl of the event with feeble grind and fs boardslide on the handrail, fs feeble grind on the small downrail, and many other perfectly executed tricks. Liv was awarded the title of 2021 World Grom Champion and a ticket to the Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague.

All the skaters on the podium received prizes from our partners Blu-Tomato, TSG, and Jail Jam, and all the 2021 Champions, male and female, rookie and grom, will be also invited to a special experience by Red Bull Skateboarding to be soon announced.

The event was broadcasted live thanks to our long-term partners www.boardriding.com and it is possible to watch the full re-run of the comp at this LINK.

The 2021 WRT SK8 Finals, hosted in conjunction with the Best Foot Foward Finals by Blue-Tomato, defines the conclusion of the 2021 World Rookie Skateboarding Ranking, which featured all the WRT and BFF events and some more partner events, and registered almost 500 skaters from 22 nations. You can check the World Rookie Skateboard Rank here.

Stay tuned for the 2022 WRT Tour announcement and to follow our Champions in their next adventures to our partner iconic events Simple Session in Tallin, Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague.

Don’t forget World Rookie Tour include not only Skateboarding, but also Snowboarding and Freeskiing series and, in the upcoming weeks, the new WRT Surfing Project which will be launched in Tuscany, Italy.

Watch HERE the video highlights
Watch HERE all the pictures from the event
Download HERE complete event ranking and winners pictures

 

Rookie Male Podium
🥇 Raimu Sasake JPN – World Rookie Champion (winning run)
🥈 Noel Scharer SUI (winning run)
🥉 Santino Exenberger AUT (winning run)

Rookie Female Podium
🥇 Aoi Ishimaru JPN – World Rookie Champion (winning run)
🥈 Lena Muller SUI
🥉 Alisa Fessl AUT

Grom Male Podium
🥇 Toa Sasake JPN – World Grom Champion (winning run)
🥈Andres Fusconi Gramaglia ITA (winning run)
🥉 Rocco Muller SUI (winning run)

Grom Female Podium
🥇  Liv Broder SUI – World Grom Champion (winning run)
🥈 Margarida Cepeda PRT
🥉 Zoe Van Essen SUI

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Switzerland has hosted the fifth qualification event of the World Rookie Tour Skateboard 2021!

WRT Contest presented by Skateacademy.ch at the Skills Park Tour in Winterthur, was part of the Swiss Skateboard Cup.

You can find the complete gallery on our Facebook fanpage.

Men Ü16
🥇 Sven Kilchenmann
🥈 Fin Broder
🥉 Noel Schaerer

Rookie Men
🥇 Fin Broder
🥈 Noel Schaerer

Grom Boy
🥇 Rocco Müller
🥈 Micha Kowner
🥉 Simon Gerber

Women
🥇 Liv Broder
🥈 Zoe Van Essen
🥉 Bettina Buergi