Category: World Rookie Tour

After a successfull General Assembly in Stockholm, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is now ready to enter its 10th season. What WSF will do for its 10 anniversary will not be different from what WSF did in the last decade: work to further develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels.

The main projects developed by WSF and it’s 38 member National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) in the last seasons included:

– World Rookie Tour
– Para-Snowboarding Program
– World Snowboard Day in association with EuroSIMA
– Shaper Education
– Grassroots Competition Programs at national level (1-2-3 stars events) in association with the TTR World Tour.

To celebrate it’s 10th season, and in addition to the previous consolidated programs, WSF will introduce a handful of new projects:
– Banked Slalom World Tour
– Addition of Halfpipe events in the World Rookie Tour
– International Judge education (in cooperation with TTR)
– Oslo 2012 World Snowboarding Championships (in cooperation with The Arctic Challenge, The Norwegian Snowboard Federation, Oslo Vinterpark and TTR)

For those who could not attend the last WSF and TTR General Assembly in Stockholm and want to know more about past report and future program, a detailed report is available here to download. The report include the WSF General Assembly Minutes, annual reports, presentations, stats and much more.

For more information on the WSF please contact:
Marco Sampaoli
WSF Vice-President
mail: marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
mobile: 0039.340.3285569

Support WSF and its programs for 2011.12
– If you are a snowboard media representative and wish to support WSF, the web banners series “Keep it Real” are now avaible to download here. Media partners will be included in a dedicated section on the WSF website.
– Became a WSF fan on Facebook and catch daily pictures, news and videos: facebook.com/worldsnowboardfederation

The World Rookie Tour is back for season 2011.12 and the kickoff event will happen soon with the upcoming Swatch TTR 2Star Slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest in Val Senales, Italy. Scheduled from 5 to 9 july, it will be the only European summer stop for the rookie tour and and it will assign an invitation to the legendary 3Star World Rookie Fest 2012 in Livigno, Italy. Then the tour will move to Australia and Chile.

(photo credit: Eleonora Raggi)

As in the winter editions, the Summer Rookie Fest is not just a contest, but a unique opportunity to meet and hang with rookies from all over Europe. Among the many activities of the event there will be freestyle camps, barbeque, skate contests, and a Red Bull Party which is going to be unforgettable. Riders from all Europe will join at this International camp and contest: A unique chance to improve your riding skills, english knowledge and meet new friends from all over.

(photo credit: Eleonora Raggi)

The Gentlemen’s Nitro Snowpark in Val Senales is one of the best summer snowparks in the Alps, with a lot of obstacles from easy line to pro line. The tourist facility providing accommodation is the beautiful Apparthotel Kurtz*** in full board service. The hotel is just 200 mt away from the cableway: from breakfast to the glacier in less than 30minutes! The hotel has every comfort: a swimming pool, gym, wellness centre, basket and tennis courts, a five-a-side football pitch, and a skatepark where skateboard camp will be available for free every evening.

(photo credit: Eleonora Raggi)

The partecipation cost to the Summer Rookie Fest is 350€ including accommodation in full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner) from 5 to 9 of july, access to swimming pool and skatepark, lift ticket from 6 to 8 of july. For the rookies who wish to train or stay more, Val Senales will host 2 weeks of Rookie Camp, from 25 june to 9 july at 700€ per week all inclusive : more info on the camp at www.rookiecamp.eu

Watch and download the video from last 2star slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest 2010 in Val Senales

Summer Rookie Fest 2010 from Board.tv on Vimeo.

Event Program
5 july – arrival day
6 july – slopestyle training day
7 july – slopestyle qualification day and skateboard best trick contest
8 july – slopestyle finals and party
9 july – departure day

EVENT CONTACTS
mail: info@rookiecamp.eu
phone: +39.340.3285569
official website www.rookiecamp.eu
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi www.raggieleonora.com

World Rookie Tour – Summer 2011 Calendar
Rookie Camp – Val Senales, Italy – international camp – 25 june . 9 july 2011 www.rookiecamp.eu
Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2Star – 6.7.8 july 2011
Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – 2Star – 18.20 august 2011
South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – 2Star – 11.21 august 2011

The Rookie Camp will happen again in Val Senales, Italy, from 25th june till 9th july and it will host the 2Star Slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest from 6 to 8 july 2011.

The official World Rookie Tour summer training camp is back for 2011: the Rookie Camp will happen again in Val Senales, Italy, from 25th june till 9th july. It will offer a unique opportunity to progress your riding level, meet new friends from all over and join the 2Star Slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest from 6 to 8 july 2011.

For its summer training, the Black Yeti selected an high quality location: the Gentlemens Nitro Snowpark in Val Senales, one of the best summer park in Europe. With an amazing set up including 4 different lines, this snowpark will be the stage of a 2 weeks freestyle camp for riders of any level, and it will held the 2Star Slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest, the kick off event of the World Rookie Tour 2011.12.

Val Senales incredible Set Up: jumps from 2 to 25 meters, rail and box for any level.

Partecipation Costs
Rookie Camp (from 25th june to 2nd july, and from 2nd to 9th july) – 700€
Summer Rookie Fest (arrival day 6th july, departure day 9th july) – 350€
Partecipation fee include accomodation in full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner), lift tickets, insurence, snowboard clinics or photoshootings, competition inscription

Whatever is your level, for sure you will progress it at the Rookie Camp!

World Rookie Tour – Summer 2011 Calendar
Rookie Camp – Val Senales, Italy – international training camp – 25 june . 9 july 2011 www.rookiecamp.eu
Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2Star – 6.7.8 july 2011
Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – 2Star – 18.20 august 2011
South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – 2Star – 11.21 august 2011 (program to be announced)

Rookie Camp Contacts
Mobile 0039.340.3285569
mail info@rookiecamp.eu
Official website www.rookiecamp.eu

All pictures by Eleonora Raggi www.raggieleonora.com

The Summer Rookie Camp 2011 will take place in Val Senales, Italy, from 25th of june till the 9th of july. It is an international camp for Snowboard, Skateboard, and Mountainbike for under 18 is back! Exclusive for youth riders addicted to snowboarding, skateboarding and mountainbiking with partecipants from all over Europe: Italy, Austria, Czech Republic, East, West and Scandic countries. Camp for any level, advanced freestyle lessons, photo and video shooting, new friends and tons of fun.

WATCH THE VIDEO FROM ROOKIE CAMP 2010 IN VAL SENALES
In this short video you can watch the best moment from last summer Rookie Camp 2010.

Val Senales incredible Set Up: jumps from 2 to 25 meters, rail and box for any level.

… and for top riders special obstacles for photo and video shooting!

ROOKIE CAMP ACTIVITIES 2011

Snowboard and Freeski
If you are missing snowboard and freeski from winter time, and you are looking for a different holiday, the Rookie Camp offer a unique international experience, based on snowboard and freeski camp at any level with selected snowboard&freeski teacher and pro riders: everybody is welcomed, from very beginner till world rookie champions. Infact last year we had as special guest of the camp the World Rookie Champion 2009 and 2010 Roope Tonteri, who recently won the Burton European Open 2011 in Laax, Switzerland..

Whatever is your level, for sure you will progress it at the Rookie Camp!

Skateboard
Every day there will be a skateboard camp in the Val Senales skatepark and miniramp with a very special skateboard teacher: Simone Verona, italian miniramp champion 2007.

Roope Tonteri in action in the mini ramp

Panoramic view of the skatepark in Val Senales

Mountainbike and Trekking
Among the many activities, it is also possible to enjoy the beautifull mountains around Val Senales with trakking experience as well with Moutain Bike trip. Back in the hotel you will also find a very nice swimming pool and many other sport opportunities including fishing!

Dinner and Evening
Before dinner time it will be possible to see the videos of the day with the teachers for some quick video lessons. Breakfast, lunch and dinner happen in a big self-service restaurant with a big choice. Every activity in the camp will always happen with the supervision of our staff. For additional information about the location of Val Senales, please check the dedicated section here.

English Talks
Rookie Camp is an international project, open to boys and girls from all over Europe. It will be a great opportunity to meet new friends and experience daily some English Talks. Infact, most of the daily activities will happen in mixed groups and our staff will help everybody in the English Talks with the new friends.

YOUNGSTERS FROM ALL OVER EUROPE AT THE ROOKIE CAMP!
The Rookie Camp is part of the World Rookie Tour, an international project which gather the best snowboard youth events and meeting from Europa, Asia, Oceania, USA and South America. Many of today’s most influent snowboard, started their carrier competing in the World Rookie Tour: Peetu Piiroinen, Gjermund Braaten, Roope Tonteri, Christian Haller were been World Rookie Champion years ago!

The Summer Rookie Camp in Val Senales is the official Training Camp of the World Rookie Tour. Many riders from all over Europe are expected to join it to progress their snowboard level and train before the next World Rookie Tour!

World Rookie Finals 2011 in Austria

the largest youth snowboard event of the season: Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno

COSTS
25june-2july: 700€
2-9 july: 700€
The partecipantion fee include: 7 nights in hotel full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner), 6 days of lift tickets, 6 days of snowboard/freesky lessons, insurence, 24/7 assistence.

CONTACTS
For more info about the Rookie Camp:
info@rookiecamp.eu
mobile: 0039.331.9027656 or 0039.340.3285569

It’s the end of the Northern Hemisphere winter season, and before we turn heads to the south, lets recap the qualifications to the World Snowboarding Championships and check the latest update of the official WSF document!

It has only been on for a few months, but already 24 riders from 10 nations are qualified some by winning TTR 6 star events, some by winning national championships and other by national quota from their WSF federation. The rooster is a great mix of established superstars like Peetu Piiroien, Mark McMorris, Jamie Anderson, Kazu Kokubo and Eric Willet, and upcoming talents for all over the world. Not to forget the winner of the WSF Rookie Finals: Emil André Ulsletten.

The global reach of snowboarding is truly documented this early in the qualification process. The riders come from USA, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Finland, Norway, Great Britan, Canada, Czech Republic and Italy. When the qualification is done, 240 riders from 30 countries will be battling out for snowboarding’s most prestigious titles in Oslo, February 2012. This is a powerful demonstration of snowboarding’s global reach, and the winners will be true world champions.

Chas Guldemond got already his ticket winning the Oakley Arctic Challenge 2011

As a reminder, there are 5 ways to qualify: By winning TTR 6 star events, by being TTR top 50 men or Top 30 women after Burton European Open 2012, by receiving a wildcard, by national quota and by being TTR World Tour Champion the last three seasons. All participants must be among TTR Top 500 men and Top 250 Women by the end of Burton European Open 2012. It’s a fair and open rider entry protocol with equal opportunities for all. The wild card portion is under 5% of the starting field.

TTR has created a 52 weeks rollover discipline ranking starting and ending with European Open, that serves as the main qualification tool. It is published both at the TTR website and on www.wsc2012.com/riders . Here you will see the riders that currently have made the cut marked in red. The challengers marked in grey. As the TTR ranking is becoming more and more relevant, it will be a qualification drama peaking at the Burton European Open 2012. Compared to previous years, it now requires solid results to make it into TTR top 50. Yale Cousino, currently holding the 50th position on the slopestyle rank, has only posted 4, 5 and 6 star results. Number 30 on that same ranking, Sven Thorgren, has a 8th place in the 6 star Burton European Open as one of his results.

The ongoing qualification will be a great sports drama, and we expect it will increase rider interest for all upcoming events – and not only 6 star events. Doing good in 5 star events as the New Zealand Open will be crucial for determine your ranking position. All events up till the European Open will count, so don’t miss out on your opportunity to become the true champion of snowboarding!

Download here the approved qualification criteria and/or qualifed riders from 12 WSF National Snowboard Assocations.

For updates about the World Snowboard Championships go to www.wsc2012.com

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(photo credit: Eleonora Raggi)

(photo credit: Eleonora Raggi)

10 nations are already rappresented in the riders’ starting field. Many spots were assigned by WSF national snowboard association and many others will follow. Attached the document with the approved qualification criteria of 12 nations and the names of riders who had been already qualified.

It’s the end of the Northern Hemisphere winter season, and before we turn heads to the south, lets recap the qualifications to the World Snowboarding Championships. It has only been on for a few months, but already 24 riders from 10 nations are qualified some by winning TTR 6 star events, some by winning national championships and other by national quota from their WSF federation. The rooster is a great mix of established superstars like Peetu Piiroien, Mark McMorris, Jamie Anderson, Kazu Kokubo and Eric Willet, and upcoming talents for all over the world. Not to forget the winner of the WSF Rookie Finals: Emil André Ulsletten.

The global reach of snowboarding is truly documented this early in the qualification process. The riders come from USA, Japan, Russia, South Korea, Finland, Norway, Great Britan, Canada, Czech Republic and Italy. When the qualification is done, 240 riders from 30 countries will be battling out for snowboarding’s most prestigious titles in Oslo, February 2012. This is a powerful demonstration of snowboarding’s global reach, and the winners will be true world champions.

Chas Guldemond got already his ticket winning the Oakley Arctic Challenge 2011

As a reminder, there are 5 ways to qualify: By winning TTR 6 star events, by being TTR top 50 men or Top 30 women after Burton European Open 2012, by receiving a wildcard, by national quota and by being TTR World Tour Champion the last three seasons. All participants must be among TTR Top 500 men and Top 250 Women by the end of Burton European Open 2012. It’s a fair and open rider entry protocol with equal opportunities for all. The wild card portion is under 5% of the starting field.

TTR has created a 52 weeks rollover discipline ranking starting and ending with European Open, that serves as the main qualification tool. It is published both at the TTR website and on www.wsc2012.com/riders . Here you will see the riders that currently have made the cut marked in red. The challengers marked in grey. As the TTR ranking is becoming more and more relevant, it will be a qualification drama peaking at the Burton European Open 2012. Compared to previous years, it now requires solid results to make it into TTR top 50. Yale Cousino, currently holding the 50th position on the slopestyle rank, has only posted 4, 5 and 6 star results. Number 30 on that same ranking, Sven Thorgren, has a 8th place in the 6 star Burton European Open as one of his results.

The ongoing qualification will be a great sports drama, and we expect it will increase rider interest for all upcoming events – and not only 6 star events. Doing good in 5 star events as the New Zealand Open will be crucial for determine your ranking position. All events up till the European Open will count, so don’t miss out on your opportunity to become the true champion of snowboarding!

Download here the approved qualification criteria and/or qualifed riders from 12 WSF National Snowboard Assocations.

For updates about the World Snowboard Championships go to www.wsc2012.com

If you missed the Grand Finale of the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 in Ischgl, Austria, don’t miss this! The final video episode of the Protest World Rookie Final will show you the winners of each category through their winning run, and the interviews of Terry Kidwell about the contest and Peter Gruber about the special project with ME.ART will make this video even more special!

Rookie Camp – Val Senales, Italy – international training camp – 25 june . 9 july 2011 www.rookiecamp.eu
Summer Rookie Fest – Val Senales, Italy – 2Star – 1.2 july 2011
Australian Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia – 2Star – 18.20 august 2011
South America Rookie Fest – Valle Nevado, Chile – 2Star – august 2011 (date to be announced)

EVENT CONTACTS
Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
General Info: Meinhard Trojer, +43.650.5637424, meinhardtrojer@powdern.com
Media Request: Marco Sampaoli, +39.340.3285569 marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi

Ischgl, Austria – April 12, 2011: Ischgl, Austria and its impressive park setup played host to the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals on Saturday April 9th, 2011. As the final stop of the World Rookie Tour, the event had attracted the crème de la crème of rookies and groms. Around sixty competitors of age 18-years old and younger enjoyed a week of springtime park shredding, as well as, side events such as avalanche training. The highlight of the event were the finals on Saturday, which showcased exceptional riding where Emil Andre Ulsletten (NOR) and Katarzyna Rusin (POL) were crowned the 2010/11 WSF World Rookie Champions. The winners took home more prizes than they could carry along with 500 Swatch TTR Ranking points.

The Future Stars of Snowboarding
The World Rookie Tour has been harnessing young snowboarding talent all season long for many years now with each of the tour stops around the world offering wild cards to go to the final. The philosophy of the event is to give the future stars the opportunity to shine and help their progression by offering wild cards to bigger events and opportunities such as photo and film shoots with pros. The final event setup in Ischgl park was worthy of admiration, which consisted of four sets of massive step-up kickers and a jib/rail section. The sunny day and great riding attracted a big crowd of sunscreen-drenched spectators to support the competition. Winds came into play in the afternoon, which slowed down the riders and caused some nasty slams, but the level of riding remained impressive throughout the day.

Emil Andre Ulsletten from Norway was miles ahead of the pack already in qualifications and he was able to keep up his top notch riding in the two run finals grabbing the coveted rookie title. Among many of the prizes, he also earned himself a wild card to compete at the TTR/WSF World Snowboarding Championships in Oslo 2012. Emil’s winning run included a huge frontside 1080 and a Cab 900 and caught the eye of the judges with his fierce riding and styled tricks. At the prize giving, he was stoked saying; “I feel super good, it has been really fun here in Ischgl. The park was fun, weather nice and we had good riders. I’m in the TTR Top 30 right now and at the start of the season I was in 300 or something, so I have taken a big step this year and maybe bigger next year, I hope. This summer I head down to New Zealand with the Norwegian team and compete at the New Zealand Open.” Emil now sits in TTR World No. 29, which has set him in a great position for starting off next season in New Zealand in August. Among the top 10 finishers at the World Rookie Fest, six were Norwegians, including third place, Haavard Bergheim and a fellow Scandinavian, Sweden’s Sven Thorgren, in second place.

Katarzyna Rusin from Poland was able to defend her World Rookie Champ Title from last year. Katarzyna moves up into the TTR World No. 20 spot with her win and is one of the up and coming female riders in Europe who is also planning to head below the equator to start her season early. She said, “It was a great event like every year, its good to see that the level of riding is rising year by year. Next I will head to the European glaciers for some training and then go down with the Polish national team to New Zealand for the New Zealand Open and the Billabong Bro Down.” Finishing behind Katarzyna was Italian rookie, Valentina Barengo, in second place and Caroline Höckel from Switzerland in third.

In addition, the groms category, which featured riders born in 1996 or later, showcased some promising young shredders. Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf from Norway and Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic took the victores both shredding the big kicker line of the snow park.

The 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals are finally concluded and Emil Andre Ulsletten from Norway and Katarzyina Rusin from Polland conquered the World Rookie Champions titles 2011 in Ischgl, Austria. Among the many prizes awarded, there was also an additional ticket to Oslo 2012 World Snowboard Championships for the male rookie champion.

Emil Andre Ulsletten (NOR)

In a slopestyle consisting of 4 table tops and a big jib area, all the riders showcased an high level of snowboarding for the end of season Protest World Rookie Finals 2011. Also, in the tradition of the World Rookie Tour, the event was not only a competition but included many other activities in the 5 days program: avalanche clinics by Pieps, art workshops with “special” people by We.Art, shredding with snowboard legends from USA (Mike Ranquet, Terry Kidwell and Bob Klein), video premiere about the History of Snowboarding, and a presentation of Oslo 2012 World Snowboard Championships and W.A.S (We Are Snowboarding) by Henning Anderson, CEO of The Arctic Challenge.

The male winner of the event and new WSF World Rookie Champion 2011 is the norwegian rising star Emil Andre Ulsletten, who impressed the jury with frontside 1080, cab 900 and tons of style on the rails. Sven Thorgren from Sweden and Haaverd Bergheim from Norway completed the male rookie podium: all of them won a freeride trip to Chile with international pros to join the South America Rookie Fest 2011 in Valle Nevado.

In the girls rookie category, Katarzyna Rusin from Polland conquered her second World Rookie Champion title and moved in the position 20 of the TTR World Pro Rank. Valentina Barengo from Italy got second and Caroline Hockel from Switzerland third.

Katerina Vojackova (Czech Republic)

The groms section, reserved to riders borned from 1996 and up, showcased a great level of riding from very young shredders. Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf from Norway and Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic resulted the male and female winners in their age groups, both shredding the big kicker line of the snowpark.

Straight after the event, the best male and female riders joined a Cooler and Onboard photoshooting in Ischgl, Kronplatz and Val Senales which will be featured in next season issues to present the rookie fest champions to the international snowboard community.

Male rookie Podium

Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 – Ranks
Male Rookie:
1- Emil Andre Ulsletten – NOR – (World Rookie Champion 2011)
2 – Sven Thorgren – SWE
3 – Haaverd Bergheim – NOR
Male Grom:
1 – Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf – NOR
2 – Lucien Koch – SUI
3 – David Hablutzel – SUI
Female Rookie:
1 – Katarzyna Rusin – POL – (World Rookie Champion 2011)
2 – Valentina Barengo – ITA
3 – Caroline Hockel – SUI
Female Grom:
1 – Katerina Vojackova CZE
2 – Verena Rohere SUI
3 – Chloe Sillieres FRA

Girl Rookie Podium

Download complete ranks of the event at the following link:
www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/images/articles/wrf11/Austria/finals/WRF11_Ischgl_FinalResults.zip

Watch the picture gallery from finals and awarding ceremony at the World Rookie Tour facebook page: www.facebook.com/album.php?id=127519233927573&aid=58803

Video highlights from finals and complete event photogallery will be avaible soon.

Prizes awarded at Protest World Rookie Final in Ischgl
– For the overall winner of the event:
o the title of WSF World Rookie Champion
o ticket to Oslo 2012 – World Snowboard Championships
o Filming with Pirate Movie Production
o Photo shooting with Onboard and Cooler
o Freeride Filming Trip to Chile
o Ticket to Air & Style Rookie Challenge 2011 in Innsbruck, Austria.
– For the best girl and the best male grom: a golden ticket to join for free every World Rookie Fest 2011/12
– 5 ticket to Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2012
– other 2 trip to Chile for the best riders of the event.
– and many other goodies like avalanche transceivers from Pieps, Sony and Tech Riders.

ABOUT THE WORLD SNOWBOARD FEDERATION

The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) is the international organisation exclusively working to develop the sport of snowboarding at all levels including, competitions, education, Para-Snowboard, girls programs, and snowboard activities for riders at every age. WSF represents a network of National Snowboard Associations who work together at a worldwide level to promote the development of snowboarding. Members find a source of inspiration and support from the WSF for the activities they are conducting within their nation. WSF can create added value for everybody involved in snowboarding on a national level and can offer ideas, manuals, and initiatives as a result of being together in one organization with the same goal: progression of snowboarding at all levels. Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

EVENT CONTACTS
Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
General Info: Meinhard Trojer, +43.650.5637424, meinhardtrojer@powdern.com
Media Request: Marco Sampaoli, +39.340.3285569 marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi

Download here the results from qualification day at the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 in Ischgl, Austria.

While all the girls, both rookie than grom age group, passed directly to the finals, the male rookies and groms challanged today to conquer their spot in the super finals.

Download here the male grom qualification results
Download here the male rookie qualification results

With riders from 18 nations and many special programs the Protest World Rookie Finals couldn’t start better! Ischgl presented a great snowpark with 7 obstacles each run, special guests from USA and a unique arts program.

After a season of qualifing events all around the world, the best youth snowboarders from all over the world are finally in Ischgl for the end of season “Gran Finale” where incredible prizes will be awarded.

Bob Klein and Terry Kidwell checking the art workshop

Snowboard legends from USA joined the Protest World Rookie Finals: Bob Klein, Mike Ranquet and Terry Kidwell shred Ischgl’s slopes with the rookies and enjoyed the unique mood of this event.

Training is on at the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011

In addition to previous editions the Protest World Rookie Finals included also an Art Workshop with riders and “special people” to create a limited series of hand-painted snowboards. Watch today’s video: you will get stoked!

Special people and special riders at the Art Workshop

On saturday the 9th april the WSF World Rookie Champions 2011 will be crowned and incredible prizes will be assigned.

Watch the picture gallery from day 1 and 2 at the World Rookie Tour facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=127519233927573&aid=58479

Watch here the video from day 1 and 2!

Stay tuned for the next update from the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011!

Prizes for Protest World Rookie Final in Ischgl
– For the overall winner of the event:
o the title of WSF World Rookie Champion
o Filming with Pirate Movie Production
o Photo shooting with Onboard and Cooler
o Freeride Filming Trip to Chile
o Ticket to Air & Style Rookie Challenge 2011 in Innsbruck, Austria.
– For the best girl and the best male grom: a golden ticket to join for free every World Rookie Fest 2011/12
– 5 ticket to Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2012
– and many other goodies like avalanche transceivers from Pieps and Tech Riders.

Slopestyle setup

EVENT CONTACTS

Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
General Info: Meinhard Trojer, +43.650.5637424, meinhardtrojer@powdern.com
Media Request: Marco Sampaoli, +39.340.3285569 marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi and Marco Sampaoli

It’s time for real snowboarding at the most awaited youth event of the season. Riders and people from world snowboard community landed in Ischgl, Austria, and are ready to rock at the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals 2011.

Riders from 17 nations and snowboard addicticted from 20 nations from all over the world are celebrating the future of snowboarding at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011.

THEY ARE HERE

The hosting team: Austria

from the other side of the world: Chile …

…and Australia!

Snowboard legends from USA: Terry Kidwell, Bob Klein and Mike Ranquet.

Check here on the World Rookie Fest facebook page the rest of the team pictures!

Ischgl, Austria – April 4, 2011: The young-guns all over Europe are waxing up their boards and beginning their travels to Ischgl, Austria next week for the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals. The future stars of snowboarding have had the opportunity to compete all year at the many World Rookie Tour stops found all over the globe, from Chile to Romania, which are 1Star to 3Star slopestyle events and each have offered wild cards for the finals. The World Rookie Fest culminates with male and female WSF World Rookie Champions being crowned at the end of the weekend. The action starts on the 6th of April and runs till the 10th of April 2011, at the Xperia snowpark. Following the footsteps of some of the world’s best snowboarders like current TTR Tour Champion Peetu Piiroinen (FIN), who took the World Rookie Champ title early in his career in 2004, the young hopefuls will compete in “groms” and “rookies” categories for some amazing prizes and up to 500 Swatch TTR World Ranking points.

Following the Footsteps of many Snowboard Stars
The World Rookie Tour is known as a place where the future snowboard stars test the waters and have the opportunity and encouragement to make a debut into the world of competitive snowboarding. Many top level snowboarders of today including Peetu Piiroinen, Christian Haller (SUI), Gjermund Braaten (NOR) and Roope Tonteri (FIN) have all been there and the WRF has been a stepping stone for these riders becoming professional snowboarders. This event does not only award the riders with TTR points and the glory that comes with the World Rookie Champ Title, but also several other prizes will be handed out, such as a ticket to the 6Star Billabong Air & Style Innsbruck rookie challenge, as well as, an opportunity to participate in an Onboard or Cooler photo shoot, or go filming with the Pirate Productions crew, along with some of the worlds best riders. The riders will take on the huge park setup that includes several 14-18 meter kickers, a hip and a selection of fun jib features.

Emil Andre Ulsletten from Norway took the victory in the 3Star Livigno Rookie Fest and earned himself a wild card to compete in the World Rookie Finals. Emil currently sits in TTR World No. 33, which is an impressive feat for the 17-year old rider. He went on to take 6th place at the 6Star Burton European Open slopestyle this January and has also competed at the 6Star Oakley Arctic Challenge. He has quickly gathered momentum on the TTR Tour and is one of the rookies to keep an eye out for. Other up and coming stars include Teemu Lamber (FIN), Hannes Handle (AUT), Lewis Courtier-Jones (GBR) and Ischgl local Roland Tschoder (AUT) in the groms category. Also, Lucien Koch (SUI) who showed off his serious slopestyle riding skills in the 5Star Nescafé Champs Leysin in Switzerland and took the top honours, is set to compete and is a contender for the title.

On the girl’s side, World No. 22, Katarzyna Rusin (POL) will be one to watch out for. She took the World Rookie Champ Title last year and this year came second at the WRF in Livigno and third at the 4Star Horesefeathers Pleasure Jam. Also confirmed is Hungarian Anna Gyarmati, who currently sits in World No. 38, and this year took the first spot at the 3Star WRF in Livigno and 5th at the 3Star Rip Curl Sista Sessions. There will be a serious display of talent on offer next weekend, as these under 18-year old riders will take the center stage in Ischgl, Austria over the next week.

4Star TTR events in America
Once the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals has been wrapped up, as well as, the 4Star Billabong Flaunt-It at Sierra-at-Tahoe, USA on April 9th, 2011 the TTR Tour heads to the 4Star USASA National Championships on April 2, 2011 to April 12, 2011 at Copper Mountain, Colorado. Keep up to date on all the events on the Swatch TTR Tour on www.ttrworldtour.com

VIDEOS

TTR World Rookie Tour special 2010
http://www.ttrworldtour.com/nc/multimedia/video/play/ttr-world-rookie-tour-special-2010.html

TTR Protest World Rookie Finals 2010 – Ischgl
http://www.ttrworldtour.com/nc/multimedia/video/play/ttr-protest-world-rookie-finals-2010-ischgl.html
Protest World Rookie Fest 2011 – TV Show
http://www.ttrworldtour.com/nc/multimedia/video/play/ttr-protest-world-rookie-fest-2011-tv-show.html

Top youngsters from all over are packing their boardbags to reach Ischgl, Austria, for the Protest World Rookie Finals, the most important youth snowboard event of the season. In Ischgl the new WSF World Rookie Champions will be crown and incredible prizes assigned. In few days the next future stars of snowboarding will be discovered!

As the final event in the World Rookie Tour 2011, the stop in Ischgl is the rookies’s last chance to win incredible prizes: invitation to Air&Style Rookie Challange in Innsbruck, trip to Chile with international pros, photo shooting with Onboard Europe and Cooler, video shootings with Pirate Movie Production. Thanks to the support of n.asa (new austrian snowboard association) and Ischgl Snowpark a special slopestyle course will host young crippers who cannot wait to bring the progression of snowboarding to an higher level.

“In the past editions we discovered rising stars like Peetu Piiroinen, Gjermund Braaten, Christian Haller or Roope Tonteri” said Marco Sampaoli, WSF Vice-President “It was always a pleasure support riders in the beginning of their professional carriers and I can’t wait to see who will be next World Rookie Champions!”.

Immediatly after the event in Ischgl, an Onboard Europe and Cooler photo shootings will be held to present the top boys and girls from the World Rookie Tour to the snowboard community.

Prizes for Protest World Rookie Final in Ischgl
– For the overall winner of the event:
o the title of WSF World Rookie Champion
o Filming with Pirate Movie Production
o Photo shooting with Onboard and Cooler
o Freeride Filming Trip to Chile
o Ticket to Air & Style Rookie Challenge 2011 in Innsbruck, Austria.

– For the best girl and the best male grom: a golden ticket to join for free every World Rookie Fest 2011/12
– 5 ticket to Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno 2012
– and many other goodies like avalanche transceivers from Pieps and Tech Riders.

Invited and qualified riders to the Protest World Rookie Final 2011 from previous Rookie Fests

Male Rookie (born in 1993,1994,1995)
Sven Thorgren SWE (1st in Chile – invited for free)
Marco Grigis ITA (2nd in Chile)
Andre Escobar CHI (3rd in Chile)
Billy Hayman AUS (1st in Australia – invited for free)
Jesse Kennedy AUS (2nd in Australia)
Hugh Marsden (3rd in Australia)
Emil Andre Ulsletten NOR (1st in Italy – invited for free)
Peder Midttomme NOR (2nd in Italy – invited for free)
Havard Berghim NOR (3rd in Italy – invited for free)
Timmy Saisa SWE (1st in Andorra – invited for free)
Lewis Courtier-Jones GBR (2nd in Andorra)
Cristian Botella SPA (3rd in Andorra)
Teemu Lambert FIN (1st in Czech Republic – invited for free)
Martin Mikyska CZE (2nd in Czech Republic)
Bichal Bisa CZE (3rd in Czech Republic)
Dan Paulicek CZE (1st in Romania – invited for free)
Max Glatzel AUT (2nd in Romania)
Jakob Krska SLK (3rd in Romania)

Male Grom (born in 1996 and up)
Tim Kevin Ravnjak SLO (World Grom Champion 2010 – invited for free)
Gonzales Santiago CHI (1st in Chile)
Benjamin Yanez CHI (2nd in Chile)
Alvaro Yanez CHI (3rd in Chile)
Seamus O’Connor IRL (1st in Italy – invited for free)
Lucien Koch SUI (2nd in Italy)
Mons Roisland NOR (3rd in Italy)
Benjamin Lestage SWE (1st in Andorra)
Pau Bartolo ESP (2nd in Andorra)
Bing Voorham NED (3rd in Andorra)
Ondrej Porkert CZE (1st in Czech Republic)
Tomas Cisar CZE (2nd in Czech Republic)
Pajer Miki CZE (3rd in Czech Republic)
Roland Tschoder AUT (1st in Romania)
Jakub Kral CZE (2nd in Romania)

Female Rookie (born in 1993, 1994, 1995)
Roberta Irarrasaual CHI (1st in Chile)
Candelaria Palacios CHI (2nd in Chile)
Lauren Staveley AUS (1st in Australia – invited for free)
Biba Turnbull AUS (2nd in Australia)
Pride Hasler (3rd in Australia)
Anna Gyarmati HUN (1st in Italy – invited for free)
Katarzyna Rusin POL (2nd in Italy)
Nora Thompson NOR (3rd in Italy)
Katerina Yanova CZE (1st in Czech Republic)
Birgit Rofner AUT (1st in Romania)
Stefani Rofner AUT (2nd in Romania)

Female Grom (born in 1996 and up)
Diana Augustinova CZE (World Grom Champion 2010 – invited for free)
Antonia Yanez CHI (1st in Chile)
Maria Delfina Maiocco ITA (1st in Italy – invited for free)
Katerina Vojackova CZE (2nd in Italy and 1st in Czech Republic)
Chloe Silliers FRA (3rd in Italy and 1st in Andorra – invited for free)
Anastasia Grozea ROU (2nd in Romania)

In addition to them:
1) Each National Snowboard Association can register 2 male + 1 female rookies, 1 male + 1 female groms.
2) Will be admitted at the finals also the top 30 male rookies from World Rookie Rank at 30th march 2011 (here:http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/modules.php?name=Rankings&op=worldrookierank)

EVENT CONTACTS
Official website: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
Booking and inscriptions: Meinhard Trojer, +43.650.5637424, meinhardtrojer@powdern.com
Media: Marco Sampaoli, +39.340.3285569 marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi

Participation at Protest World Rookie Final in Ischgl
– Participation at the event costs €350 including inscription, lift tickets, hotel in half board from 6 to 10 April and gifts. For coach, parents and crew the participation fee is €300.
– Every WSF national snowboard associations is invited to register a rookie team consisting of 2 male and 1 female rookies, 1 male and 1 female groms.
– The best riders, both male and female, from the previous stops in Chile, Australia, Italy, Andorra, Czech Republic and Romania are already qualified to the Protest World Rookie Finals (full list below).
– In addition the top 30 riders out of the World Rookie Rank are qualified to the finals in Ischgl
– Age groups: Rookies are born 1993,1994 and 1995, Grom are born 1996 and over.

NOTE: registration of every national rookie team have to be sended by the national secretary or national coach

One day left for the BURTON ŠPINDL SPRING SESSIONS characterized with its unique atmosphere, excellent jumps and obstacles in the park, which is open for amateur and pro riders, and of course never ending parties. It seems it will be the best edition of BSSS in its history according the quality and quantity of confirmed riders.

The starting list includes more than 100 confirmed riders from all around Europe and also from exotic Lebanon. The highest number of the riders is – of course – from the Czech Republic and surrounding countries such as Slovakia and Poland. At the same time we have huge number of confirmed riders also from Swiss, France, Austria, Germany, Finland, Norway, Croatia, Hungary, Bulgaria and Russia.

Do you want to know some names?? Here you are:
Martin Černík – CZ – snowboard legend and still one of the best riders
Tomáš Tuzar – CZ – Czech champion 2011
Roman Dlauhý – CZ – a member of European Burton team
Matěj Matys – SVK- Slovak champion 2011
Klaudia Medlová – SVK- talented rookie, a member of INT. BURTON team
Wojtek Pajak – PL – Polish champion
Tero Pojkajarvi – FIN – the winner of BSSS 2010
Wille Uotila – FIN – one of the best riders worldwide, 4th place at Burton US Open
Niels Shack – FRA – raising French star, a member of INT. BURTON team
Takacs Balasz – HUN – one of the best eastern European riders, a member of INT. BURTON tem

The riders are coming to Skiareál Špindlerův Mlýn during Wednesday, March 30th, so we can start with the event according to our scheduled plan.

Media and riders accreditation offices opening hours

Wednesday, March 30th 12:00 – 24:00
Thursday, March 31 08:30 – 23:00
Friday, April 1stst 08:30 – 23:00
Saturday, April 2nd 08:30 – 21:00
Sunday, April 3rd 10:00 – 16:00

For more information please contact:

Marek Teyssler
BURTON ŠPINDL SPRING SESSIONS media
media@snowparkdesign.cz
+420731531351

At the last day of the season there will be freestyle actions for all snowboarders at the Snowpark Alta Badia!
The ending season will be celebrate with the Slopestyle Contest “La Freestyla” in cooperation with the
SeaSide Snow Club. Freestyle action, smooth DJ Vibes and a lot of fun!

All snowboarders will have the chance to win a prize money of 3.000 EUR as well as goodies from the sponsors.

Furthermore the riders can collect valuable points for the QParks Tour finals which are taking place in the Horsefeathers Superpark Dachstein on May 7th – 8th 2011! All
snowboarders have the chance to add important TTR points on their account because La Freestyla contest is a Swatch TTR 2* event!!

FORMAT AND JUDGING
The contest is for both, snowboarders and freeskiers. The valuation by the judges follows in
two categories:
1. Judging: Boys & Girls „Rookies“ (16 years und younger), Snowboard/Freeski
2. Judging: Boys & Girls (from + including 17 years), Snowboard/Freeski

REGISTRATION

EVERYBODY CAN WIN
No matter whether you’re on the rider or the spectator side, anyone can win at the QParks
Tour! All riders who register online at www.qparks.com have the chance to collect “votes”
on their profiles. The rider with the most votes at the end of the tour wins a 2 weeks
Balicamp trip. But also the “voters” won’t come away empty handed: there’s another 2
weeks Balicamp waiting for one of you guys voting on the riders, along with heaps of
goodies at each tourstop! More details here

Some of Europe’s best young snowboarders have competed Saturday at Arena Platos ski and snowboard resort in Sibiu, at Transilvania Rookie Fest.

Transylvania Rookie Fest is a part of the World Rookie Fest, which brings together more competitions held in Italy, Andorra, Czech Republic, Australia, Chile and most recently, Romania. 14 competitors from Austria, Czech Republic, Germany and Slovakia gave their best shot in the first edition of Transylvania Rookie Fest, among them, three young Romanian snowboarders. Transilvania Rookie Fest is part of the TTR snowboard World Tour. The TTR events are ranked with a one to six star ranking system. The competitors at TRF contest scored points for the TTR world ranking list, a list where almost 5.000 snowboarders are ranked worldwide. Transylvania Rookie Fest is ranked with two stars. The winners received an all-inclusive invitation to the finals of the competition at Ischgl, Austria.

After the training in the slopestyle course made by former snowboard world champion Martin Freinademetz, romanian snowboard legend Andy Fazekas and the Ninjaz Parkdesign team, competitors had to go through four runs to impress the judges. The park has a length of 700 meters and includes 4 rails, 6 kickers, and one wall ride.

“I think that Romania has a future in winter sports because each year new resorts are build. We want to „raise” the young snowboarders in Romania and I am sure in time they will become as good as those from abroad. Precisely for this reason we chose to host Transylvania Rookie Fest, for young snowboard enthusiasts”, says Martin Freinademetz, the organizer of this competition.

In the end, the Czechs and Austrians brotherly divided all the first places the four categories. First place in the main category, Rookies boys, was shared by two competitors, both having the exact same score at the end of three rounds. In addition to the all-inclusive stay at Ischgl, organizers and their partners have offered a four-day trip with ski pass included in Tirol and other specialized equipment.

Rookies boys:
I – Dan Paulicek – CZE
II – Max Glatzel – AUT
III – Jakob Krska – SLK

Grooms boys:
I – Roland Tschoder – AUT
II – Jakub Kral – CZE
III – Ondrej Porkert – CZE

Rookies girls:
I – Birgit Rofner – AUT
II – Stefani Rofner – AUT

Grooms girls:
I – Katerina Vojackova – CZE
II – Anastasia Grozea – ROU

Video highlights and the best pictures from the East Rookie Fest 2011 are online. Teemu Lambert from Finland and Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic won the 4th edition of the East Rookie Fest, hosted in Spindleruv Mlyn. The event consisted was a “super slopestyle” including half pipe, rails and jump in the same run and allowed the riders to showcase all their freestyle skills.

Have a look at the pictures on the official WSF FB page:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=57058&id=127519233927573#!/album.php?aid=57058&id=127519233927573&fbid=209245999088229

Here is the video highlights from the event!

Now the World Rookie Tour is moving to Romania for the first edition of the Transilvania Rookie Fest in Arena Platos. It will be a 2Star slopestyle, from 25th to 27th of March 2011 and the last chance to get qualified for the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011. All information about the upcoming Rookie Fest in Romania are at the link: http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/article759-transilvania-rookie-fest-in-arena-platos-romania.html

Pec Pod Snezkou (Czech Republic) – Petr Horak and Lucie Zabranska ruled Impromat 4×4 Czech Snowboard Cup. After summarization of points from all Impromat 4×4 events they are the overall winners of the series and therefore they will be the Czech Snowboarding Team representants for next year´s prestige World Snowboarding Championships 2012 in Oslo. In last race of the Impromat 4×4 series in Pec pod Snezkou last weekend however Tomas Tuzar was executing tricks with surgical preciseness and that´s why the last race of the series wasn´t won by the overall winner Petr Horak. Thanks to Tomas great ride without mistakes he is new Czech Snowboarding Champion for 2011. In ladies category Lucie Zabranska achieved clear victory and she won the Czech Snowboard Champion title. Rookies category was dominated by Michal Bisa, groms category by Tomas Cisar.

“All riders had the chance to show their best at the biggest kicker we had this season in Czech snowboarding events,” says Jarda Bocek, manager of Impromat 4×4 Czech Snowboarding Cup, about the last event. “And all riders had a good reason to do so. After third race of the series (14 days ago in Jested snowpark) point difference among the riders was really tight.”

During the sunny Saturday in Pec pod Snezkou there were hundreds of visitors watching two stars TTR Czech Snowboarding Cup Finals. Tomas Tuzar (winner of third event) and Petr Horak (winner of first and second event) were struggling for each point during qualification and finals. At the end Tomas Tuzar was the one who could celebrate his victory in Final Race. He performed flawless combo of switch back 7 and cab 9. However not even the victory in Finals did not mean the overall victory for Tomas Tuzar. After summarization of points Petr Horak became overall winner of the series. He could celebrate not only qualification for WSC in Oslo 2012 but also winning the Seat Ibiza ST for 6 months usage. “What I want for the next season is practice some more tricks such as cab double 9, 10, frontside double 10,” says Petr and ads: “I want to focus some more on my technique because in world snowboarding events it´s all about preciseness. You just touch the ground during landing and that´s it for you – even the best trick is rated as an average one.”

In ladies duel – Katerina Vojackova vs. Lucie Zabranska – there was a clearer situation. Lucie Zabranska won the Final event plus first and third race and outcome of overall counting of points was clear from the beggining. Lucie reached for Czech Snowboarding Championship title and she is qualified for the WSC 2012 in Oslo as the overall winner of the Impromat 4×4 series.

In Skateshop.cz Best Trick dominated Roman Dlauhy with his müller flip.

World Snowboard Federation (WSF) gave Impromat 4×4 Czech Snowboarding Championship TTR (Ticket To Ride) rating – one stars for first three events and two for the finals.

Snowboard fans and riders had a chance in Pec pod Snezkou to have a nice break in Relax Zone www.skateshop.cz. They could enjoy food from gusta CZ, energy drinks from Monster Drink and have their board serviced by Swix. You couldn´t overpass also Nikita presentation and Seat Auto exhibiton. The end of Event Day was made good by Jägermeister Monster energy afterparty in Kovarna Club.