The Tour

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

World Rookie Tour is the most famous, largest and oldest youth international action sports series with more than 3.000 riders: snowboard, freeski, skateboard and, in summer 2021, surf. It consists of a selection of high-quality International events, which are not only competitions but also feature loads of other activities to help rookies grow in the field of professional sport, such as workshops, photo & video shootings, meetings with photographers and international team managers, tickets to the best action sports events, parties and English talks.

Go to www.worldrookietour.com/calendar  to see the full schedule.

HOW TO PARTICIPATE TO THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR

The World Rookie Tour is an under-18 snowboard and freeski freestyle competition (under 19 for the skate comp) opened to everybody who wants to become a professional action sport rider.

QUALIFYING CRITERIA TO THE WORLD ROOKIE SNOWBOARD FINALS

– Rookies (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2007 to the 31st of December 2009.
– Groms (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2010 and younger.
– Qualification by Rank: the top 20 riders of the World Rookie Rank (top 20 men, top 20 women) + the top 10 riders from the Grom rank at 4 days before the beginning of WRT Finals. You can check the ranking here.
– National Quota: every WSF member National Snowboard Association is entitled to nominate 2 Rookie Men, 1 Rookie Woman, 1 Grom Man, and 1 Grom Woman. It’s up to the national association to define how they give out the spots. To get in touch with your national reference contact please write to registration@worldrookietour.com.
– The top 3 riders, both men and women / Rookie and Grom, from the previous international stops are already qualified for the World Rookie Finals.
– Wild Cards: the organization can assign up to 8 wild cards for the final to partner events, teams, sponsors, or single athletes.
– National secretary or national coaches are allowed to send their team registrations.
–  All World Rookie Finals podium riders from the previous season, are already qualified for the next World Rookie Finals (if they are still of age to compete in the WRT).

QUALIFYING CRITERIA TO THE WORLD ROOKIE FREESKI FINALS

– Rookies (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2007 to the 31st of December 2009.
– Groms (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2010 and younger.
– Qualification by Rank: the top 20 riders of the World Rookie Rank (top 20 men, top 20 women) + the top 10 riders from the Grom rank at 4 days before the beginning of WRT Finals. You can check the ranking here.
– National Quota: every nation is entitled to nominate 6 athletes (4 men and 2 women). It´s up to the national association to define how they give out the spots. To get in touch with your national reference contact please write to registration@worldrookietour.com.
– The top 3 riders, both men and women / Rookie and Grom, from the previous international stops are already qualified for the World Rookie Finals.
– Wild Cards: the organization can assign up to 8 wild cards for the final to partner events, teams, sponsors, or single athletes.
– National secretary or national coaches are allowed to send their team registrations.
–  All World Rookie Finals podium riders from the previous season, are already qualified to the next World Rookie Finals (if they are still in age to compete in the WRT).

QUALIFYING CRITERIA TO THE WORLD ROOKIE SKATEBOARD FINALS

– Rookies (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2005 to the 31st of December 2008.
– Groms (men and women) born from the 1st of January 2009 and younger.
– Qualification by Rank: the top 10 Rookie Girls, top 10 Rookie Boys + the top 10 Grom Boys by the deadline of September 2024. You can check the ranking here.
– National Quota: every Nation is allowed to nominate 3 Riders (2 men and 1 woman). It´s up to the national association to define how they give out the spots. To get in touch with your national reference contact, please write to registration@worldrookietour.com
– The top 3 riders, both men and women / Rookie and Grom, and the Best Trick winner, from the previous international stops are already qualified for the World Rookie Finals.
– Wild Cards: the organization can assign up to 8 wild cards for the final to partner events, teams, sponsors, or single athletes.
–  All World Rookie Finals podium riders from the previous season, are already qualified for the next World Rookie Finals (if they are still of age to compete in the WRT).