Roope Tonteri is the winner of Summer Rookie Fest 2010, a Swatch TTR 2star slopestyle with riders from 7 nations. The finals happened Friday 8 july at Gentlemen’s Snowpark in Val Senales, Italy, at the end of the first Rookie Camp. It was the kick off evento f the World Rookie Tour 2010.11 which will now move in Australia and Cile, for the first snowboard freeride youth event ever.
During the Rookie Camp and the slopestyle contest, the two times World Rookie Champion, Roope Tonteri from Finland hitted incredibile tricks like bs 1260 late cork, cab 1440, double rodeo and double front flip. With such tricks porfolio, for sure Roope will conquer many other good results in the next TTR contest, including the next Air&Style Rookie Challange 2010 in Innsbruck, Austria, were he was invited after getting the WSF World Rookie Champion 2010 title.
Best grom of the event was Jakub Kral with front 720 e bs 720, while among the girls was Diana Augustinova, both from Czech Republic. Moreover the program included also a skateboard contest and Photo/video shooting with snowboard media.
World Rookie Tour will now move in the Southern Hemisphere with slopestyle contests in Thredbo, Australia from 28 to 30 jully, and a freeride edition in Valle Nevado, Chile from 13 to 23 august. More information about the upcoming World Rookie Tour events will be avaible on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
Summer Rookie Fest 2010, Val Senales, Italy - RANKS
mens, Rookie
1, Roope Tonteri, Finlandia
2, Martin Mikyska, Rep. Ceca
3, Mathias Weissenbacher, Austria
4, Alessandro Bonapace, Italia
mens, Grom
1, Jakub Kral, Rep. Ceca
2, Daniel Porkert, Rep. Ceca
3, Benjamin Lestage, Svezia
Girls
1, Diana Augustinova, Rep. Ceca
2, Katerina Vojackova, Rep. Ceca
3, Birgit Rofner, Austria
Full ranks avaible on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
The Summer Rookie Fest is organized by the World Snowboard Federation in collaboration with Board Riders and the Asociace Ceského Snowboardingu and made possible thanks to Nike6.0, Nitro, Snowpark.it, supported by Cableway Val Senales, Gentlemen’s Riders, Neuro, energized by Red Bull. You can watch it on Onboard European Snowboard Magazine, Board.TV, Free Magazine, Freeride.CZ, Snowpark.it and Entry.
Next International summer stops of the World Rookie Tour 2010.11:
Australia Rookie Fest – Thredbo, Australia, Oceania – 2Star Slopestyle - 28.30 july 2010
Freeride Rookie Fest - Valle Nevado, Chile, South America - 2Star + Film Freeride Trip – 13.23 august 2010
photo credit : Eleonora Raggi
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