The Swedish ripper Sven Thorgren won the first edition of the Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest, a Swatch TTR 2Star Slopestyle. With riders from 5 nations, the event was hosted in Valle Nevado, Chile and it assigned to the best Chilean riders tickets to the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011 in Livigno, Italy, and to the Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 in Ischgl, Austria.
Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest 2010 from Board.tv on Vimeo.Video from SlopeStyle finals
Sven Thorgren (SWE)
Andre Escobar (CHI)
Marco Grigis (ITA)
The rookie’s slopestyle consisted of two obstacles with rail and boxes,
one jump and one transfer kicker. For the grom category, from 6 to 14 years
old, an additional line with smaller obstacles was realized. Among the male
rookies Sven Thorgren from Sweden resulted the best, followed
by Italian rising star Marco Grigis and local hero Andre
Escobar who got a ticket for the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl,
Austria. The best male grom was Santiago Gonzales (CHI) while
among the girls Roberta Irarrazaual (CHI) who won and invitation
to Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno, Italy.
Podiums
The event was previously postponed for bad weather conditions from the 14 to
21 august. During that week, the EU Rookie Squad enjoyed a week of trips and
shootings around Chile with skate and artificial wave surf sessions, visits
of cultural and traditional locations and some slashy backcountry riding. Italian
freesurfer Eugenio Barcelloni, who is spending 2010 in Chile,
invited the crew to a secret Big Wave surf session in Pichicuy were living legends
Ramon Navarro and Greg Long conquer a “never surfed before”
10 meters wave. Full story, photos and video clip about the EU Rookie Trip to
Chile will be released next autumn in snowboard magazines and websites.
Eugenio Barcelloni (ITA)
Ramon Navarro and Greg Long hitting a 10m "new" wave in Chile
Eugenio Barcelloni Tow-In demo
“It was a great trip and the slopestyle showed an unexpected level of
riding” stated Filippo Kratter, head judge of the event.
“We are very satisfied with this first edition of the Mall Sport South
America Rookie Fest, and we are looking forward to make it to next level in
2011” said Fabian Giavio, from Anden Chile. The event
also included a Freestyle Snowboard clinic for the Chilean rookies with RedBull
rider Filippo Kratter and Sebastian Geiger from Ride Snowboards
Europe.
Filippo Kratter (ITA)
Bejamin Yavez (CHI)
The World Rookie Tour is organized by World Snowboard Federation and its member
national snowboard associations. The event in Chile is organized in association
with Anden, Valle Nevado and Mall Sport. Full list of rookie events, press releases,
pictures and video, details about the World Rookie Rank and more is available
on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
Andreas "Mone" Monesberg (AUT): filmer, skater, rider and crew motivator
Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest 2010 _ Warm Up clip from Board.tv on Vimeo.Video from warm up day
Pictures by Trojer Meinhard
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Marco Sampaoli
WSF Vice President
marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
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World Rookie Tour Rules
The title of World Rookie Champion 2011 will be awarded to the winner of the
4Star World Rookie Finals 2011 in Ischgl, Austria, reserved to the top riders
from previous Rookie Fests, plus selected riders from National Snowboard Associations
and the top 20 riders, male and female, from the World Rookie Rank. Check it
on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
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