The World Rookie Tour will hit again the globe with 10 international tour stops including 2 new countries, Canada and France, and a new “only halfpipe” event in Italy.
The winners of each tour will be crowned like a superhero but they won’t get superpowers, only tons of prizes as photoshooting with Onboard Europe, a only girls photoshooting with Cooler, video shootings, trips down-under to join the 3Star Rookie Fest in Australia and many other amazing prizes for an overall value of 65.000 US$! And with more 3Stars event in the Rookie Tour calendar there are even more TTR points to grab.
Rookies know that The World Rookie Tour is not only about competition! WRT is having fun, travelling, meet friends, learn new tricks and speak english even more than at school!
Watch the Yeti working hard to prepare a great World Rookie Tour 2012: check out the teaser at vimeo.com/31818652. vimeo.com/31818652.
World Rookie Tour 2012 Calendar
Transilvania Rookie Fest - Arena Platos, Romania - January 6-8 - 2Star, slopestyle
Protest World Rookie Fest - Livigno, Italy - January 14-18 - 3Star, slopestyle
Protest French Fries Rookie Fest - Avoriaz, France - February 3-5 - 3Star, slopestyle
Halfpipe Rookie Fest - Monte Bondone Trentino, Italy - February 8-11 - 3Star halfpipe
Canuck Chuck Rookie Fest Canada - Horseshoe Resort, Canada - February 24-26 - 3Star, slopestyle
Ride East Rookie Fest - Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic March 16-18 - 3Star, slopestyle
Protest World Rookie Finals - Ischgl, Austria - April 11-15 - 4Star, slopestyle
Summer Rookie Camp - Val Senales, Italy- June 30 - July 14 - Training Camp
Australia Rookie Fest - Thredbo, Australia - July (date tbd) - 3Star slopestyle
South America Rookie Fest - Valle Nevado, Chile - August (date tbd) - 2Star slopestyle World Rookie Tour Rules
The title of World Rookie Champion 2012 will be awarded to the winner of the 4Star World Rookie Finals 2012 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.
Age Groups
WSF rookie events are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st january 1994 to 31st december 1996) and Grom (born from 1st january 1997 and up), both boys and girls. All contests of the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the Swatch TTR Ranks and for the World Rookie Rank developed by World Snowboard Federation in association with the TTR World Pro Tour.
The World Rookie Tour 2012 is organized by the World Snowboard Federation in collaboration with its National Snowboard Associations, and it was made possible by Protest Boardwear, Ride Snowboards, energized by RedBull, supported by Tech Riders, CHUCKBUDDiES. You can follow the Protest World Rookie Tour 2012 on Onboard European Snowboard Magazine, Cooler and MPora.
More info, rules, pictures and video on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
World Rookie Tour Contacts
Marco Sampaoli (Media Manager) - WSF Vice President
marco@worldsnowboardfederation.org
skype: marcosampaoli
mobile: 0039.340.3285569 Meinhard Trojer (Event Coordinator) - N.ASA Vice President
meinhardtrojer@powdern.com
skype: meinit2
mobile: 0043.650.5637424
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