Have you heard of SHRED KIDS yet? It Germany’s biggest snowboard project for kids and juniors. The goal of the project is simple: to take the kids riding and share the stoke for snowboarding with them. 9 places around Germany will host weekly coaching sessions with professional coaches for kids between 5 and 13 years…
The World Snowboard Federation announces an addition to the team. After a hiring process over the summer months, Jan Lohynsky was appointed WSF Communication Officer to join Anna Negri, WSF General Secretary in helping to fulfill the federation’s goals. Jan Lohynsky comes from Prague, Czech Republic, but is based in Innsbruck, Austria, where the WSF…
We are happy to present the World Rookie Rank for the 2019/20 season! In the following article we answer to the questions which may arise. In the meantime, the youngsters may strap in! What is the WSF World Rookie Rank? The World Rookie Rank is a classification for riders 18 and under through the WSF and…
We are happy to announce a new partnership with a platform actionsportsJOB.com, which connects companies in the action sports industry with job and internship seekers. The snowboard industry itself is a specific area, which requires concrete experiences and skills when it comes to jobs, so we are happy there is such platform and even more…
One of the first Banked Slalom contests of this season went down on the last day of August in New Zealand’s Treble Cone resort. This year’s Treble Cone Banked Slalom counted an impressive number of 83 competitors. The organization of the event was complimented by amazing bluebird weather to create a festive atmosphere and fun…
The International Ski Federation (FIS) and the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) have reached an historic agreement regarding the global unification of competitive snowboarding and the future custodianship of the World Snowboard Points List (WSPL). The agreement outlines significant opportunity and defines the responsibilities for the Snowboard competition pathway from grassroots to the Olympic Winter Games….
WORLD SNOWBOARDING is the sport´s global ranking and calendaring platform for all things freestyle snowboarding. Riders, event organizers, National Associations, industry and media utilize the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPLs), the global event schedule, as well as the information services and sports database. Worldsnowboarding.org is the home for all freestyle snowboarding events and athletes. Please confirm your event…
The first snowboarding competition, sponsored by Afghanistan Snowboarding Federation, Afghanistan Winter Sport Assiation & Etisalat Network Company, took place in Bamyan province. It was the first Alpine snowboarding competition and it was a great success. Afghanistan official athletes participated. In the finals, among 15 snowboarders, Mr. Nizaruddin got the first place. The competition was one-week long, called…
Dear Nation representatives, World Snowboard Tour informs you on very important changes on the World Snowboarding Points Lists (WSPLs) and the World Snowboard Tour (WST) platform hosting the WSPLs. Every national association, event organizer, coach and rider is directly affected by this. The WSPLs for Slopestyle, Halfpipe and Big Air are the only worldwide accepted rankings in freestyle…
The 5th edition of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ will be held from 25 August – 10 September 2017, a move which will see the event begin a week later and run a week longer than in previous years. The move has been strongly endorsed by Queenstown and Wanaka ski areas and the tourism…