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Junior Freestyle Tour 2018 by Snowboard Germany!

RIDERS WATCH OUT!

Snowboard  Germany hosts the very first Junior Freestyle Tour in Germany!

You’ve never taken part in a snowboard competition but you want to give it a try? Or have you been to some contests and want to improve your game? Then be part of the very first Junior Freestyle Tour in Germany! No matter if you are a rookie or pro – all kids who want to show off their skills in pipe and park are welcome!

A special highlight of the tour will be the competitions for the German Championship and the German Youth Championship in Big Air, Slopestyle and Halfpipe (Age groups U12, U15 and Open).
For the first time we will also play the Game of S. N. O. W. !

You can find the registration for the JFT and further informations here:  http://www.snowboardgermany.com/

In order to participate you’ll have to sign the liability exclusion and the arbitration agreement. For your own security carrying a helmet is obligatory – other protectors are recommended.

JUNIOR FREESTYLE TOURSTOPS:

01.-03.12.2017 Worldcup Big Air, Mönchengladbach

03.-04.02.2018 Junior Freestyle Tour, Game of S.N.O.W., Sudelfeld

24.-25.02.2018 Burning Boots Banked Slalom 2018 Brauneck/ Idealhang (Stiealm)

01.-03.03.2018 Europacup & German Masters DM Big Air Götschen

03.-04.03. 2018 Junior Freestyle Tour, Game of S.N.O.W. Götschen

10.-11.03.2018 Junior Freestyle Tour, Bayerische Meisterschaft Slopestyle, Garmisch-Partenkirchen

22.-25.03.2018 German Masters DM & DJM Slopestyle + Halfpipe, Finale der Junior Freestyle Tour, Kühtai

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WSF welcomes Afghanistan Snowboarding Federation!

Dear All Members of WSF,

We are pleased to aware you that Afghanistan is now one of WSF members and we are glad to have this membership, Afghanistan is a developing country that don’t have ancient history of Snowboarding. Thus Afghanistan have history of many other sports, but they it have only started snowboarding and want to develop this sport in our country it has been one year that we are working on development of this unique sport but due security condition and lack of snowboarding instruments and lack of professional coaches and trainers and lack of snowboarding technics we are still in low position, so we request all of the WSF member’s to collaborate and contribute with ASF(Afghanistan Snowboarding Federation) in any of the areas that you could collaborate(Coaching, Snowboarding Equipment’s, Technical Training, Medical Training and other areas.

Discover all the latest news on Facebook and Instagram

 

Regards,

Ahmad Romal Hayat

CEO – Afghanistan Snowboarding Federation

Email: Ahmadroomal@gmail.com

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2018 World Rookie Tour – Official Calendar announced

Finally the official calendar of the 13th edition of the World Rookie Tour has been announced! The first two stops, the NZ Rookie Fest and the World Rookie Rail Jam by Skipass, were a blast. Now the tour goes on with spectacular events in North America, Asia and in Europe, where will take place for the first time the Valle d’Aosta Rookie Fest from the 21st to the 25th February 2018 at the amazing snowpark in Pila, Northern Italy, surrounded by the highest and the most beautiful mountains of the Alps.
 World Rookie Tour represents the highest level of competitive youth snowboarding contests in the world, with more than 35 national teams competing each year in the rookie’s and grom’s divisions, and more than 1.000 riders joining it annually. All the events are life experiences where freestyle events are combined with lifestyle activities, workshops and social moments.
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At the end of the World Rookie Tour, the final winners will be awarded with the titles of World Rookie Champions. They will be offered an unique opportunity to enter the world of professional snowboarding: invitation to Video Shooting, International Photo Shooting, Freeride Filming Trip. Moreover, as is tradition, the World Rookie Champions will be invited to one of the most famous world class snowboard event: you will be amazed when we will announce it!

Marcello “Marcy” Grassis at World Rookie Rail Jam by Skipass

Next stop is in Corvatsch for the third edition of the Corvatsch Rookie Fest, from the 13th to the 17th December 2017. Register here now!

2017.18 World Rookie Tour – Official Calendar

NZ Rookie Fest. Cardrona, New Zealand. October 05-08, 2017. Halfpipe and Slopestyle DONE
World Rookie Rail Jam. Modena, Italy. October 26-28, 2017. Urban Rail Jam DONE
Corvatsch Rookie Fest. Corvatsch, Swiss. December 13-17, 2017. Slopestyle
Deejay Xmasters World Rookie Fest. Livigno, Italy. January 20-25, 2018. Slopestyle
Bulgarian Rookie Fest. Pamporovo-Mechi Cal, Bulgaria. January 26-28, 2018. Halfpipe and
Slopestyle
USASA Grom Fest. Keystone, USA. February 10, 2018. Slopestyle
Valle d’Aosta Rookie Fest. Pila, Italy. February 21-25, 2018. Slopestyle
USASA Grom Fest. Breckenridge, USA. February 25, 2018. Halfpipe
Indy Park Rookie Fest. Nekoma, Japan. March 03-04, 2018. Slopestyle
Oslo Rookie Fest. Oslo, Norway. (to be confirmed)
Mammoth Rev Tour Rookie Fest. Mammoth Mountain, California. March 15-16, 2018. Halfpipe and Slopestyle
World Rookie Finals. Kitzsteinhorn, Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria. April 10-15, 2018. Halfpipe and Slopestyle

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SHRED DOWN ROCKS – Back to the Roots – SDR Banked Slalom!

SHRED DOWN ROCKS – Back to the Roots –  with the 1. SDR BÄNKED SLALOM

 16.- 18. March 2018  Westendorf, AUSTRIA

The long-awaited Shred Down Rocks will take place as a unique fun event and music festival to celebrate its 20th birthday. For the first time, the slopestyle competition will leave the place to a Banked Slalom (by Ästhetiker), which is included in the WSF Banked Slalom Tour. The event will be open to everybody, who wants to enjoy, have fun and spend three amazing days on the mountains.

Adults, youngster and kids will be on the spotlight for the entire weekend thanks to the various side events organized.

 

For the past twenty years, Shred Down has been considered an unmissable event in Austria. It all started back in 1998 with the “Call of the Wild” and through the years the event has become always more important until when it was selected as the host for the Austrian and German Snowboard Slopestyle Championships. The freestyle snowboarding has been pushed more and more in the direction of higher performances and the expectations of the riders’ levels has raised at incredible standards. This transformation and high expectations have also been affecting ski resorts and event organizers. Even though in Westendorf, a lot has been made for the snowboard scene and snowpark development in the past years, it has to be said that the project Boarders Playground as the venue for national and international slopestyle teams has reached its maximum potential and possibility, therefore the entire concept has been redesigned.

Infos und Programm unter  www.shreddown.rocks

 

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Brelok Banked Slalom will take place next March!

“Brelok Banked Slalom” is an event organised by a Polish half-pipe tree time Olimpian Michał “Brelok” Ligocki who is very into promoting snowboarding nowdays in Poland.

The main goal is to have a good time, meet old friends and challenge with them on a friendly and fun banked slalom course. The event is held in Czarny Gron – one of the best Polish ski resort with a very good snowpark too.
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Despite the rain and the bad weather condions in 2017 we had 140 competitors , including Polish snowboard legends and 4 olimpians.
We are going to organise it every year and we want to improve each year organisation, the cours, the prices, and afterparties.
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“Brelok Banked Slalom” is an open event. We are lookin to see You on star.

Check the “Brelok Banked Slalom” facebook page to get all the information.

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Golden Ride & Bluebird Girls Splitboard Weekend in Navis!

You want to try splitboarding far away form the large resorts?  You’re snowboarding a lot but you are ready to take the next step? You want to enjoy the beautiful valley of Navis with other girls? We have the right offer for you…

Join the Bluebird x Golden Ride Girls Splitboard Weekend from  Friday  March 9th to Sunday March 11th 2018

These 2.5 days are all about splitboarding!

On Friday you will get a little safety introduction and learn how to use the avalanche equipment that our partner Ortovox provides for the weekend, before we prepare the splitboards together for the next day’s use.

The evening will end in a cozy atmosphere and we are already looking forward to the delicious food that the Bluebird crew will prepare for us.

The next two days it will be action! We will be spitboarding during the day and hopefully we can enjoy powder runs down in addition to panoramic ascents.

In the evening, besides the delicious food, the panorama hot tub is waiting for us!

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You want to join? Contact nathalie@goldenride.de for further information!

Facts:

Price: 340 €

 Included:

  • 2 nights with breakfast, dinner (BBQ & Pizza/Pasta Party)
  • 1 Panorama Hot Tub evening
  • 5 days guiding with Jürgen of Backyard Guiding
  • Safety Intro on Friday afternoon
  • 2 days Splitboard Guiding Saturday/Sunday
  • Splitboard Test Equipment by Burton
  • Backcountry Safety Equipment by Ortovox (beacon, probe & shovel)
  • Golden Ride Goodie Bag
  • Luggage transport to the HUBIRD from the hiking car park “Grün” in Navis

 Additional costs:

  • Drinks in the HUBIRD
  • Food/Drinks in the cabins
  • Extra HOT TUB Session
  • Parking fee
  • Transfer from the train station Matrei or Innsbruck
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WSF 2017/18 Membership Program and Services

With the merger between World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR Pro Snowboarding complete, the new WSF membership system is now ready to be launched.  After the merger with TTR, the new WSF will represent all three major stakeholder groups in snowboarding: national governing bodies, event organisers and riders. Due to the additional member categories as well as assets from the merger, the membership structure had to be overhauled.

The WSF will have the following direct membership types available:

  1. Nation Membership – National Snowboarding Organisations (NSOs)
  2. Event Membership – for events that are not affiliated with an NSO
  3. Rider Membership – for all riders listed on the WSPL

Below are the details of the WSF membership types

  1. Nation Membership:
  • WSF Membership with full participation rights at WSF Annual General Meeting as per the WSF statutes

Basic membership fee for all Nations with additional fees for the larger nations based on the number of their Nation’s active riders using the WSPL (competing athletes ).

* Details below.

  • WSF Service Fee will be charged depending on the booked services.

WSF Nation Membership Fee: €500 

Additional fee

0-20          €0
20-50       €250
50-100     €500
100-150   €1000
150-200   €1500
200-250   €2000
250-300   €2500
< 300   €3500

* Based on Riders/ Nation at 01.09.2017

* Nations who have already paid their Membership for the current 2017 / 2018 Season based on the previous membership model will receive a revised invoice delivered.

Provisional Membership

  • Provisional Membership will only be offered for the 2017 / 2018 season. In future WSF National Membership will be the only membership available to Nations.
  • There are no WSPL services, nor voting rights available for provisional members.

 WSF Provisional Membership Fee: €300

* Provisional Membership was formerly known as Watching Member

 

  1. Event Membership
  • Event Members will be charged the Event Membership fee
  • The Membership includes full participation rights at WSF Annual General Meeting as per the WSF statutes
  • Event Members can have unlimited events within their commercial business and will only be charged one Event Membership fee. Service fees will be calculated per event.

WSF Event Membership Fee: €100

 

  1. Rider Membership
  • Rider Members will be charged a WSF Rider membership fee

Benefits

  • Full use of the services on the World Snowboarding website: Global Event Schedule, WSPLs, individual rider profile etc.
  • WSF Membership with full participation rights at WSF Annual General Meeting as per the WSF statutes
  • Valid from June 1st 2017 to May 31st 2018
  • Junior membership for riders below age 14: free of charge
  • Individual rider registration & bulk registration possible for National Associations

 WSF Rider Membership Fee: 60 US$

* To sign up for your WSF Rider Membership go to http://www.worldsnowboarding.org/faq-rider-membership/#4

 

WSF Service Fees

The WSF will charge a Service Fee for the users of the WSPL All results submitted will incur a small processing fee that varies depending on the tier level of event – Elite, International, National or Regional.

  • Elite: €600
  • International: €400
  • National: €250
  • Regional: €50

Discounts:

>25 Results: 50% Discount on Service Fee

>50 Results: 70% Discount on Service Fee

3 different examples below :

  • A WSF Event Member puts on 1 x National level event with a halfpipe and a slopestyle competition for both men and women. They will submit 4 x competition results and pay 4 x €250
  • A WSF Nation Member puts on 2x Regional level and 1x International level events all slopestyle competition only for both men and women. They will submit 4x €50 and 2x €400
  • A WSF Nation Member put on 10x Regional Level events with slopestyle & big air competition for both men and women. They will submit 40x competitions results and pay 40x €25 (50% Discount).

Event submissions

To submit event details for the Global Events Calendar and the World Snowboarding Points List please link through to the details on World Snowboarding’s website.

For more information, please contact directly Anna Negri, WSF General Secretary, at anna@worldsnowboardfederation.org 

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Burning Boots Banked Slalom will go down!

For the first time, the “Burning Boots Banked Slalom” is being organized by Schneesturm Lenggries – the same snowboarding school that has brought the infamous www.shred-kids.de program to life in Germany to bring more kids to Snowboarding.

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The event has been created to offer a weekend of snowboarding fun to riders of all levels and ages from groms to grandpas – bringing whole families and European Snowboarding scene together. The Banked Slalom will be located at Brauneck’s Idealhang. The resort is south of Munich on the border to Austria.

Training will be on Saturday, 24th February 2018, and Sunday’s Race Day, 25th February 2018, in 5 classes: U9, U12, U15, Open and Master.

You can subscribe online through www.schneesturm-lenggries.de/bankedslalom

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SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX

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The SuddenRush Banked Slalom LAAX will take place from March 2-4, 2018. In its fourth edition this contest, hosted by snowboarding legends Terje Haakonsen & Nicolas Müller, has again the main message on having fun together in the snow. The banked slalom is the archetype of snowboarding which combines high speeds with challenging terrain and banked turns, and is sure to bring together snowboarders of all generations and different riding styles. The event is further complemented with music and entertainment at and around the Indy Bar in the rocksresort and the relaunched Riders Hotel.

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Aged between six and sixty-six years a field of 300 riders and as colourful as the event poster itself is made up of park shapers, pro riders, former world champions, boardercross specialists, alpine legends, leisure boarders, Olympics and, of course, host legends Terje Haakonsen from Norway and Nicolas Müller from Switzerland. Expect thrilling duels in this race laden with banked turns. Time is ticking. With this event, LAAX brings the roots of snowboarding into the present day.

All further information to get on suddenrush.laax.com, or on social media: www.facebook.com/snowparkLAAX and www.facebook.com/LAAX

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WSF Banked Slalom Tour 17/18 Application Open!

The WSF Banked Slalom World Tour is back! Launched in October 2014, the BST is an international campaign to promote and celebrate the history of snowboarding. In its second edition, more than 2000 riders took part in the tour that crossed 9 countries worldwide with 22 events and the upcoming tour will be even bigger.

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About Banked Slalom
Banked slalom combines the roots of snowboarding, surfing and skateboarding.The past and the future meet in the banked slalom, the original discipline from where everything started. The WSF Banked Slalom Tour concept is to offer a platform and network within currently existing events and support to create new events.
Banked slalom is an easy way to bring more attention to snowboarding, from the media to new consumers: it is an all-ages discipline, a low risk sport and people have a lot fun competing in contests that do not require professional skills.

How to take part to the WSF Banked Slalom Tour
WSF invites all national associations that already have a banked slalom contest on their schedule to be part of the tour and fill out the attached application form to participate.
WSF also invite all of you to organize a BS contest and get support from us on how to do it. We will give technical support to those who have never organized a BS event, but WSF will also support the pr and communication for those events that are already planned for the season 2017/18.

Please download the presentation and don’t hesitate to contact us here: events@worldsnowboardfederation.org

Please send the application form back to: events@worldsnowboardfederation.org

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