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Livigno World Rookie Fest 2007, 27-31 January

WSF proudly present the World Rookie Tour 2007 in Italy, Korea and Austria. The first date will be next january from 27 to 31 in Livigno. After the excellent edition of last season, Livigno WRF is now bigger with one extra day and a nice program for the rookies. Follows all the info.

Snowboard League proudly presents Livigno World Rookie Fest 2007, 27-31 january, Italy.

In Livigno will start the WSF World Rookie Tour 2007, with a TTR 3 Star Slope Style assigning the title of European Rookie Champion, 550 TTR points and a ticket for a main TTR event. Other WRF 07 will be in Korea, and finals in Austria. All WRF are reserved for riders, male and female, born from 31 august 1988.

WRF is more than a competition!
The program of Livigno WRF, includes an international slope style contest, an half pipe jam, avalanche & rescue clinics, social dinners, a meeting with an international team manager, photo contest and a final party. We attend team from 12 different national and super high level of riding.


Livigno Snow Park: top park for top rookies!
Thanks to the cooperation with Livigno, the Pro Snow Park will be reserved to the rookies for the entire competition. The slope will consist of many jumps and rails and some secret extra features! Like in the last edition, every riders will have the possibility to express his top level in this european top park. For reports, rankings, pics and video about Livigno World Rookie Fest 2006 check www.snowboardleague.com.

About World Snowboard Federation and World Rookie Fests: from rookie to pro system
World Snowboard Federation (WSF), is a non profit international organization that take care of the snowboard culture after ISF collapse. Many projects born and develope thanks to WSF network of national snowboard association. World Rookie Fest was created in 2003 in Norway, becoming a World Tour in 2006. In each date, rookie teams arrive from many nations around the world, making this event an international meeting totally dedicated to yougsters. WRF consist of sport, competition, fun, social and educative activities. And snowboard progression…from rookie to pro level.


2006 norwegian winner Ulrik Badertcher // Bobby Witty from USA

EVENTO INFO SHEET
WORLD ROOKIE FEST . LIVIGNO . ITALY

Event WSF World Rookie Fest in Livigno
Location Livigno (Italy)
Date January 27–31, 2007
Event Mode Slope Style (3 Star), Half Pipe Jam (Best Run Session)
Age groups Born from August 31th 1988 and up
Prize European Rookie Champion Title
Tickets to TTR Best rider will enter a main TTR event
Qualified Riders National rookie team riders from WSF member nation (list on
www.worldsnowboardfederation.org)
Inscription By returning the Registration Form attached
to marco@snow-park.it before January 20th 2007
Entry fee 50€ included lift tickets to be paid cash upon registration at Race Office in Livigno
Accomodation Livigno Touristic Office will provide housing for riders and coaches at a discounted price. Specify in the inscription that you need accomodation and, few days before arriving, you wil receive your booking details by mail or directly at the race office.
Invited riders Best 10 male of Livigno WRF 06 will get free accomodation
(rank avaible on www.snowboardleague.com)
Judging Will be accomplished by official headjudges and snowboard experts.
Park Shaping Livigno Snowpark Crew
Transportation A taxi service is avaible from Bergamo-Milano to Livigno.
Note for media Accreditated media will receive free lift tickets (contact marco@snow-park.it)
TV Production & Pics few days after the event, a TV production and many pictures will be avaible (contact marco@snow-park.it)
Confirmed Sponsor Livigno, Snow-Park.it, OnBoard Italia, TRT, Blue Tomato
Organization WSF World Rookie Fest Organizing Committee and Snowboard League
Official website www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

Contact
Marco Sampaoli
email: marco@snow-park.it
mobile: +39.340.3285569

Note about Inscription Criteria
Only riders, male and female, born from 31 august 1988 and up are admitted
Riders will be devided in 2 age groups: born before/over 1992
Only riders from WSF member nations are admitted
National secretary or national coaches are allowed to send their riders inscription
No limits in the number of riders admitted at the event.

PROGRAM FOR LIVIGNO WORLD ROOKIE FEST 2007
27 jan 2007 – Arrival Day
10.00-22.00 Registration of riders, coaches and media. Payment of entry feee. Bibs and gifts distibution at Race Office
21.30 Press and Coach Meeting

28 jan 2007 – Opening Day
8.30-11.30 Warm up in Slope Style
12.30 Half Pipe Jam (Best Run Session)
14.30 Avalanche Clinic at the bottom of the pipe
15.30 Half Pipe Prize Giving at the bottom of the pipe
20.30 Coach Meeting
21.00-22.00 Social Meeting

29 jan 2007 – Qualification Day
8.00 – 12.00 Training and Qualification in Slope Style
13.00 –16.00 Photo Contest around Livigno
20.30 Coach Meeting
21.00 Video review of Photo Contest and Daily video about the qualification

30 jan 2007 – Finals Day
8.00 – 12.00 Training and Finals (60’ of jam session)
14.00- 15.00 “become a pro” meet an international team manager
21.30 Prize giving for Photo Contest and World Rookie Fest
22.00 Party

31 jan 2007 – Reserve or Departure Day
Departure or Reserve day for competition


Norwegian team check the slope // Avalanche Clinics

INSCRIPTION FORM
 National Team Inscription
Name of National Association:
Name of coach/team manager:
Mail & Mobile Phone of coach:
How many people need accomodation?
Riders information (for each rider: Name, Surname, date of birth, email, mobile)
1st rider
2nd rider
3rd rider
4th rider
5th rider
6th rider

MEDIA ACCREDITATION FORM
Media Accreditation Request
Name of Media
Nationality
Contacts (mail, telephone)
Media Crew Info (for each person: Name surname, email, mobile)

CONTACTS for info, inscription and media
Marco Sampaoli
WSF Board of Directors
marco@snow-park.it
skype: marcosampaoli
mobile: +39.340.32.85.569

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Czek Snowboard Tour 2006.07

Czech Snowboard Association present a nice calendar, full of freestyle competition, both for senior riders with the 4×4 Czech Cup, than for the youngster with the Czech Rookie Cup. Follows complete calendar with contact of the Czech national secretary for further informations.

4X4 Czech cup of freestyle snowboarding

4×4 Local nomination to Neklid
27.1. Saturday Horni Misecky Local SS
28.1. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Rejdice Local
3.2. Saturday Severak 4×4 local SS
4.2. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Dolní Morava Local
10.2. Saturday Bila 4×4 local SS
11.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
17.2. Saturday Dolni Morava 4×4 National SS
18.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
24.2. Saturday Rejdice 4×4 National SS
25.2. Sunday
4×4 National National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
3.3. Saturday Neklid 4×4 National SS
4.3. Sunday
4×4 Local nomination to Spindleruv Mlyn Local
10.3. Saturday Sumavsky Spicak 4X4 Local SS
11.3. Sunday

17.3. Saturday
18.3. Sunday

24.3. Saturday
25.3. Sunday
4×4 super final National TTR/WSF 2 STAR
31.3. Saturday Spindleruv Mlyn 4×4 final SS
1.4. Sunday Spindleruv Mlyn 4×4 final HP

28.4. Saturday Cup Ceremony Prague

Czech Rookie cup

28.1. Sunday Horni Misecky Czech Rookie SS
11.2. Sunday Bila Czech Rookie SS
18.2. Sunday Dolni Morava Czech Rookie SS
25.2. Sunday Neklid Czech Rookie SS
Czech Rookie Cup super final National TTR/WSF 1 STAR
24.3. Saturday Spindleruv Mlyn CRC final SS
25.3. Sunday Spindleruv Mlyn CRC final HP

SS – Slopestyle TTR/WSF – Ticket to Ride/World Snowboard Federation
HP – Halfpipe

Contact and Info:
Jaroslav Bocek
Association of Czech snowboarding
email: info@snowboarding.cz
Mobil: +420 724 921 236
WEB: www.snowboarding.cz

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Air&Style latest news

A super riders list and live web casting annouced for the Air&Style 2006, one of thr most respected snowboard event in the south of Europe.

Web Casting for the Air&style 06

Nokia Air & Style 06 on December 2nd 19:00 CET in Munich will be available live and on-demand following an exclusive partnership between Freecaster and Air & Style.

This partnership makes the world’s largest snowboard, FMX & live music event accessible to millions of viewers.

“Offering Air & Style LIVE is a challenge for Freecaster since the shear reach of our network makes it a challenge to predict the traffic we will generate,” says Raymond Dulieu, founder of Freecaster. “We stand for high quality, free access to video on the Internet and I want to do my best to offer Freecaster viewers the same level of LIVE quality that they are used to from our video on-demand service,” he adds.

To ensure the best possible viewer experience, Freecaster receives technical support by ISP Interoute and Apple Computer. After awarding Freecaster the Apple Design Award for Best QuickTime Content for Entertainment in 2004, Apple Computers again recognize Freecaster’s innovativeness by supporting its development.

Any website can offer its viewers the LIVE feed with English commentary of this year’s Nokia Air & Style Munich 06 without redirecting their viewers. A simple link to launch the Freecaster player next to the hosting homepage is all it takes. Visit the following page to learn more about how to integrate the stream on your website.

LINK: http://www.freecaster.com/link/air-style/air-style.php

Viewers will need QuickTime 7.1 to access the feed as well as a DSL Internet connection. To receive the most up-to-date Nokia Air & Style 06 video news, viewers should sign up to the Freecaster snowboard newsletter. Freecaster is the source for sports and music beyond TV.

Riders List and Program for Air&style 2006

MOSESSON, CREPEL, MUELLER, FINCH, RICE, BENEDEK, ETTALA AND MORE PREPARING TO FACE OFF…

Hampus Mosesson(SWE), Mathieu Crepel (FRA), Shaun White(USA) And More – Battle for 1000 TTR Championships Points at – The 6(Six) Star TTR Event The Nokia Air And Style – Olympic Stadium – Munich, Germany

Munich, Germany – The Olympic Stadium, located in the heart of the Bavarian capital will erupt to the roar of thousands of kids, adrenalin filling FMX action and, by far the spectacle of the night, the clash of the World’s very best professional snowboarders, including none other than Olympic champion Shaun White(USA), reining Nokia Air&Style Champion Hampus Mosesson(SWE), TTR World Champion Mathieu Crepel(FRA) and local crowd favorite, the Top 16 TTR competitor David Benedek(GER).

Taking place on Saturday 2nd December, 2007, The Nokia Air and Style is Europe’s biggest annual urban stadium event. It is also the first 6(six) Star event of the 2006/2007 TTR World Snowboard Tour and will deliver up to 1000 TTR points per rider depending on his final result.

Arena Tickets are already sold out and with 25,000 spectators expected, this will be the TTR’s largest European based inner city snowboard gathering and the largest man-made ramp ever ridden. At 43 meters high, 172 meters long and with a gap of 7.5 meters situated 17 meters over the ground, the 355 ton steel structure, coated with 100 tons of snow will be monumental to architects and snowboards alike. A must see.

The Saturday night program showcases rookie action from some of the TTR’s finest young snowboard dominators. Mikkel Bang(NOR), Christian Haller(SUI), Iouri Podladtchikov(RUS) and local ripper Marco Smolla(GER) will be up against top junior stars such Jusso Laivisto(FIN) who’s rookie win at the Malmi&Oksanen Invitational was followed by impressive performances at the O’Neill SB Jam and 2nd in the Burton European Open Junior Slopestyle last year opened his doors to the international spotlights and other German junior rippers like Benny Urban or the Strauss twins who will be hard to split when it comes to a win. Both are riding exceptionally well after a great Southern Hemisphere season. The top rookie will secure a ticket with the big boys, and join the top 16 at the Air & Style in 2007.

And, as with many “Major’s” on the TTR World Snowboard Tour, the evening’s premier spectacle will be on the sixteen pre selected riders. Hampus Mosesson(SWE) as 2006 Nokia Air and Style champion and will certainly be out to hold back the heavy hitting competitors which include France’s Mathieu Crepel who had already proved that he is capable of a win in Munich by finishing a close second to Mosesson last year. (Crepel then went on to secure a blistering season of results culminating in his winning of the TTR World Tour Championships Crown.)

Furthermore, and undoubtedly the best rider in the world right now, Olympic champion and USA household name, Shaun White’s(USA) presence at the event is going to be atomic. The red headed wonder boy did not lose one competition last year. He was the most consistent, most progressive and most exposed rider of last year, if not of all times. His unprecedented runs at the Honda Session at Vail, an Olympic Halfpipe gold medal and back-to-back wins at the Burton US Open simply defined him as the icon of tomorrow and the fiercest competitor period.

So, with one defending event champion, a current Olympic Halfpipe icon and the current reining TTR World Champion converging in front of thousands of raging fans, the night spectacle will without a doubt be the ‘clash of the titans,’ setting the stage for the next five months of back to back, world class snowboard action.

For more information on the event go to: www.air-style.com

Nokia Air & style 06 riders list
Hampus Mosesson SWE Quiksilver
Mathieu Crepel FRA Quiksilver, Rossignol
Nicolas Müller SUI Burton
Sani Alibabic AUT Burton
Andy Finch USA Palmer
Chris Kröll AUT Voelkl
Travis Rice USA DC, Oakley
Risto Mattila FIN Flow, Billabong
Antti Autti FIN Flow, Billabong
Marc-Andre Tarte CAN Voelkl
Heikki Sorsa FIN Burton
Christophe Schmidt GER Salomon
David Benedek GER Salomon
Shaun White USA Burton
Eero Ettala FIN NItro
Torstein Horgmo NOR DC, Rome

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Modena Skipass Freestyle Meeting – 28Oct 1Nov

With Temperatures dropping and smell of winter firmly in the air, the international WSF calendar is ready to start with a huge event in Italy during the Modena Skipass. An Annual Italian freestyle meeting from 28th of October to the 1st of November that attend 150.000 visitors. On 31 October there will be a 2 Star event with some WSF rookies invited as international guest!!

Skipass Italian Freestyle Meeting 2006, 5th edition more and more freestyle, the event in which all the Freestyle sports (both emergent and consolidated ones) will be gathered: Snowboard, Skate, Bmx, Roller, Kite, Surfing, Break-Dance & Hip-Hop and Motocross Freestyle with back flip show!!!

3D Graphics of the structure

As usual a huge quantity of people will take part in the exposition: freestylers, people fond of freestyle and technical companies exposing their goods and organising demos and shows for the public with their best athletes.

Skipass Italian Freestyle Meeting organises the most exciting and important contests on the national scene with the best athletes in the World, as the Pro Spina Jump Contest for snowboarding, the Italy Street Skate Contest, Bmx demos, Motocross Freestyle demos with Back Flip and other demos and tests of new emergent freestyle sports for the public. Many WSF rookies will join this nice events: Manuel Pietropoli (Ita), Christian Haller (Sui) and Ulrik Badertcher (Nor) are already confirmed as invited riders.

Crow at Modena Skipass 2005

Skipass Italian Freestyle Meeting will definitively be confirmed as a young and highly spectacular show: Tvs, magazines and radios will be present at this event, on which programs and articles will be made. In this way, Skipass Italian Freestyle Meeting will result not just a meeting-point between companies and public but also a big mediatic event.

3D plan of Modena Freestyle Meeting 2006

This year an innovative program is foreseen: thanks to the Saint Festivity, we will have 5 days instead of 4 days of exposition.Moreover, pavilion B will be totally dedicated to freestyle companies, with 3 entertainment areas: Skate Half Pipe, Video Area and Break Dance Area.

For More Info: www.skipass.it

Contact: freestyle@skipass.it

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Tresten Sweigard (USA)

Tresten is the USA junior freestyle champion 06. Thanks to a super performance at last USA Nationals, he was 1st in the freestyle overall ranking obtaining this very important title. He travel to Europe often to join international competition like the World Rookie Fests in Livigno and Soelden: he entered the finals in both showing his great talent on rails. As you can see from the pics belows his skills on rail are a consequence of his passion for skateboard too.


Tresten on the wall ride at World Rookie Fest Finals 06 in Soelden

Name: Tresten aka Andrisen Sweigard
Nick name: Ace
Date of Birth: 18-february-1991
Nationality: USA


Tresten during the skate session at World Rookie Fest Finals 06 in Soelden

Sponsor: Forum Snowboards, Special Blend Outwear, Out of Bounds
Stance: 18-15
Favorite trick: fs3 indy poke
Highest ranking: 1st place in Freestyle Overall at USA Nationals 06
Favorite Spot: Squaw Valley, California USA


Tresten kick the rail line at World Rookie Fest Finals 06 in Soelden

Favorite food&drink: Sushi and milk
Best Music: Rap
Best Artist: Dr.Dre
Best Movie: Pop


Tresten on the corner jump of the World Rookie Fest Finals 06 in Soelden

The event of your dream: the X-Games
Hero of all times: Terje Haakonsen
Slogan: none
Future Projects: Film some good video parts

Pics by Marco Sampaoli and Luca “Ciccio” Borghetti

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Sergey Lapushkin (Rus)

Sergey is a top rookie from Russia…we met him firt time at Livigno World Rookie Fest 2006, where he arrived alone after 36 hours of travelling by airplanes, trains and car…not bad for a rookie! Here is some nice pics and info about Sergey.


Sergey somewhere in Russia

Name: Sergey Lapunsky
Nick name: Lapa
Date of Birth: 23-may-89
Nationality: Russian

Sponsor: S7, Atomic, 686, Swix, Spy
Stance: Regular
Favorite trick: bs7
Highest ranking: 2nd place in Russian Big Air Championship
Favorite Spot: Gorskaia, Novosibirsk
Favorite food&drink: CocaCola and Cheese Burger!!!
Best Music: R’n’B like Lumedee or FatManScoop…and sometimes House
Best Artist: Pi-Man
Best Movie: Chulk Smulk and Green Mile


An interview for a russian television

The event of your dream: Air&Style and the O’Neil SB Jam
Hero of all times: JP Solberg
Slogan: “It’s not me”
Future Projects: I hope to film with the crew of Revision Films


Sergey at Livigno World Rookie Fest 06 and in Russia

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Ruiki Masuda (Jpn)

Ruiki is the most international japanese rookie! At only 15 years of age, he entered TAC twice, joined the Oakley Style Master in China and travel a lot around the world from a competition to an other. Read something more about this talented rookie…


Ruiki at TAC05, Fisness Session

Name: Ruiki Masudai
Date of Birth: 29-march-1991
Nationality: Japanese


Ruiki in China, travelling at the Oakley Style Master

Sponsor: Lib-Tech, Volcom, Dragon, Drake, Nortwave, Bros (Snowboard Shop)
Stance: 21, 15
Favorite trick: sb 180
Highest ranking: 7th at TAC06
Favorite Spot: Ishiuchi Maruyama, Niigata
Favorite food&drink: Chinese Noodle
Best Music: Beck and Iggy Pop
Future Projects: Being an international pro rider!


Ruiki at TAC06

Pics by Marco Sampaoli, Gian Luca Zanetti and Ishi

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Manuel Pietropoli (Ita)

Manuel is the most talented italian rookie, Olympic rider and join the TAC twice. At 15th years old he realized a good part of his dreams but he still got some new goal for the incoming season: improve more and more.


Manuel at TAC05, Fisness Session

Name: Manuel Pietropoli
Nick name: none
Date of Birth: 30-april-1990
Nationality: Italian


Manuel at TAC05 and TAC06

Sponsor: Burton, Red Bull, Oakley
Stance: Regular, +18..-18
Favorite trick: fs 9 tail grab
Highest ranking: 3rd junior at BEO06
Favorite Spot: Everywhere there’s a good park!


Manuel at TAC05

Favorite food&drink: Italian pasta and…Red Bull!!!
Best Music: House
Best Artist: Finly
Best Movie: Step


Manuel at the World Rookie Fest Finals 06 in Soelden

The event of your dream: The Battle
Hero of all times: Shan White
Slogan: none
Future Projects: Improve my level as much as possible!


Manuel at the Olympics Games 2006 in Torino

Pics by Marco Sampaoli and Luca “Ciccio” Borghetti

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Christian Haller (Sui)

Christian Haller is WSF World Rookie Champion 2006. After entering the rookie fest in Livigno, he stroke some ttr events and finally joined the WRF Finals in Soelden glacier, winning the world title! Here is a short profile about him with some nice pics from season 05.06


Christian in Soelden WRF slope style track

Name: Christian Haller
Nick name: Hitsch
Date of Birth: 28.10.1989
Nationality: SUI


Christian in Soelden WRF slope style and at prize giving

Sponsor: Burton, Swatch, Anon, Gravis, Arcus, Shema Skates
Stance: +15..-12
Favorite trick: fs 3
Highest ranking: BEO Pipe Juniors 2nd, BEO Slope Juniors 1st, Rookie Festival Final 1st
Favorite Spot: Davos


Christian during Livigno World Rookie Fest 06

Favorite food&drink: Coke, Burger, Pizza
Best Music: Misfits, Ramones, Led Zeppelin
Best Artist: none
Best Movie: All Gone
The event of your dream: Fondue& Friends Session
Hero of all times: Nicolas, Eero, Freddi, Markus K, Heikki


Christian in Livigno WRF 06

Slogan: none
Future Projects: Filming with MMP, ride some Contests and have fun!

Pics by Luca “Ciccio” Borghetti and Armin Popps

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Air&Style 2006 press release

ON 2nd december the 2nd Munich edition of the Air&Style will sign the starting line of the Northern Hemisphere TTR Title race…

TTR 6(SIX) STAR, THE NOKIA AIR&STYLE PROMISES HUGE SNOWBOARDING LINE UP AND MUCH, MUCH MORE…

Munich, September 21st 2006 – On Saturday, December 2nd 2006 the world´s best snowboarders and the stars in freestyle motocross will turn the Olympic Stadium Munich into their very own playground at the Nokia Air & Style 06. The new set-up and a bigger ramp will guarantee a better view and more snowboard and FMX action with top stars such as David Benedek, Travis Rice, Nicolas Müller and Nate Adams. The Canadian Punkrocker Billy Talent and the Berlin Dancehall-Caballeros Seed will rock the crowd. Ticket presale has begun on www.muenchenticket.de.

To guarantee a perfect experience for spectators there have been plenty of improvements in the program and the setup of the stadium made for the Nokia Air & Style 06. There will be a lot more snowboard action than in previous years. The ramp was moved to the other side of the stadium and is even bigger than last years´ record breaking ramp. A bigger start-up and a steepened jump-off platform assure not only a longer air-time but also more radical jumps.

The FMX-parcours is integrated into the second – likewise new and improved – snowboard hill, so the FMX-Rider will fly criss-cross above it. With the new positioning of the ramp and the stage the Olympic Stadium is set up as a caldron: all spectators enjoy a perfect view and great atmosphere at this spectacular event.

Everybody will benefit from the improved circumstances, when rough “Punkrock-Riffs” meet rolling “Reggae-Riddims”. Together with Seeed – and another soon to be announced band – the Canadian high-flyer of the year Billy Talent will rock the crowd and get the stadium fired up. The second edition of the Nokia Air & Style in Munich on December 2nd 2006 is a must-see event presenting first-class music entertainment, the worlds best snowboarders and the who´s who of freestyle motocross.

Location: Olympic Stadium Munich
Date: Saturday, December 2nd 2006
Program:
Doors open (1:30pm)
Snowboard Rookie Challenge (3:30pm)
Band No.1(Special Surprise)
Snowboard 1st Round
FMX 1st Round
Billy Talent
Snowboard 2nd Round
FMX 2. Round
FMX Final
Snowboard Super Final
Final Prizegiving
Seeed

Tickets (available through www.muenchenticket.de): Grandstand € 34,90 (plus Presale Fee)
Arena € 41,90 (plus Presale Fee)
VIP € 125,00 (plus Presale Fee)
Mixery Clubbing € 10,00 (plus Presale Fee)
(After-Show Party)

Journalist can accredit online on www.air-style.com.
For further inquiries:
Dirk Loesch, LoeschHundLiepold KommunikationTel.: 0 89 – 72 01 87 11 / E-Mail: d.loesch@lhlk.de