Category: World Snowboarding

Categories
Events Features World Snowboarding

Event Information for Regional and National Level Season 2016/17

While the Southern Hemisphere is in the middle of its season, the Northern Hemisphere is preparing for the next fantastic winter coming up. We hereby provide you the necessary infos on how to get your events part of the World Snowboard Tour and its ranking systems.

The WSF continues working together with TTR Pro Snowboarding, the owner of the World Snowboard Tour and WSPL. The WSF, as service provider, has been granted the exclusive and world-wide right to approve any events for the World Snowboard Tour on REGIONAL and NATIONAL level in collaboration with the TTR Tour Management.

Event requirements
Here you can find the PDF-forms showing the requirements for the different levels. All event applications will be evaluated according to these requirements.

In addition, the WSF and the WST logos should be included in all promotional material for the event such as posters, banners, bibs, backdrop walls etc.

WSF Logos: www.worldsnowboardfederation.org/xdownload-data/WSF_Event_Kit.zip
WST Logos: http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/event-organizer-information/downloads

Event Benefits
WSF is working generously in providing the nations and event organizers qualitative services for their REGIONAL and NATIONAL level events. The attached documents give a detailed overview about the profits you may get from your events by both: WSF as well as by being part of the World Snowboard Tour, such as TTR Annual Membership.

Application
Please use the attached APPLICATION FORM (xls-file) for your event applications. Its’ easy: Just fill out the single columns with event information and send them to the WSF Event Coordinator events@worldsnowboardfederation.org 

WSF Event Ranking Fees

REGIONAL: 200 Euro (+60 Euro for additional disciplines)
NATIONAL: 700 Euro (+210 Euro for additional disciplines)

WSF is offering a discount for tours and women’s only events – please have a look at the WST REQUIREMENTS & BENEFITS for more details.

Invoicing
You will all receive an invoice based on the number of events approved.  Results from events will not be uploaded until fee is paid successfully.

Appendix

Look for

  • REGIONAL Event Requirements & Event Benefits
  • NATIONAL Event Requirements & Event Benefits
  • Event Application Form 

All information / applications to be sent to events@worldsnowboardfederation.org

Links:

World Snowboard Federation: http://www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
World Snowboard Tour: http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/
WST Event Organizer Downloads: http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/event-organizer-information/downloads/

Categories
World Snowboarding

Sven Thorgren and Hailey Langland Win The Mile High by Carlton Dry

Sweden’s Sven Thorgren and USA’s Hailey Langland dominated a star-studded field of finalists to win The 2016 Mile High by Carlton Dry.

With a unique slopestyle format, the top 12 men and top eight women from yesterday’s semi-finals had the best-of-two runs on the jump line and best-of-two runs on the rail line to impress the judges. Belgium’s Seppe Smits won the PS4 for scoring the best overall jump run, and Norwegian young gun, Marcus Cleveland won the best rail run. But it was 21-year-old Sven Thorgren who was the most consistent, with the highest combined scores from jumps and rails to take the A$5000 prizemoney for winning The Mile High by Carlton Dry.

“The Mile High by Carlton Dry was sick today!” said Sven after his win. “Everybody was killing it. I’m really pumped to have a great start to the season. It was a good final, and it gets me really pumped to start the year with a win. It was a fun format with the rails and jumps judged separately. It’s a new format that was good to try here at Perisher.”

Mile_High_2016-Michael_Ciccarelli-RAD_6373-SeanRadich_photo_LO

Sven’s jump run included a double crippler on the rider-favourite halfpipe feature, followed by a double backside rodeo, cab 900 nosegrab, and finishing with a backside 1080 stalefish on the last jump. His rail run started with a switch-backside tailslide-to-270 off, butter to backside 180 on the downbar, switch-boardslide switch-up to fakie, and cab 450 gap on the flat-down rail. 17-year-old Marcus Kleveland added to his Playstation 4 prize with $3000 for second place overall, while Seppe Smits combined with his winning jump run for third overall.

Over three days in Perisher’s Front Valley, 110 of the world’s best professional slopestyle snowboarders competed against 10 of Australia’s best. “It’s pretty insane how good all the riders are here,” said Sven Thorgren. “Pretty much all the best riders in the world come here to Perisher at this time of year, and it’s great that we get to do this competition.”

In the women’s, Hailey Langland continued her domination from semi-finals, winning two Playstation 4’s for Best Jumps and Rails Line, as well as the $3000 overall winner’s prizemoney. In fact, the semi-final placings were replicated in the finals with UK’s Katie Ormerod and Japan’s Miyabi Onitsuka making up the all-teenage podium.

“I love Perisher!” said the 16-year-old X Games bronze-medallist, Hailey Langland. “I love what they did with the course. It’s been really good to come out and ride it”. The Mile High by Carlton Dry is a World Snowboard Tour (WST) International Level event, and the high number of WSPL (World Snowboarding Points List) points on offer at Perisher will set up the slopestyle snowboarders coming into the Northern Hemisphere winter as they aim to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics Games in PyeongChang, South Korea.

The Mile High by Carlton Dry 2016 Final Results

Men:

1. Sven Thorgren (SWE) – $5000
2. Marcus Kleveland (NOR) – $3000
3. Seppe Smits (BEL) – $1500
4. Eric Beauchemin (USA) – $500

Playstation 4 Best Jumps Line: Seppe Smits (BEL)
Playstation 4 Best Rails Line: Marcus Kleveland (NOR)
Women:

1. Hailey Langland (USA) – $5000
2. Katie Ormerod (GBR) -$3000
3. Miyabi Onitsuka (JPN) -$1500
4. Jessika Jenson (USA) – $500

Playstation 4 Best Jumps Line: Hailey Langland (USA)
Playstation 4 Best Rails Line: Hailey Langland (USA)

Categories
World Snowboarding

The Mile High by Carlton Dry is Bigger and Better in 2016

The Mile High by Carlton Dry is bigger and better for 2016 and returns to Perisher’s Front Valley with the biggest and best line-up of wintersports athletes ever assembled in Australia.

110 international slopestyle snowboarders will be joined by 10 of Australia’s best riders, all drawn to the world-class slopestyle course constructed in front of the Perisher Centre. Master shaper, Charles Beckinsale, and the Perisher Park crew are world-renowned for building inventive and creative features, and the 2016 Mile High slopestyle course promises to provide an epic blank canvas for the best in the world to display their art.

80 men and 40 female professional slopestyle snowboarders will compete over three days to crown The Mile High by Carlton Dry champions. Current WST-ranked world number two, Canadian Darcy Sharp, returns to defend his 2015 Mile High title and will be joined by 30 out of the top 50-ranked men. WST-ranked world number five, Tyler Nicholson, will be doing his best to steal the winner’s points from his Canadian compatriot. Another big gun to keep an eye on is 2010 Winter Olympic silver medallist, four-time-TTR World Tour Champion, and current World Big Air Champion Peetu Piiroinen from Finland.

The local field of Australians will have to do amazingly well to get to the podium this year with such a large international field but that won’t stop them from giving it their best shot. With that said though having riders like Markus Kleveland (NOR) and Billy Morgan (UK), two out of only three men in the world who have ever landed a quadruple-cork, entered in the Mile High, it’s going to be the hardest-ever year to secure a place on the podium.

In the women’s, 25 of the top 50-ranked riders will duke it out, led by world number three, 2013 World Champion and X Games gold medallist, Spencer O’Brien, who also hails from Canada, and World number 4 Karly Shorr who seems to podium at every event she enters. The women’s field is riddled with the top progressive riders coming up in the sport, many who have double corks and double flips in their bag of tricks.

The 2016 Mile High by Carlton Dry sees competitors entered from every snowboarding nation in the world and reflects the importance that this WST International Level competition plays in the long lead-up to the 2018 Winter Olympics. This year there is an increased presence of Asian freestyle competitors, including teams from all over Asia, who will compete against the USA, Canadian, Norwegian, Swedish, Kiwi, Swiss, Austrian, Dutch, German, Finnish, Italian, British, Latvian, Irish, Slovakian and Australian slopestyle teams.

With such a high-quality list of competitors, The Mile High by Carlton Dry has a stronger field than almost any other competition on the tour. For a small budget event in the tiny snowboarding industry of Australia this ‘Perfect Storm’ of nations heading downunder makes it all the more amazing. With no webcast or live TV you will have to check the World Snowboard Tour facebook page for updates.

Updates about conditions, schedules and results can be found at The Mile High Facebook page.

The Mile High by Carlton Dry will make rights-free high-resolution photos after each day of competition, as well as a dropbox folder for every rider to access raw footage for downloading and social distribution.

Links will be at www.themilehigh.com.au and on The Mile High by Carlton Dry facebook page. 

Categories
World Snowboarding

Eric Beauchemin Wins The Inaugural Edition Of The Beijing Summer Rail Jam

Despite hot and humid weather conditions in Beijing, an estimated 6000 spectators came to Beijing Sanlitun Soho to witness the 2016 Beijing Summer Rail Jam hosted by GoSki and HitFM.

19 riders from all four corners of the world joined the event, and gave a spectacle to the hyped crowd. Eric Beauchemin (USA) won the judges over with a 50/50 Backside 360, and an impressive 50-50 Frontside 540, Sean Murphy’s (USA) solid runs with the best trick being a BackSide LipSlide Kink Rail to Rail slide earned him the second spot made Ryusei Takahashi (JPN) third with an uber stylish Half Cab 540 to Backside 360.

The set up consisted of two kinked rails, a pipe rail and a wall ride. The athletes performed to the best of their abilities, and pleased crowds and judges alike. The top Chinese rider Ma Guo Sen battled until round six, and it’s clear that while Chinese riders have progressed, there is still a gap in style and technique to be closed compared to riders from the US or Europe or Japan.

The riders noted that it was a special time to be in Chinas capital at the first anniversary of Beijing’s winning bid to host the Winter Olympics 2022. The experience is unforgettable, and the stoke for the sport will help to bring more people on the slopes and push the sport as a whole.

Lai Gang of GoSki adds: “One of the reasons to hold the event was to attract the attention of people who have never tried snowboarding before, or who did not know much about snowboarding at all. The Beijing Summer Rail Jam acted as a sort bridge and gave them a taste of snowboarding and the special culture that lies at the essence of it. I am overwhelmed that so many people came to the show and reflected the positive vibes and instantly admired the athletes. It definitely opens new doors, and we plan to bring the event to more cities across China.”

Through the live stream and TV formats, millions of Chinese were reached and immediately snowboarding captured their minds, setting the tone for years to come.

RESULTS

  1. Eric Beauchemin (USA)
  2. Sean Murphy (USA)
  3. Ryusei Takahashi (JPN)
  4. Sean Ryan (USA)
  5. Jacco Bos (NLD)
  6. Yuya Akado (JPN)

#BJRAILJAM

Categories
Features Reports World Snowboarding

Reports from 2016 WSF and TTR Joint General Assembly: A New Direction For Snowboarding

At the annual WSF and TTR GA, held in Kleinarl, Austria, delegates from 22 Nations joined the two day long meetings, representing National Snowboard Associations, Riders, Event Organizers and Boardsports Media. 

WSF And TTR Drive All Aspects Of Snowboarding Into Its Next Phase

The results of last months of workgroups and last days of joint sessions between WSF and TTR moves snowboarding forward in an unrivalled way. During their meetings, WSF and TTR agreed to collectively pave the way to create a new governing structure for International Snowboarding. The new organisation will serve Snowboarding on all levels, in a completely neutral way, smashing down walls that have built up over years adding to an already splintered landscape for competition snowboarding. The future will provide a transparent non-confrontational and unified sports system that will be extremely easy for the world to navigate.

With immediate effect, Nations Representatives, Event Organiser Representatives and a Rider Representative will develop necessary structural details under the leadership of TTR President Reto Lamm.

Working Groups and Consultants appointed during the GA contribute and oversee the developments, and reports will be provided to the public on a regular basis.

WCS GmbH, the joint company owned by WSF and TTR, will act as executional body for all commercial matters.

In the near future the final structure will be proposed that combines a global Snowboard Association and a company to serve the changed world of snowboarding.

The leverage on moving with the needs of the industry will have a huge impact on Snowboarding now and in the future.

“Adapting to the current needs of the riders, national associations and industry is our primary goal.” says Meinhard Trojer, President of WSF.

TTR President Reto Lamm concludes: “The way riders and organisers are included gives everyone a clear responsibility, and things will improve even more based on our new ideas.”

2016TTR-WSF-GA_GroupPics1_all

Developing Women Snowboarding As Core Competence

The WSF Education Committee held a workshop that gained valuable insights to progress female snowboarding. Results of the workshop will be analysed and published on the WSF website. “Leveraging existing synergies and looking at each host country individually will be key to our growth. The workshop was perceived with great interest, and challenges are ready to be turned into opportunities in Women Snowboarding.” says Miriam Deller who initiated WSF Pro Women within the Education Committee in 2015.

Market Development and Media Trends

Marco Sampaoli, WSF Vice President, provided an overview of the status of the European Winter Sports and Outdoor Market. Current trends imply that collaborations between resorts, tourism institutions, governments and sports federations become increasingly necessary. Looking at relevant data from snowboarding and related sports provided a vivid picture of the recent and coming developments. “More than ever, successful strategies will be based on a combination of deep knowledge of market trends and the ability to swiftly integrate them.’ comments Marco Sampaoli.

2016-WSF-Boards_a

Election Results at WSF and TTR General Assemblies

The WSF Board 2016/17 consists of nine members:

President, Meinhard Trojer, Austria
Vice President, Marco Sampaoli, Italy
Vice President, Sacha Giger, Switzerland (newly appointed)
Treasurer, Shigeru Ishihara, Japan
Board Member, Robert Joncas, Canada
Board Member, Paul Krahulec, USA (newly elected)
Board Member, Miriam Deller, China (re-elected)
Board Member, Gian Luca Zanetti, Italy (re-elected)
TTR Representative, to be announced

Highly valued WSF Secretary Anna-Maria Strittmatter moves to a new position and remains a consultant for the World Snowboard Federation until a replacement will be announced.

TTR voted for a new structure for their Board:

President, Reto Lamm, Switzerland
Vice President Maria McNulty, USA
Executive Board Member, Eric Webster, USA
Executive Board Member, Rich Hegarty, Australia
Executive Board Member, Alexander Doerr, Germany
Board Member, Josef Harml, Austria
Board Member, Christian Scheidl, Austria
Board Member, Satu Jarvela, Finland
Board Member, Marc Bajona, Spain
Board Member, Martin Boettger, Germany
Board Member, Sandro Garcia Egoavil, Spain
WSF Representative, Meinhard Trojer, Austria

For updates and more informations:
www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
www.worldsnowboardtour.com

Categories
Events Features World Snowboarding

World Snowboard Federation and Verein Ticket to Ride (TTR) Pro Snowboarding

In less than 10 days the world of snowboarding will meet to discuss about the future of the sport and more than 50 delegates confirmed their partecipation. The agenda includes various meetings of common interest like judging, Yabuli 2016, Riders Involvement and many more; NSAs, riders, delegates, event organizers, and snowboard industries are welcome to take part to the open meetings.

Please read the updated program below:

Location: Robinson Club Amade, Dorf 16 A-5603 Kleinarl 


Thursday, 23rd of June 2016

Time
Meeting
Invited
Room
14:00-18:00
Joint TTR Executive Board

and WSF Board meeting
TTR Ex. Board and WSF Board members only
TBA

Friday, 24th of June 2016

Time
Meeting
Invited
Room
09:00-13:00
TTR Board Meeting
TTR Board Members Only
TBA
09:00-10:00
WSF Board of Directors Meeting
WSF Board Members Only
TBA
10:00-12:00
Social Activity for all that have arrived
OPEN FOR ALL: NSAs, Event Organizers, Riders, Industry
TBA
12:00-14:00
Lunch Break at the Hotel Restaurant

OFFICIAL START FOR OPEN SNOWBOARD MEETINGS

13:30-15:00
WSF GA part 1

All NSAs
TBA
15:00-18:00
WSF/TTR Joint Open Session:

–       Judging

–       Event Rating / Calendar Issues

–       Riders Involvement

–       Winter Sports Market Europe

OPEN FOR ALL: NSAs, Event Organizers, Riders, Industry
TBA
19:30
Dinner at the Hotel Restaurant

Saturday, 25th of June 2016

Time
Meeting
Invited
Room
09:30-10:30
TTR Board Meeting
TTR Board Members Only
TBA
10:30-12:30
WSF/TTR Joint Open Session:

–       World Championships

–       Tour Future

–       “How to Best Organize the Sport”
OPEN FOR ALL: NSAs, Event Organizers, Riders, Industry
TBA
12:30-14:00
Lunch Break at the Hotel Restaurant
14:00-16:00
WSF GA part 2 – elections

All NSAs
TBA
16:00-18:30
TTR General Assembly

–       Agenda

–       President´s Report /

–       Financial Report

–       Discharge of Board

–       Vote on Proposals

–       Board Elections

–       End of General Assembly
TTR Members:

Event Organizers of NATL, INTL  and ELITE events

NSAs under WSF
TBA
18:30-19:00
WSF Board of Directors Meeting
WSF Board Members Only

TBA
19:30
Dinner at the Hotel Restaurant

Sunday, 26th of June 2016

Departure Day

09:30 – 11.00 Open for evtl, Board Meetings, Committee Meetings, etc.

If you are not able to attend, you can submit your questions to annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org

Categories
Features Reports World Snowboarding

Tourstop Vans Penken Park Mayrhofen / Hippach

Not only the winners of the day carried home lots of medals, appreciation and mad-prizes from the third Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride tourstop at the Vans Penken Park. Also the overall winners of the Super Grom Tour Tyrol 2016 got crowned and honored on February 20th and 21st in Mayrhofen, Hippach in the Zillertal. All 100 riders took it with challenging conditions, flat lights and winds that weekend. Nevertheless, the riding level was incredible and riders were pushing the limits once again in the open slopestyle contest, not least because the park shapers were permanently maintaining the course to keep it in perfect shape. All participants, parents, trainers, friends and visitors kept up the unique Zillertal Välley Rälley vibe, as witnessed in the recap video by Andreas Monsberger.

The Vans Penken Park welcomed its guests for the 3rd Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride Snowboards tourstop with a perfectly shaped XXL setup. On the Coaching Day, the Ästhetiker crew members Steve Gruber, Chris Kroell, Friedl Kolar and Klaus Hofmeister took advantage of the entire park setup to train with up-and-coming talents on the jump and jib lines. In the meantime, riders were already warming up for the next day´s competition on the pro and advanced line.

16_02_20_zvr_action_annika_morgan-15_by_matt_mchattie_72dpi

On Sunday, 85 competitors showed up to compete on all different lines in the open slopestyle contest. Top riders from all over Europe pushed the limits througout all categories battling it out on hightest level. No surprise, the stakes were high. Winners could look forward to medals and prize money, mad-prizes and valuable points in the World Snowboard Tour Ranking and Välley Rälley Overall Tour Ranking.

In the super grom category Evy Poppe ( BEL) and Niclas Huber (GER) made it one more time to the top spot. Annika Morgan (GER) and Samuel Jaros (SVK) dominated the groms podium, while Adéla Kreisingerova (CZE) and Billy Cockrell (GBR) took victory in the rookies competition. Gillian Finnerty (GBR) won the women´s contest, while Scotsman Matt McCormick did not only earn in the gold medal in the men´s contest, he also won the Vans Best Trick Award with a clean bs9.  Austrian young gun Finally Nico Winkler got rewarded most impressive Grom of the day by the Ästhetiker Judges.

160221_ZVR_Penken_Contest_by_Gustav_Ohlsson_lowres_15

The 3rd Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride tourstop in Mayrhofen was also a part of the AustriaCups and the Final event of the Super Grom Tour Tyrol 2016, organized by the N.ASA. As the best overall grom girl Emma Lantos (AUT) got rewarded with the first place. Nico Winkler (AUT) won the trophy of the overall winner in the grom boys category and Leonardo Cerato (AUT) took home the super groms overall award 2016. All results are available at www.powdern.com.

With the 3rd tourstop, the Välley Rälley Overall Ranking starts getting exciting. Ride Snowboards team rider Roland Tschoder and local ripper and Greenroom shop team rider Patrick Fankhauser, both from Austria, are currently sharing the lead with equal score in the men´s category. The actual top spots in the overall ranking qualify for the N.ASA Shred Down Austrian Masters. All rankings and results are available at www.valleyralley.at.

“Despite the changing weather conditions, we witnessed another perfectly organized tourstop of the Zillertal Välley Rälley at the Vans Penken Park,” Marketing Director Gotthard Schoepf from the Mayrhofner Bergbahnen explains. “You can see, that the event is enjoying increasing popularity by riders and sponsors, while fun factor and professionalism don´t come to short. This formate delivers exactly, what snowboarding needs these days: fun, action and a lot of smiling faces!”

160221_ZVR_Penken_grom_boys_podium_by_Gustav_Ohlsson_lowres_42

The Vans Penken Park will be open and daily maintained until the 10th of April, 2016. All info on the setup is available at www.mayrhofner-bergbahnen.com/de/highlights/vans-penken-park. With the brand-new App you can always look up the latest news from the Vans Penken Park on your Android Smartphone or iPhone, where ever you are.

Partners of the 3rd tourstop: Zillertal.at, Ride Snowboards, Vans, Red Bull, Mayrhofner Bergbahnen, Tourismusverband Mayrhofen / Hippach im Zillertal, Grillhof Alm, N.ASA, Greenroom Mayrhofen, Black Eye, Dana Beanies

The forth and final Zillertal Välley Rälley hosted by Ride tourstop and finals will go down on April 2nd and 3rd in Hintertux, where the overall tour winners will be crowned prince, princess, duke, dutchess, king and queen of the valley 2016!

More Info and registration at www.valleyralley.at

Credits: Matt McHattie for Coaching / Gustav Ohlsson for Contest Day

Categories
World Snowboarding

Sony Xperia Snowboard Fest 2016

Be aware! Only two weeks and the 16th edition of the legendary Sony Xperia Snowboard Fest 2016 is on again! New place, great conditions, great kicker – all you need for riding! Read more and register online here: http://www.snowboardfest.sk/en/

Dates:

Friday 12.02.2016 – practice, riders meeting, Warm Up Party
Saturday 13.02.2016 – practice, competition, finals, afterparty

Place:

Ski resort SKI Šachtičky, Slovakia

Resort is only 10km from the third biggest city in Slovakia – Banská Bystrica. Slope is situated right in front of big hotel – only 100 meters. We are also moving closer to the city also because of the viewers – normally about 2 500 of them.

Registration:

You can already register on event page: www.snowboardfest.sk/registration

Accommodation:

Hote SKI Šachtička***
We arrange accommodation for riders
Hotel is situated only 100 meters from slope and also both sick parties – Warm Up party and Afterparty will be in this hotel.

Airport:

The best for you is to buy a fly ticket to Swechat – Vienna International Airport in Austria, which is the closest airport to resort SKI Šachtičky. We will pick up all riders, and we will also take all of you back to the airport – all for free. 

Big Air style:

We will build typical huge big air as every year. Save, wide, long, precipitous impact, simply – perfect shape .-) The table will be around 25 meters and kicker will be ready for you already for Friday training.

WORLD SNOWBOARD TOUR EVENT – INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

Prize money: 10.000 USD

 

Contact for riders (registration, accommodation, flights, local transport)

Sara Belova
Mobil: +421 904 137 409
mail: sara.belova.sb@gmail.com

Categories
World Snowboarding

2016 Estonian Open Slopestyle

Estonia’s biggest event of snowboarding and freestyle-skiing waits for the best riders at Kiviõli, 12.-14th February 2016. For the second year, we are officially in World Snowboard Tour calendar as a National level event, also Estonian snowboard and freestyle-skiing championships will be held (slopestyle). The best Estonian riders will show their skills, including young world famous skier Kelly Sildaru (13 years old), who won the Dew Tour in December 2015 and also SFR Freestyle Ski Tour in January 2016 @Val Thorens, France.

The competition is more popular for Nordic and Baltic riders. Most of our foreign riders come from Finland and Latvia, right now we also have one rider from Korea. The best Estonian snowboarders will be included – Team Surfhouse (EST) first class riders Mario Visnap, Marko Vilumaa, Sulev Paalo, Priidik Vesi, Siim Aunison; also Madis Bachmann (Hawaii Express Team), freestyle-skiers Edgars Lansmanis (LAT) and Kristian Eding (Team Surfhouse, EST), Karl Pääru (Extreme Sport, EST).

Although the season kicked off pretty late here in Estonia (in the beginning of January 2016), the snowpark building in Kiviõli is in progress and it should be opened as soon as possible. The main sponsor of Estonian Open Slopestyle 2016 is Starman.

We hope to see many people attending to Estonian Open Slopestyle, supporting the riders and spending some quality time outside. In those 3 days all the other slopes (except snowpark) of Kiviõli Ski Resort will be available for everyone. We also have DJ performances in Friday and Saturday evenings.

est-open-slope-starman-logo

For further information, please visit: www.snowboarding.ee

Facebook event: www.facebook.com/events/167753996909625

Info: http://www.snowboarding.ee

TRAILER

Categories
Features World Snowboarding

2016 World Rookie Fest – Day 2

The second day of the 2016 World Rookie Fest was all about riding and fun under the snow. Qualifications for the Rookie Girls, Grom Boys and Grom Girls, didn’t happen due to heavy snow fall that stopped our shredders.

wrf-15

In the afternoon rookies and groms enjoyed a free yoga class with Laura. It was the most successful lesson ever, with almost 60 participants! Black Yeti likes to be in a relaxed mood!

Tomorrow’s weather will be good, below you can find the complete program.

2016-world-rookie-fest-livigno-day2_01

WRF PROGRAM – 12th JANUARY 2016

9.00 – 9.45 Training Heat 2 Rookie Men
10.00 – 12.30 Qualification Heat 2 Rookie Men
12.30 – 13.00 Training Heat 1 Grom Men
13.15 – 15.00 Qualification Heat 1 Grom Men
15.00 – 15.30 Training Heat 3 Girls
15.45 – 16.30 Qualification Heat 3 Girls

Please all Grom Men, Rookie Girls, Grom Girls, be at 12.30 at the Snowpark!

PROGRAM COULD BE CHANGED DUE THE WEATHER CONDITIONS

IN CASE THE FINAL WILL NOT HAPPEN DUE THE BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS THE QUALIFICATIONS RANKS WILL BE USED AS FINALS RANKS

Extra Activities: 

16.30 Yoga Session @ Plaza Placheda
17.30 Results from Quali and Coach Meeting at Plaza Placheda Touristic Center

Photo gallery from the second day of the 2016 World Rookie Fest here.

Photo Credits: Lorenzo Fizza Verdinelli

Follow us the next days to see what the young guns got in stock!

The WSF World Rookie Tour is organized by The Black Yeti in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation and its National Snowboard Associations, and it is made possible by Red Bull and Volkl Snowboards. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Onboard European Snowboard magazine, Cooler and MPora.

2015.16 World Rookie Tour – Calendar

South America Rookie Fest (SS) . Valle Nevado, Chile 21.23 August 2015 – DONE
Corvatsch Rookie Fest (SS) . Corvatsch, Swiss . 17.20 December 2015 – DONE
Iceripper Rookie Fest (HP) . Laax, Swiss 06.09 January 2016 – DONE
World Rookie Fest (SS) . Livigno, Italy 09.14 January 2016
Peyragudes Rookie Fest (SS) . Peyragudes, France 21.24 January 2016
Transilvania Rookie Fest (SS) . Arena Platos, Romania 05.07 February 2016
Oslo Rookie Fest (SS) . Oslo Vinterpark, Norway, 26.28 February 2016
Indy Park Rookie Fest (SS) . Nekoma, Japan 27.28 February 2016
Trentino Rookie Fest (SS + HP) . Monte Bondone, Italy 02.06 March 2016
Bulgarian Rookie Fest (SS + HP) . Pamporovo, Bulgaria 15.17 March 2016
Revolution Rookie Fest (SS + HP) . Seven Springs Resort, USA 15.16 March 2016
Völkl World Rookie Finals (SS) . Ischgl, Austria 05.10 April 2016

Follow the World Rookie Tour online @
web: www.worldrookietour.com and www.worldsnowboardfederation.org
facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
Vimeo Channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour