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Young Guns Rookie Fest is goin’ down in Takasu, Japan on February 16th!

The Black Yeti will soon arrive in Japan for another great edition of the Young Guns Rookie Fest that will take place on February 16th in Takasu.

Takasu Snow Park is located in the northern area of Gujo city in the central region of Gifu Prefecture. The resort is on the eastern slopes of Mt. Dainichi, part of the Ryohaku mountain range. Takasu Snow Park has been operating since 1999 and it’s well known in the country for its halfpipe, the “nihon ichi” (best in Japan), thanks to the support of Global Snow Design.

2019 World Rookie Champion Ruki Tomita showed up for the first time here last year, same as Shuichiro Shigeno who won the Grom Title.  Who is going to be the next Japanese rising star?

Check out the video from the Young Guns Rookie Fest 2019:

Info and registrations for the 2020 Young Guns Rookie Fest in Tadaku, Japan:

Contacts: Ishi icyroad2@mac.com phone: +81(0)90.6518.8574

Age Groups  

2019/2020 World Rookie Tour events are reserved for Rookies (born from 1st of January 2002 to 31st of December 2004) and Groms (born from 1st of January 2005 and up), both male and female. All contests in the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the World Rookie Rank.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by Black Yeti company in collaboration with National and International Sports Associations and it is made possible by Red Bull, Völkl, Marker, Union Bindings, TSG Protection, Level Gloves, Surftolive.com, Jail Jam, Elle-Erre Easy Flag, Rock&Ride, Jart Skateboard, and Moon. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Sequence Magazine, Boardriding.com, Prime Snowboarding, Prime Skiing, Sourge Skateboarding, and Quattro Media. 

Follow the World Rookie Tour online:  
Web: www.worldrookietour.com
Instagram:www.instagram.com/worldrookietour
Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
Vimeo channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour
Mail: info@worldrookietour.com

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WSF General Assembly 2020 to take place in Innsbruck, Austria!

The annual World Snowboard Federation General Assembly will take place from the 2nd to the 5th of May in Innsbruck, Austria! The WSF Board of Directors would thus like to invite all delegates of the National Snowboard Associations, Event Organizers, Athletes, WSF Members and Friends to take part in this year’s edition.

Here is a recap with further information:

Date:
Saturday 2nd of May to Tuesday 5th of May 2020

Place:
Innsbruck, Austria

Accommodation:
The General Assembly will be held in the Hotel Congress which offers special packages for all the participants of the General Assembly.

Booking:
Please fill in the form at the following link for registration & booking: https://forms.gle/BnehfWDTdKTmiyLM9

Provisional Program: 

  • Saturday 02.05 – arrival day
  • Saturday 02.05 // 1.30pm – start of the WSF GA 2020
  • Sunday 03.05 // WSF GA 2020
  • Monday 04.05 // WSF GA 2020
  • Tuesday 05.05 // WSF GA 2020
  • Wednesday 06.05 // Departure Day

Further detailed information about the program will be communicated soon. Please note that everyone is invited to join the working groups and provide inputs.

In conclusion, from today onwards you can also send in proposals for elections, please find all the information about the procedure here, candidate proposal form. The candidate proposals should be sent directly to  anna@worldsnowboardfederation.org before the 21.02.2020.

Important Deadlines: 
– 21.02.2020: Proposals for elections have to be submitted to Anna at anna@worldsnowboardfederation.org not later than this date (60 days before the start of the GA)
– 16.03.2020: Motions have to be submitted until this date (40 days before the start of the GA)

For questions and  motions/proposals  please write an e-mail to Anna Negri, WSF General Secretary at anna@worldsnowboardfederation.org

The WSF Board of Directors is looking forward to seeing you all in Innsbruck!

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Video highlight from the World Rookie Fest Livigno 2020

The celebration of the 15th edition of the World Rookie Fest was a blast with 100 riders from 15th nations who took part in the slopestyle contest in the new pro-line of the Mottolino Snowpark.
Check out the highlight edit:

Read the full report here.

Filming & Editing: Silvio Ottonello & Federico Romanello
Drone Footage: Andrea Matteoli

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Record number of riders at the Hochkeil Banked Slalom 2020!

Snowboarding is dead… NOT!
This year’s Hochkeil Banked Slalom had a record number of starting riders. Check out the report with photos and a video below.

At the seventh edition of the Hochkeil Banked Slalom on Saturday 11th of January in Mühlbach am Hochkönig, almost 120 riders started, more than ever before. The demanding banked course in the natural snow area of Hochkeil offered challenges for professionals and pleasure boarders. In addition to the fastest, the average times were again rewarded with main prizes. So there was an exciting but also relaxed race which is part of the WSF Banked Slalom Tour.


The Hochkeil Banked Slalom took place on Saturday for the seventh time at Hochkeil – Hochkönig ski area. Already in the morning there was a big rush when riders registered at the Arthurhaus lift. Around 120 snowboarders from Austria, Germany, Belgium, Scotland and the Czech Republic got one of the coveted starting spots.

During training, clouds and even fog wafted through the best-prepared banked course. Just in time for the first run, the visibility improved and the riders showed spectacular riding. Especially the kids, with the youngest participant who was only two years old, gave it all.

For the second run, the sun even came out and the Mandlwand in the spectacular Hochkönig massive. Also the second run was accident-free and fun for all riders. Stewart Orr, our Scotsman living in Kaprun, snatched the victory with a dream time in the last second in front of Friedl May, who lives in Salzburg. Jacob Zeppelzauer came in strong third.

As in the previous year, Kathrin Gappmayer from Kuchl dueled the ladies class with 2010 freeride world champion Aline Bock from Germany, who is at home in Innsbruck. With a great second run Aline secured the best time and got her first victory at the Hochkeil Banked. Lisa Wollein from Austria took third place.

Hochkeil Shaper Kim Arents from Belgium came closest to the average adult time and recived a brand new Goodboard. The legends class was dominated by Markus Ebner from Bavaria, world champion and vice world champion at the turn of the millennium, ahead of Goodboard’s founder Josef Holub from Ammersee, born in Prague. Third place went to legendary Bavarian Peter Mohr with an old school setup.
The middle time in Legends class was snapped by Mary Schumacher from Tyrol from the “Snowboarding Family”.

At the boys group, Leonardo Schweizer won ahead of Niclas Ebner and Oliver Chirstov, all three from the Bavarian team. Tina Schrott prevailed over the girls, ahead of Rosalie Bauer and Mathilda Scheid. These three brisk ladies also came from the strong Bavarian team.

The kids set a highlight at the Hochkeil Banked 2020. Fenja Jansing from SC Schellenberg / Bavaria secured a hair’s breadth from Hedi Machein from the “Snowboarding Family” / Austria and Wally Macheiner also from the “Snowboarding Family”.

The kid’s average time was snapped by Stani Macheiner born in 2018 accompanied by Lilo Krebernik also member of the “Snowboarding Family” and at home in Vienna!

At the award ceremony the sun went down and the great prizes sponsored by Goodboards, Blue Tomato, SP Bindings and 686 Clothing brought a smile to the faces of the many tired riders. The Hochkeil team is looking forward to the banked slalom next year!

Photos: Wolf Wieser
Contact for questions: Peter Radacher – info@snowboardmuseum.com

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WSF welcomes new Project Officer Sarah Marie Lehmann

We are stoked to announce another member on the WSF team. Sarah Marie Lehmann is a passionate snowboarder living in Innsbruck & also the new WSF Project Officer! We asked Sarah to tell you what she is from January on responsible for:

“As new WSF Project Officer I am very excited to participate in strengthening the snowboarding community. My main responsibility is to encourage event hosts to join the WSF Banked Slalom Tour, as well as the World Rookie Rank. I’ll also be updating the snowboard events on the WSF homepage and more. Thank you for this amazing opportunity!”

Photo: Bud & Terence Films

You can contact Sarah at this e-mail address: sarah@worldsnowboardfederation.org

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The 15th edition of World Rookie Fest Livigno has its winners

The celebration of the 15th edition of the World Rookie Fest was a blast with 100 riders from 15th nations who took part in the slopestyle contest in the new pro-line of the Mottolino Snowpark: athletes from 10 different nations obtained a spot on the podium, underlining the international stance of this iconic youth snowboard event.

A bluebird sky and a bright sun welcomed the riders in Livigno, where Mottolino Snowpark presented its astonishing new set up for international events: three tables with different kickers and two tables with multi jib obstacles. The perfectly shaped jumps were 18, 22, 19 meters for the XL line, 15, 17, 16 meters for the L line and 6, 8, 10 for the M line.

During the final day, the grom girls started first and Mia Brooks from Great Britain conquered the highest spot of the podium with her run which included Frontside 180 over the gap, Switch Blunt 270 out, Cab 540 Indy, Backside 540 Mute, Cab 720 Indy, Switch Bluntslide, followed by Andrina Salis as second place and Heli Bockhorni as third place. In the Rookie Girls, the riding level was very high too: Evy Poppe from Belgium took the first place with Cab 180 over the gap, 50-50 180 out, cab 540, Backside 360 Tailgrab, Frontside 720, 50-50 Backside 180 out, Evelina Taka and Novalie Engholm the second and the third place.

From Italy Ian Matteoli won in the groms’ category with a score of 83 in his run where he landed Cab 180 over the gap, hardway 270 on lipslide to fakie, Switch Backside 540 Mute, Backside Double Cork 1080 Mute, Frontside Double Cork 1080 Frontside grab, 50-50 Frontside 360 out. Julien Merken from France rounded out the podium as second and Joshua Robertson Hahn from Australia as the third.

Øyvind Kirkhus from Norway arriving first in the Rookie’s category thanks to his best run which included Switch Frontflip over the gap, cab 180 on 50-50 to Boardslide prezel 270 out, Switch Backside 1260 Mute, Backside Double cork 1080 Mute, Frontside Double cork 1260 Frontside grab, cab 270 on 270 out. On the male rookie podium after Øyvind there were Valtteri Kautonen from Finland and Johannes Taklo from Norway.

Norway conquered the title of the best team.


Full results can be found here.

As you know, the World Rookie Tour is not just a competition, but a unique lifestyle and travel experience for all the participants with a lot of side activities in the program such as the arva freeride clinic and the yoga session. You can see what has happened in these three days in Livigno thanks to the official pictures.

All the pictures from 2020 World Rookie Fest in Livigno are on the link below:

2020 World Rookie Fest – Day1
2020 World Rookie Fest – Qualifications Day
2020 World Rookie Fest – Finals DayPhoto credits: Ania GrzelkaThanks to 2020 World Rookie Fest sponsors and media partners:

Red Bull, Livigno Touristic Office, Mottolino Fun Mountain, Mottolino Snowpark, Skipassion, Union Binding Company, TSG, Level Gloves, Jail Jam, SurftoLive, Sticker Mule, Arva Safety Equipment, Panorama Sports Diffusion, Elle-Erre, Rock and Ride, Moon srl, Boardriding.com, Pleasure Magazine, Quattro Media, World Snowboard Federation and FSI Federazione Snowboard Italia.

2019/20 World Rookie Tour Snowboard Calendar:
Summer Rookie Jam // Les 2 Alpes . FRA // 13-20.07.2019 // SS/BA/HP – DONE
NZ Rookie Fest // Cadrona . NZL // 14-17.08.2019 //  SS/HP – DONE
NZ Show Down Rookie Fest // Cadrona. NZL // 04-06.10.2019 // SS/BA/HP – DONE
World Rookie Fest // Livigno . ITA // 11-15.01.2020 // SS – DONE
Colorado Rookie Fest // Vail . USA // 26.01.2020 // HP
QKLS Rookie Fest // Ruka . FIN // 29.01-02.02.2020 // SS
REV Tour Rookie Fest // Mammoth Mountain. USA // 07-09.02.2020 // SS/HP
Colorado Rookie Fest // Keystone A51 . USA // 08.02.2020 // SS
Balkan Rookie Fest // Sofia . BUL // 13-16.02.2020 // SS
Young Guns Rookie Fest // Takasu. JPN // 16.02.2020 // HP
Indy Park Jam Rookie Fest // Nekoma. JPN // 14.03.2020 // SS
Ursus Rookie Fest // Madonna di Campiglio. ITA // 15-19.03.2020 // SS
World Rookie Finals // Kitzsteinhorn, Zell Am See-Kaprun . AUT // 31.03-05.04.2020 // SS/HP

Follow the World Rookie Tour online:
Web: www.worldrookietour.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/worldrookietour
Facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour
Vimeo channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour
Mail: info@worldrookietour.com

About World Rookie Tour
The WRT is organized by the Black Yeti company in collaboration with International and National Sports Associations. It consists of a selection of high quality International events, in snowboard, freeski and skateboard, the so called “Rookie Fests”, reserved for riders under 18’s only, in Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The World Rookie Tour consists not only of competitions: it also features loads of other activities to help rookies in their personal and athlete grow, such as photo & video shootings, avalanche and rescue clinics, meetings with photographers and international team managers, parties and English talks. Since the foundation in 2005 it awards tickets to world class events such as The Arctic Challenge, The Air & Style, the X Games, the Audi Nines, Red Bull Roller Coaster, Simple Session, Mystic Cup, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and freeride trip in Southern Hemisphere. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champions at the end of season “World Rookie Finals”, a unique event where the best youngsters from all over the world compete and have fun. More information at www.worldrookietour.com 

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WSF President Satu Järvelä at the New Leaders Forum 2019

WSF President Satu Järvelä participated in the New Leaders Forum 2019 in Helsinki, Finland. The main topics of the event were the future of sport, equality, good governance and responsibility. The IOC Gender Equality Recommendations constituted the framework for the forum.

Satu Järvelä & Birgitta Kervinen (right)

“It was an honor to get the invite to New Leaders forum which was held in Helsinki in November. There were interesting and inspiring speeches about gender equality, leadership, importance and responsibilities of the sport.” said Satu after the event.

She also added: “I think snowboardings strenght is comradery and one of my goals is to get more women involved in different fields of the boardsports and at the same time grow the education and youth programs.”

 

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Second stop of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour 2019/20 is goin’ down this weekend

Nico Winkler

On January 18th and 19th 2020, all eyes will be on the Actionpark Kreuzwiese at Zillertal Arena. With the second out of four Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stops hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards, the excitement rises. All those, who don’t want to miss out on Zillertal’s most popular snowboard amateur series’ second event, should sign up soon! The online registration for the open slopestyle contest and freebie freestyle coachings will remain open at until the hundred competitors mark will be reached: www.valleyralley.at

Just in time for the second tour stop, park designer Manfred Brandacher and his Uniqueparks.com team will do their magic on Zell’s Actionpark Kreuzwiese. Ride Snowboards will have the latest boards and bindings for free demo/testing on hand at Zillertal Arena. On the coaching day, the Bagjump landingbag powered by Prinoth will be the great attraction for trainings. Competitors of all age groups will be throwing down their best tricks on Zillertal Arena’s slopestyle course at Kreuzwiese on the contest day to gain valuable points, tons of medals and prize money. The new event host Blue Tomato and outerwear partner Horsefeathers Clothing will be scouting for up-and-coming talents all weekend long and Horsefeathers will be honoring the best trick with a special award.

With the second out of four results, the hunt for valuable Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY overall ranking points will get exciting at Zillertal Arena. The overall winners will be crowned new Royal Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY family 2020 at the last tour stop in Hintertux. All athletes participating in the tour are also collecting points for the International World Snowboard Point List (WSPL). The points from the first three VÄLLEY RÄLLEY stages are counting as ASA (Austrian Snowboard Association) Austriacups. With the results from the first three stages, the best man, woman and rookies qualify for the Austrian Masters Slopestyle Finals. On top of all this, the rookies will be gaining points in the World Rookie Ranking, whereas the overall rookie winners (16-18 years) will earn wildcards for the World Rookie Finals 2020. More info at Powedern.com.

The partners of the 2nd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stops are:
Zillertal Tourism GmbH, the mountain company and tourism association Zillertal Arena, Blue Tomato, Ride Snowboards, Red Bull, Horsefeathers, Dana Beanies, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF), Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA) and World Rookie Tour (WRT).

Still looking for accomodation?
Check www.zillertalarena.com and www.zillertal.at for more!

All info, updates and registration at www.valleyralley.at or www.zillertal.at/valleyralley.

Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards 2019/2020 teaser edit:

Photos: Gustav Ohlsson

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Get ready for Röstigraben Banked Slalom 2020 in Gstaad

Another Banked Slalom contest on the WSF Banked Slalom tour will go down at the turn of February and March in Swiss Gstaad with the name Röstigraben Banked Slalom 2020! You can look forward to a greatly shaped course full of handshaped banked turns which will guarantee a fun flow.

Here is the basic information:

Program:
Saturday, 29. February 2020:
11.00 – 15.00: Training & Shaping

Sunday, 1. March 2020:
9.00 – 10.00: Late registration & Distribution of race jerseys (Restaurant Waldmatte)
10.00 – 11.00: Training
11.00: 2 runs Banked Slalom

Location:
Blue slope (Nr. 82), Les Guilles – Chalberhöni
Ski area Saanen – Rougemont


Fees:
Adults & U15: CHF 20
U13: CHF 10.–, -> online registration
Late registration on spot: + CHF 10.–

Registration:
You can register online here.

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Greek Banked Slalom & Big Air 2020 will hit Kalavrita from 15 to 16 February

The biggest and most entertaining Greek snowboarding event of the winter season 2020 is getting closer. This year you can expect the event to be bigger and more impressive! Get a board, funny carnival costume, pack your stuff, delete notes from your calendar and come get crazy on board an on the party!

Banked Slalom x Big Air 2020 is a weekend event race at the Kalavryta Ski Resort. It take place under the World Snowboard Federation and as far as banked slalom contest is concerned, it is part of the WSF Banked Slalom tour 2019/20 as the official Greek race!

Snowboarders and skiers can participate in both Banked Slalom and Big Air contests. The entry fee is 25€ per race and includes a 1-day resort ticket.

Follow The Thing About Greece website and Facebook page for news.

Also follow Snowboard.gr website and Facebook page.

Check out the full WSF Banked Slalom tour 2019/20 calendar.

Organizers:
The Thing About Greece
Snowboard.gr
Manic Side