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2014 Australia Rookie Fest

Post author By silvia
Post date August 30, 2014

The 5th edition of the Australian Rookie Fest Down Under took place in Thredbo Resort, one of the top ski area in the Southern Hemisphere. Thredbo Super Park welcomed the best rookies and groms from Australia and New Zealand competing for Red Bull Stunt Plane Flights and tickets to the 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Australia.

It was a very tight competition in the rookie male category with 16 year old Matty Cox taking out the title of the event with technical, smooth and stylish runs. Last year’s grom winner Josh Vagne impressed the judges and found himself in second, followed by Sam Christie from New Zealand in third. Even if some of the rail set up were a bit daunting for the groms, Jack Christie landed a super smooth run and take the top place on the podium, with Alex Brookes in second and Kaleb Vagne in third. Among the girls Tess Coady showed solid spins and style on the jumps to take first place. Zahra Kell was the best girl on the rail section and get the second place, followed by Georgia Crisp in third.

The winners are looking forward to taking their Red Bull stunt plane flights and turning up to Ischgl next year to represent Australia at the 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals.
Watch the video of the 2014 Australian Rookie Fest at http://youtu.be/8fZiGUdyDPc

See the best pictures from the event on the official World Rookie Tour fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour

2014 Australia Rookie Fest – Results
Rookie Males
Matty Cox
Josh Vagne
Samuel Christie
Sebastian Judge
Tom Harveyson
Luke Harvey
Campbell Najdecki-Devine
Mo Dinatale
Micholas Masjuk

Grom Males
Jack Christie
Alex Brookes
Kaleb Vagne
Callum Masjuk
Valentino Guseli
Campbell Oatley
Flynn Doolan
Zephyr Ashe
Thomas Krpan
Toby Peterson

Girls
Tess Coady
Zahra Kell
Georgia Crisp
Geneva Guy

The 2014 Australian Rookie Fest was possible thanx to Red Bull, Volkl, Adrenaline Boardstore, Monster Skate Park, Semantics and Thredbo Resort. A special thanks also to Phillipe Lahey from Thredbo for all his help.
With the Australian event the Black Yeti completed his 2014 journey in the Southern Hemisphere. The 2014.15 World Rookie Tour calendar will be revealed soon and many special activities and news will be announced to celebrate the 10th edition of the most famouse youth snowboard searies.

2015 WRT events already confirmed:

– World Rookie Fest, Livigno, Italy, Slopestyle, 10-15 January 2015

– Trentino Rookie Fest, Monte Bondone, Italy, Halfpipe and Slopestyle,

– Volkl World Rookie Finals, 25 Feb – 1 March 2015

Tags Australia, Thredbo, World Rookie Tour, WSF

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The Wsf World Rookie Tour Moves South

Post author By silvia
Post date August 1, 2014

The Black Yeti and his Rookie Fest events will go down under in South America and Australia for the summer leg of the World Rookie Tour.

The search for next snowboarding future stars is starting again as the Black Yeti follows the snow and the winter to the Southern Hemisphere and is ready to kick off the World Rookie Tour 2014/15 in Valle Nevado, Chile, and in Thredbo, Australia.

2014 SOUTH AMERICA ROOKIE FEST in VALLE NEVADO, CHILE

The new WSF World Rookie Tour season will start with the 2014 South America Rookie Fest from the 8^th to 12^th August, in Valle Nevado, Chile, one of the most incredible event hosting the Black Yeti and his youngsters. The Chilean top quality ski resort Valle Nevado will hosted already 4 time the SARF offering to promising future snowboarding talents in South America a program with a WST slopestyle contest, freeride experience with pros, skate and surf sessions and cultural activities such as a tour in the capital city of Santiago and a visit to the city of Valparaiso, an Unesco world heritage. USA, Asian and European riders will compete with top South American rookies for a ticket to the 2015 World Rookie Fest in Livigno and to the 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl.

Watch the video edit from the backcountry day at the 2013 South America Rookie Fest here https://vimeo.com/77527769.

Prizes
The top 2 riders of the event will be invited for free to the next winter’s season 2015 World Rookie Fest in Livigno, Italy and 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals. All podium riders from both rookie and grom, boys and girls, will be qualified for the 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl.

Registration & Info

For registration, booking and questions, please contact Arnau Fernandez arnau23@gmail.com.
Special deals for accomodation are reserved for riders, parents and coaches. Riders will get free lift tickets during the days of event.

2014 AUSTRALIAN ROOKIE FEST in THREDBO.

For the fifth year in a row, the Black Yeti hits Down Under for the 2014 Australian Rookie Fest. The 2 Star WST slopestyle event will take place from 22^nd to 23^rd August 2014 in Thredbo, Australia, where some of the world’s best young shredders will fight for amazing prizes as all podium riders will be qualified for the 2015 Volkl World Rookie Finals in Ischgl Austria and the male and female Rookie winner will also receive all inclusive entries to the event.

Registration & Info: stuartdavismeehan@hotmail.com

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

Mpora WRT channel: www.mpora.com/worldrookiesnowboardtour/

Age Groups
WSF rookie events are reserved to Rookies (born from 1st of January 1997 to 31st of December 1999) and Grom (born from 1st of January 2000 and up), both boys and girls. All contests of the World Rookie Tour will generate valuable results for the TTR World Snowboard Tour Ranks and for the World Rookie Rank developed by World Snowboard Federation.

Tags Australia, Black Yeti, Chile, World Rookie Fest, World Rookie Tour, WSF

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Minutes of WSF General Assembly 2014

Post author By silvia
Post date June 11, 2014

Have a look here if you missed the General Assembly of WSF that just happened in Barcelona (ESP) few weeks ago and do not hesitate to contact us for further information.

Tags Barcelona, GA, minutes, TTR, WSF

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WSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014 – THE BIGGEST EVER

Post author By silvia
Post date June 5, 2014

WSF GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2014 – THE BIGGEST EVER
The World Snowboard Federation (WSF) and TTR Pro Snowboarding hosted once again their General Assemblies in Barcelona and breaking news have been revealed.

About 100 people from the international snowboarding scene around the globe took part in the meetings and many inputs have been given to WSF and TTR to push snowboarding in a new direction.

(photo credits: Philippe Reiff)

BIGGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL GA IN THE HISTORY OF WSF
For WSF, it was the biggest GA ever, with people from as many countries as never before: 25 nations welcomed the new National Snowboard Associations (NSAs) that will be part of WSF starting from the coming up season: Iceland, Mongolia and the re-organized Czech Republic association are the three new WSF members, of 44 members in total.

PROMISING FUTURE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL SNOWBOARDING SCENE
Updates for the upcoming World Championships of Snowboarding 2016 in Yabuli have been shared and input from all the delegates have been given on future strategies for a closer cooperation between WSF, TTR and the riders.

Remi Forsans, CEO of Outdoor Sports Valley, presented super interesting results from a survey about the European snowboard market that automatically generates the future goals of WSF: Freeriding, Banked Slalom and recruitment of kids.

TTR announced their plans about the new structure of World Snowboard Tour 2.0 which has been actively supported by the pro-riders Ståle Sandbech, Torstein Horgmo and Kjersti Buaas who were joining the meetings announcing their plans of establishing a Riders’ Association.

As well, the WSF and TTR GAs also welcomed the FIS delegation to share their vision for the future of snowboarding.

“The annual WSF General Assembly hosted in conjunction with our partner organization TTR World Snowboard Tour is a unique opportunity for the development of the independent snowboard communities” stated Marco Sampaoli, World Snowboard Federation President. “The GA in Barcelona offered 70 delegates from all over the globe, representing National Snowboard Association, industry, media and event organizers a change to shape the future of our sport and create great networking moments.”

NEW WSF BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2014.15
The WSF is happy to announce the newly elected and very internationally Board of Directors for the upcoming season:

Marco Sampaoli (ITA)    President
Meinhard Trojer (AUT)   Vice-President
Cecilia Flatum (NOR)     Vice-President
Shigeru Ishihara (JPN) Treasurer
Miriam Hanna Deller (CHN)        Board Member
Gian Luca Zanetti (ITA) Board Member
Sandro Garcia (PER)              Board Member
Olle Danielsson (SWE)   Deputy Board Member

10th BIRTHDAY OF THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR
Next season, the World Rookie Tour will celebrate the 10th anniversary with special features.

Stay tuned on the new WSF website for upcoming news about the snowboard scene and to read the minutes of the WSF GA that it will be online soon.

Tags Barcelona, GA, Kjersti Buaas, Stale Sandbech, Torstein Horgmo, TTR, WSF

Features News

WSF and TTR Pro Snowboarding GA 2014

Post author By silvia
Post date May 26, 2014

One week left to the General Assembly 2014 in Barcelona (30th May – 1st June 2014) where more than 20 nations from all the world will sit together to plan the next year season.
Welcome the new national associations, present the World Championships of Snowboarding (WCS) in Yabuli 2016, the launch of the new WSF website and Remi Forsans from OSV (Outdoor Sport Valley) are just few of the topics in agenda.
Download here the official document and get in contact with us if you would like to take part to GA.

Please note that slight modifications of the program might occur. if you plan to visit us to attend a specific meeting, please get in contact with: annamaria@worldsnowboardfederation.org

Tags GA, TTR, World Snowboard Tour, WSF

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WSF New Website Announcement

Post author By silvia
Post date May 21, 2014

After months of brain-storming, dedication and hard work to prepare, WSF team is proud to announce the re-launch of the newly redesigned website.  You’ll see things are looking pretty spiffy around here and it’s all been completely re-coded from the ground up.

It has been crafted to reflect what riders and national snowboard association told us they need now but also builds upon technology capable of addressing future needs.  A few of our goals with the new website were to make it faster, easier to navigate for users, and easier for us to update. Three things you’ll love about it right now:
•    responsive layout: you can check our website from tablet and smatphone
•    easy access to contents
•    more videos and photo gallery to watch and share
If you take a gander around the site I think you’ll get a pretty good idea of what we have done to improve visibility to each contests and activities regarding snowboarding in general. We will continually be expanding our online content to bring you daily news about what’s going on around the globe, so check back often and connect with us on Facebook to receive news even faster.

If you would take a brief moment to share your thoughts about the website, don’t hesitate to send back your feedback.

SAVE_THE_DATE:  Two weeks left to the WSF and TTR Pro Snowboarding General Assembly 2014 in Barcelona (31st May – 1st June 2014). More news will be distributed soon.

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