<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The 2018 New Zealand Rookie and Grom Fest</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the big success of the 2018 New Zealand Rookie Fest, which took place from 14th to the 16th of August, the Black Yeti is happy to announce that <strong>Cardrona Alpine Resort </strong>that will soon host a <strong>second World Rookie Tour</strong> event, from the <strong>2nd to the 5th of October 2018</strong>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All snowboarders participating in Halfpipe and all riders competing in the Antler’s Alley/Stag Lane course for slopestyle are <strong>automatically included in Rookie and Grom Fest results</strong>. Podium finishes in the Rookie and Grom Fests automatically earn competitors a <strong>quota spot in the World Rookie Tour Finals in Kitzsteinhorn - Zell am See-Kaprun</strong>. One free entry will be also given out to the top performer from the event! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Event Disciplines & Dates Sunday</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">September 30 Team’s Captain meeting 1 -8 pm at Snow Sports NZ office 78 Andersons Road, Wanaka</div><div style="text-align: justify;">October 1 Snowboard Freeride</div><div style="text-align: justify;">October 2 Boarder-cross </div><div style="text-align: justify;">October 3 Snowboard Halfpipe</div><div style="text-align: justify;">October 4 Slopestyle U12 (girls), U10 & U8 Lil Bucks; U12 (boys), U14, U16, U18 – Stag Lane, Antler Valley</div><div style="text-align: justify;">October 5 Postponement day & Awards evening</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong><a href="http://www.worldrookietour.com/download/COMPETITOR%20INFO%202018%20SSNZ%20Junior%20Ski%20Snowboard%20Nationals.pdf" target="_blank">Click here</a></strong> to download the info sheet! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Read the news <strong><a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/2018/09/21/2018-new-zealand-rookie-grom-fest/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2018 South America Rookie Fest Video Report</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The video report of the 2018 South America Rookie Fest is finally online! The World Rookie Tour event in <strong>Valle Nevado, Chile</strong>, was a blast and attracted the best under eighteen snowboarders of the globe. This video is a recap of a week full of activities. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Beside the competition which saw an incredible riding level, rookies had the opportunity to discover the amazing Valle Nevado landscape thanks to a backcoutry session and to have fun at Mall Sport where a <strong>skate</strong> and <strong>surf session</strong> were organized. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Curious to see what happened during the 2018 South America Rookie Fest? Watch and enjoy this short video below! If you haven’t done it yet, read the report <strong><a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/2018/08/21/2018-south-america-rookie-fest-success/" target="_blank">here</a></strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>WORLD ROOKIE TOUR PROVISIONAL CALENDAR</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">South America Rookie Fest (SS) – Valle Nevado, Chile 9.14 August 2018 DONE</div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Zealand Rookie Fest (SS+HP) – Cardrona, New Zealand 14.16 August 2018 DONE</div><div style="text-align: justify;">New Zealand Rookie and Grom Fest (SS+H) - Cardrona, New Zealand 2.5 October 2018</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Corvatsch Rookie Fest (SS) - Corvatsch, Switzerland 12.16 December 2018</div><div style="text-align: justify;">World Rookie Fest (SS) – Livigno, Italy 12.16 January 2019 </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pila Rookie Fest (SS) - Pila, Italy 13.17 March 2019</div><div style="text-align: justify;">World Rookie Finals (SS+HP) - Kitzsteinhorn - Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria 25.30 March 2019</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Many other events will be announced soon! Stay Tuned!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>If you dream to become a professional snowboarder,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!</strong></div><div><br /></div>