NZ Freestyle Open Rookie FestCardrona are stoked to host once again, the 2019 NZ Freestyle Open Rookie Fest! The event is a FIS Continental Cup and a WSF World Rookie Tour event including slopestyle freeski & snowboard competition. The partecipants will collect FIS points and will have the change to qualify for FIS World Cup events. Moreover the riders will get points for the World Rookie Rank and all the podium athlets will be automatically qualified for the 2020 World Rookie Finals in Kaprun, Austria, for snowboard finals in halfpipe and slopesyle, and in Seiser Alm, Italy, for Freeski Slopestyle finals.The program of the slopestyle competition will include qualifications on Wednesday 14.08.2019 and Finals on Thursday the 15.08.2019.NB: Due to lack of snow the halfpipe is cancelled!Cardrona Alpine Resort is New Zealand’s most popular ski area, attracting all kinds of snow enthusiasts, from beginners & families, to Olympians & X Games athletes. Take a short drive from Queenstown or Wanaka tand you will be welcomed with the genuine Kiwi hospitality to NZ’s ultimate winter playground.Download here the NZ event info and programDownload here the NZ registration formSouth America Rookie FestAfter many editions, the South America Rookie Fest in Valle Nevado, is a unique snowboard event by Black Yeti. With a unique program combining snowboard slopestyle competition, with freeride experience, skateboard session, surf session and and full immersion in South America culture, it is definetly the event to go. If you never been there, then you shuold seriously think to make it at least one time in the life.Date: 29 august – 1 of septemberLocation: Valle Nevado, ChileContact for info and registration: registration@worldrookietour.comDownload here the Chile event info and program.Download here the Chile registration form2019.20 World Rookie Tour – Provisional CalendarSummer Rookie Jam (Snow+Freeski / BG+HP) – Les2Alpes, France 15-20 August 2019 – DONENZ Freestyle Open Rookie Fest (Snow+Freeski / SS+HP) – Cardrona, New Zealand 14-17 August 2019South America Rookie Fest (Snow / SS) – Valle Nevado, Chile 29 August – 1 September 2019World Rookie Fest (Snow / SS) – Livigno, Italy 11-16 January 2020World Rookie Freeski Finals (SS) – Seiser Alm, Italy 23-27 March 2020World Rookie Snowboard Finals (SS+HP) – Kitzsteinhorn, Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria 31 March 5 April 2020and many more events to come.Follow the World Rookie Tour online @:Web: www.worldrookietour.comInstagram: www.instagram.com/worldrookietourFacebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietourVimeo channel: www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietourMail: info@blackyeti.infoIf you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUROrganized by the Black Yeti ssrl 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 to grow in the field of professional snowboarding, such as photo & video shootings, avalanche and rescue clinics, meetings with photographers and international team managers, parties and English talks. Since year zero, 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 snowboard photo & video shootings, and freeride trip in Chile. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champion at the end of season, at the World Rookie Finals, a unique event where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun. More information at www.worldrookietour.com.ABOUT BLACK YETI ssdThe Black Yeti is an amateur sport club dedicated to the realization of snowboard, freeski and skateboard projects for boys and girls up to 18 years of age, in Italy and abroad. One of the most successful project is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 2.000 young athletes from 30 nations to the events called “Rookie Fest”, organized all over the world: Italy, Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The Rookie Fests program includes not only the competition but also many side activities such as avalanche and rescue clinics, workshops and English talks.