2019 World Rookie Snowboard Finals: who will be the next stars?

Only the best young guns from the previous World Rookie Tour stops will join this legendary event. As is tradition the winners of the World Rookie Finals will be awarded with incredible prizes: wildcards to World Class Events, filming sessions with Pirate Movie Production, invitations to World Rookie Tour Shooting to be held in Les 2 Alpes France from 10 to 13 of July, Trip to Chile and many tickets to next season World Rookie Tour events. Moreover, this year the Black Yeti joined the forces with one of the most famous international competition, the Audi Nines, and the male and female Champions of the 2019 World Rookie Tour Snowboard Finals will win a ticket to this unique event that will take place from the 22nd to the 27th of April in Sölden and in Obergurgl, Austria.

Last but not least, the World Rookie Tour has established an end of season important partnership which will increase significantly the 2019 World Rookie Finals prizes: all the 2019 rookie champions, snowboard freeski, male and female, will be awarded with a personal spot for the 2019.20 FIS World Cups.

Takeru Otsuka and Kokomo Murase were the previous WRT winners and started their carrier at the last year finals. Who will be the next snowboard stars?

From the 25th to the 30th of March riders from all over the world will gather in Austria for a unique sports and lifestyle event in a great international scenario. The program of 2019 World Rookie Finals will include World Snowboard Tour Slopestyle and Half Pipe contest and many lifestyle activities: social dinners, workshops with Viva con Agua, Yoga lessons, a first aid clinic the final party and much more.

If you are a snowboard fan or if your dream is to start a professional snowboard carrier, then Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun/Zell am See, Austria, is the place to be! Watch the video promo below!

Click here to find all the info about program and booking. Download the registration form here, fill it out and send it to registration@worldrookietour.com.

Anna Negri - +39.059.9783397 or +39.338.1713960

Watch the videos of the 2018 World Rookie Finals in Kaprun: slopestyle and halfpipe competition.

2018.19 World Rookie Tour Calendar

South America Rookie Fest (SS) – Valle Nevado, Chile 9.14 August 2018 DONE

New Zealand Rookie Fest (SS+HP) – Cardrona, New Zealand 14.16 August 2018 DONE

New Zealand Rookie and Grom Fest (SS+H) - Cardrona, New Zealand 2.5 October 2018 DONE

Corvatsch Rookie Fest (SS) - Corvatsch, Switzerland 12.16 December 2018 DONE

USASA Grom Fest (HP) – Copper Moutain, US 6. January 2019 DONE

World Rookie Fest (SS) – Livigno, Italy 12.16 January 2019 DONE

USASA Grom Fest (SS) – Keystone, US 10 February 2019 DONE

Indy Park Rookie Fest (SS) – Nekoma, Japan 9.10 March 2019 DONE

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ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard and Ski Associations and selected action sport agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard event and it consists now of a selection of high quality International events for 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 action sports, 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 X Games Norway, Audi Nines, The Arctic Challenge, The Air & Style, The World Snowboarding Championships, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and shooting trip all around the world. 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 ssd

The 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.