<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After 14 years of heritage in the snowboard community, dozens of international events organized world wide, many world class riders discovered and supported, hundreds of tv air hours, thounsands of youngsters from all over the world, the <strong>2019 World Rookie Tour</strong> will move to the next step, watching to new horizons and developing itself into an <strong>multisport platform</strong> to scout and support for the future starts in action sports.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the well known <strong>Snowboard World Rookie Tour</strong>, which will feature in 2018.19 winter season events from North to South America, to Europe, Asia and Oceania, new World Rookie Tours will be launced immediatly in 2019 also for <strong>Freeskiing</strong> and <strong>Skateboarding</strong>, while the Black Yeti is investigating already to implement other disciplines.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2019 Freeski World Rookie Tour</strong> will feature qualification events already confirmed in USA and Europe, new qualification events for South America, Asia and Oceania are under discussion, while the <strong>2019 Freeski World Rookie Finals</strong> is confirmed in <strong>Seiser Alm-Alpe di Siusi</strong>, Italy, from <strong>March the 18th until March the 21th 2019</strong>, on the same slopestyle facility of the FIS World Cup, built by premium shaping agency F-Tech. The same location will host the freeski finals untill 2021 and it will be slopestyle only for the first 3 years, while all the details about qualification criteria, rankings and future development of the Freeski WRT will be soon announced. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2019 Skateboard World Rookie Tour</strong> will start as a european based qualification tour with the finals in an ambitionus location which will be very soon announced. The Black Yeti crew is looking already for extending also the Skateboard WRT to North and South America, Asia and Oceania, thanks to its world wide network of connection in the action sport community. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"This is a natural development of our World Rookie Tour project: to bring together action families which share the same passions and values for outdoor life, respect for nature and freestyle attitude." stated <strong>Marco Sampaoli, World Rookie Tour co-founder</strong> and <strong>communication manager</strong>. "Implement freeski and skateboard World Rookie Tours will offer new opportunities for fun and progression to all the kids, teams and families out there, and we will now start to search future stars not only in snowboard, but in every action sports". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Going multisport is a big step foward for the World Rookie Tour: we will bring 14 years of experience in junior snowboard events and international tour organizations, into new sports." Stated <strong>Meinhard Trojer, WRT co-founder</strong> and <strong>event coordinator</strong>. "We had the opportunity to discover and support X-Games and Olympia snowboard medalists years before anybody else heard their name for the first time. Roope Tonteri, Seppe Smit, Manuel Pietropoli, Sven Thorgren, Mons Roisland, Takeru Otsuka, Kokomo Murase are just some of the riders we helped to become pro. And now the new challange is to do it again for skateboard, freeski and maybe some more action sport". </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shortly the official website <strong><a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/" target="_blank">www.worldrookietour.com</a></strong> will be upgraded in order to feature new sports, new tour and new contents. Stay connected with the Black Yeti to know more. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the mean while save the dates:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2018.19 Snowboard World Rookie Tour</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 DONE</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Corvatsch Rookie Fest (SS) - Corvatsch, Switzerland 12.16 December 2018 DONE</div><div style="text-align: justify;">USASA Grom Fest (HP) – Copper Moutain, US 6. January 2019 </div><div style="text-align: justify;">World Rookie Fest (SS) – Livigno, Italy 12.16 January 2019 </div><div style="text-align: justify;">USASA Grom Fest (SS) – Keystone, US 10 February 2019 </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Indy Park Rookie Fest (SS) – Nekoma, Japan 9.10 March 2019 </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rev Tour Rookie Fest (SS+HP) – Seven Springs, US 12.17 March 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>2019 Freeski World Rookie Tour</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Qualification event (SS) - North Park Innsbruck, Austria, date to be announced.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Qualification Italian Tour (SS) - Prato Nevoso 26th January, Pila 10th Febbruary, San Pellegrino 10th March. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Other qualification events in USA and Europe to be announced soon. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Freeski World Rookie Finals (SS) - Seiser Alm Alpe di Siusi, Italy, 18-21 March 2019</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2019 Skateboard World Rookie Tour</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Qualification events in Austria, Italy, Prague, Swiss to be announced soon.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow the World Rookie Tour online: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Web: <strong><a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/" target="_blank">www.worldrookietour.com</a></strong></div><div>Instagram:<strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldrookietour/" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/worldrookietour</a></strong></div><div>Facebook fan page: <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldrookietour/" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/worldrookietour</a></strong></div><div>Vimeo channel: <strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour" target="_blank">www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour</a></strong></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete, </div><div style="text-align: center;"> then your future starts from Rookie Fest!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>