<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some names? Among the many snowboarders ready for China we have Staale Sandbech, Valentino Guseli, Sven Thorgren, Evy Poppe, Sarka Pancochova, Annika Morgan, Emiliano Lauzi, Reira Iwabuchi, Kokomo Murase, Takeru Otsuka, while in the freeski Olympic comps Matej Svancer and Leonardo Donaggio will represent the WRT crew. For more WRT legends, check out Black Yeti's <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/hall-of-fame/" target="_blank">Hall Of Fame</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Black Yeti wishes to all the riders’ fun and personal growth during this unique experience. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Black Yeti Prophecy for Milano - Cortina 2026</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Sochi 2018 we had 8 ex-rookies in the slopestyle finals. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Beijin 2022 we have 30+ snowboarders and freestylers in the slopestyles and big air comps. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Who will go to Milano – Cortina 2026?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The Black Yeti prophecy</strong> will arrive soon, but you can share his future vision by watching the last video highlights from the legendary 2022 World Rookie Fest in Livigno, where everything began 17 years ago. For the first time in the history of this event, the 2022 edition welcomed both snowboarder and freeskiers all together to celebrate the freestyle passion and, of course, to discover tomorrow’s stars:<strong> the future was here.</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Watch the <strong>video below</strong> and discover the next Olympic athletes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>Photo Credits</em>: many of our WRT photographers since 17 years 😊!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>Video Credits</em>: Silvio Ottonello, Federico Romanello and Daniele Teodorosi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The World Rookie Tour is organized by Black Yeti company</strong> in collaboration with National and International Sports Associations and it is made possible by Red Bull, Völkl, Marker, Union Bindings, TSG Protection, Level Gloves, Surftolive.com, Jail Jam, Elle-Erre Easy Flag, Nitro Snowboards, and Moon. You can follow the World Rookie Tour on our international media partners Sequence Magazine, Boardriding.com, Prime Snowboarding, Prime Skiing, Sourge Skateboarding, and Quattro Media. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/calendar/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete, </em></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!</em></strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><strong>ABOUT WORLD ROOKIE TOUR</strong></div><div><em>The <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/worldrookietour" target="_blank">World Rookie Tour</a> is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard, Ski and Skateboard Associations, and selected action sports agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard events 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, Red Bull Roller Coaster, Simple Session, Mystic Sk8 Cup, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and shooting trip all around the world. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champions at the end of the season, during the World Rookie Finals, a unique event format where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun. More information at <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/" target="_blank">www.worldrookietour.com</a>.</em></div><div><br /></div><div><strong>ABOUT BLACK YETI ssd</strong></div><div><em>The Black Yeti is an amateur sports 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 projects is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 3.000 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.</em></div><div><br /></div><div><strong>World Rookie Tour Media Manager</strong></div><div>Marco Sampaoli - <a href="mailto:marco@moonsrl.it" target="_blank">marco@moonsrl.it</a> - Tel +39.059.9783397 or +39.340.328.55.69</div><div><br /></div><div><strong>World Rookie Tour Event Coordinator</strong></div><div>Meinhard Trojer - <a href="mailto:meinhardtrojer@powdern.com" target="_blank">meinhardtrojer@powdern.com</a> - Tel +43.650.56.37.424</div></div>