<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Boardriding.com is stoked to report that the live stream coverage of the <strong>World Rookie Tour Halfpipe Finals</strong> was a huge success.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Supporters from around the world tuned in live via the Facebook page on Friday 13th April. Despite the sketchy date, the weather was fantastic and much fun and awesome riding was had.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The best young riders in the world were gathered in Kitzsteinhorn where they competed to become the 2018 champions. Last year saw the first halfpipe contest showdown in the tour's history with Chase Blackwell (USA) and Sena Tomita (JPN) taking the top spots. This year <strong>Hironori Nagata</strong> and <strong>Misaki Kakubari</strong> from Japan had the heaviest runs of the day making them the new World Rookie Tour Halfpipe Champions!</div><p style="text-align: justify;">Boardriding.com will be back again at next season's finals to stream the Halfpipe event again. There are also plans to include the Slopestyle event in 2019 too. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here's all the action from both the girls and boys finals, run for run. Just skip to 13 mins in for the first of the girl's runs... and 23 mins for the boys. Enjoy! </p>