Good vibes and happy snowboarders at the 3rd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards

For the 3rd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop, the PenkenPark in Mountopolis, the adventure world of Mayrhofen´s cable car company, once again presented itself with a picture - perfect setup. On top of freebie snowboard freestyle coaching, the Blue Tomato presents: Penken FunRide Battle provided ambitious excitement and happy winners on Saturday. Many guests joined the battle, competing against fellow snowboarders and presenting their race skills at the FunRide course. Out of over 80 competitors, it finally was former VÄLLEY RÄLLEY rider and current coach Daniel Caspar from team Czech Republic, who delivered the best score of 49.8 seconds. In the women´s category, local Sandy Gecek-Kroell from Austria landed on top of the podium with her best time of 53.53 seconds. The full results of all categories can be viewed at https://valleyralley.at/results/season-21-22/

On Sunday, the PenkenPark witnessed more than 60 snowboarders from all over Europe showing off with their best tricks in the sunshine and under blue skies. With Till Strohmeyer an Austrian-by-choice, dominated the overall men´s contest. Till claimed gold as the best male snowboarder of the competition. Lenny Fenning from Great Britain climbed the overall men´s podium in second place after he had secured his first place in his age group “Rookie Boys.” Lukas Frischhut (AUT) was happy to win the men´s bronze medal, while also claiming the Horsefeathers Best Trick Award with his stylish “Cab 720 Cork Japan.”

On the Ladies´side, it was Jennifer Gregori from Italy who, as the best female rider, received the gold medal in the Open Women´s class. Silver went to Hanna Karrer from Austria, who also won the competition in her age group “Grom Girls.” Anna Tomanova from Czech Republic had previously taken second place in “Grom Girls” was delighted with overall bronze now. In the “Rookie Girls U18” contest, Austrian Noelle Jamnig claimed the title of the day. Dennis Larkiala got rewarded with a gold medal in the “Grom Boys” class for his performance and long journey all the way from Finland. Belgium´s Sky Remans finally defended her lead in the “Super Grom Girls” category, while Slovenia´s Jaka Pancur was pleased with his gold medal in the “Super Grom Boys” class.

Anna Schneeberger from Mayrhofner Bergbahnen is delighted about the successful event: “Incredibly motivated participants, a great event crew, the well-shaped PenkenPark, sunshine and a lot of good vibes – the 3rd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop provided us once again an amazing weekend on the mountain. A great shout out to the Ästhetiker crew for organizing this brilliant event. We are already looking forward to next year!”

The PenkenPark will remain open until April 18th now with it´s XXL setup and it will be freshly shaped on a daily basis. After the third out of four competitions, the tension in the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY overall ranking is increasing: Till Strohmeyer (AUT) defends his lead in the men's open class. As for the ladies, it is young Anna Tomanova (CZE) who not only sits on top of the ranking in her “Grom Girls” age group, but now also takes the overall lead of all female riders. In the “Rookie Boys” ranking, Jascha Nunez (AUT) holds the lead and Noelle Jamnig (AUT) is the new “Rookie Girls” favorite for the crown. Floris van de Velde (NED) remains the best “Grom Boy” after three competitions and his countryman Tibbe Keizer (NED) climbs into pole position of the “Super Grom Boys” ranking while Sky Remans (BEL) continues to defend her lead of the “Super Grom Girls” overall list. After the fourth and last tour stop at Hintertux Glacier, the overall tour winners will be

crowned the new Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY royal family in April 2022.

With their participation in Mayrhofen, the snowboarders also collect points on the international World snowboard Point List (WSPL). The tour stop is recognized ASA (Austrian Snowboard Association) Austria Cup and Rookies (U18) are credited with points in the World Rookie Ranking. Further information on the international points system can be found at http://www.powdern.com

Thanks to the partners for making the 3rd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY stage possible:

Zillertal Tourism GmbH, Mountopolis/Mayrhofner Bergbahnen, PenkenPark, Mayrhofen-Hippach Tourism, Blue Tomato, Ride Snowboards, Red Bull, Horsefeathers, Dana Beanies

Special Thanks go out to the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY cooperation partners:

the World Snowboard Federation (WSF), the Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA) and World Rookie Tour (WRT).

Results 3nd tour stop and overall ranking: https://valleyralley.at/results/season-21-22/

Photo galleries: https://valleyralley.at/zillertal-arena-21-22-photos/

Videos: https://vimeo.com/aesthetiker and https://valleyralley.at/#gallery

More info at www.valleyralley.at and www.zillertal.at/valleyralley

Press Release Source: Pia Schroeter, Die ÄSTHETIKER