<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We expected a high level of skateboarding, but what the boys and girls delivered exceeded even our expectations! The hall was on fire, and outside in the Brand Village, the vibes were great. The action from the skate hall could be followed live on the huge LED screen outside! It was a celebration of the skateboard scene and an absolute blast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Podium</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/martin-atanasov" target="_blank">Martin Atanasov</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/martin_sk8atnsv/" target="_blank">@martin_sk8atnsv</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/lenni-pfeiffer" target="_blank">Lenni Pfeiffer</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lennipfeiffer/" target="_blank">@lennipfeiffer</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/santino-exenberger" target="_blank">Santino Exenberger</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/santinoexenberger/" target="_blank">@santinoexenberger</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/liv-broder" target="_blank">Liv Broder</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/liv.broder/" target="_blank">@liv.broder</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/julia-placek" target="_blank">Julia Placek</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/july.sk8_/" target="_blank">@july.sk8_</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/jeromine-louvet" target="_blank">Jeromine Louvet</a> - <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeromine.louvet/" target="_blank">@jeromine.louvet</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our travel judges Stefan Ebner & Gienna Giese, as well as Iztok Šumatić, reasoned the placements as follows:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Martin Atanasov</strong> took the win with one bail but massive tricks like transfer to FS Tailslide over the rather big pyramid, Noseblunt slide and BS 270 Lipslide on the big downrail and a solid run covering a lot of the course. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Second place went to <strong>Lenni Pfeiffer</strong> with a stay on run, including tech tricks like Double Tre Flip up the euro gap, Flip FS Boardslide down the big rail and beautiful FS Feeble grinds on the straight rail. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Santino Exenberger</strong> came in third with an astonishing number of 14 tricks in a perfect run. He was using the kicker line and every other obstacle, for example, a crazy transfer Lipslide quarter to quarter, bigger Spin Flip on the hip, FS Feeble on the big downrail and Blunt FS Flip on the quarter.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Liv Broder</strong> was in a league of her own with FS Feeble on the small downrail, FS Boardslide down the big downrail, high Kickflips up the euro gap, and FS as well as BS 270 over the hip.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Here are the <strong>results</strong> of the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8504/Best_Foot_Forward_Season_Mens_Semi-Finals" target="_blank">semifinals men</a>, the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8506/Best_Foot_Forward_Season_Womens_Finals" target="_blank">finals women</a> and the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8505/Best_Foot_Forward_Season_Mens_Finals" target="_blank">finals me</a>n. The results of all stops you’ll find <a href="https://theboardr.com/resultscategory/21/Best_Foot_Forward" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Images & Videos</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Friday – Warm-up Day</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Recap Clip Youtube - see below</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://bluetomato.wetransfer.com/downloads/97cc6229ce6f8ac11050cf432d8193be20211002092124/0e0696" target="_blank">Recap Clip Download</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1irY2ffT6E9fVioY4PhgdZU-iyU_xRWjO?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Images</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Saturday – Finals Day</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTVzAm_eWcY" target="_blank">FULL Live Stream</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Recap Clip Youtube - see below</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://we.tl/t-BGNRIbGrdS" target="_blank">Recap Clip Download</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/12EjBsRRFgrmrtPmTygDlBIONgs_lD97j?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Images</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We say <strong>THANK YOU</strong> to all skaters, spectators and partners who were there, and we are already looking forward to the next Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward European Tour next year!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>A big thank you also to our sponsors and partners:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/redbullaustria/" target="_blank">Red Bull Austria</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dc_skateboarding/" target="_blank">DC Skateboarding</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/innsbrucktourism/" target="_blank">Innsbruck Tourism</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/skatehalle.innsbruck/" target="_blank">Skatehalle Innsbruck</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pajdas_slovenija/" target="_blank">Pajdas Slovenija</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/flatspotmag/" target="_blank">Flatspot Magazine</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/stsskateco/" target="_blank">STS Skate</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>What's next:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There will be more recaps and edits in the coming days and weeks. So stay tuned!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All the essential information about the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events?tour=1010&eventsdate=all&" target="_blank">2021 Blue Tomato x Zumiez Best Foot Forward Europe skate series</a> - the complete tour with the results of all stops etc. - can be found <a href="https://www.blue-tomato.com/en-GB/blue-world/skate/best-foot-forward-tour-europa/" target="_blank">HERE</a>. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestfootforwardeurope/" target="_blank">@bestfootforwardeurope</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><strong>Your Blue Tomato Event Team: </strong><strong>Jonas, Julia, Kevin, Tim & Nico</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em><span>#bestfootforward21 #letsgoooo #bestfootforward #skateboard #skate #skatetour #bluetomato #zumiez #yourrideourmission</span></em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>