<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shingo Shiotani, organizer and local legend, has made the event possible, making it a part of the tour named “6556 CUP”. So the first event of the tour, 6556 CUP Vol.1, became the first World Rookie Tour Asian qualifying event. Thanks Shingo, from the all WRT staff!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About the contest, it is nice remembering that the youngest skater was <strong><a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/wataru-kai" target="_blank">Kai Wataru</a>, just 7 years old</strong>, while the oldest was <strong>19 years old</strong>. <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/aoi-ishimaru" target="_blank">Ishimaru Aoi</a> (16 years old) earner <strong>the best Girl</strong> title, <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/toa-sasaki" target="_blank">Sasaki Toa</a> became the <strong>best Grom Boy</strong> (14 years old), and <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/raimu-sasaki" target="_blank">Sasaki Raimu</a> (17 years old) was crowned <strong>the Rookie winner</strong>. Big congratulations to you all!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Big thanks to the great <strong>MC Rei Takazawa</strong> and <strong>DJ Arisha Sakata</strong> (see photo below): with their reggae music made people very excited! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks also to the star skate judges <strong>Masahiro Sakata</strong>, <strong>Masatoshi Kimura</strong> and <strong>Kotaro Kawai</strong>!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">All results from Osaka Rookie Fest 2021 can be found <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/wp-content/uploads/OSAKA-WRT-Sk8-Rookie-Rank_18_7_2021.xlsx" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Some photos from the Osaka contest can be found below, all of them have been shared on Black Yeti's Facebook page here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=worldrookietour&set=a.4534867213192731" target="_blank">Photogallery Osaka Rookie Fest</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2021 World Rookie Tour Skateboard Calendar </strong></div><div><ul><li>Hamburg Rookie Fest – TSG Sportpark, Allerfornia, Germany, 18-19 June 2021 - done!</li><li>Osaka Rookie Fest – Akamaru Skatepark, Osaka, Japan, 18 July 2021 - done!</li><li>Budapest Rookie Fest – Szent Endre Sk8 Park, Budapest, Hungary, 14-15 August 2021</li><li>Bring da Truckaz Rookie Fest – Konkordia Park, Chemnitz, Germany, 27-28 August 2021</li><li>Portugal Rookie Fest – SLX Benedita, Portugal, 3-5 September 2021</li><li>Skateacademy.ch Rookie Fest – Skills Park, Winterthur, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2021</li><li>Glasgow Rookie Fest – The Loading Bay, Glascow, Scotland, 11-12 September 2021</li><li>Sofia Rookie Fest – Sk8 Park Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-19 September 2021</li><li>Prague Rookie Fest – Mystic Skate Park - Prague, Czech Republic, 24-26 September 2021</li><li>Modena Rookie Fest – Modena, Italy, 25-26 September 2021</li><li>World Rookie Skateboard Finals - Skatehall - Innsbruck, Austria, 1-3 October 2021</li></ul></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the <strong><a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/calendar/" target="_blank">last online version here</a></strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>Due to the still on-going Pandemic changes in the calendar are possible, so keep yourself updated over our homepage.</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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;"><em><strong>then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour !!</strong></em></div>