World Rookie Tour Skateboard about to hit Switzerland & United Kingdom!

REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN for Winterthur, Switzerland, 10-11 September and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 11-12 September!!

Switzerland will host the fifth qualification event of the World Rookie Tour Skateboard 2021! Young rippers, are you ready to show your skills? The event is scheduled at Skills Park, Winterthur, from Friday September 10 to Saturday September 11.

WRT Contest presented by Skateacademy.ch at the Skills Park Winterthur is part of the Swiss Skateboard Cup.

Registration and info for the 2021 Skateacademy.ch Rookie Fest at Skills Park, Winterthur, SUI:

One of ten rounds across Europe to crown the World Rookie Champion and award an invitation to the legendary Simple Session in Tallin and the Mystic Sk8 Cup in Prague.

The Loading Bay Skatepark in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom will on Saturday 11 September host the best skateboarders, divided in two age categories: rookies (born from 1st January 2000 till 31st December 2005) and grom (born from 1st January 2006 and younger).

All the podium winners will qualify to the World Rookie Finals Skateboard 2021.

To compete in the 2021 Glasgow Rookie Fest at the Loading Bay Skatepark make sure to follow this link to sign up for the contest!

For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version here.

Due to the still on-going Pandemic changes in the calendar are possible, so keep yourself updated over our homepage.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard, Ski and Skateboard Associations and selected action sport agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard event 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 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 www.worldrookietour.com.

The Black Yeti is an amateur sport 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 project is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 2.000 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.

Marco Sampaoli - marco@moonsrl.it - Phone +39.059.9783397 or +39.340.328.55.69

Meinhard Trojer - meinhardtrojer@powdern.com - Phone +43.650.56.37.424