World Rookie Tour: Thanks for riding and partying with us over the last 14 years!

In fact, after 14 years of snowboarding events, the Black Yeti tried the first time freesking for a real stimulating experience. The adventure started with the first World Rookie Tour Freeski where the skills of athletes, as you can see below in the video, were incredible. There is a long line of people which supported us in this new project and we are thankfull to all of them.

Now let's go back to work: the Black Yeti is now ready to try skateboard!

In the upcoming weeks we will announce the first ever World Rookie Tour Skateboard with events in prestigious cities such as Milan (Italy), Innsbruck (Austria), Prague (Czech Republic) and many other to be soon announced! That means more events, more rookies, more fun! Stay tuned to catch all the information about this new adventure!

After spectacular contests with riders from different parts of the world and a lot of collateral lifestyle activities, World Rookie Finals, for freeskiers and snowboarders, went down in March 2019 for rad freestyle weeks full of action.

To figure out how it was, watch the gunfire that the riders and freeskiers made up during the respective finals. Hope you enjoy it, and good rides until next season!

Video recap from the first World Rookie Finals Freeski in Seiser Alm

By: Silvio Ottonello and Federico Romanello

Video recap from Slopestyle World Rookie Finals in Kaprun & Video recap from Halfpipe World Rookie Finals in Kaprun - please watch them below.

By: Andreas Monsberger

Black Yeti doesn't stop to work for the Rookies, he is planning the first multi-sports event for the World Rookie Tour program: World Rookie Jam, Camp&Comp in Les2Alpes, the largest skiable glacier in Europe during the summer. Beginners and amateurs shall train together with world junior snowboard and freeski champions, as well as peer junior national teams, for a week in an international and exciting environment, creating a unique freestyle camp.

There is no time to lose! See you in Les 2 Alpes!

South America Rookie Fest (SS) – Valle Nevado, Chile 9.14 August 2018 DONE

New Zealand Rookie Fest (SS+HP) – Cardrona, New Zealand 14.16 August 2018 DONE

New Zealand Rookie and Grom Fest (SS+H) - Cardrona, New Zealand 2.5 October 2018 DONE

Corvatsch Rookie Fest (SS) - Corvatsch, Switzerland 12.16 December 2018 DONE

USASA Grom Fest (HP) – Copper Moutain, US 6. January 2019 DONE

World Rookie Fest (SS) – Livigno, Italy 12.16 January 2019 DONE

USASA Grom Fest (SS) – Keystone, US 10 February 2019 DONE

Indy Park Rookie Fest (SS) – Nekoma, Japan 9.10 March 2019 DONE

Rev Tour Rookie Fest (SS+HP) – Mammoth, US 13.14 March 2019 DONE

Pila Rookie Fest (SS) - Pila, Italy 13.17 March 2019 DONE

World Rookie Finals (SS+HP) - Kitzsteinhorn - Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria 25.30 March 2019 DONE

2019 World Rookie Tour Freeski Calendar

A51 Grom Fest Freeski (SS) – Keystone, USA, 9 February 2019 DONE

FIS European Junior Slopestyle (SS) – Kronplatz, Italy, 23-24 February 2019 DONE

Freeski World Rookie Fest 2019 (SS) - Nordkette Skyline Park, Austria, 2-3 March DONE

2019 World Rookie Finals Freeski (SS) - Seiser Alm, Italy, 18-21 March 2019 DONE

ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard and Ski 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, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and shooting trip all around the world. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champion at the end of season, at the World Rookie Finals, a unique event where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun. More information at www.worldrookietour.com.

ABOUT BLACK YETI ssd

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.