<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Snowboard, freeski, skateboard and now also surfing: in 2021 a new adventure starts thanks to the partnership signed between Black Yeti and the <a href="https://www.nimbussurfingclub.com/" target="_blank">Nimbus Surfing Club</a> in Marina di Pietrasanta, Tuscany, Italy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over 100 surfers are pre-registered for the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/italian-junior-surfing-championship-stage-2-nimbus-surf-hero-2021" target="_blank">Nimbus Surf Hero</a>, valid as a stop of the Italian Wave Surfing Championships. From <strong>15th September to 15th November</strong>, the piers of <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/spots/marina-di-pietrasanta" target="_blank">Marina di Pietrasanta</a> and <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/spots/forte-dei-marmi-pontile" target="_blank">Forte dei Marmi</a> will become the spots dedicated to the 6th edition of shortboard Championship categories U12, U14, U16 and U18. The event will take place thanks to the collaboration between the Nimbus Surfing Club and the Compagnia della Vela of Forte dei Marmi.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><em>"We are very proud that this year the Nimbus Surf Hero has become one of the three stops valid for the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/federazione-italiana-surfing" target="_blank">Fisw</a> junior Italian championship. The race has always been one of the most attended of the junior promotional circuit - comments president’s of the Nimbus Surfing Club, Giovanni Briganti – as proof of his importance the federation has chosen it to be included in the championship tests. Both piers are premium spots of Italian surfing scene. At the moment, the turnout of participant is good and we expect to reach 120 athletes, the double if compared to the previous edition".</em></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The athletes who will arrive in Versilia come from all over Italy. These are the best surfers of Bel Paese. Some of them are promises of Italian surfing scene and, in the near future, they will make good results even at international level.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The selected location includes two competition fields at Forte dei Marmi’s jetty and a base for all other activities at the Nimbus Surfing Club in Marina di Pietrasanta. Two well known locations in the province of Lucca, with an incredible landscape characterized by an amazing natural background: the Apuan Alps.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By enhancing an area rich in art and culture, winners of each category will be rewarded with an art-work made by the painter Vincenzo Ganadu, an icon of surf art.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the year of surfing's debut as an Olympic discipline in Tokyo 2021 Games, the Black Yeti is proud to expand into new seas and welcome young surfers with open arms.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For <strong>Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar</strong>, please check the <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/calendar/" target="_blank">latest online version here</a>.</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: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/associations/worldrookietour" target="_blank">World Rookie Tour</a> 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 <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/" target="_blank">www.worldrookietour.com</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>ABOUT BLACK YETI ssd</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">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.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>World Rookie Tour Media Manager</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Marco Sampaoli</strong> - <a href="mailto:marco@moonsrl.it" target="_blank">marco@moonsrl.it</a> - Phone +39.059.9783397 or +39.340.328.55.69 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>World Rookie Tour Event Coordinator</strong> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Meinhard Trojer</strong> - <a href="mailto:meinhardtrojer@powdern.com" target="_blank">meinhardtrojer@powdern.com</a> - Phone +43.650.56.37.424</div>