<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to the World Rookie Tour collaboration with the Simple Session, WRT Grom Champion <strong>Toa Sasaki</strong> from Japan was invited to the legendary Skate & Bmx event hosted annually in Tallin, Estonia. The great news today is that Toa Sasaki, World Rookie Grom Champion 2021, <strong>got 3rd at the Simple Session 2022</strong> <strong>and won the City Street Session</strong>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Toa took the opportunity to participate in the first professional competition of his career, and live a unique experience at the legendary Simple Session, one of the historic international skate competitions of the old continent, with 22 years of fantastic editions.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Toa was one of the best riders of the 2022 edition: <strong>he won the Street Session</strong> by Visit Estonia and finished <strong>3rd in the Simple Session main event</strong>, challenging with many big names from the international skateboarding community. The Black Yeti is proud of its young Japanese champion and of having launched a new star in the world of professional skateboarding.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Watch the video report of this fantastic adventure by Black Yeti: <a href="https://vimeo.com/723734013" target="_blank">"Toa Sasaki, from World Rookie Tour to the Simple Session"</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Footage: Andreas Monsberg, Outbnd.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Edit: Outbnd.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pictures by Nauris Dollins</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For complete Skateboard Calendar 2022, please check the last <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/calendar/" target="_blank">online version here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Follow the World Rookie Tour</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Web: <a href="https://www.worldrookietour.com/" target="_blank">www.worldrookietour.com</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/worldrookietour" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/worldrookietour</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldrookietour/" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/worldrookietour</a>@worldrookietour #worldrookietour</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Vimeo: <a href="https://vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour" target="_blank">www.vimeo.com/channels/worldrookietour</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">email: <a href="info@worldrookietour.com" target="_blank">info@worldrookietour.com</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,</div><div style="text-align: center;">then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ABOUT THE WORLD ROOKIE TOUR</div><div style="text-align: justify;">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 sports agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard events and it consists now of a selection of high-quality International events for snowboard, Freeski, Skateboard and Surf, 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 the 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;">ABOUT BLACK YETI ssd</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Black Yeti is an amateur sports club dedicated to the realization of Snowboard, Freeski, Skateboard and Surf projects for boys and girls up to 18 years of age, at international level. One of the most successful projects is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 3.000 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><br /></div>