<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The popular snowboard tour for young up-and-coming athletes from all over Europe celebrated its 11th anniversary last winter with four tour stops in the Zillertal, Tyrol / Austria. After three exciting competitions in the Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach ski region, in the Zillertal Arena and in Mountopolis Mayrhofen-Hippach in the Zillertal, the overall tour winners were crowned the new ‘Kings & Queens of the Zillertal VÄLLEY’ at the last Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop on the Hintertux Glacier. Cheers to the new Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY royal family:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Open Class: Queen: <strong>Adèle Vankerschaver</strong> (POR) King: <strong>Petr Ershov </strong>(RUS) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Rookies (U 18): Queen: <strong>Kristina Holzfeind </strong>(AUT) King: <strong>Roahan Duncan</strong> (GBR)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Groms (U 16) Queen:<strong> Livia Schatzer </strong>(AUT) King: <strong>Dymtro Luchkin</strong> (UKR) </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Super Groms (U12) Queen: <strong>Adèle Vankerschaver </strong>(POR) King: <strong>Gustav Nawarkiewicz-Wiśniewski</strong> (POL)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In addition to the classic competitions in the Olympic category ‘Snowboard Slopestyle’, the format of the Ästhetiker Style Session powered by Blue Tomato was held for the first time last season summary of the best styles can be found here: <a href="https://vimeo.com/941188168" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/941188168</a>. All winning videos and photos: <a href="https://valleyralley.at/#gallery" target="_blank">https://valleyralley.at/#gallery</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">‘We would like to congratulate the winners of this year's VÄLLEY RÄLLEY here in the Zillertal,’ says Ronald Felder, Managing Director of Zillertal Tourismus GmbH, title sponsor and main financier of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY. "It is always a great pleasure to have so many sporting talents here in the valley. That's why we're really looking forward to the start of the 2024/2025 tour in December and wish the participants every success and all the best." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Eleven years of Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY under the auspices of the snowboard club ‘Die Ästhetiker.’ What began as a small, local snowboard tour is now one of the leading snowboard events in Europe. The Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY offers young athletes a platform to test their skills against their peers. Today, the snowboard tour serves many young snowboarders as a springboard into international professional sport. The competitions are held in the Olympic discipline ‘Snowboard Slopestyle’ and are linked to the international points systems of the ‘World Snowboard Point List’ and ‘World Rookie Ranking’. In addition, young people under the age of 18 have the chance to win a coveted wildcard for the World Rookie Tour Finals every year. All tour stops also count as Austria Cups of the Austrian Snowboard Association. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After the season is before the new season! The first Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop 2024/2025 starts again in December and the dates are already set: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st tour stop <strong>21-22 December 2024</strong> Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach, First Holiday Region in the Zillertal</div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd tour stop <strong>25-26 January 2025</strong> Zillertal Arena, Actionpark Kreuzwiese</div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd tour stop <strong>08-09 March 2025</strong> Mountopolis, Penken Park Mayrhofen, Mayrhofen-Hippach in Zillertal </div><div style="text-align: justify;">4th tour stop <strong>03-04 May 2025</strong> Hintertux Glacier, Betterpark Hintertux, Tux-Finkenberg </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Special thanks to our partners for their support of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">First and foremost, thanks go to Zillertal Tourismus GmbH and the Zillertal tourism associations, Bergbahnen Hochzillertal-Kaltenbach, Zillertal Arena, Mayrhofner Bergbahnen and Hintertux Glacier, as well as the event host Blue Tomato. Red Bull, Horsefeathers, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF), the Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA) and the World Rookie Tour (WRT) have also contributed to the long-term success of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">About the Zillertal: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Zillertal is one of the most popular holiday destinations in the Alps and is the top address for ambitious snowboarders in Austria. The Zillertal snow parks are among the best freestyle parks in Europe and have always attracted snowboarders from all over the world to train in the valley. The choice is huge and there are suitable jumps, rails and boxes for every skill level from October to June. Whether freestyle beginner or snowboard pro, everyone will find their perfect playground in the Zillertal snowparks. More information at: <a href="https://www.zillertal.at/winter.html" target="_blank">www.zillertal.at/winter</a></div>