<div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On March 9th and 10th, the third Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop hosted by Blue Tomato successfully took place at PenkenPark Mountopolis in the Mayrhofen-Hippach holiday region in the Zillertal. With its unique combination of international snowboard slopestyle competition and free freestyle coaching, the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY, one of the leading snowboard freestyle tours for young snowboarders, once again attracted over seventy young snowboarders from all over Europe to the Zillertal. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the 3rd VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop, the PenkenPark, one of the top 5 snowparks in Europe and "home park" of the Ästhetiker snowboard crew, presented itself in usual with a perfect XXL setup. Due to the weather forecast, the open slopestyle contest was held on Saturday. With bluebird and bright sunshine, over seventy snowboarders from all over Europe put on a top-class freestyle show on the obstacles of the advanced and medium line, while Blue Tomato catered for all participants with free hot dogs, soup and snacks as a reward. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the end of the day, it was <strong>Petr Ershov</strong> (RUS) who impressed the judges with another solid performance. He claimed the Horsefeathers Best Trick Award for his "FS 1080 Double Cork Nose" and secured the overall victory as best male rider of the competition in the "Overall Men's" class. Hot on his heels was 14-year-old <strong>Dmytro Luchkin</strong> (UKR), who took victory in his age group "Grom Boys" and won the silver medal in the "Overall Men's." </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the ladies, it was 11-year-old <strong>Adèle Vankerschaver</strong> (POR) who was delighted and rewarded as the best female competitor with double victory in the “Super Grom Girls” (U12) and “Open Class Women.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Team Germany dominated the Rookie (U18) podiums with<strong> Janina Walz</strong> and <strong>Luka Kamissek</strong>. <strong>Olivie Pouchova </strong>(CZE) won the “Grom Girls” (U16) competition, while 9-year-old <strong>Riley Sharpe</strong> (GBR) was delighted with his first place in the “Super Grom Boys” (U12). Last but not least, 9-year-old <strong>Maja Krauerova </strong>(CZE) was crowned "Most progressive Grom" by the Ästhetiker judges. On Sunday, the teams from all over Europe took advantage of the first-class setup in the PenkenPark for training, coaching and photo sessions until the “foehn” storm kicked in. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Andreas Pramstraller </strong>from the Mayrhofen Cable Car Company is delighted with the successful event: "Over 70 motivated young snowboarders from all over Europe are proof that the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY has become one of the biggest snowboard tours for upcoming talents in the Alps. The passion for snowboarding and the decades of experience of the event organisers make this event series something very special. The third tour stop in Mayrhofen in the perfectly shaped PenkenPark was another weekend packed with action, airtime and lots of fun! We are already looking forward to next year!"</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the third of four contest results, the cards in the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY Overall Ranking were reshuffled in Mayrhofen. The VÄLLEY RÄLLEY overall tour winners will finally be crowned the new Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY Royal Family 2024 after the fourth and final tour stop on April 27th and 20th 2024 at the Hintertux Glacier.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By participating in the Mayrhofen Hippach holiday region, the snowboarders also collected valuable points on the international World Snowboard Point List (WSPL), which they can use to qualify for European Cups and World Cups. Rookies (U18) are credited points in the World Rookie Ranking. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As the current leading rookies in the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY overall tour ranking after the 3rd tour stop, <strong>Kristina Holzfeind </strong>(AUT) and <strong>Roahan Duncan</strong> (GBR) each win a wild card for the World Rookie Finals from 17th to 22nd of March in Kaprun. Congratulations! The tour stop is also a recognised ASA (Austrian Snowboard Association) Austria Cup. Further information on the international points system can be found at <a href="http://www.powdern.com" target="_blank">http://www.powdern.com</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Results and tour ranking: <a href="https://valleyralley.at/results/season-23-24/" target="_blank">https://valleyralley.at/results/season-23-24/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Photo and video gallery: <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;">Videos by Andreas “Monepic.at” Monsberger Overall winners open class women & men: <a href="https://vimeo.com/921566894" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/921566894</a> Horsefeathers Best Trick Award: <a href="https://vimeo.com/921766642" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/921766642</a> Rookie winners (16-18J): <a href="https://vimeo.com/921767326" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/921767326</a> Grom winners (12-15J): <a href="https://vimeo.com/921767206" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/921767206</a> Super grom boys winner (U12): <a href="https://vimeo.com/921570562" target="_blank">https://vimeo.com/921570562</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More info at <a href="http://www.valleyralley.at/" target="_blank">www.valleyralley.at</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The partners of the 3rd tour stop are: </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zillertal Tourismus GmbH, Mayrhofen Cable Cars with Mountopolis.at, PenkenPark, the Mayrhofen Hippach Tourist Board, Blue Tomato, Red Bull, Horsefeathers, Dana Beanies, the World Snowboard Federation (WSF), the Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA) and World Rookie Tour (WRT) and the Grillhofalm</div><div><br /></div>