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Introducing The Send Off Session Rookies

Tom Copsey — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 09:31:59 +0000

Michael Schärer, Fridtjof Tischendorf and Rowan Coultas blew minds back at the end of last season when they dropped in on our Send Off Session. All are under 16, all ripped. Watch the future.

At our end of season Send Off Session in Kitzsteinhorn’s epic park, we invited three young bucks who’d placed well at the World Rookie Fest last season. They came, all shy and quiet as 15-year-olds can be, but once on the mountain they went ballistic, impressing us old hacks and the riders in equal measure. Watch them send it…

Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 – Ultrapost

Uli Köhler — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:19:02 +0000

Even though we posted a report and a wrap-up video of the 2011 Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl/Austria we back the idea of good rookie events so much we decided to post all important runs from the event, too. This way you as young, aspiring rider can evaluate your own skills, get motivated, and sign up for next season’s World Rookie Tour!

For more information about the World Rookie Tour go to worldsnowboardfederation.org

Emil Andre Ulsletten (1st rookie)

Sven Thorgren (2nd Rookie)

Haavard Bergheim (3rd Rookie)

Katarzyna Rusin (Best Girl)

Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf (Best Grom)

Katerina Vojackova (Best Girl Grom)

World Rookie Finals 2011 – The Video

Uli Köhler — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:59:02 +0000

We’ve posted the report yesterday, and now it’s time for some moving pictures. Check this highlight video, including all the action from the event in Ischgl and a brief statement from Terry Kidwell (of all people).

And since you might lack some basic internet skills like clicking on hyperlinks we have prepared the results for you once again:

Protest World Rookie Finals 2011 – Results

Male Rookie

1- Emil Andre Ulsletten – NOR – (World Rookie Champion 2011)
2 – Sven Thorgren – SWE
3 – Haaverd Bergheim – NOR

Male Grom

1 – Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf – NOR
2 – Lucien Koch – SUI
3 – David Hablutzel – SUI

Female Rookie

1 – Katarzyna Rusin – POL – (World Rookie Champion 2011)
2 – Valentina Barengo – ITA
3 – Caroline Hockel – SUI

Female Grom

1 – Katerina Vojackova CZE
2 – Verena Rohere SUI
3 – Chloe Sillieres FRA

Ulsletten and Rusin are 2011 World Rookie Champions

Uli Köhler — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:49:54 +0000

What would have been the winning run at the US Open just a couple of years ago is now good enough to land you, maybe on the podium of the World Rookie Finals. This WSF event is such a good thing, we even threw a full-on Onboard photoshoot for the winners into the pot!

This is the mal winner, Emil Andre Ulsletten, as seen by our photog Elionora Raggi.

The 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals are finally concluded: Emil Andre Ulsletten from Norway and Katarzyina Rusin from Poland conquered the World Rookie Champions titles 2011 in a perfect and sunny day in Ischgl, Austria. Among the many prizes awarded, there was also an unexpected extra ticket to Oslo 2012 World Snowboard Championships for the male rookie champion.

In a slopestyle consisting of 4 table tops and a big jib area, all the riders showcased an high level of snowboarding for the end of season Protest World Rookie Finals 2011. Also, in the tradition of the World Rookie Tour, the event was not only a competition but included many other activities in the 5 days program: avalanche clinics by Pieps, art workshops with “special” people by We.Art, shredding with snowboard legends from USA (Mike Ranquet, Terry Kidwell and Bob Klein), video premiere about the History of Snowboarding, and a presentation of Oslo 2012 World Snowboard Championships and W.A.S (We Are Snowboarding) by Henning Anderson, CEO of The Arctic Challenge.

And here's the female groms' winner, Katerina Vojackova. Photo: Eleonora Raggi

The male winner of the event and new WSF World Rookie Champion 2011 is the norwegian rising star Emil Andre Ulsletten, who impressed the jury with frontside 1080, cab 900 and tons of style on the rails. Sven Thorgren from Sweden and Haaverd Bergheim from Norway completed the male rookie podium: all of them won a freeride trip to Chile with international pros to join the South America Rookie Fest 2011 in Valle Nevado.

In the girls rookie category, Katarzyna Rusin from Poland conquered her second World Rookie Champion title and moved in the position 20 of the TTR World Pro Rank. Valentina Barengo from Italy got second and Caroline Hockel from Switzerland third.

What? Katarzyna is Indonesian? Oh wait, this could also be the Polish flag. Or is it Singapore?

The groms section, reserved to riders borned from 1996 and up, showcased a great level of riding from very young shredders. Fridtjof Saether Tischendorf from Norway and Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic resulted the male and female winners in their age groups, both shredding the big kicker line of the snowpark.

Straight after the event, the best male and female riders joined a Cooler and Onboard photoshooting in Ischgl, Kronplatz and Val Senales which will be featured in next season issues to present the rookie fest champions to the international snowboard community.

The male rookies' prizegiving.