Some young buck sliding boxes. Photos: Armin Popp.

The World Rookie Fest rocked the Balkans with Tim Kevin Ravnjac judged the best rider.
The World Rookie Tour stop in Serbia has wrapped up, with Slovenian Tim Kevin Ravnjac taking the best rider award and Aljosa Krivev winning the rookie catagory. For the girls Andrea Ugrinoska from Macedonia stood out.  Inscriptions are now open for the upcoming Protest East Rookie Fest in Splinderuv Mlyn, Czech Republic, from 5 to 8 March.

Best Rider Tim Kevin Ravnjak

Balkan traditions surrounded the event, hosted in Iver Mokra Gora, where riders from 7 nations – from 7 to 17 years-old – enjoy the second edition of the Protest Balkan Rookie Fest, a Swatch TTR 2 Star Slopstyle. Slovenians dominated the event ranks, while Austrian shredder Georg Huber got second in the rookie category and David Sutlovic from Croatia was the second-placed grom.

Georg Huber



Protest Balkan Rookie Fest – Results

Grom Girls
1 GASPERLIN TJASA SLO 1996
2 GEORGIEVA ANGELINA MKD 1995

Rookie Women
1 UGRINOSKA ANDREA MKD 1992
2 ZORKO MARUSA SLO 1992
3 JACHOVSKA REBEKA MKD 1993

Grom Boy
1 RAVNJAK TIM KEVIN SLO 1996 – Got a ticket to World Rookie Finals 2010
2 SUTLOVIC DAVID CRO 1995
3 ROJEN TIT ŠTANTE SLO 1998
4 KRALJ MAX SLO 1997
5 MALINKOVSKI DAVID MKD 1996
6 TOPCIC GAŠPER SLO 2000
7 SOLAK NJEGOS SRB
8 KRALJ BONO SLO 2002

Rookie Boy
1 KRIVEC ALJOSA SLO 1992 – Got a ticket to World Rookie Finals 2010
2 HUBER GEORG AUT 1994 – Got a ticket to World Rookie Finals 2010
3 PUCKO NEJC SLO 1993
4 GRIGIS MARCO ITA 1994
5 GLATZL MAX AUT 1993
6 GEIGER CHRISTIAN AUT 1994
7 REVERSADE CESAR FRA 1994
8 JOVANOVIC PETAR SRB 1993
9 MILOJEVIC MARIO SRB 1993
10 IVANOVIC NENAD SRB 1992



Boys' Rookie podium

Don’t miss the upcoming Protest East Rookie Fest, in Splinderuv Mlyn, Czech Republic, from 7 to 8 march 2010. It will be a 2star Slopestyle with a special set up: 100m halfpipe, rails and big air. The event will award nother 3 tickets for the Protest World Rookie Finals 2010.

Protest East Rookie Fest 2010 Info.
Date of Event : 5th – 7th March
Star level: 2Star
Location : Spindleruv Mlyn, Svaty Petr
Format : SUPER SLOPE STYLE
Info and inscriptions: info@snowboarding.cz or +420 724 921 236
Age Groups: Rookie (born from 1st January 91 and 31st December 93) and Grom (born after 1st January 94)
Prizes: 2 free ticket to the 4 star “Protest World Rookie Final” in Ischgl.

Provisional Program
Friday 5 March: Arrival day and registration
Saturday 6 March: slopestyle training
Sunday 7 March: slopestyle competition
Monday 8 March: departure or reserve day.

Sponsor: Protest Boardwear, Ride Snowboards, Red Bull, Skateshop.cz, Amazon Power Acai, O2, CEZ group, Impromat