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Avoriaz – French Fries Rookie Fest – Results

Youri Barneoud — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:13:22 +0000

Avoriaz – French Fries Rookie Fest – Results
Slopestyle TTR – 9 & 10 Février 2013

Second edition of French Fries Rookie Fest, the French stop of the World Rookie Tour. 72 young snowboarders from all over Europe competed all weekend to get their qualification for the final of the World Rookie Tour in Austria … The Rookie World Snowboard Championships organized by the World Snowboard Tour and the World Snowboard Federation.

Saturday Rookies contest (15, 16 and 17 years old) on the Arare snowpark perfectly shaped. The winner went to Norwegian Marius Bakken, second the Swiss Jonas Bösiger and third the Swedish Anthon Bosh. The first French finished 5th, Matteo Cuny from La Clusaz. The best trick for the Swiss Lou Staub with a double back flip, he won the “guettho blaster» Pioneer!
Girls, big up to the French first and second with Lucile Lefevre and Agathe Le Cornec and third Nathalie Silkstone from England.

Sunday, a new spot for the Groms contest (14 years maximum) Chapel snowpark, once again perfect snowpark, big up to all the shaper team. The first one the Belgian Steff Vandeweyer, who wins the ” most stylish trick Arnette” with a 360 nose bong over the H, second an another Belgian Flor De Laat and third the French Sacha Moretti, who also won the «guettho blaster» Pioneer with a “Cab under flip” as best trick of the day. The youngest snowboarder of the event, Loic Deschaux, 8 years old! Qualified for the final …
Always honored French girl, Chloe Sillieres finished first, second Thalie Larochaix and Ayla Thidling third from England.

The first three in each category (Rookie girls and boys, Grom boys and girls) are qualified for the Volkl World Rookie Finals – Ischgl, Austria – 3.7 April 2013 – 3*TTR.

See you next year for the third edition of French Fries Rookie Fest ….

All the results here.

Online photos on Facebook.
Credit photos Jim Tabernet

Officiel website of My Snowboarding.

Bassell and Fitch won the Australian Rookie Fest 2011

Youri Barneoud — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:11:54 +0000

The Southern Hemisphere season of the World Rookie Tour concluded with the very successful second ever Australian Rookie Fest at Thredbo Resort. Henry Bessell, last year’s Grom winner, took out the Rookie division: he won a trip to the Protest World Rookie Finals 2012 in Ischgl, Austria, as did the female Rookie winner Alex Fitch.

Henry Bessell in action

Unfortunately the weather wasn’t great, so Charles Beckinsale, internationally renowned course designer, had to make the call on the morning of the event to switch courses from Antons to High Noon. All the competitors were disappointed with the decision as they were really looking forward to hitting the 30ft and 50ft jumps on the specially designed course. However, the course was fogged in and dangerous on the day. The second choice course consisted of a long down box and 2 jumps, which allowed all to show off their best tricks.
Among the grom division Matty Cox and Cassie Fortune took out their category, winning an invitation to the Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno in January , 2012.
Red Bull also provided flights in the Red Bull stunt plane for each of the Rookie and Grom winners. In addition, Red Bull provided $1,000 to each of the Rookie winners to go towards the cost of travel to Ischgl next year. For the first time the Rookie winners also received an invitation to compete at Stylewars – The Australian Slopestyle Championships in Falls Creek, a 4 star TTR event.
Thanks to the event sponsors Red Bull, Thredbo, K2, Semantics, Smith Optics and Adrenalin + Boardstore. For the full results, photos, video footage and information about the World Rookie Rank, go to www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

Female Rookie winners

Male Rookie winners

Watch the official video with live music intro at following link

Results for Australian Rookie Fest 2011
Male Rookie: 1st Henry Bessell; 2nd Ben Alexis; 3rd Jack Hasler
Female Rookie: 1st Alex Fitch; 2nd Biba Turnbull; 3rd Stephanie Dahan
Male Grom: 1st Matthew Cox; 2nd Joshua Vagne; 3rd Angus Waddington
Female Grom: 1st Cassie Fortune; 2nd Emily Arthur: 3rd Georgia Baff

The World Rookie Tour will come back from December 2011 with the first events of the Northern Hemisphere season. Stay tuned on www.worldsnowboardfederation.org

2011 Pyrenees Rookie Fest Video Highlights

Uli Köhler — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:49:46 +0000

The second edition of the Swatch TTR 3Star Slopestyle “Protest Pyrenees Rookie Fest” went down in Vallnord/Andorra. With riders from 6 nations, the event showcased an high level of riding and awarded the winners with invitations to the Ride Shakedown in Garmisch, Germany, and the 4Star Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria.

If you’re not the video kind of guy here’s an in-depth report of the haps:

Spring time showed up in a magic saturday in Vallnord, Andorra, for the 3Star Swatch TTR Slopestyle Protest Pyrenees Rookie Fest, the second international stop of the World Rookie Tour 2011.

The rookies started trainings from early morning on 3 jumps and the final rail set to find their perfect run. Timmy Saisa from Sweden show a solid style during the qualication day but in the first two run of the final nothing was done. Lewis Courtier-Jones (GBR) challenged until the end for the first position but Timmy Saisa get the maximum score of the day on his third run including cab5, bs7, fs5, 50-50 180out. Timmy won an all-inclusive invitation to the Protest World Rookie Finals, a ticket to the Ride Shake Down in Garmisch, a ticket to the Protes Manifest and a ticket to the next World Rookie Tour stop in Czech Republic. Cristian Botella (ESP) took the third position on the rookie category while “local hero” Manex Azula got injured during the trainings.

The little blondie french Chloe Sillieres, 13 years old, showed an high level for this age, landing smooth bs3, fs3 and nice frontside5. She was super stocked to won an invitation for free at the Protest World Rookie Finals. On the grom side, Bing Voorham from Netherland was impressive and as well the spanish Pau Bartolo. They did their best stomping every trick against Benjamin Lestage (SWE) but the swedish took the first position among the groms with a huge cab5, fs7, bs3 and a boardslide switch out on the rail. Second place for Voorham (NED) and third for Bartolo (SPA).

The World Rookie Tour is now moving to East Europe with the third edition of the East Rookie Fest in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, from 18 to 20 March and the Transilvania Rookie Fest in Romania, from 25 to 27 March.