Some sick visuals in this latest webisode from the Aussie crew. Oi Mate! Watch this!

This time the crew got real busy. Waking up before sunrise and shooting after the sun went down, all in the name of chasing pow, hitting handrails, sending perfect park jumps and having a bloody good time while doing it! They teamed up with photographers from AUS & NZ Snowboarding Mag for exclusive photo shoots, some of which you can see in their latest issue, on shelves right now in all good news agencies AUS and NZ wide.

Resorts: Perisher, Falls Creek and Thredbo

Riders: Jye Kearney, Jeremy Burns, Mat Galina, Jed Davidson, Troy Storrock, Louis Macindoe, Paul Edwards, Harley Trivic, Sean Thompson, Greg Murray, Billy Hayman, Reuben Cameron, Charlie Steinbacher and Iver Lynne.

The World Rookie Tour headed down under for the first ever Australian Rookie Fest, which went off on July 31.

Check out the next wave of talent from down under having it. Here’s what went down:

Billy Hayman wins Australian Rookie Fest in Thredbo

Fifteen-year-old Billy Hayman is the debut champion of the Australian Rookie Fest in Thredbo thanks to a sick run that included some stylish front and back 720s with a myriad of jib tricks to match. Next week will take place the South America Rookie Fest in Valle Nevado, Chile, as the last stop for the Southern Hemisphere for the World Rookie Tour 2010.

Billy Hayman, Australian Rookie Champion

Despite an unseasonal downpour of rain the day prior, Thredbo’s terrain park crew soldiered on to tirelessly put together a stellar looking slopestyle course. The set up included a 30 stair set complete with both round and flat bar options into a 6 metre box to cliff drop landing. Next was the jump line consisting of a 35ft jump into a 40 ft jump to finish. With the smooth take offs and landings, 540′s and 720’s quickly became the standard tricks of the top 5 riders in the finals.

Pride Hassler

Thursday’s rainfall meant the cancellation of the planned air bag session and practice on the slopestyle course. But not ones to let a bit of bad weather sour their moods, the kids remained high-spirited and confident they’d get to shred on the planned competition day on Friday.

Male Rookie Podium Billy Hayman 1st, Jesse Kennedy 2nd and Hugh Marsden 3rd

The weather co-operated on Friday as the judges, including Australian Olympic halfpipe rider Ben Mates, witnessed some of the best qualification runs ever seen in an Australian junior competition. In what was a difficult field of riders to split, the male rookie group was narrowed down to a five rider final. Billy Hayman’s run of front board down the staircase, back tail to same way 270 off the cliff box into a frontside 720 mute and then backed up by a backside 720 Japan was enough to earn him the nod from Jesse Kennedy and Hugh Marsden.

Female Rookie Podium Lauren Staveley 1st, Biba Turnbull 2nd and Pride Hassler 3rd

In the female rookie division Lauren Staveley’s combination of 50-50s with back and front 360s earned her the win. While in the grom division, Henry Bessell impressed with a winning run of 50-50 down the staircase into another 50-50 to backside 180 out off the cliff box, followed by a cab 540 into a backside 360. Billy, Henry and Lauren all secured themselves an all-inclusive entro to the Livigno World Rookie Fest in Italy and maybe the World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria in the hope of securing the title of World Rookie Champion, an accolade once captured by Australia’s own Michaela Davis Meehan in 2009. The prize includes registration, accomodation, meals and lift tickets, while Male and Female rookie winners also won a ride in the Red Bull stunt plane.

Grom Podium Henry Bessell, Cameron Staveley and Daniel Klein

Results:

Billy Hayman 1st Male Rookie
Lauren Staveley 1st Female Rookie
Henry Bessell 1st Rookie Grom

At the end of July the hills of Thredbo will sprout to life with the sounds of adolescent shredding.

Over a three-day period, Australia’s premier freestyle resort will play host to an international gathering of groms as they throw down in the second leg of the 2010-11 WSF World Rookie Tour, the Australian Rookie Fest.

Carrying a 2 star TTR rating, the debut of the Australian Rookie Fest on the World Rookie Tour follows on from the opening event in Val Senales, Italy. In what is a first for the Southern Hemisphere, the Australian Rookie Fest will be contested on the finely manicured slopestyle course of Thredbo, located in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains Range. Riders will be throwing down to earn themselves an all-inclusive entry to the Livigno World Rookie Fest in Italy or the World Rookie Tour Finals in Ischgl, Austria in the hope of securing the title of World Rookie Champion, an accolade once captured by Australia’s own Michaela Davis Meehan in 2009.

Competitors will also be treated to a bag jump session and induction clinic to help hone their jump skills before hitting the specially built course for a practice session. Thredbo’s air bag is the largest of it’s kind in the Southern Hemisphere and will provide youngsters with a safe and secure platform to attempt some new tricks beforehand.

The World Rookie Tour includes events in both the Southern and Northern Hemispheres with more than 500 young riders from 27 nations joining last season’s tour. The tour culminated in Ischgl, Austria, with the 4 Star Protest World Rookie Finals where Finnish ripper Roope Tonteri won his second World Rookie Champion title. After the Australian leg the World Rookie Tour moves onto the backcountry of the Andes for the South America Rookie Fest, from August 13th to 23rd, in Valle Nevado, Chile.

If you’re wanting to get involved, entry forms and event notice can be found on the SSA (Ski & Snowboard Australia) website, under the Snowboard > Events tab - www.skiandsnowboard.org.au