Livigno, Italy: As big international riders strut their stuff in the slopestyle at Laax and the pipe in Bardonecchia, over one-hundred young riders are preparing to let loose. The Swatch TTR THREE(3)STAR Slopestyle Protest World Rookie Fest hits the Livigno Mottolino Snowpark in Italy from Januray 18th to 22nd 2008 with an onslaught of rookie riders born post-1990 who can earn themselves a total of 550 TTR Ranking points.
In it’s third year, the World Rookie Fest is the largest dedicated junior event in Europe and promises an incredible level of riding from snowboarding’s future super stars. Alongside the slopestyle competition, the event features a “Pipe Traffic Jam”, avalanche and rescue clinics, immense buffets, meetings with photographers and international team managers, a photo contest, and a big finale party. The Protest World Rookie Fest injects a lot of fun into the competition and highlights snowboard progression from a Rookie to Pro level; a founding principle of the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour.
Also recently announced, the event organizers from the Swatch TTR SIX(6)STAR Nokia Air & Style Munich are offering a ticket to next year’s Air & Style to the WSF World Rookie Champion 08.
You can find the official web casting for the Protest World Rookie Fest in Livigno with daily reports, pictures, and video on Methodmag.com, Snowpark.it, Tacky.no, Tacky.se, Tacky.dk, Tacky.nl, and Tacky.be. For more information check out worldsnowboardfederation.org, myspace.com/worldrookiefest, and the TTR event profile.
Protest World Rookie Fest Riders List:
NAME / YEAR / NATIONALITY
PATRICK DAVIS-MEEHAN / 1990 / AUSTRALIA
MICHAELA DAVIS-MEEHAN / 1992 / AUSTRALIA
DAN PAULICEK / 1993 / CZECH
DUSAN KRIZ / 1995 / CZECH
KAROLINA DVORAKOVA / 1990 / CZECH
SARKA PANCOCHOVA / 1990 / CZECH
NIKI KORPELA / 1991 / FINLAND
NIELS REGNIER / 1994 / FRANCE
MATHIAS SCHOWING / 1992 / FRANCE
SIDNEY MOPEZAT / 1992 / FRANCE
ARTHUR NEY / 1996 / FRANCE
CHLOE ROBICHON / 1991 / FRANCE
ALICIA BONNAUD / 1993 / FRANCE
EMMA BERNARD / 1994 / FRANCE
VICTOR HABERMACHER / 1996 / FRANCE
TEO JEDREZJZYK / 1996 / FRANCE
VICTOR DAVIET / 1990 / FRANCE
FELIX CARLIER / 1992 / FRANCE
ANTHONY SIMERAY / 1990 / FRANCE
MAXIME BERARD / 1990 / FRANCE
MATHIAS MONIN / 1991 / FRANCE
BAPTISTE MAGNANI / 1991 / FRANCE
ALEXIS PUYGRENIER / 1991 / FRANCE
TOM CUNY / 1992 / FRANCE
CECILE PARISOT / 1990 / FRANCE
LOU BOUMAZA / 1990 / FRANCE
LOU CHABELARD / 1994 / FRANCE
LUCILLE LE FEVRE / 1993 / FRANCE
JESSE AUGUSTINUS / 1995 / HOLLAND
BRITTE VAN DER POW / 1990 / HOLLAND
MIKE KLUIVERS / 1991 / HOLLAND
ROCCO VAN STRATEN / 1991 / HOLLAND
DIMI DE JONG / 1994 / HOLLAND
GIORGIO CIANCALEONI / 1991 / ITALIA
FRANCESCO BRUTTO / 1992 / ITALIA
MARCO GRIGIS / 1994 / ITALIA
MANUEL PIETROPOLI / 1990 / ITALIA
RUGGERO NACCARI / 1990 / ITALIA
BEN STEWART / 1992 / NEW ZEALAND
KARI OPSAL MAELAND / 1991 / NORWAY
SILJE NORENDAHL / / NORWAY
SIMEN NERAKER / / NORWAY
GJERMUND BRAATHEN / / NORWAY
SONDRE TILER / / NORWAY
EVEN SOLBRAA / / NORWAY
ALEKSANDER OESTRENG / NORWAY
INGAR VEBJOERNESEN / / NORWAY
SIMON FOSSHEIM / / NORWAY
FREDRIK PERRY / / NORWAY
FREDRIK SCUDERI / / NORWAY
LEN JOERGENSEN / NORWAY
EMIL ANDRE ULSLETTEN / 1993 / NORWAY
JOHANNES SKOTTHEIN / 1992 / SWEDEN
ZEBASTIAN LANDMARK / 1991 / SWEDEN
SVEN THORGREN / 1995 / SWEDEN
BENJAMIN LESTAGE-KONING / / SWEDEN
JOHANSSON MALIN / 1990 / SWEDEN
ANTON BILARE / 1991 / SWEDEN
KEVIN BACKSTROM / 1992 / SWEDEN
JAKOB EDMAN / 1990 / SWEDEN
PHILIP LANDMARK / 1992 / SWEDEN
GIULIA BORSIA / 1990 / SWITZERLAND
LARS BACHMANN / 1992 / SWITZERLAND
JULIAN FURSINGER / 1990 / SWITZERLAND
DOMINIK BETSCHART / 1990 / SWITZERLAND
STEPHAN REICHMUT / 1992 / SWITZERLAND
JOEL MEIER / 1991 / SWITZERLAND
AUSTRIA ROOKIE TEAM / (6 riders)
BELGIUM ROOKIE TEAM / (6 riders)
BARDONECCHIA ROOKIE TEAM / (8 riders)
