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.