Last Call - World Rookie Tour Finals Are NEXT WEEK!

The wait is almost over. In just a few days, the World Rookie Snowboard Finals 2025 will bring the best young snowboarders to Kitzsteinhorn – Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria, for the most important under-18 snowboard competition of the year.

This 20th edition is more than just a contest—it’s a milestone in the history of youth snowboarding. Over the last two decades, the World Rookie Snowboard Finals have launched the careers of future pros, with past champions making their way to World Cups, X Games, and even the Olympics.

On March 24th, we’ll celebrate this incredible journey with a special screening of the 20 Years Documentary, taking a deep dive into the evolution of the tour and the riders who made history.

If you haven’t signed up yet, tomorrow, March 20th, is the last chance to register for the World Rookie Snowboard Finals 2025. This is your opportunity to compete against the best young snowboarders in the world and be part of the 20th edition of the most important under-18 snowboard event.

How to register – Deadline: March 20, 2025

• Entry Fee: €100 per discipline | €130 for both (Slopestyle + Half Pipe)

• Riders Registrations: Special event rate available from 23 to 28.03.2025 to be booked under this link

• Coaches Registration + Lift tickets: Special Day rate from 23.-28.03.2025 to be booked under this link

• Accommodation:

  - Riders & Coaches hotel more beds/apartments: €70/night per person (incl. breakfast & dinner)

  - Riders & Coaches hotel double room: €80/night per person (incl. breakfast & dinner)

  - Riders & Coaches hotel single room: €95/night per person (incl. breakfast & dinner)

  To book this, click under this LINK

The best young snowboarders from around the world will battle it out in slopestyle and halfpipe, with the chance to win exclusive prizes that open doors to the pro scene:

- Entry to Rock A Rail Innsbruck

- Invitations to Absolute Park Spring Battle

- Kitzsteinhorn Pipe Training Weeks

- World Rookie Camp

- Surf Experience in Santander by Surf to Live

- Exclusive prizes from Nitro, TSG, Blue Tomato & Red Bull

Can’t make it to Kitzsteinhorn – Zell am See-Kaprun? No worries! The World Rookie Snowboard Finals 2025 will be streamed online, thanks to our official media partner Boardriding.com.

Fans, family, and friends can follow all the action live and catch the best young snowboarders battling for the World Rookie Champion title in slopestyle and halfpipe.

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The future of snowboarding is about to take center stage. Stay tuned, spread the word, and get ready for an epic week of competition, progression, and snowboard culture.

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with the World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard, Ski and Skateboard Associations, and selected action sports agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard events and it consists now of a selection of high-quality International events for snowboard, Freeski, Skateboard and Surf, the so-called "Rookie Fests", reserved for riders under 18's only, in Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The World Rookie Tour consists not only of competitions: it also features loads of other activities to help rookies to grow in the field of professional action sports, such as photo & video shootings, avalanche, and rescue clinics, meetings with photographers, and international team managers, parties and English talks. Since year zero, it awards tickets to world-class events such as X Games Norway, Audi Nines, The Arctic Challenge, The Air & Style, The World Snowboarding Championships, Red Bull Roller Coaster, Simple Session, Mystic Sk8 Cup, invitations to professional photo & video shootings, and shooting trip all around the world. Every year the tour crowns the World Rookie Champions at the end of the season, during the World Rookie Finals, a unique event format where the best youngsters from almost 30 countries compete and have fun. More information at www.worldrookietour.com

The Black Yeti is a sport company dedicated to the realization of snowboard, freeski and skateboard projects for boys and girls up to 18 years of age, in Italy and abroad. One of the most successful project is the World Rookie Tour, the biggest and the most famous tour in the action sports world that attracts 3.000 young athletes from 30 nations to the events called “Rookie Fest”, organized all over the world: Europe, North and South America, Oceania and Asia. The Rookie Fests program includes not only the competition but also many side activities such as avalanche and rescue clinics, workshops and English talks.

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