Osaka Prefecture in West Region Japan extends Sub-State of emergency from 12th of July. But Local Organizing Committee is ready to prevent COVID-19 with the proper protocol: sanification by Will Toll (botanical base liquid) moist spray inside inflatable Gate for entrance. Also mandatory 7 days Temperature Record from all competitors. Feel more comfy to welcome young Skaters in safe and covid-free environment.

Original name of the contest was the "6556 CUP" Osaka. Local SK8 Legend Shingo Shiotani enterprise Japanese Tour under the name "AKI AKIYAMA.100%": Shingo invited "Free Former World Professional Skateboard Championships 1976" but now is the perfect time for all the under 21 years skaters to join the Japanese Qualification of the 2021 World Rookie Tour Skatebording and conquest a spot for the end of season "World Rookie Final" to be held in Innsbruck, Austria, in October.

See you shred in Japan at the next WRT Sk8 event: Arigatou!

Due to technical issues, the italian WRT Skateboard qualification event, originally scheduled in Forlì on July the 4th is cancelled. The new date and location for the italian qualification of the 2021 WRT Skateboard will happen on September the 25th and 26th in Modena.

More details about the new Italian event will follow as soon as possible.

Hamburg Rookie Fest – TSG Sportpark, Allerfornia, Germany, 18-19 June 2021

Osaka Rookie Fest – Akamaru Skatepark, Osaka, Japan, 18 July 2021

Budapest Rookie Fest – Szent Endre Sk8 Park, Budapest, Hungary, 14-15 August 2021

Bring da Truckaz Rookie Fest – Konkordia Park, Chemnitz, Germany, 27-28 August 2021

Portugal Rookie Fest – SLX Benedita, Portugal, 3-5 September 2021

Skateacademy.ch Rookie Fest – Skills Park, Winterthur, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2021

Glasgow Rookie Fest – The Loading Bay, Glascow, Scotland, 11-12 September 2021

Sofia Rookie Fest – Sk8 Park Sofia, Bulgaria, 17-19 September 2021

Prague Rookie Fest – Mystic Skate Park - Prague, Czech Republic, 24-26 September 2021

Modena Rookie Fest – Modena, Italy, 25-26 September 2021

World Rookie Skateboard Finals - Skatehall - Innsbruck, Austria, 1-3 October 2021

For Snowboard, Freeski and Skateboard Calendar, please check the last online version here.

Due to the still on-going Pandemic changes in the calendar are possible, so keep yourself updated over our homepage.

If you dream to become a professional action sport athlete,

then your future starts from the World Rookie Tour!

The World Rookie Tour is organized by the Black Yeti ssrl in collaboration with World Snowboard Federation, National Snowboard, Ski and Skateboard Associations and selected action sport agencies. It was born in 2005 as a series of youth snowboard event and it consists now of a selection of high quality International events for snowboard, freeski and skateboard, 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 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 an amateur sport club 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 2.000 young athletes from 30 nations to the events called “Rookie Fest”, organized all over the world: Italy, 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.