<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">46 riders showed their best at the last stop to qualify for the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/blue-tomato-x-zumiez-best-foot-forward-finals-innsbruck-austria-2021" target="_blank">final in Innsbruck</a>. </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">But not only the contest was a success, also the surprise session hosted by Reithalle Ulm was a fitting end to an awesome tour. One of the most creative surprise sessions so far - a powerslide contest over the wet miniramp.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Podium</strong></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Men:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/tobias-wassermann" target="_blank">Tobias Wassermann</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/simon-deprez" target="_blank">Simon Deprez</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/andreas-sussbauer" target="_blank">Andreas Sußbauer</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Women:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">1st Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/fiona-wessely" target="_blank">Fiona Wessely</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/catherine-marquis" target="_blank">Catherine Marquis</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd Place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/luna-silvia-pennetti" target="_blank">Luna Silvia Pennetti</a></div> <div><br /></div><div><strong>Kids:</strong></div><div><span style="text-align: justify;">1st place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/noah-de-jaeger" target="_blank">Noah De Jaeger</a></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">2nd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/mark-zimpfer" target="_blank">Mark Zimpfer</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3rd place: <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/riders/inu-groger" target="_blank">Inu Gröger</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Our travel judges Stefan Ebner & Gienna Guese gave us their opinion on the performance:</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Tobias Wassermann</strong>: A neck-and-neck race between Tobias Wassermann and Simon Deprez was already apparent in the qualification. In the final, the win went to Tobias because of his better use of the park, for example with Melon Transfer on the big kicker, Tre Flip Transfer over the pyramid and beautiful BS Smith Grinds on Hubba Ledge.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Simon Deprez:</strong> Simon was close behind with the absolute hardest tricks of the day like Hardflip Revert as well as Biggerspin Flips transfer over the pyramid and Bigspin FS Boardslide Body Varial on the Straightrail.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Andreas Sußbauer</strong>: Third place went to Andi Sußbauer, who had a stay-on run with good park usage and varied tricks, including Flip FS </div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Fiona Wessely</strong>: Best Girl just ahead of Catherine Marquis, Fiona Wessely secured first place with a transfer over the pyramid, boardslide on the straight rail, kickflip on the A-frame and pop shove-it on the hip.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Here are the results of the <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8443/Best_Foot_Forward_Ulm_Qualifiers" target="_blank">Qualifiers</a> and <a href="https://theboardr.com/results/8444/Best_Foot_Forward_Ulm_Finals" target="_blank">Finals</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pictures & Videos</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mWud9L_i0BMT98Wa9XElIlO7BrIE6wiB" target="_blank">DOWNLOAD LINK</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Blue Tomato Recap Video – <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CT-TGzwgpv_/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">We are happy about the participation of the Blue Tomato team riders from Zürich, Regensburg, Karlsruhe and Ulm.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">We say THANK YOU to all skateboarders, spectators and partners who were there.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Special Thanks also to our sponsors & partners:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/redbullgermany/" target="_blank">Red Bull Germany</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dc_skateboarding/" target="_blank">DC Skateboarding</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/innsbrucktourism/" target="_blank">Innsbruck Tourism</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/pajdas_slovenija/" target="_blank">Pajdas Slovenija</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reithalleulm/" target="_blank">Reithalle Ulm</a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>And now it's time for the FINALS:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/events/blue-tomato-x-zumiez-best-foot-forward-finals-innsbruck-austria-2021" target="_blank">GRANDE FINALE</a> will take place on <strong>2nd October</strong> at the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/skatehalle.innsbruck/" target="_blank">Skatehalle Innsbruck</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Together with the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/worldrookietour/" target="_blank">World Rookie Tour</a>, we will celebrate an awesome skate weekend in the heart of the Alps - Innsbruck.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;">On Saturday and Sunday there will be a brandvillage in front of the <a href="https://www.boardriding.com/spots/skatehalle-innsbruck" target="_blank">skatehall</a> with a live stream of both finals.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More information about the finals can be found <a href="https://www.blue-tomato.com/en-GB/blue-world/skate/best-foot-forward-tour-europa/" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/bestfootforwardeurope" target="_blank">@bestfootforwardeurope</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">#bestfootforward21</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to everybody who made this tour so amazing.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">See you in Innsbruck!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Your Blue Tomato Event Team</div>