Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY Recap - PenkenPark

Image credit: / Ästhetiker / Gustav Hersmann

Thursday, March 16, 2023

- EVENT REVIEW: 10 years Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY 2022/2023 - 3. Tourstopp PenkenPark Mayrhofen - Many happy faces at the 3rd tour stop of the 10th Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY on 11. and 12. March 2023 at the PenkenPark Mountopolis - Mayrhofen-Hippach - Zillertal

On 11 and 12 March 2023, the 3rd Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop hosted by Blue Tomato & Ride Snowboards took place at the PenkenPark Mountopolis in Mayrhofen-Hippach in the Zillertal. Over 100 riders came traveling from all over Europe to join in the popular Zillertal Snowboard Amateur Series in the Zillertal. With its unique combination of snowboard freestyle coaching and internationally recognised snowboard slopestyle competitions, the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY is one of the continent's leading snowboard freestyle amateur junior tours with 10 years of history.

For the 3rd VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop, the "home park" of the Ästhetiker Snowboard Crew presented itself with a perfect setup. More than 100 snowboarders already used Saturday to train for the competition on Sunday in sunshine and good mood at the PenkenPark. At the end of the day, the young snowboarders put on a progressive show on the Bagjump Landingbag and were generously presented with vouchers and prizes by Blue Tomato.

On Sunday, it was down to business. In the open slopestyle competition, teams from all over Europe offered an exciting freestyle show. The 17-year-old Laura Záveská from the Czech Republic won the gold medal three times. With her stylish "Frontside 1080" she not only won the Horsefeathers Best Trick award, but also dominated the podium in the Rookie Girls (U18) class and took the overall day win as best female overall snowboarder.

Fynn Koenen from Team Germany won the contest as best male rider in the "overall men's" category with his first-class performance. In the Rookie Boys (U18) Spanish ripper Aritz Lopez Sousa was happy about the 1st place, which put him on the 2nd place in the overall men´s day ranking. In the Grom Girls (U16) the Czech Anna Tomanova took the gold medal and at the same time secured silver in the women´s overall ranking.

In the Grom Boys (U15) it was Roahan Duncan from Team Great Britain who beat off strong competition to take the gold medal home. In the Super Groms (U13) category, Marie Kuhlmann from Team Germany took first place for the third time in a row. Jaka Pancur from Slovenia was delighted with the gold medal in the Super Grom Boys. Last but not least, Adele Vankerschaver from Belgium was voted "most impressive Grom" of the day by the Ästhetiker for a new trick attempt.

Andreas Pramstraller from Mayrhofner Bergbahnen is happy about the successful event: "More than 100 motivated snowboarders from all over Europe are proof that the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY is one of the biggest snowboard junior event series in the alpine region. The passion for snowboarding and the decades of experience of the Ästhetiker in the event sector make this event series something very special.

The third tour stop in Mayrhofen at the perfectly shaped PenkenPark was again a weekend packed with action, airtime and lots of fun! Mayrhofner Bergbahnen congratulates the whole team on their 10th anniversary - we are already looking forward to the upcoming 10 years!"

With the third out of four contest results, the cards in the VÄLLEY RÄLLEY Overall Ranking were reshuffled in Mayrhofen. There remains one last tour stop on this year's VÄLLEY RÄLLEY calendar. The overall tour winners will be crowned the new Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY royal family 2023 after the fourth and last tour stop on 29 and 30 April at Hintertux Glacier.

With their participation in Mayrhofen, the snowboarders collect points on the international World Snowboard Point List (WSPL) and rookies (U18) receive points in the World Rookie Ranking. As the best overall rookies after the 3rd tour stop, Romy Van Vreden (NED) and Tadeas Nedielka (SVK) will each win a wild card for the World Rookie Tour Finals on 20-26 March 2023 in Kaprun. Further information on the international points system can be found at http://www.powdern.com.

All results and new tour ranking: https://valleyralley.at/results/season-22-23/

Photo and Video Gallery: https://valleyralley.at/#gallery

Videos by Andreas "Monepic.at" Monsberger

Overall winners open class women & men: https://vimeo.com/807307946

Horsefeathers Best Trick Award: https://vimeo.com/807417197

1st place Rookie Boys (16.-18J): https://vimeo.com/807434375

1st place Grom Girls & Boys (13-15Y): https://vimeo.com/807428524

1st Place Super Grom Girls & Boys (U13) https://vimeo.com/807425624

Coaching dÄy & Ride for Jake: https://vimeo.com/807099548

Blue Tomato Bagjump Session: https://vimeo.com/807100127