<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With an international field of competitors, the second Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop hosted by Blue Tomato went down successfully on the 24th and 25th of January 2026 at Zillertal Arena. Over sixty young talents took the opportunity to showcase their latest tricks at the snowboard ‘slopestyle’ competition. The best performances of each category were rewarded with valuable points, medals and prize money. In addition, the highly coveted Horsefeathers Best Trick Award and other prizes were up for grabs during this action-packed weekend at the Actionpark Kreuzwiese in the Zillertal Arena. Check out the highlights by MonEpic.at</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Many happy faces all weekend long</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Actionpark Kreuzwiese showed off with a perfect freestyle setup for the second Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop in the Zillertal Arena last weekend. Manfred Brandacher and the Zillertal Arena shape team had done a firstclass job to conjure a competition-ready setup in the snow park. And so, at Saturday's slopestyle contest, the young snowboard talents dug deep into their bag of tricks to impress judges and spectators. The participants of all eight categories could look forward to lots of medals, prize money, prizes and, of course, valuable points for their athlete account (WSPL) in the world snowboard rankings.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>International winners sharing the podium</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Tadeas Nedielka</strong> from Slovakia impressed the judges with his solid performance and took overall victory as the best male participant across all categories. His first-class ‘Cab 1080 Weddle’ also secured him the Horsefeathers Best Trick Award. France's <strong>Nils Soleymieux</strong> won the competition in his age group, Grom Boys (U16), and was also delighted to take silver in the overall standings. As the best rookie (U18), <strong>Sunny Lane </strong>from Australia took the gold medal in his age group and the bronze medal in the overall ranking. Last but not least, <strong>Newin Kunert </strong>from the Czech team climbed to the top of the Super Grom Boys (U12) podium.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the ladies' competition, it was <strong>Rosa Grzedzinksa Aguiar </strong>from Poland who took first place in her age group, Super Grom Girls (U12), overall victory as the best female participant of all categories and the ‘Most Impressive Grom’ award, winning three prizes on her Zillertal Välley Rälley debut.<strong> Anezka Mendlova </strong>and <strong>Anna Chymcakova</strong>, both from the Czech team, were delighted with their gold medals in the Grom (U16) and Rookie Girls (U18) categories.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The full results and tour stop rankings can be found at <a href="https://valleyralley.at/results" target="_blank">https://valleyralley.at/results</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Freestyle coaching and lots of awards</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Sunday, the event continued with freebie freestyle coaching sessions with the Ästhetiker pro team at the Kreuzwiese Action Park. At the end of the day, <strong>Lena Steininger </strong>(AUT) and coach <strong>Kenneth Huismann</strong> (NED) were delighted with their best overall female and male session awards. <strong>Valentina Komposch</strong> (AUT) and <strong>Alvar Lindgren</strong> (FIN) were also delighted with what was possibly their first ever award in the ‘little ones’ (U12) category and beamed with joy as they shared the stage with the entire Zillertal Välley Rälley family.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Cool programme and free Shredschool freestyle workshops in the Zillertal Arena</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The shapers at the Zillertal Arena are delighted with the success of the event: ‘The Zillertal Välley Rälley has once again brought the young stars of the snowboarding scene to the Kreuzwiese Action Park this year. Thank you to the team of the Ästhetiker crew and the participating kids – we are already looking forward to next year!’ The Actionpark Kreuzwiese in Zell will now remain open until mid-April and will be shaped daily. Every week, the Zillertal Arena offers freebie freestyle coachings with the Ästhetiker Shredschool. The meeting point for the coaching sessions is always on Tuesdays at 11 a.m. at the teepees in the Actionpark Kreuzwiese.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The cards have been reshuffled on the road to overall victory</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With the second of four contest results and newly awarded points, the cards have been reshuffled in the Zillertal Arena. The new overall tour ranking can be viewed at https://valleyralley.at/. The overall tour winners will be crowned the new Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY royal family after the fourth and final tour stop. Points are also awarded for participation in the international World Snowboard Point List (WSPL), which allows athletes to qualify for FIS events (European Cups, World Cups). The tour stop counts as an ASA (Austrian Snowboard Association) Austriacup and rookies (U18) receive credits on their World Rookie points account. All results and the new tour ranking can be viewed at: https://valleyralley.at/results/</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The remaining Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY dates for 2025/2026 at a glance:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">3. Tour stop 28th of February and 1st of March 2026 - Penken Park Mayrhofen, Mayrhofen-Hippach in the Zillertal</div><div style="text-align: justify;">4. Tour stop 25th and 26th of April 2026 - Hintertux Glacier, Betterpark Hintertux, Tux-Finkenberg</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The organisers of the Ästhetiker crew would like to thank the partners of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY for their amazing support: Zillertal Tourism, Zillertal Arena, Uniqueparks.com, Blue Tomato, Red Bull, Horsefeathers, Dana Beanies</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Special thanks go to the cooperation partners:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">World Snowboard Federation (WSF), Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA), World Rookie Tour (WRT)</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Full results, photo and video galleries are available at: www.valleyralley.at</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/valleyralley" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/valleyralley</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/zillertalvalleyralley/" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/zillertalvalleyralley/</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Youtube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@zillertalvalleyralley" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@zillertalvalleyralley</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Tiktok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@zillertal_valley_ralley" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@zillertal_valley_ralley</a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">More info at <a href="https://www.valleyralley.at" target="_blank">www.valleyralley.at</a> and <a href="https://www.zillertal.at/valleyralley" target="_blank">www.zillertal.at/valleyralley</a></div><div><br /></div>