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HIROTO OGIWARA & EVY POPPE ARE THE 2021 WORLD ROOKIE SNOWBOARD CHAMPIONS!

The Black Yeti crew spent a full week in Hintertux where the first ever combined Snowboard and Freeski World Rookie Finals went down successfully.

From April the 29th until May the 2nd, after the end of the freeski event, almost 80 snowboarders from 16 different nations came to Hintertux, for the most awaited youth snowboard event of the season: slopestyle competition, art workshop, music contents and avalanche camp were some of the magic ingredients of this unique event.

Pictured: Rookie Women Podium, L-R: 2nd Matilde Pizzuto (ITA), 1st Evy Poppe (BEL) & 3rd Andrina Salis (SUI), at the World Rookie Tour Snowboard Finals at Betterpark Hintertux, Austria, May 2, 2021.
Image credit: Andreas Amplatz / World Rookie Tour

AND FINALLY, DAY 3 AT 2021 WRT SNOWBOARD FINALS IN PHOTOS: GROM MEN + ALL LADIES RAIL JAM

Mother Nature was a bit mean once again so the originally planned Slopestyle comp had to be replaced by Rail Jam. Hit the link below to soak in the atmosphere of the last day of this year's World Rookie Tour Finals & scroll right down through them to find pics of the contest's top grom & women shredders!

Let's congratulate to all those who made the podium one more time:

Rookie Girl:
1* @poppe_evy BEL
2* @matildepizzutto ITA
3* @andrina.salis SUI

Grom Men:
1* @lendawg17 GBR
2* @liam_garandel FRA
3* @brooklyn_depriest USA

Grom Girl:
1* @yuramurase JPN
2* @soha_janett SUI
3* @helibockhorni GER

Image credit: World Rookie Tour / @worldrookietour

The celebration of the 15th edition of the World Rookie Fest was a blast with 100 riders from 15th nations took part in the slopestyle contest in the new proline of the Mottolino Snowpark: athletes from 10 different nations obtain a spot on the podium, underlining the international stance of this iconic youth snowboard event.

Image credit: World Rookie Tour / Ania Grzelka