Norwegian domination at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011Great news for Ireland though as Seamus O'Connor contiues winning form with first place in the Groms category
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi
With five riders on the podium, Norway conquered the title of best team at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011, hosted in Livigno, Italy, at the Mottolino Snowpark. Norwegian rising star Emil Andre Ulsletten resulted the best rider of the event and won, among the many prizes, his ticket to ride for the Oakley Arctic Challange in Oslo. Anna Gyrmati from Hungary won the girl category and got a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Sessions in Austria.
As in the past edition, the Protest World Rookie Fest resulted a great platform for future stars of snowboarding, and it brought together almost 100 selected riders from 15 nations. Special guest of the event and Yeti of the Final Day was Roope Tonteri, former WSF World Rookie Champion, who stomped amazing tricks including a cab1260.
Among the Rookie section, which is reserved for riders who are born in 1993, 1994 and 1995, the Norwegian rippers dominated the male category conquering first, second and third places. Emil Andre Ulsletten won the event with a sick run including fs1080, cab1080, boardslide 450out on the cannon-ball and switch bs900. He won a ticket to the Oackley Arctic Challange in Oslo, a filming trip to Chile, a photoshooting with Onboard Europe, Surf Camp in Santander by www.surftolive.com. He was joined on the male rookie podium other by two other Norwegians: Peder Midttomme and Havard Bergheim. All of them won also tickets to the Ride Shakedown in Garmish and to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria.
The best girl was the Hungarian Anna Gyrmati, who was awarded with a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Session in Austria and in inviation to a photoshooting with Cooler Magazine. The second girl on the podium was Katarzyna Rusin from Poland, and in third came Nora Thompson (also) from Norway.
Among the Grom category, born in 1996 and later, new mini-rockers surprised the spectators with amazing tricks including backside and frontside 7s, backside 9s and cab 5s. Seamus O'Connor from Ireland resulted the best, followed on the podium by switzerland Lucien Koch and norwegian Mons Roisland. Maria Delfina Maiocco from Italy, aka "Bibi", won the grom girls category and got her ticket to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl. Second was Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic and third Chloe Sillieres from France.
Among the many prizes, all the podium riders, both grom and rookies, male and females, are now qualifed for the 4star Protest World Rookie Finals, to be held in Ischgl, Austria, from 6 to 10 April 2011.
Interestingly the Protest World Rookie Fest is a Climate Neutral Event. It measures its own carbon footprints and then take action by reducing emissions and offsetting unavoidable emissions by purchasing credits from Renewable Energy from Wood Biomass based in Tirano, a few kilometers from Livigno.
Posted by Online Editor - Wed, 19/01/2011 - 11:03am
Great news for Ireland though as Seamus O'Connor contiues winning form with first place in the Groms category
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi
With five riders on the podium, Norway conquered the title of best team at the Protest World Rookie Fest 2011, hosted in Livigno, Italy, at the Mottolino Snowpark. Norwegian rising star Emil Andre Ulsletten resulted the best rider of the event and won, among the many prizes, his ticket to ride for the Oakley Arctic Challange in Oslo. Anna Gyrmati from Hungary won the girl category and got a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Sessions in Austria.
As in the past edition, the Protest World Rookie Fest resulted a great platform for future stars of snowboarding, and it brought together almost 100 selected riders from 15 nations. Special guest of the event and Yeti of the Final Day was Roope Tonteri, former WSF World Rookie Champion, who stomped amazing tricks including a cab1260.
Among the Rookie section, which is reserved for riders who are born in 1993, 1994 and 1995, the Norwegian rippers dominated the male category conquering first, second and third places. Emil Andre Ulsletten won the event with a sick run including fs1080, cab1080, boardslide 450out on the cannon-ball and switch bs900. He won a ticket to the Oackley Arctic Challange in Oslo, a filming trip to Chile, a photoshooting with Onboard Europe, Surf Camp in Santander by www.surftolive.com. He was joined on the male rookie podium other by two other Norwegians: Peder Midttomme and Havard Bergheim. All of them won also tickets to the Ride Shakedown in Garmish and to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria.
The best girl was the Hungarian Anna Gyrmati, who was awarded with a ticket to the Rip Curl Sista Session in Austria and in inviation to a photoshooting with Cooler Magazine. The second girl on the podium was Katarzyna Rusin from Poland, and in third came Nora Thompson (also) from Norway.
Among the Grom category, born in 1996 and later, new mini-rockers surprised the spectators with amazing tricks including backside and frontside 7s, backside 9s and cab 5s. Seamus O'Connor from Ireland resulted the best, followed on the podium by switzerland Lucien Koch and norwegian Mons Roisland. Maria Delfina Maiocco from Italy, aka "Bibi", won the grom girls category and got her ticket to the Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl. Second was Katerina Vojackova from Czech Republic and third Chloe Sillieres from France.
Among the many prizes, all the podium riders, both grom and rookies, male and females, are now qualifed for the 4star Protest World Rookie Finals, to be held in Ischgl, Austria, from 6 to 10 April 2011.
Interestingly the Protest World Rookie Fest is a Climate Neutral Event. It measures its own carbon footprints and then take action by reducing emissions and offsetting unavoidable emissions by purchasing credits from Renewable Energy from Wood Biomass based in Tirano, a few kilometers from Livigno.