The girls started first and Annika Morgan (GER) took the first place in the rookie category showing her style with cab 540 tailgrab, backside 720 mute, backside nosbutter 360, fs lipslide prezel out, swicth backside blunt 270 out, sw bs to normal, bs boardslide. “I am really hyped to win the Nines wildcard that has always been my dream! So stoked!” Annika was followed by Mona Danuser (SUI) and Addison Gardner (USA).

Ruki Tomita from Japan won the prestigious title of Halfpipe World Rookie Girl Champion thanks to her run composed by technical and creative tricks: frontside air indy, backside 540 mute, frontside 720 indy, cab 720 indy, backside 540 mute. Ruki was followed by Leilani Ettel (GER) and Berenice Wicki (SUI).

Starting at 5am from Kals am Grossglockner, we had to run 75K with 4 000m of elevation before reaching the finish line in Kaprun. More than a race, it was an adventure, with some very technical trails surrounded by the highest mountains of Austria and breathtaking landscapes. It took me 14h24 to finish it, luckily the weather conditions were just perfect, it was simply one of the best days of my life in the mountains since I started to be passionate about it 10 years ago. Hope you will en...

Starting at 5am from Kals am Grossglockner, we had to run 75K with 4 000m of elevation before reaching the finish line in Kaprun. More than a race, it was an adventure, with some very technical trails surrounded by the highest mountains of Austria and breathtaking landscapes. It took me 14h24 to finish it, luckily the weather conditions were just perfect, it was simply one of the best days of my life in the mountains since I started to be passionate about it 10 years ago. Hope you will enjo...

The 2017 World Rookie Finals went down with fantastic vibes as the quest to unveil the next Rookie snowboard superstars heated up when the world's finest young snowboarders converged on Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun, Austria. Around 140 riders from all over experienced a whole week full of snowboard action having fun in the Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn, and – of course – to battle it out for the famous and much desired title of the World Rookie Champion. Slopestyle World Rookie Champions are Takeru Ots...

The 2017 World Rookie Finals went down with fantastic vibes as the quest to unveil the next Rookie snowboard superstars heated up when the world's finest young snowboarders converged on Kitzsteinhorn, Kaprun, Austria. Around 140 riders from all over experienced a whole week full of snowboard action having fun in the Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn, and – of course – to battle it out for the famous and much desired title of the World Rookie Champion. Chase Blackwell (USA) and Sena Tomita (JPN) are...

Nothing more simple to know how the future of snowboarding is going on: being in Kaprun Zell am See for the World Rookie Finals from April the 4th to April the 9th. From Chile to Australia, from Bulgaria to Scandinavia, from the Alps to Japan to North America, the Black Yeti in the last 8 months rounded up the best young riders. Now is the time to fight for the prestigious World Rookie Champions titles, and win incredible prizes: wildcard to World Class Events, filming session with Pirate...

A trip to a random destination: All that we needed was powder and sun, and we got it.

Austrian Freeski Open 2013 by Atomic: Olympic Countdown The Austrian Freeski Open 2013 by Atomic is all about the Olympic Slopestyle qualification. Especially for the Austrian participants, the freeskiing event at Snowpark Kitzsteinhorn, Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria, is the most important pre-Olympic event of the season. Loads of international top stars confirmed to take part in this AFP World Tour gold-level event that also sees the Austrians fight for their national championship. The 11t...